Pixar Update as Disney Era Ends

Pixar recently announced a new rodent-based movie to be released during Q4 2006 - marking the end of their contract with Disney as the company chats with new distributors including Sony and Warner.

The makers behind favourites such as Toy Story 1 & 2, A Bug's Life and Monsters Inc. are set to gear up to production soon of their newest and quite intriguing project about a rodent's life in a top notch restaurant owned by an eccentric chef. No actors confirmed for voicing the roles just as yet, but it seems that Pixar has faith in some new raw talent as they appoint Jan Pinkava as director as well as Emily Cook and Kathy Greenberg on the screenwriting team in their feature film debut.

This new announced project will mark the end of the very successful partnership between Pixar-Disney that was to end after six films. Not including Toy Story 2, which was a sequel, fans of such animated capers can look forward to another 3 films including Finding Nemo starring Ellen DeGeneres The Incredibles and Cars for 2003, 2004 and 2005.

With storyline and principal cast still to be determined, what we have found out from the two latter projects are as follows:

The Incredibles
Seen the new teaser trailer yet? This gave me a rush of giggles in the same way Monsters Inc. film did when i first saw it and it's looking great! Directed and written by Brad Bird, most famous for The Iron Giant, the premise of the film follows the troubles of a super-hero dysfunctional family who all try to lead normal lives in the suburbs. You only have to see the trailer of Mr Incredible trying to squeeze into his costume and possibly even opting to diet to see how cool it looks. Pixar fans will have to wait another year and a half to see it in the cinemas though!

Cars
This will be under the careful management of John Lasseter, who's pretty much of the main man behind the Pixar screen and directed Toy STory which was the first ground-breaking feature film of such animated CG eye candy. Formerly dubbed as Route 66, the story follows the adventures of classic cars that take to the road for a highly fuelled adventure of the famed driving route. No actors confirmed but watch this space as we wait for more news.

We're just recovering from Finding Nemo so be back soon for the full-blow Kikizo review as we go underwater with Pixar's latest animated comedy.

Transistor Sister
Staff writer, Kikizo Movies