PIXAR

Andrea Shearon Jul 19, 2022. 2 minute read

Pixar Almost Didn’t Let Kingdom Hearts Have Toy Story

The Kingdom Hearts 3 collaboration between Disney’s Pixar Animation Studios and Square Enix almost didn’t work out. According to a Pixar creative director, the Toy Story-themed world initially saw some pushback from most higher-up executives. In a new MinnMax interview, Pixar’s creative director of theme parks Tasha Sounart explained how…

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Dylan Roth Jun 20, 2022. 6 minute read

‘Lightyear’ Review: To Mid-finity and Beyond

From Disney and Pixar Animation Studios comes Lightyear, an animated action-adventure film based on the spaceman doll Buzz Lightyear from the 1995 movie Toy Story. (Or, rather, based on the human who that toy is based on, blah blah blah, we’re all tired of this joke already.) Despite its baggage…

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Kenneth Shepard Jun 22, 2021. 5 minute read

Pixar Says Luca Isn’t Gay, but the Movie Speaks for Itself

Between failing to capitalize on Frozen’s queer subtext to positioning a cop mentioning her girlfriend in passing as a watershed moment, I’ve long since stopped hoping Disney would put queer characters on the big screen. This is the same company that, in the midst of putting out Avengers: Endgame, the…

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