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March 22nd 2022

The Disney Walkout Gains Momentum as LGBTQIA+ Employees and Allies Take a Stand

The Disney Company faces public scrutiny to implement changes companywide.

io9 Sabina Graves Mar 22

March 18th 2022

Pixar Restores a Same-Sex Kiss in Lightyear After Disney ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Backlash

The action comes after employees spoke out on Disney's handling of Florida's controversial new legislation.

Movies Germain Lussier Mar 18

March 11th 2022

Pixar’s Turning Red Perfectly Encapsulates Teenage Discovery

It's not just a phase, it's a transformation, mom!

Movies Sabina Graves Mar 11

March 10th 2022

Pixar Blasts Disney for Censoring Its LGBTQ Content

As well as for failing to speak out against Florida's harmful "Don't Say Gay" bill.

Movies Rob Bricken Mar 10

February 25th 2022

The Week’s Best Toys Are All Aboard the Goat Boat

From another look at the MCU's Jane Foster as Thor—to Buzz Lightyear getting toys of his new, not -toy self, here's the latest merchandise news of the week.

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook Feb 25

January 12th 2022

For Pixar Fans, Turning Red’s Shift to Disney+ is Turning Ugly

Three movies directly to streaming? Both employees and aficionados don't like where this is going.

Movies Justin Carter Jan 12

January 7th 2022

Disney Will Release Pixar’s Turning Red Exclusively on Disney+

Thanks to growing covid-19 concerns, the House of Mouse is releasing the movie only on its streaming service.

Movies Rob Bricken Jan 7

June 15th 2021

Pixar’s Luca Went Through Many Big Changes on Its Way to Disney+

Director Enrico Casarosa and producer Andrea Warren spoke to io9 about the animated Italy-based film's evolution and release.

Movies Germain Lussier Jun 15

May 18th 2021

The First Monsters At Work Footage Shows a Life of Laughter for the Pixar Characters

While Monsters Inc. did have a second movie, the new Disney+ show Monsters at Work is the first full-fledged sequel. That’s because the first follow-up, Monsters University, was a prequel. So now Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) will finally get to put into practice the revelation they discovered at the end of the…

Trailers Germain Lussier May 18

April 28th 2021

Luca Director Enrico Casarosa Explains Why the Movie’s About Friendship Rather Than Puppy Love

When the first trailer for director Enrico Casarosa’s Luca dropped earlier this year, there was a small but rather vocal contingent of Pixar fans speculating whether the movie might be Disney’s first foray into feature-length storytelling focused on queer characters. io9 recently spoke to Casarosa about just that. There were a few reasons for the theorizing,…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Apr 28

April 3rd 2021

Watch Pixar’s Coco Evolve From Pencil Sketches to CG Magnificence

Everybody knows it takes a while to make a CG animated movie. After the storyboards are done, there’s a lengthy process that begins with rough animatics and ends with finely detailed models flowing through a gorgeously lush environment. Pixar’s fantastic Coco is no different. This progression reel details Coco’s evolution from early sketches to its…

Movies Rob Bricken Apr 3

February 25th 2021

Pixar’s Luca Trailer Gives Us Something Fishy

Pixar dropped the first trailer for its newest film, Luca, which looks sunnier than most of the studio’s fare.

Trailers Rob Bricken Feb 25

February 9th 2021

Disney Is Closing Blue Sky Studios, Creators of Ice Age

The Walt Disney Company has decided to dissolve Blue Sky, one of its animation studios, starting in April. As a result, production on that studio’s 2022 releaseNimona has been cancelled. Disney absorbed Blue Sky, the studio behind hit films like Ice Age and Rio, in its 2019 acquisition of Fox. Though Disney already owned two animation studios,…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 9

January 9th 2021

This Gorgeous Soul Art Tribute Was Made in Virtual Reality

This tribute to Disney and Pixar’s Soul is impressive, and even moreso when you find out how it was made. Virtual reality is a cool medium for a lot of things. One of those is art—programs like Tilt Brush let artists like That Sabby Life create three-dimensional art pieces entirely in VR. It’s not an…

Movies Julie Muncy Jan 9

January 6th 2021

Pixar’s Pete Docter Reminds Us Sequels Help Keep the Lights On

Pixar is responsible for some of the greatest animated films of our time…and then some of them were milked into franchises. For a time, it seemed like the studio cared more about repeating past successes than creating new ones. But it looks like Pixar’s latest studio head is ready to get down to brass tacks,…

Movies Beth Elderkin Jan 6

January 3rd 2021

Ratatouille: The Musical Is a Full-Length TikTok Extravaganza, and It Just Raised $1 Million for Charity

Remy the Rat has had his musical debut, and it’s fantastic—and lucrative. Okay, uh, let me explain as best I can: in the past few months, a group of TikTok creators and musicians have banded together around a striking and mildly hilarious task: to build a full-length musical based on the Disney and Pixar film…

Movies Julie Muncy Jan 3

December 28th 2020

Soul Feels Like Pixar’s First Black Movie Made With White People in Mind

In Pixar’sSoul, a music teacher with a burning passion for jazz suddenly dies. The event puts him on a path in the afterlife that makes him realize how he never lived with much passion during his time on Earth, and how hard he’s willing to fight for another chance. What the teacher, Joe (Jamie Foxx)…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 28

December 11th 2020

All the Star Wars, Marvel, and Other Disney News You Might Have Missed

Usually, investor calls are dry, numbers-heavy business meetings intended for people far richer than you or I. But because It’s Capitalism, yesterday Disney turned its 2020 Investor Day call into something that would’ve been right at home screamed from the rooftops of San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H. Here’s all the Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars…

io9 James Whitbrook Dec 11

Disney and Pixar’s New Animation Announcements Were Wild

While most of the news out of this year’s Disney Investor Day was focused on what’s coming next to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and the Star Wars franchise, Disney and Pixar also announced a host of bold, new animated projects revolving around both characters we’ve met before and a variety of fresh faces. Both Disney chief…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 11

December 10th 2020

Chris Evans Will Play the Original Buzz Lightyear in a New Pixar Adventure

Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear was an action figure with delusions of grandeur, imagining himself to actually be the space ranger his toyline was based on. Now, 24 years after that idea, Pixar is returning to it to tell an all-new sci-fi story about the original Buzz Lightyear saga. Lightyear, announced at today’s Disney Investor Day…

Movies James Whitbrook Dec 10

The Disney Walkout Gains Momentum as LGBTQIA+ Employees and Allies Take a Stand

Pixar Restores a Same-Sex Kiss in Lightyear After Disney ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Backlash

Pixar’s Turning Red Perfectly Encapsulates Teenage Discovery

Pixar Blasts Disney for Censoring Its LGBTQ Content

The Week’s Best Toys Are All Aboard the Goat Boat

For Pixar Fans, Turning Red’s Shift to Disney+ is Turning Ugly

Disney Will Release Pixar’s Turning Red Exclusively on Disney+

Pixar’s Luca Went Through Many Big Changes on Its Way to Disney+

The First Monsters At Work Footage Shows a Life of Laughter for the Pixar Characters

Luca Director Enrico Casarosa Explains Why the Movie’s About Friendship Rather Than Puppy Love

Watch Pixar’s Coco Evolve From Pencil Sketches to CG Magnificence

Pixar’s Luca Trailer Gives Us Something Fishy

Disney Is Closing Blue Sky Studios, Creators of Ice Age

This Gorgeous Soul Art Tribute Was Made in Virtual Reality

Pixar’s Pete Docter Reminds Us Sequels Help Keep the Lights On

Ratatouille: The Musical Is a Full-Length TikTok Extravaganza, and It Just Raised $1 Million for Charity

Soul Feels Like Pixar’s First Black Movie Made With White People in Mind

All the Star Wars, Marvel, and Other Disney News You Might Have Missed

Disney and Pixar’s New Animation Announcements Were Wild

Chris Evans Will Play the Original Buzz Lightyear in a New Pixar Adventure

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