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Watch 'Toy Story' Recreated With Live-Action Toys

Emerald Catron — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:01:51 +0000

Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrotta of Arizona spent two years making this masterpiece of stop motion animation. The least you could do is watch it. It’s a live-action version of the movie ‘Toy Story,’ faithfully recreated shot for shot with actual dolls and kids and everything. If you thought you were the biggest ‘Toy Story’ fan in [...]

'Monsters University' Releases a Sneaky New TV Spot

Damon Houx — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:57:27 +0000

With college football bowl games happening now, Pixar has made an ad for their college-themed film ‘Monsters University‘ and unleashed it during the games. It’s the sort of clever ad that gives hope that the prequel to ‘Monsters, Inc.’ has a couple tricks up its sleeve. By noting that it’s an ad for ‘Monsters University’ [...]

New NASA Spacesuits Look Exactly Like Buzz Lightyear

Mike Sampson — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:42:24 +0000

NASA revealed their new spacesuit – the Z-1 Prototype Spacesuit and Portable Life Support System (PLSS) 2.0 – and we can’t help but think this new outfit was inspired by ‘Toy Story’s’ own Buzz Lightyear. Are our astronauts headed to infinity and beyond? This new spacesuit will be easier to put on than previous version [...]

Balloonist Recreates 'Up' in Real Life

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:55:15 +0000

In the tear-jerker animated film 'Up,' a home is lifted into the sky by a cluster of party balloons. While it all looks great in Pixar's beautiful animated style, it doesn't seem like it would be something you could pull off in real life.

But, in fact, cluster ballooning is a thing, and Jonathan Trappe may well be the world's leading cluster balloonist.

Pixar Fanatics Buy Real-Life Replica of the House from 'Up' [VIDEOS]

Shauna Wright — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:25:43 +0000

A California couple may now be able to claim the title of Biggest Disney Fans in the World since purchasing a replica of the house in ‘Up.’ Clinton and Lynette Hamblin had been looking for a house with a similar style to the one seen in the Pixar movie, and they found it in the Salt Lake City suburb of Herriman, UT.

Jack's Trailer Park: 'Cars 2′ Cruises to Victory At Box Office

Andy Scott — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:00:06 +0000

As expected, Pixar’s ‘Cars 2′ easily took first place at the weekend box office, netting a healthy $68 million. That’s about $8 million higher than the original ‘Cars,’ which opened to $60.1 million in 2006. Also opening strong this weekend was the R-rated comedy ‘Bad Teacher.’ The Cameron Diaz vehicle exceeded all expectations to gross [...]