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Wired: You write about “digital organisms.” Is this what you mean? Dyson: Digital organisms, while not necessarily any more alive than a phone book, are strings of code that replicate and evolve over time. Digital codes are strings of binary digits—bits.
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But Miyazaki has a friend in "Toy Story" director John Lasseter, the creative mind behind Pixar and now the chief creative officer of Disney Animation. He speaks about Studio Ghibli like a religious fanatic — which he freely admits he has been since he...
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It’s the first new cartoon in years truly to live up to the renegade spirit of the golden era of Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Animation Festival. That touring festival provided a subversive alternative to Saturday morning cartoons, giving an early...
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And indeed, the studio was with the filmmaker every step of the way. As the New Yorker noted in their profile of the film last fall (recapped here) as long ago as December 2010, Stanton showed the Pixar braintrust a rough cut that ran nearly three hours.
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The person, known as “VV” in the company’s records, uploaded approximately 16,950 files to Megaupload’s sites. These items were viewed more than 34 million times and included what prosecutors said were infringed copies of movies such as “Ocean’s...
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This post gathers all the week's new trailers, random fun finds and our exclusive video cast interviews. This week, we have interviews for Ghost Rider, This Means War and Arrietty as well as trailers for Spider-Man, [REC] 3, John Carter Clips and a...
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(Jacob once made a documentary film about competitive grocery bagging; more on him here.) ToyTalk's Creative Director Bobby Podesta worked on Pixar movies like A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc. , Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and was a Directing...
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That record of wins is even more impressive when you consider that Rydstrom took almost a decade off from sound work to delve into animation, which led to his nomination for an Oscar for directing for the 2006 Pixar short “Lifted.” But a certain auteur...
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A lot of films have poorly dealt with videogames as the main subject matter, but if any studio can pull it off, it is Disney Animation. Sure, it's not a Pixar production, but so far, it seems to be receiving the "Pixar" treatment. To lend credibility...
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And who could forget Sony believing beyond a shadow of a doubt that Last Action Hero would be a huge smash before it got stomped to death at the box office by Jurassic Park? There's a lot riding on John Carter, Pixar's first live action film. Besides...
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It's understandable that the original Japanese voices have been overlaid with English ones for many international markets, but considering this dubbing already took place for the picture's UK release — and with noteworthy actors like Atonement's...
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This post gathers all the week's new trailers, random fun finds and our exclusive video cast interviews. This week, we have interviews for Ghost Rider, This Means War and Arrietty as well as trailers for Spider-Man, [REC] 3, John Carter Clips and a...
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The John Carter books—soon coming to the screen as a major motion picture from Disney/Pixar—and the Tarzan books were first published a century ago and the first books in both series are now in the public domain—but only in the US. As the lawsuit...
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MBS Media could be used for performance capture with other work done in Wellington. WETA is the second largest digital animation company in the world, just behind US giant Pixar, with about 900 staff now working on two Hobbit movies and visual effects...
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The company has made a point of responding to the modern parents' complaint that the princesses of old were wilting wallflowers completely dependent on a man. The results have been spunky princesses like Tiana and Rapunzel and the upcoming Brave, the...
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Those high expectations are the result of a consistent flow of meticulously crafted, memorable that have reached far beyond the world of just fans of Japanese animation, dating back to 1986's Castle in the Sky. Just as with Pixar in the U.S. , Studio...
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US counterparts. Then there were the films that returned the influence: Yojimbo set the template for A Fistful Of Dollars and its countless imitations; Seven Samurai lent itself to various remake permutations, whether Western (The Magnificent Seven),...
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GhibliArrietty (right, voice by Bridgit Mendler) and her father Pod (left, voice by Will Arnett). Disney may have made most of its recent fans — and much of its money — from the CGI geniuses at Pixar and a long parade of tween stars on TV. But someone...
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Suddenly, when you have a device that can automate so much of the animation process, it’s easy to add extra pieces to the whole. It has allowed animation studios like Dreamworks, Pixar and Blue Sky to make each frame of their films more kinetic, with...
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 30: Chief Creative Officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios/executive producer John Lasseter and actor Robin Williams arrive at BAFTA Los Angeles 2011 Britannia Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel on November 30, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California.
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A collection of Mattel die-cast vehicles from the Disney-Pixar film 'Cars' are displayed at an exhibition in Los Angeles on November 11, 2011 in southern California, where international auction house Bonhams, together with the world's number one toy maker Mattel, have teamed up to...
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Steve Jobs, CEO of Pixar, poses at the premiere of the new computer animated film " Toy Story 2" in Hollywood in this November 13, file photo. Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56,...
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 23: A young patron enjoys a ride on the Disney Pixar CARS Truck Tour during a Royal Melbourne Show preview at the Melbourne Showgrounds on September 23, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. The Royal Melbourne Show officially kicks off tomorrow, and continues...
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John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios and director of 'Cars 2' (C) poses with the cast of Cars 2 at the premiere of 'Cars 2' presented by Walt Disney Pictures at the El Capitan Theatre on June 18, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 18: John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios and director of 'Cars 2' and Jay Ward of Pixar Animation Studios (R) attend the after party for the 'Cars 2' Los Angeles premiere held at the El Capitan Theatre on June 18, 2011 in...
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BURBANK, CA - JUNE 17: In this handout photo provided by Disney and Pixar, (L-R) British spy Finn McMissile, four-time Piston Cup champion Lightning McQueen and his best pal Mater (life-size remote controlled models based on the characters) from Disney and Pixar's 'Cars 2' roll into Bob's...
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Presenter Robin Williams (R) poses with director John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, as they arrive at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, California November 30, 2011. Lasseter was...
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John Lasseter, Director of Disney/Pixar movie 'Cars 2', speaks to members of the audience before a special screening of his movie hosted by President Barack Obama for military fathers and their children in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White...
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Disney Consumer Products announced Disney-Pixar's Cars 2 is on track to become the largest film merchandise program in licensing industry history - eclipsing Toy Story 3's global sales last year. Since the first film in 2006 through the 2010 holiday season, the Cars franchise has...
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Two workers dressed as Woody (L) and Buzz Lightyear from the animated Pixar-Disney movie 'Toy Story' pose for a photograph with tourists for tips along the Las Vegas strip in Nevada, on November 12, 2011. The Labor Department said the economy managed to break away from three months of...
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COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photo taken by AP Images for Mattel,Chris Down, Mattel designer, shares the history of the Cars franchise die-cast toy line with kids at the launch of the "From Silver Screen to Die-Cast: Disney-Pixar Cars Imagined by Mattel" exhibit at the Petersen Automotive...
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COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photo taken by AP Images for Mattel, Jean Gomez, Mattel executive, discusses Mattel's rare die-cast collection with kids at the launch of the "From Silver Screen to Die-Cast: Disney-Pixar Cars Imagined by Mattel" exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los...
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COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photo taken by AP Images for Mattel, local Los Angeles mother and child enjoy the new "From Silver Screen to Die-Cast: Disney-Pixar Cars Imagined by Mattel" exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.
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John Lasseter (C), two-time Academy Award winning director and chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, poses with Ed Catmull (L), president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, and Pixar General Manager Jim Morris during ceremonies honoring him with a star...
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John Lasseter, two-time Academy Award winning director and chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, laughs next to composer Randy Newman (R) and actor Patton Oswalt (C) during ceremonies honoring him with a star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood November...
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John Lasseter, two-time Academy Award winning director and chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios poses with Rich Ross (R), chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, during ceremonies honoring Lasseter with a star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood November...
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John Lasseter, two-time Academy Award winning director and chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios speaks about his late friend Steve Jobs during ceremonies honoring Lasseter with a star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood November 1, 2011.
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John Lasseter, two-time Academy Award winning director and chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios is interviewed following ceremonies honoring him with a star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood November 1, 2011.
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British actress Emily Mortimer, who voiced the character Holly Shiftwell in the Pixar film "Cars 2" , speaks at ceremonies honoring John Lasseter, two-time Academy Award winning director and chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios with a star of the Hollywood Walk...
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 30: Chief Creative Officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios/executive producer John Lasseter and actor Robin Williams arrive at BAFTA Los Angeles 2011 Britannia Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel on November 30, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California.
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