Tag archive: Pixar

Netflix may need to start keeping an eye on YouTube's rental service. Thanks to a new partnership, Disney movies will be available for rent through the popular Google-owned streaming service. The first batch of many Disney movies are available beginning today, some starting at $1.99. The official announcement, via blog post, points out that today's batch is “the first of hundreds of The Walt Disney Studios Movies,” with more releases… Read More

As the entire technology industry remembers Steve Jobs fondly, I can't help but fear for its future. Without Steve Jobs, the the tech and entertainment industries would be no where near as vibrant as they are today. And without his unique ability to execute new ideas and push the tech industry where it needs to go, we'll all be a little worse off.   The Onion may have been joking around in its story: “Last American Who Knew… Read More

For years—centuries even—dreamers have looked to the skies and gazed in fascination at our nearest celestial neighbor, Mars. From the comedic to the incredible, there have been countless stories about life on the Red Planet. Just look at the interest and scrutiny that surrounded the mere possibility of fossilized bacteria being discovered on Mars a few years back. But long before we were sending probes to the planet, and nearly a century… Read More

Now that Cars 2 has been released, Pixar is looking toward the future. A prequel to Monster, Inc., titled Monsters University is planned for June 21, 2013, an Incredibles sequel has been rumored, and earlier today Tom Hanks claimed that there will be a Toy Story 4. But while sequels are all well and good, Pixar has now gone two years without a new property. That will change next summer though, when it releases its next original film, Brave.

While doing publicity with the BBC for his upcoming film, Larry Crowne, Tom Hanks was asked if there would be a Toy Story 4 for his newly born granddaughter to watch. Hanks replied “I think there will be, yeah. Yeah, I think they’re working on it now.” That probably shouldn’t be all that surprising since Toy Story 3 became only the third film ever to be nominated for Best Picture, and it won Best Animated Film for 2010. Oh, and it made well… Read More

A recently filed class action lawsuit claims that a variety of leading technology companies, including Adobe, Apple, Google, Lucasfilm, Intel, Intuit Inc. and Pixar studios, have “conspired” to keep the wages of their employees low, reports Apple Insider. The lawsuit was announced in a press release published Wednesday by law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein. Filed by former Lucasfilm software engineer Siddharth Hariharan… Read More

In a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, six top U.S. technology companies—Google, Apple, Adobe, Intel, Intuit, and Pixar—have agreed to end agreements with each other under which they would not try to recruit each others' top employees. The Justice Department's concerns were that the no-solicitation agreements between the companies significantly reduced competition to recruit highly skilled… Read More

Although prices for some Blu-ray players dropped below $100 this holiday season, customers are hesitating to jump into the next-generation video format. Even people who already own Blu-ray players are still buying movies on DVDs. One big reason: Blu-ray discs won't play on standard DVD players found in cars, computers and bedrooms. Now Hollywood — which is banking on the pricier Blu-ray discs to help lift sagging home video sales — is… Read More

Everyone knows that awards and accolades that single out any single person in a complicated event, field, or industry is rife with problems: just ask the Nobel Prize committee or the people responsible for picking Time magazine's “Person of the Year.” But if nothing else, those laurels are useful for sparking public discussion…and Fortune magazine has probably stirred up a hornet's nest of controversy for its… Read More

The Walt Disney Company and Pixar announced today that Disney has agreed to acquire animation house Pixar for an all stock deal valued at $7.4 billion. The deal has been approved by the boards of both companies, and is expected to be completed by mid-2006. Pixar President Ed Catnull will serve as the President of the new Pixar and Disney animation studios, and John Lassetter (considered by many to be the crown jewel of Pixar) will serve as… Read More