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BREAKING: Disney/Pixar Announce Upcoming Slate!

cinematical.com — Pixar and Disney announced films through 2012, including Cars 2, Toy Story 3 and a new film from Pixar called Newt (coming in 2011).

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  • bawpcwpn, on 04/09/2008, -84/+14Never mind that this was submitted 7 minutes earlier. Can't people check for duplicate submissions when they are asked?
    http://digg.com/movies/DisneybPixar_Announce_Anima ...
    • markwilcox, on 04/09/2008, -17/+3That's life. Big American blogs like this always get dugg up way too much.
      • CATSCEO, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Big American blogs? huh?
      • choopie911, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Yeah...because the country of origin has ANYTHING to do with this. Whine more.
      • b3owulf, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1DO you know how much international money pixar makes for each movie?

        Assloads.
    • Chompy, on 04/09/2008, -6/+57I've got some news for you, Bawpcwpn. You might want to sit down for this. Are you ready? God, I didn't know this was going to be so hard. OK, here goes:

      Nobody cares about dupes.
      • OwdenBowden, on 04/09/2008, -6/+1Oh the Germans are coming, I'm scared...
      • bawpcwpn, on 04/09/2008, -5/+3My god you are all immature. Really. It wouldn't matter if it wasn't my submission, the fact it is a dupe. Just shows some people are ignorant pompous asses.
    • meshman, on 04/09/2008, -2/+13"Never mind that this was submitted 7 minutes earlier."

      Gee, I wonder who submitted that one?
    • MagicBobert, on 04/09/2008, -7/+21Uh oh, somebody's butt-hurt that they're story didn't make the front page. Let me call the whaaaaaambulance.
      • MattNF, on 04/09/2008, -1/+6*their
      • spizike, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1Wow butt-hurt, can't hear that enough. Whaaaambulance as well, you're really hitting these at the peak of their popularity.
    • LinuxAddict, on 04/09/2008, -4/+2Cry baby...and then to actually make a comment about it??? Sounds like somebody needs a hug.
    • Donnageddon, on 04/09/2008, -1/+12But did your post have BREAKING in the title?

      Didn't think os.
    • Acura666, on 04/09/2008, -4/+5waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
    • CATSCEO, on 04/09/2008, -3/+7Buried your story as a dupe.
    • rye425, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2No pictures in yours and its basically a text file, what do you expect?
    • undershirt, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1Can someone spell out the unwritten law about dupes and why some people ignore digg's duplicate story prompt?
    • Elranzer, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1You don't understand. Bawpcwpn needs those ad clicks to LIVE!!!
  • streetsim, on 04/09/2008, -20/+6So....When will Pixar be tackling a musical? Also, we don't need a classic-style Disney movie in 3D, please. I'll give you one chance, and If I like it, then fine, but don't commit to every single one being 3D.
    • pasta2000, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5Disney made a musical for Toy Story. Currently, you can only see it on a Disney cruise. It is a very good show. The only bad part was Sid dominated too much.
    • jeremyduffy, on 04/09/2008, -4/+28Oh dear god no. Please don't let them make a musical. EVER!

      You know why Tarzan was one of the best Disney movies of all time? No characters sang.
      • amesjayisoolcay, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4There is singing in Tarzan.

        Ratatouille is one of the greatest Disney movies of all time and has no singing.
        • jeremyduffy, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2None of the CHARACTERS sang. Only Phil Collins and he did an awesome job of telling the story through song. And NONE of the Pixar movies were musicals so I don't know why you're bringing up Ratatouille.
        • dden45, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Maybe you should watch that movie again. The gorillas sing, the trash can song, and the mother begins one song that is finished by Phil Collins.
        • Elranzer, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1The Black Cauldron also had no singing.
    • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2If its going to make Disney ($)($) then they will make anything into a musical or put it on ice... I am waiting to
      see them put Cars on Ice.... Ironic... don't you think.

      Announcer: "And look whos coming on the ice now kids... its Lightning McQueen"
      McQueen: Starts screaming because he can't stop on ice....
      ** Audience in fear scatters **
    • R031E5, on 04/09/2008, -1/+10Musicals are not THAT bad, take for example the lion king, it is one of the best movies ever (IMO). Just stop making sequels of classical movies like Mulan 2, Cinderella 2 & 3, The Lion King 2 and all of those "what would have happened if" movies, please, they just make my eyes cry blood.
      • bjs3171, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3the lion king 1 1/2, is unwatchably bad.
      • qber, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3There's a Cinderella 2 and 3? What part of "happily ever after" do they not understand?
        • IndigoMoss, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1The part where they can't milk it "ever after".
    • lrdntwnd, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1It's not like they'll be 3D in every theatre. Probably only the IMAX releases will be in 3D... They don't mean that every film will be be done with 3D animation. As they said, The Princess and the Frog will be done with traditional animation. Not every theatre has digital screens so the roll-out of Disney Digital 3-D will only be happening in those theatres... plus, you could watch them without the glasses and still enjoy the movie.
    • dbsmoker, on 04/09/2008, -4/+1Musicals SUCK! I love Pixar movies because they don't have singing tea cups and crap like that.
      • Elranzer, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1Beauty and the Beast was one of Disney's better musicals, if not technically their best one.
  • bawpcwpn, on 04/09/2008, -12/+216THe mouse house is having a big influence on Pixar. Newt is either going to be really good or really bad. Cars 2 is just a money grabber. And I am a big Pixar fan. I hope it all goes well for them, I really do. Cars 2 is a mistake.
    • 8ight, on 04/09/2008, -1/+86You're exactly right. Cars 2 is a money grabber. But why do they need to do that? It's not like everyone of their films rakes in loads of cash. And Cars merch still sells like CRAZY. I know, I have a two year old... and he loves that *****.

      But what's funny is it was his first Pixar movie. I decided to show it to him because it was his first word and I knew he'd idetify what they were. Well, six months later and having watched every other Pixar movie to date... he could not care any less about Cars. I don't know if he hates it, but he can only watch it for 2 minutes tops before he's off doing something else. Now, I pop on either Toy Story, Monsters, Ratsoup, Nemo, etc... he loves them all. He's even a big fan of Geri's Game (Pixar short). Actually, he likes all those shorts. But Cars, well, I guess he doesn't like it. Funny, a two year old knows what's cool from Pixar/Disney. He loves the toys... not the movie. In fact, he plays more with Hot Wheels and Matchbox than his Cars toys.

      The kid's got good taste. He's just like dad. =)
      • ChairShot83, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4My best friend's two-year-old has this Toy Story kick like no other. It's constantly playing. Over. And over.. And over..
        • Zipko, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1My younger brother went through that phase when the movie first came out. He'd watch it 3 times a day, sometimes without even taking a break to do something else. The movie would end and he'd just start it over.
      • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+9Had your kid noticed that Geri comes to fix up Woody in Toy Story 2?
        • 8ight, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1Ha, that's awesome. I don't think he has any idea... and neither did I. I just pulled both up and yep, they're the same. He seems to get around a lot better in Toy Story 2.
      • Icerazer, on 04/09/2008, -0/+22Dugg for "Ratsoup".
        • 8ight, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1It was easier to just type Ratsoup than have Google tell me "Did you mean..."
      • TrevorBradley, on 04/09/2008, -1/+6So you're saying "Cars" is "The Phantom Menace" of the Pixar genre? Appealing to kids but not to adults who grew up loving it?

        That sounds about right.
      • SpykerSpeed, on 04/09/2008, -9/+2I never thought I'd see someone bragging about their children on Digg. Time to find a new website, probably.
        • iruber1337, on 04/09/2008, -1/+4What'd you expect while coming into a Disney thread?
    • Spuy767, on 04/09/2008, -2/+13I get the sensation that Disney is taking a far too directory role in pixar as I doubt they would have EVER made a Toy Story 3 without serious prodding from disney who is content to make thirty sequels to everything.
      • tduff, on 04/09/2008, -2/+13Actually, that's quite the opposite of the case. Lasseter has had an idea for second Toy Story sequel for quite some time now. Due to bad contracts with Disney they couldn't get the rights to their own characters back. Now that Pixar is owned by Disney, these aren't much of an issue.

        Also, an important part of the Disney-Pixar deal was that Disney wouldn't ***** with anything about the way Pixar does it's business for a long time.
      • Slydevil01, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3I'll tell you the correct story. Disney began to get a sequel made against Pixar's wishes, and when Lasseter and friends saw some of the turdish results, they gave in. Re-wrote and started from scratch.

        They never wanted to do it.
    • jeremyduffy, on 04/09/2008, -1/+20Cars 1 was kind of a mistake too. I mean, Pixar is genius after all and it kind of grows on you, but it was really hard for me to like Cars considering it's the same exact story plot as Doc Hollywood.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Hollywood
      • artofwot, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3Just without that scene with the nude chick. Kind of would have changed Pixar's image.
    • Myonosken, on 04/09/2008, -1/+14Cars 2: McQueen gets crushed for failing to pay his tax
    • way2muchsense, on 04/09/2008, -6/+4Disney makes one decent film a year, before which they steal thirty minutes of your life flogging every other crappy film they plan to release in the next two years. My advice would ordinarily be to show up fifteen to twenty minutes late so you can skip the damn advertising, but even if you can get tickets in advance, you won't be able to get enough adjoining seats for you and your herd of young-uns unless you show up at least fifteen minutes early. I would wait a couple of weeks, or even better, wait for the DVD.
    • cgrickard, on 04/09/2008, -0/+11That's why we won't see a sequel to Incredibles, Pixar doens't want to force a sequel Disney style. i know lots of you will disagree, but leave an awesome movie alone. not everything needs a sequel.
      • jabelar, on 04/09/2008, -1/+0Maybe a prequel then?
        Seriously though, movie making is in the end a business, and as long as there is a decent return on investement then they will and probably should do it. So for good or bad, you should expect most franchises to have at least one cinematic sequel and probably a straight-to-DVD film or two.
        Vote with your pocketbook if you don't like this.
      • whoaohh, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2That's why there hasn't been any talk of a Nemo sequel.
      • ender52, on 04/10/2008, -0/+2Brad Bird said in an interview if he ever comes up with a plot worthy of an Incredibles sequel, then he'll make one.
    • LinuxAddict, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5Wait a second. You bitch because someone submitted this story "7 minutes earlier" and then you make a comment as if you didn't make your original bitching session comment? Bipolar.
    • theneb29, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3I only reason i love Pixar is because they come up with new inventive ways to tell a story every time. With the sequels i am not too sure anymore....
    • tdogg241, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3I want to know how they're going to make Cars 2 since there was never a sequel to Doc Hollywood.
    • dden45, on 04/09/2008, -3/+3"THe mouse house is having a big influence on Pixar."
      Seeing as Pixar pretty much took over Disney's animation department, this statement doesn't make much sense to me.
    • bobartig, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3PIxar actually does straight to video stuff for disney so that they maintain about 1 release per year. The big, new movies, like Wall•E and Ratatouille are like once every 3 years or "whenever its done".
      • jayekub, on 04/09/2008, -1/+0Wrong, Pixar does zero straight to video stuff, for Disney or otherwise, and they've been releasing a full length feature movie every year since Finding Nemo (2003).
    • Harbinger67, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1I read the article and was most excited for Cars 2.

      Now you guys are turning my world upside down. I'll be in the corner...rocking back and forth and mumbling to myself.
    • UncleHenry, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2Damn, the Mayans were right. The world will end in 2012. Cars 2 is proof.
    • volacide, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1I liked Cars... I agree with everyone that it wasn't their best but I also think Toy Story 2 was pretty terrible in comparison to their others too.
    • xptweakerntn, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Yes, Cars 2 will probably be delayed anyway. So as long as it doesn't come out before December of 2012, no one will even have the chance to watch it anyways.
    • moush, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2So I guess Toy Story 2 was a money grabber? Well, it didn't stop it from being awesome.
    • Elranzer, on 04/10/2008, -0/+2The only ones I'm remotely interested in are Up and Newt.

      Rapunzel was supposed to be hand-drawn, but they've changed their mind and are doing it in CGI. Damn them. At least The Frog Princess is supposedly still going to be hand-drawn.
  • smoothmedia, on 04/09/2008, -7/+121Here's hoping that "Newt" will be an animated feature film about the hilarious misadventures of Newt Gingrich
  • henrierose, on 04/09/2008, -3/+50i thought jobs hated sequels
    • DesertSquirrel, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5I thought the same thing, but with four sequels for "Tinkerbell".....who knows.
      • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4I can just heard Walt rolling in his grave for all these crappy sequels being put out for new movies and the classics that have been around for years (aka, Sleeping Beauty, Jungle Book, etc). If Walt wanted a sequel for his work, he would have made them before his passing.
      • bjs3171, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1uh...what exactly did Steve Jobs have to do with Tinkerbell...?
        • Shorties, on 04/10/2008, -0/+3Well steve is the largest shareholder in DIsney at 7% of the company. But I doubt he had much to do with it.
    • pillcounterd, on 04/09/2008, -0/+28I thought he hated the direct-to-video sequels
      • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -2/+1Thats where they make up more money then Uncle Scrooge knows what to do with.
    • swicklund, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2Yeah, I could have sworn I read that his first act in joining Disney was to kill Toy Story 3! I appears Disney may have sucked all the creativity out of Pixar. :(
      • Mearn, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3They killed Disney's Toy Story 3, then Pixar came up with a new story that didn't suck like Disneys.
        • thepatster, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Well, see it's gotta come from John Lasseter
    • kiiwii, on 04/09/2008, -0/+10So did Walt Disney.

      Unfortunately, his influence on the company isn't taken into consideration too much anymore :-(
      • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+14Walt was not only a dreamer, but also believed in quality and not quantity. Unfortunately Disney does not see this anymore, and shuns Roy (Walts cousin) away from the whole Disney franchisee now.

        The alternate time line shows that everything went a mess when Eisner came into power at Disney, wanted to just pump out crap and did not care about the quality. It was so bad, that Dreamworks decided to poke fun at it with Shrek during the "Eisner Days", thats who Lord Farquad is based on, Eisner himself.
        • brufleth, on 04/09/2008, -0/+10And how. Disney was the definitive "Go big or go home" guy. He'd use all the money he had available and then some in a project. That's how he did films and that's how he did Disneyland. I'm not really a huge fan of Disney but the guy was the sort of crazy genius that companies today rarely leave in charge.

          Disney used to make movies that were classics. Now they make movies (and TV shows) just so they can sell the crap from the movies. I'm sure it is good business but their movies are getting pretty crappy.
    • nicejai, on 04/09/2008, -0/+10He hated sequels because Disney screwed him and Pixar when they did Toy Story 2.
      Pixar at the time was under contract to produce X more movies for Disney, and once Pixar finished Toy Story 2, they were told that Toy Story 2 does not count to the final total because it was a sequel.
      Because of that incident, once Pixar finished their X remaining movies, there was no way in hell they were going back to Disney because they exposed themselves as lying ***** who'll screw Pixar any chance they get. That's why Pixar was looking for another distributing partner and going to go at it alone.

      This is also when Disney had no ideas on how to revitalize their brand. Their main characters are almost at the end of their copyright, and their numerous straight-to-dvd sequels of disney classics just reek of desperation. Knowing the box office power that Pixar has, and the merchandising potential of all Pixar movie characters, and the fact they screwed him on their previous contract... they had to suck Jobs' balls *real* hard to get him to consider another contract.

      The end result is Jobs is now that largest single shareholder of Disney stock, and Lassiter is the head of all creative talent at Disney.... and now they all love sequels.
      • KMartSheriff, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Dugg for sucking balls *real* hard.
      • Oogler, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5Woah there big fella! Ease on back. Disney maintained the rights to the characters created by Pixar under the original contract. i.e. Buzz, Woody and the whole gang were/are Disney characters. Following on the success of Toy Story which was an unmitigated hit, Disney asked Pixar to make a sequel. Pixar said no. Disney said we will be making a sequel with our characters whether you're involved or not. (Hey, it was their intellectual property whether that's an affront to your sense of fairness or not.) Pixar said, well we'd rather do it than let you do it so, okay. Disney said okay, but it won't count against the contracted total. (You can read into it what you want but I'm sure it was because Pixar said no in the first place.) While you may perceive it as dirty pool, the net result is that PIxar OPTED to do Toy Story 2 rather than let Disney do it and therefore it should not count against the original deal. They did it, made a *****-ton of money and the franchise was better for it. Disney... whether you like it or not... was right. I, for one, am glad Toy Story 2 was made, by Pixar; regardless of how it came about. It's a solid piece of entertainment.
      • cgrickard, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1i'm sure this story is too old for anyone to read this comment, but here's what happened. the contract between disney and pixar was for X number of releases, like nice said, but they were for X number of THEATRICAL releases. Toy Story 2 was meant to go straight to DVD (as oogler said, pixar was given the ultimatum of we do it or you can do it). As it was created for DVD, and then Disney decided to throw it on the big screen after it was finished and tested REALLY well, it didn't count towards their contract. which, like easy said, is why they were pissed and swore off disney....til disney realized they needed 'em and dropped a ***** of money to buy 'em.
    • psychotron, on 04/09/2008, -1/+4He might hate sequels, but I'm sure he loves money!
  • ChairShot83, on 04/09/2008, -3/+166Someone has poisoned the waterhole.
  • jazzboyrules, on 04/09/2008, -11/+6Why would any parent name their child "Dick Cook"?
    • ChairShot83, on 04/09/2008, -1/+23Well, it could be worse. He could be called "Cook Dick"..
    • rjinswand, on 04/09/2008, -4/+4I have a friend called Clint Pearson... that's pretty evil, plus there's a Peter Niskin who lives in my town, when the Lynn news printed his name it was as P. Niskin - but that's what you get for living in such an inbred area...
      • Suprbad14, on 04/09/2008, -2/+5i don't get it....
        • Todesengelvr6, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2Me either...
        • Exbzurq, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2Say it out loud.
          Still doesn't change the fact that it really wasn't that funny.
      • Jaablaze, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2I dugg for P. Niskin :) Call me cheap.
    • TitanX13, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2for the laughs
  • Crazysticks, on 04/09/2008, -0/+38I didn't like Newt at first. But...'it got better'
  • sHockz, on 04/09/2008, -13/+1i like pixar...but disney is an evil corporation. somehow pixar is owned by disney and i dont know it...so plz let me live in my ignorant bliss.
    • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1In a nutshell:

      Eisner decided to put Steve Jobs in position at one point, and Jobs bought out Pixar.
  • NinjaKenzie, on 04/09/2008, -5/+0wow, toy story three! a little late dont they think? but hey, that ok i geuss
    • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1Interesting to see how well the rendering will be. Pixar seems to "upgrade" their engines on every Pixar movie.

      But not holding my breath, Toy Story 2 was kind of week in some parts, but still ok. Very few movies have
      kept the sequel as good as the first (aka : Back To The Future, Star Wars (the original trilogy), etc).
      • cvindustries, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Back to the Future Pt 2 and/or 3 was as good as the first but Toy Story 2 wasn't as good as the first Toy Story? I gotta disagree with ya there.
  • MemoryDump, on 04/09/2008, -14/+9oh no.. disney is making pixel make more sequels.. aren't they learning from the sequels they've made to past classics? stop milking on past successes and try to be original for once!
    • Myonosken, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Toy Story 2 was good. That's the only sequel they've done and it was very good- not as good as the original, but how could it be?
    • cvindustries, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Why is MemoryDump being dugg down? Pixar is the last bastion of creativity coming from Hollywood. Sequels are a bad sign. That's how Micheal Eisner ruined Disney animation (that, and exporting it all to Korea).
    • buhby, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1"stop milking on past successes and try to be original for once!"

      Can you be any more wrong?
      Yes, I agree that Disney milk's their animations for money, but "being original for once" is wrong. We wouldn't have personified animals if it weren't for Disney... as far as originality goes, Disney was AND is the leader (now with Pixar). Just look at Dreamworks (the only competitor to Pixar), everything they do IS the same... talking animals and Shrek (which they are milking). But once again, without Disney, there would be no animals being personified in animation (take a look at Steamboat Willie).

      As far as everyone else, I will bet anything that you know almost nothing about Pixar and the whole Animation scene.
    • cubicledrone, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAA Pixar = owned. Thanks.

    • callanpalooza, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1i think given pixar's power within the realm of disney and disney animation any decision to make a sequel comes directly from lasseter first and foremost and not from anyone else within disney. granted im not a huge fan of a cars sequel, disney is definitely not forcing pixar to do it. and toy story 3 has been in production for a while now so that ones not really a suprise.
  • 42Vindictive, on 04/09/2008, -4/+16I would prefer no sequels at all. Pixar/Disney has a bad habit of taking old regular animation classics and them bad sequels in 3D. Just because its new doesn't make it good.
    • joshuabowers, on 04/09/2008, -2/+4I personally wouldn't mind an Incredibles sequel.
    • jayekub, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Pixar has never remade an old film. All films are developed completely in house. And so far, Pixar has made only one sequel (Toy Story 2), and regardless of what you think of it, it was quite well received.
  • Dralite, on 04/09/2008, -1/+71Monsters Inc. 2? They even ended the movie like there would be one... that always got on my nerves and it seems like they will never have it...
    • pixarman, on 04/09/2008, -1/+29How was that ending left open. It had perfect closure. Kitty....
      • Dralite, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8he opened the door to see kitty and the movie ended... felt like the end of The Village... closed on one end but open still
        • tiberone, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2**shudders at thought of Village sequel**
      • captainbethany, on 04/09/2008, -2/+9UGH! Way to make me cry. "Kitty..." Am I the only one who cried? *****.
    • Protoss, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2That is one Pixar movie that I thoroughly enjoy. I'd like to see a sequel. That movie had some great wit.
    • cgrickard, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1i think that the pre-disney/pixar merger titles will be saved from sequels unless pixar really WANTS to do it. post merger is probably all disney's call...but who knows, that's just my opinion.
    • tdogg241, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4I think a sequel would only tarnish what was a perfect ending, IMO.

      A perfect example is Futurama, the ending to the episode with Seymour was sorta ruined for me when they put out the first movie and revealed that Seymour did actually lead a full life. Now when I watch the episode, it doesn't have the impact that it once did. I fear the same would happen if they made a Monsters Inc. sequel.
    • PyroChan, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1my favorite Pixar movie, second only to Bug's life.
  • pasta2000, on 04/09/2008, -4/+7My kids will love Cars 2.
  • diggstown, on 04/09/2008, -2/+89Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Bambi 3, Snow White and the Eight Dwarfs, 103 Dalmatians, The Lion King 3.14, when will it end?
    • keozen, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2You have to admit tho, Lion King 3 (Hakuna Matatta) was the ONLY good Disney Sequel.
      Seriously, if you haven't seen it go and do so now, it's an hour and a half of ripping on the first movie (and you will NEVER get the "Dig a Tunnel" song out of your head, NEVER I SAY [Quick before the Hyena Commmmeee!])
      • Rileyper, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8I agree it was a good sequel
        PS: edit Lion king 3 (lion king 1 1/2)
      • timusca, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2glad to see I'm not the only one still singing that damn song 5 years later.
    • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -2/+1Never... as long as the public is into the Disney Assgrove and keeps buying, renting it, Disney will still keep making it.
    • sillymeganlee, on 04/09/2008, -0/+30The Lion King Pi sounds like the most amazing movie ever.
      • serif69, on 04/09/2008, -0/+29Starring Simba's son, ∑.
        • diggstown, on 04/09/2008, -0/+11So you think that adds up to a good movie?
          • serif69, on 04/09/2008, -0/+10It should be a decent convergence of the series.
        • dannyminick, on 04/09/2008, -4/+1And a whole new annoying parakeet, +-.
      • Xelseragoth, on 04/09/2008, -0/+25It's the 2pi radians of life!
      • frieddonuts, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4This thread is amazing. We're all nerds, aren't we, bringing up math jokes in a disney thread?
    • erlkonig64, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1It will probably end one day after your dead. That's life for you.
    • ilves7, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3Rambo 5... THOUSAND
    • TimmyOToole, on 04/09/2008, -0/+19000 Dalmatians !!!
    • Zipko, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2That reminds me, I found out from my friend who's got a 14 month old that there's been like 18 Land Before Time movies. When did this happen? I saw the first when it came out and vaguely remember them making 2 more, but after 18 wouldn't they eventually go extinct?
      • tiberone, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Actually all the original characters have died but they all have children. 18 is just the original movie, but every time a character is mentioned by name, someone overdubs "junior" after it.

        Producers plan on getting at least 4 or 5 generations out of the original 17 films.
    • dannyminick, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2The Aristocats 2, A bug's life 2, 104 Dalmatians and one runt (yes only one runt), Cars IV: Mustangs Edition, Toy Story 4, Ratatouille 2: Flyin' to America, The Beauty and the Beast 3, Wall E: 2 (yes before the first one comes out).

      Watch, all this will happen, I'm sure.
  • Stopher, on 04/09/2008, -0/+82John Ratzenberger in a Pixar movie? Go figure.
    Did we really need a Cars 2. Where they gonna go with that one?
    Maybe they all become hybrids or something.
    • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+18They'll find out they are secretly Transformers... and find out a horrible movie was made about them by Michale Bay , and then start a quest to go after him.
      • serif69, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2And with Michael Bay involved, the Pixar team will develop an algorithm to animate super-realistic massive explosions that they have to dial back because it's supposed to be a cartoon.
    • jocknerd, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3The best part of Cars was his scene during the credits. That was absolutely hilarious! Other than that, I think Cars was by far the worst Pixar movie made.
    • wheezyninja, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Cars 2... They're Making a Left Turn!
    • tugger, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Cars 2, just how many goofy US stereotypes (that can be translated effectively into cars) are there?
  • rand21althor, on 04/09/2008, -2/+12Really, what kind of story will Toy Story 3 have? Where can the story go, after Toy Story 2? Besides, it's a bit late for a third one, isn't it?
    • NJank, on 04/09/2008, -1/+14Andy goes to college?
      • tidu, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2I don't know if that's a guess or not, but it's a pretty damn good one cause it's right
      • SpectreFire, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6Andy discovers violent video games?
      • TitanX13, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1its andy goes to college. their was a article on digg a while ago about it
      • Tonicks, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Meh. Just a Brave Little Toaster ripoff.
    • Myonosken, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1I dunno- if its anything like the other two I'll go see it. I might be at uni now, but I know most of my floor would go watch it because the first two are still good to watch ten years later.
    • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6Andy was about 6 when Toy Story 2 left off... .so I doubt he would be in college. Perhaps a international trip.

      "National Lampoons: Toy Story" perhaps?
      • serif69, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2They should go to Japan and meet all the high-tech Japanese toys.
    • cubicledrone, on 04/09/2008, -2/+0All that matters is the trailer. The trailer will bring $$$$ on opening weekend. Once they have your $$$$, who gives a ***** what the story is about? Thanks. Welcome to American "culture."
    • DeucesWild, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Just rent the Brave little Toaster to find out.
    • callanpalooza, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0In February some potential plot details were released in this article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120338109294075671 ...

      "In Pixar’s coming movie "Toy Story 3," Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college."

      I take it with a grain of salt, but it would take the story in an original direction.
  • p0pcorns, on 04/09/2008, -2/+7Cars would be the least of my faves from Pixar, but in saying that, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Just not as much as the others.
  • TheRealM3D, on 04/09/2008, -5/+71No Incredibles. No Digg.
    • nolemonplease, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6The obvious one that needs a sequel.
      • powerbook86, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Thankfully Brad Bird said if they find a good story he'd be open to doing a sequel. One day I hope - definitely one of my top favorites.
    • PyroChan, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1the incredibles had an incredible art style.
  • heretrix, on 04/09/2008, -4/+172Where the hell is the Incredibles 2?
    • shakbhaji, on 04/10/2008, -0/+2Seriously, I thought it would be in the works by now.
    • PixelMagic, on 04/10/2008, -2/+1When all the sheeple wake up, they will realize that Incredibles sucked, along with almost all other Pixar movies.
  • arma, on 04/09/2008, -5/+13BREAKING indeed.

    NOT.
    • paintpro, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1BREAKING! ***** that we won't see for years!
    • daveyska, on 04/10/2008, -0/+0Arma had hoped something more dramatic would have come out of his mouth. Or at least more current.
  • DeFex, on 04/09/2008, -0/+16I used to have a pet salamander, I called him tiny because he was my newt.
  • diggstown, on 04/09/2008, -0/+69Description from Newt:
    What happens when the last remaining male and female blue-footed newts on the planet are forced together by science to save the species, and they can't stand each other?

    Are we sure they'll be able to keep that one rated G?
    • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -5/+1Thats the problem with films for kids these days... they are all PG. Even the movie based on a children's book "The Cat In The Hat" had a PG rating! Its sad that kids get hyped for these movies, but are told in most cases they can not go see them because they are designated for much older kids.

      For instance, Over the Hedge appealed to many kids including my child, but I had to sit and find out why it was rated PG. And then make the decision to go see it.

      Years ago children's movies were pretty much all 'G' rated, you didn't have to worry about the violence, etc that you find now in PG children's movies.
      • Boooohjoke, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4"but I had to sit and find out why it was rated PG" I would only care if it were rated pg-13 to have my kids go see it...your a bit overprotective. Unless your kids are like 3
        • timusca, on 04/09/2008, -3/+1Don't tell other people how to parent... its rude.
        • paintpro, on 04/09/2008, -3/+2Don't tell other people not to tell other people how to parent... Its rude.
        • opmike, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3Don't tell other people not to tell other people not to tell other people how to parent...Its rude.
        • diggstown, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2Don't tell other people not to tell other people not to tell other people not to tell other people how to parent...Its rude.
    • Daggity, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3...And that, little Billy, is where babies come from.
    • deose, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1How do they make a whole movie over lizards screwing?
  • cello, on 04/09/2008, -1/+20Cars 2? Ew.

    Money grab indeed, damn you disney.
  • iiviip3, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1What's with those Disney Digital 3-D movies? I thought The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D was pretty cool but are they ever going to be released for us to watch at home?
    • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Before you know it Disney will have converted their entire flim archives into 3D...why?..because people line up for it. They paid $4.50 when the movie was released years ago, they'll pay $12.50 now to see the SAME movie in 3D.
    • SkippyDoorknob, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Do you have a dual projector system at home to watch it with? I didn't think so.
  • HeatVision, on 04/09/2008, -2/+17Improper use of "BREAKING" = "bury".
  • ensta2, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5I really loved Cars but I don't know about a sequel.. and i am a Disney/Pixar and Car nut. STill the lineup looks very promising. Looking forward to THe Princess and the Frog
  • Chompy, on 04/09/2008, -3/+34Cars ***** TWO? How did that meeting go?
    "Hey what was the worst movie we made?"
    Cars, probably."
    "All right, let's make a sequel to THAT one. Next year we'll get on Bugs Life II."
    • Myonosken, on 04/09/2008, -2/+32You don't like Bugs Life? :(
      • Chompy, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Sure, but we're talking about PIXAR here. Cars and BL are merely OK, whereas everything else they've made has been spectacular. It'd be like Valve or Blizzard releasing an "meh, it was OK" game.
        • Nathanage, on 04/09/2008, -4/+1i would take bug's life over monsters, inc. pixar was still fresh then. i think monsters inc. was ALL cute factor. Granted, they did a helluva job with the cute factor.
    • nbcaffeine, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5Electric BUGaloo!
    • astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1"oh and staff. while we're here meeting, lets look at making sequels to all the shorts too... Geri's Game II will be the first to be released..."
      • mistergoodburge, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2this guy has no taste...how do you hate bugs life AND Cars...kill yourself
        • gnslngr1919, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Do you realize that you are telling another human being to kill himself because he doesn't like two movies?
        • dkrich, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Kim Jong Ill called. He wants his sense of humor back.
      • buhby, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Toy Story (the first fully cg film) was based on one of their shorts Tin Toy. The short won an academy award and was accepted into the National Film Registry. Let's not knock the shorts!
    • cgrickard, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2there's little better than mexican pill bugs or a ladybug names francis.....COME ON!
      • tiberone, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Yeah, the guy in the $5,000 suit is gonna hold the door for the guy that doesn't even make that in a month!
    • tdogg241, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Whatever, A Bug's Life was great. I think the only Pixar film that isn't *great* is Cars, and Pixar knows this. I think they're making the sequel to sort of redeem that misstep. Also, money.
    • psychotron, on 04/09/2008, -1/+4That is dumb. This is how the meeting went:

      "Hey, how much money did Cars make?"
      "A quadrillion trillion and we still haven't finished counting it all."
      "Hmmm. Do we need more money?"
      "Um, no, not really. But it's sure nice isn't it?"
      "Yup, it sure is."
      Lights cigar with $100 bill.
      "Make Cars 2. I'll be in Bahamas the rest of the years. Lates."
  • fakesinatra, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8Newt: How can one little girl with no weapons and no training survive on an alien infested planet? Find out in 2011!
    • stg3095, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5They mostly come out at night, mostly.
    • Binto, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1:)
      I was really hoping to see a reference here somewhere. I was actually disappointed (somewhat) that it took so long down the comment list to finally find it!
  • BeatPunchbeef, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3Johnny 5?
    • grusandcrux, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Exactly what I thought. I was hoping I'd see Short Circuit 3 (in CGI) in that list!
  • BlackholeStorm, on 04/09/2008, -2/+39Incredibles 2, Monsters Inc 2, even A Bugs Life 2. Anything would've been better than Cars 2.
  • UglyShirts, on 04/09/2008, -2/+16No Incredibles sequel?

    NOOOOOOOO!
  • Daveydje, on 04/09/2008, -1/+51Does anyone else miss the traditional old school 2D animation?.. Would be nice just to have the occasional decent 2D movie, rather than churning out 3D sequels... And if you are going to do sequels, why the hell would you be Cars over The Incredibles?!
    • kickcows, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3cars = $$$$
      incredibles = not so much
    • cubicledrone, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Well, see, according to Disney, 2D animation doesn't make money. According to the 400 animation studios in Japan, 2D is just fine, but they're Disney, after all, and what do the Japanese know about animation, right?
      • acetv, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1I don't know... it may be a result of a small sample size but it seems to me the majority of anime tv shows have really bad animation in general.
    • ishotthedoor, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1"Up" by Pixar is going to be 2D animation. It's going to be similar to the short "My Friend the Rat" on the "Ratatouille" DVD. If you don't know that one, it also looks kinda like the animation for the opening titles for "Monster, Inc." Should be interesting to see what Pixar can do with 2D, though I also read that it will be released in 3D, which seems to defeat the purpose to me.
    • serif69, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1John Lasseter is dead-set on bringing back traditional cell animation now that he has a say in Disney's animation department. He's even bringing back animated shorts for theatrical release.
    • Scheissen, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1It's easier for them to animate inanimate objects like toys and cars than to do all the rigging that is required for humans. Disney can also count on movie merchandise of toys and cars for the youth. The Incredibles has a target audience above Disneys usual age. Plus, they already have a large chuck of the models made so it saves on time. I for one, am not inquiring on seeing Cars 2.
    • saska, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1This is why we have Japan.
    • ChromaVita, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Wasn't there a rumor that disney was going to release all the 3D animated movies as pixar, and start releasing new 2D animated films as disney?
  • misterteenwolf, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8all those movies combined will make $10 trillion
    • dkrich, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0And given the dollar's valuation by then will make the actual amount about 7 bucks.
    • tiberone, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1$10 trillion...each time a new version is released on DVD from the vault. (Overall, roughly $ infinity)
  • Austin7687, on 04/09/2008, -0/+28Wow, Toy Story 3. I've heard for so long that Tom Hanks has been resistant to doing another sequel.

    Also, nothing from Brad Bird? The Incredibles and Ratatoullie were some of the best, most memorable Disney films of recent years.
    • serif69, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2I have a hunch that John Lasseter is assigning Brad Bird to non-Pixar project in Disney animation. Disney needs something like "The Iron Giant" to bring back their own animation department, and who better than the writer/director of "The Iron Giant" to do it?
    • tdogg241, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6Know why they were so great? Because Pixar made them, not Disney. Disney has long-forgotten how to make a great animated film and has resorted to rehashing and bastardizing once-classic franchises to keep the cash coming in.

      Walt is rolling over in his cryogenic tube.
      • nonstop87, on 04/10/2008, -0/+3Iger era (2005–Present)
        * 2005: Bob Iger replaces Michael Eisner as CEO on October 1.
        * 2006: High School Musical and Hannah Montana premiere. Pixar is purchased. Cars and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest are released. Rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit are re-obtained from NBC Universal.
        * 2007: Partners with Club Penguin. High School Musical 2 premieres. Enchanted is released.
    • izzyb412, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Brad Bird is doing a live action movie

      http://imdb.com/title/tt0832278/
      • Austin7687, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1Awesome, I'm glad he's doing other stuff. He was a great director for The Simpsons.
    • tiberone, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Maybe Hanks won't be in it.

      Crazy, I know, but they did an Aladdin without Robin Williams.
  • jerrycan, on 04/09/2008, -1/+8I liked Incredibles. That puppy is ripe for a sequel too. WTF?
  • aaron117, on 04/09/2008, -4/+2The animated movies are getting a bit like EA!
    Im sick of them. They are *****! Toy Story was brill. So was the second one. And then a pile of ***** started appearing from different studios.
  • hixxy, on 04/09/2008, -2/+1Whoa! I thought that was R.O.B. there for a second.
    My dreams'll never come true. ):
  • Hosalabad, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1And Jobs said no more sequels....Too bad for us.
  • skektek, on 04/09/2008, -2/+9"Cars 2"?
    "Toy Story 3"?
    *****! - Disney has corrupted Pixar into being a sequel factory. I knew this would happen when Disney bought Pixar. Pixar said it wouldn't happen but I guess they underestimated corporate greed.
    • kenthorvath, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1Sequels to CGI films are ridiculously cheap to produce compared to their more original predecessors. All the modelling work has been essentially completed, leaving the biggest burden on voice-acting and script-writing. Computers make it really easy to recycle things. It's a blessing and a curse.
      • cubicledrone, on 04/09/2008, -2/+0Yeah, and it's really important to make sure PIXAR movies are made cheaply because well, it's real tough to predict how well they will do at the box office, amirite? Or maybe it is just about greed.

        Yeah, I'll go with "about greed."
  • jocknerd, on 04/09/2008, -1/+42Cars 2? Wonderful. I thought it was their worst film. I want a sequel to The Incredibles.
  • Steeple, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7loved the toy stories, monsters inc and especially the incredibles, but cars was just an abstraction too far. i know it's a kids movie, but it just didn't make any sense.
    still, it takes a stinker like chicken little to make you appreciate pixar's writing team
  • slinky317, on 04/09/2008, -5/+8Stop using the word "Breaking" on stuff like this. Seriously.
    • cgrickard, on 04/09/2008, -2/+1OR just read the word after 'breaking' and see if you're still interested.
  • dslartoo, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3Oh ye of little faith. Trust the Pixar people to do the films only if they're done right. As long as Lasseter / Docter / Stanton / Bird are in charge of writing and directing for Pixar, I'm not worried.
    • Oogler, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1All four gentlemen are settled in nicely and a happy part of the Disney machine. In one way or another its their heritage anyway. Once Eisner left the big melt was on and things are much, much better for everyone - not the least of which is the moving going public. Disney has chosen to maintain the Pixar brand because it has strong marketplace recognition.

      What I'm waiting to see is the proper resurrection of the 2D art form. Pixar is all well and good but Lasseter is a junkie for the old school stuff too. Watch for releases from the newly re-branded Walt Disney Animation Studios as well. (Also championed by Lasseter et al)
  • insanebrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1o noes. .. it's broken !
  • Arcae, on 04/09/2008, -0/+14Who else is excited for 4 Tinkerbell movies?
  • petebert, on 04/09/2008, -1/+7BREAKING!!! wonder if theres a fox news alert on this story right now
  • KrazyIan, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2I loved Cars, but Cars 2 just reeks of money grab. Pixar has fought for years to keep making original movies (only one sequel, Toy Story 2).
  • qq123, on 04/09/2008, -5/+0Yay for Toy Story 3!
  • ScoobyG, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1More importantly, WHERE IS BRAD BIRD?
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