Another round of news stories for reading pleasure including some nice Lee Unkrich tidbits regarding Toy Story 3.
- Up (and Partly Cloudly) have began its Academy Awards campaign. You can check more over at Disney’s official Oscar page.
- First up, Digital City talks to Pete Docter about Up. I like Pete’s description of an average day of production. Pete also talks with MajorSpoilers.com here.
- A fun Q & A with the voice of Russell, Jordan Nagai, has been posted by IESB.
- Up grabbed another $8.8 million internationally and has now grossed over $660 million worldwide.
- Don’t forget that the wonderful Pixar Treasures book by Tim Hauser comes out tomorrow too. You can check out my in-depth review for more information.
- The first half of my Pixar Easter Eggs page is live. More to come.
- Lee Unkrich spent over an hour last night taking questions via his Twitter acccount. Here’s the highlights:
- Secondary toys that will appear in the film include Wheezy, Bo Peep, RC and Lenny.
- Pixarian Bud Luckey did not create any of the new characters, but is involved with the film.
- There will be a new short before the film.
- He would not confirm or deny outtakes.
- There will be Pixar cameos/easter eggs.
- His favorite film is Stanley Kubrick’s version of The Shining and his favorite Disney classic is Pinocchio.
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