To 2014, and beyond!
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 11:00PM Andreas here, with a scoop courtesy of The Pixar Blog: a few tantalizing details have been released about two original, untitled projects on the Pixar slate, due out in 2013 and 2014.
The first, from Up co-director (and voice of Dug) Bob Peterson, will be about "a world where dinosaurs never went extinct." Pixar's already proven their aptitude for speculative fiction (i.e., WALL•E) and dinosaurs, especially when voiced by Wallace Shawn. And after seeing The Tree of Life's prehistoric interlude, who doesn't want more sensitively rendered big-screen dinosaurs?
The second, to be directed by Pixar mainstay (and unqualified genius) Pete Docter, "explores a world that everyone knows, but no one has seen: inside the human mind." I have no idea how to react to this, other than to squeal with childish glee. The Playlist adds that it's "wildly ambitious" -- and coming from the creators of The Incredibles and the Toy Story saga, that means something.
Between the abomination that was Cars 2 and the announcement of Monsters University, many of us had begun to fear that Pixar was entering a long, self-cannibalizing slump. But maybe they were just messing with us? That's what this news, coupled with the oh-my-god-it's-gorgeous teaser for Brave, seems to suggest. Ohh, Pixar, you were just lowering our expectations so that you could raise them absurdly high again, weren't you?
So, which of these Best Animated Feature nominees-to-be whets your appetite the most? The one with the dinosaurs, or the one that sounds like Inception, Pixar-style (but better)?
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Reader Comments (11)
Wouldn't really be dinos though. With 65 million more years of evolution, a ruthless scaly avian creature would basically just be Michele Bachmann.
Your picture made me thought they are doing Toy Story 4. How dare you.
(But thanks for the good news!)
The one with dinosaurs will be gorgeous with the rendering, I’m sure. But I wonder what kind of genius effort they will put for this Inception style one. Will they make a film where Toy Story actually never ends? Or Andy never grows up?
DiscoNap -- rimshot. LOL
I will make time to see any film that is described as "Inception, Pixar-style (but better)".
i will make time for any film about dinosaurs... or well, that's not totally true. never mind. but i do like 'em.
They both sounds terrific to me...and agreed with Nic.
@kin: Sorry for the false alarm! Although there have been TS4 rumors... let's hope they're all lies. It's a terrible idea.
I especially like how this announcement covers all their bases. It's like they're saying, Hey, do you like dinosaurs? Yes? Well, how about unconventional, ambitious projects that are hard to describe? Pixar knows us all too well.
"And after seeing The Tree of Life's prehistoric interlude, who doesn't want more sensitively rendered big-screen dinosaurs?'
OMG-- imaginary milk is still dripping out of my nose, i was laughing so hard at that one :-)
That ambitious human mind idea is giving me early vibes of being their Fantasia. You know, totally left field and unconventional-sounding in just about every way. Wishful thinking, perhaps.
LOL The Tree of Life influence is already beginning.
These projects sound Awesome. And I think the literal definition of awesome can be applied to these Pixar projects.