"Toy Story 3" Leads Locked, Hand-Drawn "Frog Princess" Also a Go
Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are officially signed up to reprise their beloved roles in "Toy Story 3," which I believe is a sequel to "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2." Also, it looks like Disney is making a return to hand-drawn animation with their (eventually) upcoming "Frog Princess." Cool!
Unfortunately, "Toy Story 3" is not scheduled to hit screens before 2010 (!), but it's good to know that Hanks and Allen will be coming back. (We hope to hear the same news on actors like Joan Cusack, Annie Potts, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, etc.) Pixar lord John Lasseter says they have a "great story" for "TS3," the screenplay for which comes from recent Oscar-winner Michael Arndt, of "Little Miss Sunshine" fame.
In other news, production is beginning to ramp up on Disney's "Frog Princess," which will be a much-welcome return to the art of hand-drawn animation. Ron Clements and John Musker (co-directors on classics like "Aladdin" and "The Little Mermaid") are directing the New Orleans-based tale. Apparently "Frog Princess" will focus on Disney's first African-American princess. Randy Newman will be writing tunes for the flick.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Unfortunately, "Toy Story 3" is not scheduled to hit screens before 2010 (!), but it's good to know that Hanks and Allen will be coming back. (We hope to hear the same news on actors like Joan Cusack, Annie Potts, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, etc.) Pixar lord John Lasseter says they have a "great story" for "TS3," the screenplay for which comes from recent Oscar-winner Michael Arndt, of "Little Miss Sunshine" fame.
In other news, production is beginning to ramp up on Disney's "Frog Princess," which will be a much-welcome return to the art of hand-drawn animation. Ron Clements and John Musker (co-directors on classics like "Aladdin" and "The Little Mermaid") are directing the New Orleans-based tale. Apparently "Frog Princess" will focus on Disney's first African-American princess. Randy Newman will be writing tunes for the flick.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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on Mar 09 2007 02:20 AM i have never understoof how they made those toys talk (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 09 2007 02:54 AM seriously private. dont u ever give up? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 09 2007 05:31 AM Am I the only one who think privatepilesleftnipple is actually remotely funny? Geezus, if you don't like him, don't reply too him, you only feed the beast! I'm really happy about Michael Arndt. Whey he won the Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine script, the narrator said that he quit his job as Matthew Broderick's little bitch go-getter to write the movie. Now he's penned a sure-fire Pixar-Disney hit! That's a true rags-to-riches story! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 09 2007 05:44 AM YES! Traditional animation is returning! (Reply to this) |
on Mar 09 2007 05:45 AM In reply to this comment (#857806) He has his moments, but when it's the same comment for every news topic, it becomes tired. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 09 2007 07:28 AM I liked everything I read up until "Randy Newman" came up... (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 09 2007 09:51 AM In reply to this comment (#857808) I agree. Piles, u are much more inviting when u don't repeat urself! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 09 2007 10:19 AM In reply to this comment (#857810) I disagree, the repetition is very calming really. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 09 2007 05:11 PM Nice! And a hand-drawn film, too? Excellent. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 09 2007 05:52 PM I totally want to see some Lego in the next one. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 09 2007 08:14 PM Why does the first African-American princess have to be the Frog Princess? (Reply to this) |
on Mar 09 2007 09:28 PM Thanks Circle 7 for doing such a bad job starting on "3" that Pixar had to scrap the entire thing and start from scratch. Now we have to wait until the NEXT decade. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 09 2007 09:32 PM In reply to this comment (#857814) Is that a serious question or are you just looking to flame-bait somebody? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 10 2007 09:11 PM Its just that's kind of ironic/messed up. Just wanted to point it out (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 10 2007 10:54 PM I am so hyped for "The Frog Princess". I've been waiting for years for Disney to return to form with their 2D musicals :) (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 11 2007 03:20 PM In reply to this comment (#857817) [b]Sorry to jump on you, IMDB gets me defensive at ti[/b] It is slightly ironic, but of course if the movie is great and does well, people won't remember anything ironic (except for the trollers in RT & IMDB). Messed up? Depends how liberal your views are. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 11 2007 09:03 PM Who are they going to get to replace Jim Varney? Why is it people are so hung up with Disney and their first African-American characters? Why should we care? It is not like they haven't had African-American characters before, just not human ones. Almost everyone at Rotten Tomatoes complains about trolls and flamers and here Rotten Tomatoes acts like one by stating a worthless bit of trivia that they know will start an argument. Real "professional" guys. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 15 2007 03:21 AM In reply to this comment (#857821) It IS a big deal! There's never been an African-American princess before! (Reply to this) |
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