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2 days agoSteven Spielberg shares huge admission about Christopher Nolan film Interstellar
Interstellar was originally intended to be directed by Steven Spielberg before Christopher Nolan took over the project.
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4 days agoLegendary Disney composer Alan Menken on winning Oscars, Razzies and his filthy' rock musical
In early 1991, the composer Alan Menken took a keyboard to St Vincent's hospital in New York to visit his friend and creative partner, the lyricist Howard Ashman. Ashman was in the final stages of Aids-related illness, but was determined to finish his work on Disney's Aladdin.
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3 weeks agoDisney's new CEO Josh D'Amaro once planned to be a sculptor. He admits saying 'I don't know' is one most important phrases in his career | Fortune
Josh D'Amaro, former chairman of Disney Experiences, became Disney CEO on March 18, after nearly three decades with the company, transitioning from a planned career as a sculptor to business leadership.
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1 month agoPixar boss slammed for remark about Elio's cut queer themes: 'Unbelievably grim'
Pixar removed LGBTQ+ representation from the film Elio after receiving parental feedback, with chief creative officer Pete Docter stating the studio makes movies, not therapy.
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1 month agoPixar boss slammed for remark about Elio's cut queer themes: 'Unbelievably grim'
Pixar removed LGBTQ+ representation from the film Elio after receiving parental feedback, with chief creative officer Pete Docter stating the studio makes movies, not therapy.
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3 weeks agoPixar original 'Hoppers' holds onto the No. 1 box office spot, raking in $28.5 million in its second weekend | Fortune
Pixar's 'Hoppers' maintained box office leadership with $28.5 million in its second weekend, while Colleen Hoover adaptations continue their commercial success with 'Reminders of Him' debuting at $18.3 million.
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3 weeks agoPixar original 'Hoppers' holds onto the No. 1 box office spot, raking in $28.5 million in its second weekend | Fortune
Pixar's 'Hoppers' maintained box office leadership with $28.5 million in its second weekend, while Colleen Hoover adaptations continue their commercial success with 'Reminders of Him' debuting at $18.3 million.
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1 month agoFilm
Hoppers,' Pixar's safe bet, offers humor, grandmothers and beavers with just a touch of darkness
Pixar releases Hoppers, an animal-protagonist film blending humor, environmental themes, and fantastical technology, positioning itself as a significant 2026 offering alongside the upcoming Toy Story 4 sequel.
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Pixar filmmakers really gave a dam about making Hoppers' authentic
Pixar's Hoppers prioritizes comedy and entertainment through a collaborative creative process where a teenage activist's consciousness transfers into a robotic beaver fighting to save a pond habitat.
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4 weeks agoPixar's Surprising, Hit New Movie Suggests a Way the Studio Could Escape Its Doldrums
Hoppers follows a grieving young woman who transfers her consciousness into a mechanical beaver to save her childhood pond's ecosystem and discover why its wildlife disappeared.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month agoPixar filmmakers really gave a dam about making Hoppers' authentic
Pixar's Hoppers prioritizes comedy and entertainment through a collaborative creative process where a teenage activist's consciousness transfers into a robotic beaver fighting to save a pond habitat.
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1 month agoWhy are today's children's books and films often so much better than adult ones?
Contemporary children's literature and media, exemplified by Harry Potter and modern authors, demonstrate superior characterization, world-building, and ethical complexity compared to classic children's books from previous generations.
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3 weeks agoCanadian filmmakers win animation awards at Oscars, including Toronto's Maggie Kang for 'KPop Demon Hunters' | CBC News
Canadian animators won two major Oscars: Maggie Kang for best animated feature with KPop Demon Hunters and Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski for best animated short with The Girl Who Cried Pearls.
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1 month agoGo behind-the-scenes of 'Hoppers': A special look at new Disney-Pixar comedy
Disney and Pixar's 'Hoppers' follows Mabel, who uses technology to transfer her mind into a robotic beaver to communicate with wild animals and protect their habitat from human development.
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fromVulture
1 month agoHoppers Skips and Jumps to Pixar's Best Original-Film Opening in a Decade
Pixar's original animated film with anthropomorphized animals achieved its best opening weekend for an original film in nearly a decade, signaling audience appetite for this genre over recent underperforming originals.
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1 month agoPixar's new movie Hoppers lands almost perfect Rotten Tomatoes score
Pixar's new film 'Hoppers' achieves a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score, the studio's highest rating in nearly a decade, following an environmentalist who enters a beaver's mind to save their habitat.
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fromThe Independent
1 month agoPixar's new movie Hoppers lands almost perfect Rotten Tomatoes score
Pixar's new film 'Hoppers' achieves a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score, the studio's highest rating in nearly a decade, following an environmentalist who enters a beaver's mind to save their habitat.
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1 month ago'Hoppers,' Disney-Pixar's latest animated adventure, features beavers as animal superheroes
Disney-Pixar's 'Hoppers' features beavers as environmental superheroes, combining action-adventure storytelling with messages about community and ecological importance through a unique consciousness-transfer premise.
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1 month ago'Hoppers,' Disney-Pixar's latest animated adventure, features beavers as animal superheroes
Disney-Pixar's 'Hoppers' features beavers as environmental superheroes, combining action-adventure storytelling with messages about community and ecological importance through a unique consciousness-transfer premise.
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fromSFGATE
1 month agoWe nearly wiped out these creatures in California. Now they're Pixar stars.
Pixar's 'Hoppers' incorporates accurate beaver physiology, including tail-tucking behavior based on how beavers' tailbones function similarly to human spines, with scientific consultation from beaver expert Emily Fairfax.
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1 month agoHoppers review fun Pixar flick about a teen trying to talk to the animals and save them from an evil developer
A witty family animation about a teenager protecting a woodland glade from development by reuniting it with vanished animals, exploring themes of environmental protection and human-animal empathy.
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fromInverse
1 month agoHow The Director of 'WALL-E' Made The Year's Most "Wholesome" Sci-Fi Movie
In the Blink of an Eye uses three interconnected stories spanning thousands of years—Neanderthals, modern academics, and a distant future pilot—to explore universal themes of love, connection, and human continuity across time.
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1 month agoIn the Blink of an Eye review Pixar director's long-delayed sci-fi epic falls flat
Andrew Stanton's sci-fi epic spanning 45,000 years to future planets fails to deliver emotional depth or narrative coherence, resulting in an awkwardly constructed and unintentionally comedic film.
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