Pixar takes the animation crown when it comes to dreaming up complicated characters that leave their marks on viewers’ minds. From Finding Dory’s camouflaging Septopus, Hank, who took the design team two years to finalize, to the light-emitting Joy from Inside Out, Pixar is no stranger to animation innovation. This time, the personification pros at Pixar have taken on the monumental ...

Pixar Animation Studios is up to bat with a groundbreaking Disney+ production that has been in talks for the past three years. Introduced at a Disney Investor Day meeting in December 2020, the first-ever long-form series, Win or Lose, will finally take a swing at Disney+ streamers. On Tuesday, Pixar announced Win or Lose will be available for streaming in December ...

Disney Princesses usually shine in our favorite Disney films, but we can’t help but fall in love with the characters shaping them. Whether animated classics or modernized CGI hits, most Disney movies set the stage with complex family dynamics that keep us invested in our beloved Disney characters. With Mother’s Day upon us, there’s no time like the present to ...

In the words of Mr. Incredible, “​​No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again. Sometimes I just want it to stay saved!” Based on a viral Twitter thread, it would appear devoted fans of The Incredibles wanted the original to stay untouched by a sequel. A tweet by @Reza_shuaib went ...

For decades, Disney was the only game in town. The Mouse House was the undisputed king of the animation world. Even during the dark years after Walt Disney’s death, Disney was still the champion. Disney continued its domination into the 1990s with Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), Lion King (1994), and Pocahontas (1995).  Then, in 1995, a new ...

Pixar is offering fans an unbelievable opportunity to apprentice as a storyteller under some of their most talented filmmakers. The Disney Pixar movies are some of the most memorable features released. Think Toy Story, Brave, Inside Out, The Incredibles, and even the newest Lightyear. Pixar has a way with storytelling that captures audiences and has us in our feels, making us feel one with ...

As Disney/Pixar’s Lightyear continues its theatrical run, it continues to hold the unfortunate dissonance of simultaneously holding decently high ratings and downtrodden ticket sales. It seems that the Lightyear director Angus MacLane has broken his silence on the matter over the past week. Beginning on July 1, he said, “Just had a look at the number. The ratings for LIGHTYEAR are ...

Even though they were not released at the same time, Illumination Entertainment’s latest animated feature film, Minions: The Rise of Gru, recorded an opening weekend box office performance that was nearly double that of Disney/Pixar’s summer film, Lightyear, and gave the Mouse House a once-in-a-blue-moon box office defeat. According to The Hollywood Reporter:  “Minions: The Rise of Gru scored a huge four-day opening of ...

Is there an ongoing trend in Disney-Pixar filmmaking for making mothers out to be beasts? While the release of Turning Red earlier this year serves as the most recent example for these sorts of themes, the start of such a tradition arguably goes back to Disney-Pixar’s Brave in 2012. What’s most ironic, though, is the idea that a film known ...

It’s fair to say that we all want to see more of our favorite movie-themed attractions and experiences at Disney Parks, whether they’re of the Disney, Marvel, Star Wars or Pixar variety. And while each of those brands has certainly claimed plenty of territory within the theme parks, there are still a number of Pixar movies that are slightly overlooked ...