Pixar tweets are a’ flying and they seem to indicate that Cars 2 will play host to a pre-show short that gives Barbie and Ken, united in Toy Story 3, their own little epilogue. The short, entitled Hawaii, has been playing for VIPs at Pixar, including an animator named Floyd Norman
who confirms the basic plot of the short. He was quick to amend that he
has no idea what the short will be attached to, and there has been
confirmation of a whole series of Toy Story shorts being produced, so there’s no guarantee that this is the short that you’ll see in theaters next year. That said, Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich has stated (also via twitter) that it will be a Toy Story short in front of Cars 2, so if Hawaii is far enough along to be screened at this point, that make it a likely candidate, at the very least.
Toy Story 3
managed to cap off the trilogy with a film that is arguably as good as
any of them, and certainly worthy of the franchise at the very least.
There’s nothing wrong with a well done short (which Pixar certainly
excels at), and I’d much rather see a series of mini-films than the
franchise pushed one movie too far. All things being equal though, I’d
much rather see the up-and-comers at Pixar being able to experiment with
cute, clever, and unconventional ideas instead of throwbacks to a
completed story. I don’t know how many of these small Toy Story epilogues they intend on producing or how they’ll all be distributed, especially considering they’ve already released their packed Blu-ray, but I hope we’re not inundated with them in places where original ideas could flourish.
(via Stitch Kingdom)
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Toy Story is more or less a perfect trilogy. Let's hope common sense trumps commerce this time…I doubt Pixar have even considered a fourth film, frankly. Leave it as a Disney bean counter pipe-dream.
Half this article is fucking hearsay. There's one short story about Ken and Barbie. Suddenly, they've pushed the franchise too far!
Pixar either "intend to" or are "intent on" producing shorts. "Intend on" is incorrect and stupid. It destroys your credibility when you butcher the English language in every article. And 10 attempts at your annoying capcha is freaking irritating.
"Intend on" is misused all the time. I would hardly call it butchering the English language.
Isn't the idea to use the Toy Story characters as sort of Mickey Mouse and Donald Ducks of the present day? I don't understand the negatory here (as the pig character might say). I just say Toy Story 3 few nights ago and was floored by how good it was. I always expect the Toy Story movies to blow, but each have been really strong with 3 being, I think, the best.
Listen. Pixar is entering a period of unprecedented commercialism. They've already begun releasing shorts set in the world of CARS (…PLANES?…anyone?). But next year they're going to start releasing two films PER year (starting with CARS 2 next June and BRAVE next winter). Then, if things go according to plan, we'll be getting one original and one sequel per year for the predictable future. The sequels will include MONSTERS INC and THE INCREDIBLES, but no one wants to talk about the names or subject matter of the originals (although Pixar has been putting a lot of work into JOHN CARTER OF MARS, and their participation in other Disney properties has been widely reported). One way or another, the Pixar brand is either going to cement itself as being completely trustworthy, or diminish itself as being suddenly opportunistic. Let's find out, huh?
Commercialism blah blah blah shut up. Everyone does it and Pixar's been doing it for years only they've been making quality products as well as money. It's nothing new or scandalous for any movie company to do. How about instead of whining, put effort into making your own movie company that's not interested in making money and whine about it then.
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