{"id":1860,"date":"2008-04-08T16:48:34","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T16:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/breaking-pixar-film-slate-announced"},"modified":"2008-04-08T16:48:34","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T16:48:34","slug":"breaking-pixar-film-slate-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/breaking-pixar-film-slate-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Pixar Film Slate Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/107.jpg\" width=\"200\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>Disney\/Pixar have announced their upcoming film slates in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cgi-bin\/stories.pl?ACCT=104&#038;STORY=\/www\/story\/04-08-2008\/0004789174&#038;EDATE=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Pixar&#8217;s release schedule is as follows:\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Jun 27, 2008 &#8211; <span style=\"font-style: italic; \"><span class=\"caps\">WALL<\/span>&bull;E<\/span> (Andrew Stanton)<\/li>\n<li>May 29, 2009 &#8211; <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Up<\/span> (Pete Docter\/Bob Peterson)<\/li>\n<li>Oct 2, 2009 &#8211; <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Toy Stor<\/span>y in 3-D (John Lasseter)<\/li>\n<li>Feb 12, 2010 &#8211; <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Toy Story 2<\/span> in 3-D (John Lasseter)<\/li>\n<li>Jun 18, 2010 &#8211; <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Toy Story 3<\/span> (Lee Unkrich)<\/li>\n<li>Summer 2011 &#8211; n<span style=\"font-style: italic; \">ewt<\/span>&nbsp;(Gary Rydstrom)<\/li>\n<li>Christmas 2011, <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">The Bear and the Bow<\/span> (Brenda Chapman)<\/li>\n<li>Summer 2012 &#8211; <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Cars 2<\/span> (Brad Lewis)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Also we now have the voice talent for <span style=\"font-style: italic; \"><span class=\"caps\">WALL<\/span>&bull;E<\/span>:&nbsp; Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John<br \/>\nRatzenberger and Kathy Najimy. Thomas Newman is composing the score.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The synopsis for <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Up<\/span>, is as follows: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From the Academy Award&#174; nominated team of director Pete Docter (&quot;Monsters, Inc.&quot;) and co-director Bob Peterson comes &quot;Up,&quot; a comedic adventure taking off (and lifting spirits) in summer 2009. Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. &quot;Up&quot; takes audiences on a thrilling journey where the unlikely pair encounter wild terrain, unexpected villains and jungle creatures. When seeking adventure next summer &#8212; look &quot;Up.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s voice talent includes: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Jordan Nagai.&nbsp;<span style=\"font-style: italic; \">newt<\/span>&#8216;s synopsis is as follows: <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"\"><p>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&#8217;t stand each other? That&#8217;s the problem facing Newt and Brooke, heroes of &quot;newt,&quot; the Pixar film by seven-time Academy Award&#174; winner for sound Gary Rydstrom, and director of Pixar&#8217;s Oscar-nominated short, &quot;Lifted.&quot; Newt and Brooke embark on a perilous, unpredictable adventure and discover that finding a mate never goes as planned, even when you only have one choice. Love, it turns out, is not a science.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic; \"> The Bear and the Bow<\/span>&#8216;s synopsis is as follows: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A rugged and mythic Scotland is the setting for Pixar&#8217;s action-adventure &quot;The Bear and the Bow.&quot; The impetuous, tangle-haired Merida, though a daughter of royalty, would prefer to make her mark as a great archer. A clash of wills with her mother compels Merida to make a reckless choice, which unleashes unintended peril on her father&#8217;s kingdom and her mother&#8217;s life. Merida struggles with the unpredictable forces of nature, magic and a dark, ancient curse to set things right. Director Brenda Chapman (&quot;The Prince of Egypt,&quot; &quot;The Lion King&quot;) and the storytelling wizards of Pixar conjure humor, fantasy and excitement in this rich Highland tale.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> It&#8217;s voice talent is as follows: Reese Witherspoon, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Cars 2<\/span> accompanies the following synopsis:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"\"><p>All the world&#8217;s a racetrack as racing superstar Lightning McQueen zooms back into action, with his best friend Mater in tow, to take on the globe&#8217;s fastest and finest in this thrilling high-octane new installment of the &quot;Cars&quot; saga. Mater and McQueen will need their passports as they find themselves in a new world of intrigue, thrills and fast-paced comedic escapades around the globe. &quot;Cars 2&quot; is being directed by Brad Lewis, producer of the Oscar&#174;- winning film &quot;Ratatouille.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> I guess those rumours were true. Along with these announcements is the announcement that Disney&bull;Pixar will&nbsp;endeavor&nbsp;to release every animated film starting with <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Up<\/span>, in Disney Digital 3-D. Find out a whole lot more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cgi-bin\/stories.pl?ACCT=104&#038;STORY=\/www\/story\/04-08-2008\/0004789174&#038;EDATE=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Disney\/Pixar have announced their upcoming film slates in this press release.&nbsp; Pixar&#8217;s release schedule is as follows: Jun 27, 2008 &#8211; WALL&bull;E (Andrew Stanton) May 29, 2009 &#8211; Up (Pete Docter\/Bob Peterson) Oct 2, 2009 &#8211; Toy Story in 3-D (John Lasseter) Feb 12, 2010 &#8211; Toy Story 2 in 3-D (John Lasseter) Jun 18, &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,31,12,77,2,6,3,26,27,19,7,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Pixar Film Slate Announced - Upcoming Pixar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/breaking-pixar-film-slate-announced\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Pixar Film Slate Announced - Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Disney\/Pixar have announced their upcoming film slates in this press release.&nbsp; 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