{"id":2555,"date":"2009-05-26T14:12:42","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T14:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/dugs-special-mission-up-dvdblu-ray-exclusive-short"},"modified":"2009-05-26T14:12:42","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T14:12:42","slug":"dugs-special-mission-up-dvdblu-ray-exclusive-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/dugs-special-mission-up-dvdblu-ray-exclusive-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Dug&#039;s Special Mission: Up DVD\/Blu-ray Exclusive Short [UPDATED]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/716.jpg\" style=\"width: 213px; height: 183px;\" \/>We all know that Pixar adds a new short film to their new <span class=\"caps\">DVD<\/span>\/Blu-ray release, what we didn&#8217;t know is what exactly would be included with <em>Up<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We also don&#8217;t know what <strong><em>Dug&#8217;s Special Mission<\/em><\/strong> is, but we&#8217;ll be finding out this Fall! What we&nbsp;<em>did<\/em> know (or at least <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/ronnie-del-carmen-on-ups-progress-directing-the-movie-based-short\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">we predicted<\/a>) was that <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ronniedelcarmen.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ronnie del Carmen<\/a><\/strong> would be directing. <strong>A little back story:<\/strong> The pack of dogs Alpha, Beta and Gamma send&nbsp;Dug on this phony excursion, but as it turns out,&nbsp;the dopey dog&nbsp;ends up finding what they were looking for! The new Pixar short film, <em>Dug&#8217;s Special Mission<\/em>, chronicles what it was that the lovable&nbsp;talking mutt was doing before he meets Carl and Russell.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scifiwire.com\/2009\/05\/ups-companion-short-films.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SciFi Wire&#8217;s interview<\/a> with Up producer Jonas Rivera who tells the website: <br \/>\n&quot;You can imagine we collect so much stuff along the way that doesn&#8217;t make it in&#8230; There&#8217;s, like, volumes and volumes&#8230;&quot; <br \/>\nOf course, he&#8217;s talking about the great stuff you&#8217;ll find in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Art-Up-Pixar-Animation\/dp\/0811866025\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1243308679&#038;sr=8-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Art of Up<\/a> (out today) and the exclusive home video&nbsp;release of <em>Dug&#8217;s Special Mission. <\/em>In more Up <span class=\"caps\">DVD<\/span>\/Blu-ray news, Jonas Rivera confirms that the Pixar team has prepared lots of making of featurettes and documentaries on subjects like the tepuis. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> The Sci-Fi Wire article seems to have been taken down&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> Let&#8217;s not forget about the theatrical short Partly Cloudy which you&#8217;ll be able to see in just <strong>3 days<\/strong> and of course on the home video. Also, support Ronnie del Carmen&#8217;s new book <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Up-Name-Dug-Kiki-Thorpe\/dp\/1423117662\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1236132483&#038;sr=8-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>My Name is Dug<\/em><\/a>, by purchasing it here.<\/p>\n<p><em>(<\/em>Thanks, <strong><em>JD<\/em><\/strong>\/via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scifiwire.com\/2009\/05\/ups-companion-short-films.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SciFi Wire<\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think about this announcement? Was it what you expected? Are you excited?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>We all know that Pixar adds a new short film to their new DVD\/Blu-ray release, what we didn&#8217;t know is what exactly would be included with Up. We also don&#8217;t know what Dug&#8217;s Special Mission is, but we&#8217;ll be finding out this Fall! 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