PIXAR Movies
PIXAR Movies
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PIXAR History
It’s an image that’s virtually synonymous with great ideas and flashes of inspiration. How fitting, then, that a particularly playful, semi-anthropomorphic lamp is the iconic mascot representing one of the world’s most respected studios: Pixar
Founded in 1970s as part of the computer division of Lucasfilm (yes, the folks behind Star Wars), Pixar Animation Studios pioneered the development of computer-generated animation, catapulting the moving image into the future. It truly came into its own in 1986, when it became its own corporation—one funded by Apple’s Steve Jobs, no less.
In 1995, Toy Story came to theatres, and it truly shook the world of cinema. The bar for top-quality, cutting-edge animation paired with loveable characters and compelling stories was set, and set high. The tale of toys-come-to-life earned three Academy Award nominations: Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Song, and Best Original Score.
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Pixar’s secret sauce, aside from crisp animation and complex eye candy, is, without question, emotion. Over the years, Pixar has stood tall as the standard for family content, delighting moviegoers with classic after classic, including A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Cars (2006), Ratatouille (2007), WALL-E (2008), Up (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), Brave (2012), Inside Out (2015), Coco (2017), Incredibles 2 (2018), Toy Story 4 (2019), Onward (2020), and Soul (2020).
With a body of work like that, it’s no surprise that Pixar’s trophy case is brimming. Two films—Toy Story 3 and Up—were nominated for Best Picture.
Pretty impressive. So impressive, that, in 2006, Disney bought Pixar $7.4 for billion dollars.
PIXAR Studio News
A new Pixar movie is a reason to get excited, so we were pleasantly surprised when Pixar announced ELEMENTAL. The studio's 27th feature film comes from director Peter Sohn (THE GOOD DINOSAUR) and follows an unlikely pair of characters, Ember and Wade. She's a fire elemental; he's a water elemental.
"It makes perfect sense that Pixar would produce and release a movie like LIGHTYEAR. The film is expressly rooted in classic science-fiction, just like the company itself. After all, if you look at Pixar from a distance, the idea of a company using computers to create some of the most human characters we’ve ever met is almost like science fiction itself.
Pixar's movies are great adventures that take us to far-flung locations on Earth, into the hidden lives of toys, far out into space and even deep within ourselves.
The release of a new Pixar movie is a big deal. Even kids who might not know the name "Pixar" can tell there’s a higher quality of work on display in the company's movies. We all lean in when a new one debuts.
Nothing warms our hearts quite like a new Pixar movie. A specific sort of excitement accompanies each new release from the animation studio. The anticipation for Pixar’s stories rivals that of nearly any other new movie release.
Many kids dream of going to space, but it’s only in the movies that they actually get there. Pixar’s upcoming ELIO takes the idea to more of an extreme than many other movies.
