{"id":4532,"date":"2016-01-02T13:58:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-02T18:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/?p=4532"},"modified":"2016-01-02T13:58:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T18:58:11","slug":"pixar-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/pixar-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year! What to look forward to in 2016&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year Pixar fans! As Simoa discussed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/pixar-in-2015-2\/\">previous post<\/a>, 2015 was quite the year for Pixar films. We had the honor of witnessing not one, but <strong>TWO<\/strong> fantastic films from the renowned animation studio. I won\u2019t go into detail about <em>Inside Out<\/em> and <em>The Good Dinosaur<\/em>, but those two films and the shorts that came with it prove there are only great things to come from Pixar.<br \/>\nThe biggest aspect\u00a0to look forward to in 2016 is in fact <em>Finding Dory, <\/em>which comes out on June 17th. Earlier this week, Pixar released\u00a0a still that featured two new gorgeous characters from the film: Destiny and Bailey,\u00a0aptly a whale shark and beluga whale to be voiced by Kaitlin Olson and Ty Burrell.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-dory.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4535\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/finding-dory.jpg\" alt=\"finding-dory\" width=\"612\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe image was initially released by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ew.com\/article\/2015\/12\/30\/finding-dory-pixar-first-look\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, and we also got more of a glimpse into the story of the <em>Finding Nemo<\/em> sequel; which takes places six months after we last saw Dory. Both Destiny and Bailey prove to be significant in Dory&#8217;s quest to find her family, as she ends up meeting them at\u00a0a\u00a0rehabilitation center located at a marine life facility. The\u00a0duo\u00a0are heavily hinted at helping Dory reunite with her family.<br \/>\nSince the beginning, each Pixar film has pushed both art and technology.\u00a0When <em>Finding Nemo <\/em>was\u00a0released back in 2003, the film had introduced breathtaking backgrounds and atmosphere around a\u00a0heartwarming story of a father trying to reunite with his lost son. The mostly underwater setting\u00a0pushed the technology at the time while also giving audiences a complex story that hadn&#8217;t\u00a0been seen in animation before.<br \/>\nBased on the gorgeous hyperrealistic backgrounds seen in the\u00a0<em>The Good Dinosaur,\u00a0<\/em>it&#8217;s quite possible that\u00a0<em>Finding Dory\u00a0<\/em>may\u00a0be the most breathtaking film from Pixar yet. We&#8217;ll be\u00a0revisiting the familiar location from the first film, but\u00a0with technology that is continuing to grow and push animation further. It&#8217;s as if we&#8217;ll be viewing the world with a new eye prescription\u00a0&#8211; everything is crystal clear and we&#8217;ll be able to appreciate the\u00a0immense details more. It&#8217;s a very exciting time for animation. As Pixar has proved again and again, there are no rules when it comes to the medium\u00a0and the storytelling possibilities\u00a0are endless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Happy New Year Pixar fans! As Simoa discussed in the previous post, 2015 was quite the year for Pixar films. We had the honor of witnessing not one, but TWO fantastic films from the renowned animation studio. 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