It was a truly exciting day late last August when Bryko614, an avid and eagle eyed Pixar Planet member, noticed something interesting in a brief moment on the Up B-Roll.
An image of what I called "a boy and his dinosaur" can be seen behind Pixar sculptor Greg Dykstra while he displays a model of young Carl in the now legendary clip. After we posted the image on the blog, it attracted quite a bit of attention and speculation exploded.
Many questions have been posed: Is the image from an upcoming Pixar feature film? Considering the studio’s schedule, probably not. How about a short film? Likely. Then, could it be a personal project or a Pixar production? Not sure. But this latest image, sent anonymously to our friends over at Pixar Talk, seems to suggest it’s a Disney/Pixar film.
In the picture, you’ll see Up production designer and Pixar vet Ricky Nierva alongside another Pixarian (who’s face has been unfortunately cut off) in Dykstra’s studio. This time, we can see the wall and its contents in more detail. The boy and the dinosaur are now joined by prehistoric alligators, pterodactyls and giant mosquitoes. I’m extremely excited to see what this is all about!
But the big question remains: Will this be the short attached to Toy Story 3? From what I’ve heard, it’s really hard to tell. Or maybe this will replace Newt…?
What do you think?
Last modified: February 18, 2010
I really hope it’s a feature.
Probably not, but it looks awesome!
I love me some prehistory!
It looks awesome, but I don’t belive it’s a film. It has a shorts feel to it.
I kind of hope it’s just a short film. I hope this doesn’t anger anybody but the fact that dinosaur’s origin has so many theories put into it I know it’ll upset a lot of people if this one doesn’t follow the mainstream theory, which I don’t believe in. It looks interesting in any case, though..
—Leirin
It appears that there is excessive character development going on in these pictures. Two additional dinosaurs plus in the upper left you see an adult figure opposite to the child + dinosaur. I think we’re looking at a feature film folks 😀
Cute. Problem is, everyone knows humans and dinosaurs didn’t live on Earth at the same time! Their existance was seperated by millions of years!
Anonymous #4- And everyone knows fish, cars and toys can’t talk, yet… 😛
Pete Docter did a student animation of a big happy dinosaur playing around. I saw it years ago at an animation festival. I wonder if there is a seed in here from that?
I’ve been informed this is “Night and Day”
Check it out:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/19/pixars-dinosaur-film-teddy-newtons-night-and-day/
Brice_J- I’m aware, Pixar Talk found information on Night and Day about a month ago but Pixar has asked us Pixar bloggers not to post about it. I even have a whole post from January on the subject. I’m waiting for official confirmation at this point.
I hope this is a short to be attached to Toy Story!
I really want to see NEWT! I hope they didn’t killed it!
Could the possibly be BRAVE ! I’ve hear pixar staff in interviews say that name alot.