Visual Effects Society Awards nominee Claudia Chung Sanii (Zootopia) is the VFX Supervisor of the latest Pixar animated feature Elio, which is now playing in theaters. Discover some of the ‘out of this world’ challenges she and the entire team faced as they brought this sci-fi comedy adventure to the screen. (This Animation Scoop Q&A […]

While visiting Pixar in March, I got to see the first half-hour of Inside Out 2 — opening in theaters one month from today, June 14th. For this Animation Scoop Q&A, here are my conversations with editor Maurissa Horwtiz and DP, Camera Adam Habib. (These interviews were combined and edited for length and clarity.) Jackson […]

Check out a brand-new trailer celebrating Pixar Animation Studios’ Carl’s Date. Opening exclusively in theaters June 16 in front of Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental,” the all-new short marks a return to the studio’s tradition of pairing its feature films with animated shorts on the big screen.

Carl’s Date, a new “Up” short in the “Dug Days” family, will screen in theaters before showings of Pixar feature Elemental beginning June 16th. It’s directed by Bob Peterson (co-writer and co-director of “Up” and the voice of Dug), and it’s produced by Kim Collins (production manager on Toy Story 4). Carl is going on […]

Today Disney/Pixar announces that tickets are now on sale for their next feature Elemental, which opens in exactly one month, on June 16th. It’s directed by Pete Sohn (The Good Dinosaur) and focuses on water boy Wade and fire girl Ember. Are they truly meant to be together? When I visited Pixar Animation Studios for […]

Earlier this week I visited Pixar for the first time. It was an “incredible” experience, especially getting to see four scenes from the studio’s upcoming feature Elemental, which opens in theaters on June 16th. I also interviewed director Pete Sohn (The Good Dinosaur) and producer Denise Ream (Cars 2) about this rom-com based on the […]