{"id":2504,"date":"2009-05-09T00:39:52","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T00:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/up-wrap-up-5809"},"modified":"2009-05-09T00:39:52","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T00:39:52","slug":"up-wrap-up-5809","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/up-wrap-up-5809\/","title":{"rendered":"UP Round-Up (5\/9\/09)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week has been packed with&nbsp;Pixar news, from the announcement of a new <a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disneypixar-launching-new-animation-studio-in-vancouver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney\/Pixar studio in Vancouver<\/a> to our <a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/exclusive-a-bugs-life-on-blu-ray-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Bug&#8217;s Life on Blu-ray review<\/a> to the <a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/richard-corliss-from-time-reviews-up-bloggers-mini-reviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first proffesional critics&#8217; review <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/complete-up-cast-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full cast list of Up<\/a>!&nbsp;Sometimes we can&#8217;t post individual articles for the news in between because, frankly, it&#8217;d be overwhelming&nbsp;for both us and the readers.<\/p>\n<p>So welcome again to another installment of <strong>UP Round-Up<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/647.jpg\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>LA Times on Up:<\/strong>&nbsp;This Friday&nbsp;was National Press Day at Pixar, one of the reasons why so much news is coming out of Emeryville lately. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LA Times<\/a> has an extensive&nbsp;article on Up featuring quotes from Pete Docter and the Pixar team who worked on it. You can read it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/news\/la-ca-up10-2009may10,0,2075358.story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>,&nbsp;the article even contains a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/media\/photo\/2009-05\/46801430.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new still<\/a> from Up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dug &amp; Alpha Team Plushes:<\/strong> &quot;&#8216;My n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 139px; height: 150px\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/648.jpg\" width=\"139\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>ame is Dug. I have just met you and I love you&#8217;&#8216; and &#8216;&#8216;Treats. I smell treats. I like treats&#8217;&#8216;&nbsp; are just some of the hilarious quotes you&#8217;ll hear when pushing the paw of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneystore.com\/medium-up-talking-dug-plush-11\/p\/1246893\/13434\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dug <\/a>or one of the Alpha Team dogs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneystore.com\/medium-up-talking-alpha-plush-14\/p\/1246897\/13434\/?prodFromCrossSell=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alpha<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneystore.com\/medium-up-talking-beta-plush-12\/p\/1246899\/13434\/?prodFromCrossSell=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beta<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneystore.com\/medium-up-talking-gamma-plush-8\/p\/1246851\/13434\/?prodFromCrossSell=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gamma<\/a>. The plush versions of the search dogs come in sizes ranging from 8 inches to 14 inches tall. Each of Muntz&#8217;s dogs retail for $19.95 besides <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneystore.com\/disney\/store\/DSIProductDisplay?storeId=10051&#038;productId=1246861&#038;categoryId=13604&#038;catalogFromSearch=10002&#038;catalogId=10002&#038;langId=-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jumbo Dug<\/a> which is priced at $34.99, you can purchase them over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneystore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney Store website<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/pixarblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/up-toys-and-merchandise.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Pixar Blog<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/649.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"219\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/649.jpg\" width=\"164\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Pete Docter Goes Up&#8230; Literaly:<\/strong> The flying armchair stopped by Pixar for press day and Up director Pete Docter took a ride as pictured to the right! Ever wonder what it would look like from UP top? Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KvrfCubitUg&#038;eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epixarblog%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F&#038;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this video<\/a> on YouTube for a bird&#8217;s eye view of Pixar from the chair. We reported earlier that the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/up-cluster-balloon-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Up Cluster Balloon&nbsp;Tour<\/a> would be stopping by many American cities, find out when your stop is coming up (if it hasn&#8217;t already passed)&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clusterballoon.com\/UP\/assets\/UP_Tour_map_02.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>(Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gyazickr\/3512944273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gyazickr<\/a>\/Click to view larger)<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Up Retro Style Posters:<\/strong> It seems there are more&nbsp;one-sheets from the artists behind the other Up retro post<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 194px; height: 121px\" height=\"121\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/650.jpg\" width=\"194\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>ers <a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/up-at-pixar-up-promo-posters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">we posted<\/a> last month! They look gorgeous displayed in the Pixar atrium, which was flooded by press today. Check out larger version of &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/4g841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Natural Wonders in South American Tepui<\/a>&quot; and &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/4g8ek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The World&#8217;s Greatest Adventurer<\/a>&quot; at their respective links.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/gossUP_girl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gossUP_girl<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy and tell us what you think!<br \/>\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> 20 days &#8216;til Disney&bull;Pixar&#8217;s Up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>This week has been packed with&nbsp;Pixar news, from the announcement of a new Disney\/Pixar studio in Vancouver to our A Bug&#8217;s Life on Blu-ray review to the first proffesional critics&#8217; review and full cast list of Up!&nbsp;Sometimes we can&#8217;t post individual articles for the news in between because, frankly, it&#8217;d be overwhelming&nbsp;for both us and &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,29,7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UP Round-Up (5\/9\/09) - 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\/up-wrap-up-5809\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UP Round-Up (5\/9\/09) - Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week has been packed with&nbsp;Pixar news, from the announcement of a new Disney\/Pixar studio in Vancouver to our A Bug&#8217;s Life on Blu-ray review to the first proffesional critics&#8217; 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