Disney have announced the name and release date of Pixar's tenth film. Called Up - short, sweet, intriguing - the film will roll out on June 12th 2009.
Up is being directed by Peter Docter. Ronnie Del Carmen is working in the story department. The lead character is an adult male. The rest... is secret... as far as I know. If you know more, then please get in touch.
And, no, I don't think it will be a remake of a Russ Meyer film.
After the Gary Rydstrom piece earlier, we did a little googling and ended up to the Screenwriting Expo site - and what did we learn there? Details of the creatives on even more upcoming Pixar feature films. Here's a full run down of every mention given to Pixar on the site...
Mark Andrews is on the staff of Ratatouille.
Michael Arndt is described as 'a writer at Pixar Animation Studios' - we know already that he's working on Toy Story 3.
Jim Capobianco is "currently working on the development of Gary Rydstrom’s original feature film".
Brenda Chapman is now "developing an original feature film for Pixar as a director".
Mary Coleman teaches "acting for Pixar University".
Ronnie del Carmen is "currently working in development on Peter Docter’s original feature film".
Jason Katz is "currently working in development on Lee Unkrich’s original feature film".
Irene Mecchi is "developing a movie with director, Brenda Chapman, at Pixar Animation Studios".
Kiel Murray is "working with Gary Rydstrom, helping to develop his original feature film".
Hollywood Reporter are, er, Hollywood reporting that 200 more Real D equipped screens will be in place across the US by March, in time for Meet The Robinsons. Real D is an extremely impressive 3D system, employed in the last twelve months to bring both Chicken Little and Nightmare Before Christmas to extra-dimensional life. Disney have been solidly behind Real D, even calling it Disney 3D for the releases of their films - but the qurstion remains, when will Pixar movies start hitting the big screen with their third dimension intact?
Not as soon as I hoped, apparently. Ratatouille is set only for a 2D release, as is the 2008 Pixar film, W.A.L.L - E, Andrew Stanton's sci-fi follow up to Finding Nemo. Apparently, the first film that might be given a 3D theatrical run is the 2009 movie, which I hear is to be directed by Monsters Inc.'s Pete Docter and is, so far, being kept very secret indeed. And even that one might remain 2D if Lasseter and Docter aren't impressed by the 3D tests that they haven't even started yet.
So, to cut a long answer short: not yet. And not for some time.
[EDIT: And now I'm being told (by those anonymous guttersnipes that tell me things) that Toy Story 3 is a serious candidate for the Real D process. Toy Story 3D, anyone? No matter how many dimensions, they also suggest that there will be two Pixar films in 2009 - Pete Doctor's one, mentioned above, and John Lasseter's Toy Story 3, with the sequel first out of the gate, and making it Pixar's tenth feature length release. We'll see]
