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Is the future of film original screenplays or franchise continuations?

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George Chrysostomou on original screenplays vs. franchises…After watching Edgar Wright’s critically and commercially successful Baby Driver, it struck me that this was the first movie I had watched in a while that was not only imaginative and unique, but was not based on any source material such as a novel or comic series, not a sequel […]

Beast Kingdom unveils new Toy Story Mini Egg Attack figures

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Diamond Comic Distributors and Beast Kingdom have revealed the second line of PREVIEWS Exclusive Toy Story Mini Egg Attack figures which includes Sheriff Woody, Rex, Hamm, Slinky Dog, Emperor Zurg, and the Aliens. The toys are set to go on sale February 2018, priced at $10.99 each; check them out below…Every good (toy) story deserves […]

John Lasseter explains why he’s not directing Toy Story 4

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During last weekend’s D23 Expo, it was announced that John Lasseter has stepped down as director on Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 4, handing over the reins to Pixar veteran Josh Cooley, who will make his feature directorial debut on the sequel.Speaking to MTime (via Dark Horizons), Lasseter has explained his decision, revealing that between his positions […]

Toy Story 4 director shuffle, Disney and Pixar announce new movies

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Yesterday at the D23 Expo, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios held their ‘Upcoming Films’ panel, during which it was revealed that John Lasseter has stepped down as director on Toy Story 4.The task of directing the fourth instalment in the beloved series will now fall to co-director Josh Cooley, who began his career with […]

Tom Hanks – A Retrospective

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A Hologram For The King, directed by Tom Tykwer, is due for release on both Blu-ray and DVD come the 19th September 2016 from Icon Film Distribution.  Based on the novel by Dave Eggers, Tom Hanks plays Alan Clay, a man who has lost everything now finding himself desperate and directionless within a strange and foreign land, searching for […]

Ranking Pixar: From Worst to Best

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Edward Gardiner ranks Pixar’s movies from worst to best… Studio Ghibli runs them close, and even Dreamworks can come out with some crackers, but it’s hard to argue that Pixar isn’t the world’s greatest animation studio. From their inception with Toy Story in 1995 to last year’s The Good Dinosaur, here’s a run-down of the good and the bad, […]

Patricia Arquette in talks to join Toy Story 4

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oscar winner Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) has entered talks with Disney and Pixar for a role in the voice cast of the 2018 sequel Toy Story 4, where she’d voice “a laid-back mom who’s described as a hippie.”Toy Story 4 is being directed by John Lasseter, who previously revealed that the […]

Josh Cooley announced as co-director of Toy Story 4 with John Lasseter

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Disney-Pixar has today announced via Twitter the news that Josh Cooley will co-direct the hugely anticipated Toy Story 4 alongside original director and Pixar head honcho John Lasseter.Cooley began his career as a Pixar intern working in the story department on Cars, and is head of story on Pixar’s latest film, Inside Out, which debuts […]

New UK promo for Toy Story That Time Forgot

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Pixar’s Toy Story That Time Forgot airs on ABC tomorrow night ahead of its UK premiere this coming Friday, and to whet our appetites Sky Movies has released a new promo for the animated special, which you can watch after the official synopsis… During a post-Christmas play date, the Toy Story gang find themselves in uncharted territory […]