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Inside Out Trailer Goes Even Further Into The Adorable Brain Of A Child

Everything we’ve seen so far from Pixar’s Inside Out is overwhelmingly charming. And it’s about to get a whole lot cuter, because the new trailer shows new parts of the Pixar-imagined child brain. Also the plot’s been finally revealed. So now we know what happens. Joy and Sadness get sucked into a different part of … Continued

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Robert Downey Jr. Explains How Iron Man’s Journey Leads To Civil War

Yet another Star Wars hero may show up on Rebels. Eve Myles talks about the possible return of Torchwood. Sasha may go to a darker place on The Walking Dead. Plus details on the future of Constantine. And hints for Sleepy Hollow, Arrow, The Originals, Orphan Black and iZombie. Hooray for Spoilers! Top image: Avengers: … Continued

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Pixar’s Good Dinosaur Concept Art Is Stunning

Here is some beautiful, brand-new artwork from the totally reworked Pixar movie that was supposed to come out ages ago. Fortunately, Pixar isn’t afraid to start over, and over, until they get it right. Needless to say, we’re really excited about The Good Dinosaur. The new art came from Disney’s annual announcement of films. The … Continued

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Thank God This Version Of Toy Story 3 Never Saw The Light Of Day

Before Pixar sent Andy to college and the toys to daycare, a possible version of Toy Story 3 had a malfunctioning Buzz Lightyear shipped off to Taiwan, where the other toys go to rescue him. And, well, we’re darn glad that we ended up with the tear-jerking Toy Story 3 we got. A little Disney/Pixar … Continued

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New Pixar movie trailer reveals how our minds really work

Pixar had some of great original comedy hits. And then they did Cars. And Planes. And Cars 2. Ugh. That’s why I’m so happy to see them getting back to their roots with the Inside Out. Check out the new trailed. It’s great. From what you can see from the two-minute clip, it’s a hilarious … Continued

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Monsters Practice Mind Control In the New Pixar Joint Inside Out

Here’s the first full trailer for Pixar’s 2015 monster movie, Inside Out. We’ve seen bits and piecesof it teased out, but this is the first real preview. It looks good! In the movie, monsters control the minds of different humans. In the movie, each monster represents a different feeling, and you see how those feelings … Continued

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Full Trailer For Pixar’s Inside Out Is Even Smarter Than We Expected

We’ve seen a bunch of teaser trailers for Pixar’s emotion-based film Inside Out that have been pretty cute, but the new, full-length trailer shows off that Pixar humor and cleverness we’ve been searching for. Because it doesn’t just go inside a preteen’s mind—it goes inside her mom’s and dad’s brains as well. The foot. We … Continued

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The Coolest Moments from Toy Story That Time Forgot

ABC aired the holiday special Toy Story That Time Forgot, and it was, as expected, adorable on every level. There were also a few surprising references thrown in. Below, everything we loved about it. Spoilers… The plot was pretty simple: Bonnie takes to toys to Mason’s for a playdate. Mason and Bonnie leave the toys … Continued

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Don’t Forget, Pixar’s Toy Story That Time Forgot Airs Tonight

It’s officially coming, but Toy Story 4 isn’t hitting theaters until 2017—in fandom years that’s like an eternity away. So to make the wait more bearable, Pixar has been churning out some equally enjoyable Toy Story short films, and the latest one, Toy Story That Time Forgot, premieres tonight. It will no doubt be available … Continued

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Meet All Of The New Characters From Pixar’s Inside Out

Inside Out is the latest animated film to come out of the hallowed halls of cartoonery, Pixar. The premise is adorable, the whole thing is centered around the emotions inside the mind of a little girl. And now you can meet each emotion in this collection of teaser clips. First up there’s Disgust (voiced by … Continued

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Pixar’s Good Dinosaur Originally Modeled Its Dinos After Amish Farmers?

Earlier this year, news broke that the long whispered-about dinosaur feature from Pixar would be stripped down and reworked top-to-bottom. And now the new direction for The Good Dinosaur has finally been revealed, along with some strange, past ideas. The LA Times has an update on The Good Dinosaur from new director Peter Sohn (who … Continued

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Interested In The Math Of Pixar’s Animation? This Video Is Must-Watch

Computer animation is one of those delightful intersections of science and art, but when we’re cooing over concept art and character designs, it’s easy to forget all the math that goes into bringing these movies to life. This video explains the calculations behind the characters. Brady Haran of Numberphile talks to Pixar researcher Tony DeRose, … Continued

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How Pixar Uses Math to Make Characters Look Perfect

It probably won’t surprise you that Pixar uses some good old fashioned mathematics in the 3D animation process. What might surprise you is just how much they use math to ensure that their characters look and move perfectly. And Pixar researcher Tony DeRose is great at explaining just that. In a new Numberphile video, DeRose … Continued

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Toy Story 4 Is Happening, Taking All Ludicrous Plot Theories Now

There’s going to be another Toy Story movie! Honestly all the Toy Story movies, thus far, have been pretty great.ButSo we’re really racking our brains to figure out what this movie could possibly be about. During an investor call, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that a fourth installment of the Toy Story franchise will premiere … Continued

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Pixar Is Making Toy Story 4, Huzzah

Disney and Pixar just announced that John Lasseter will direct Toy Story 4, scheduled for release in June 2017. Yassssssssssss. Variety reports that the announcement was made by Disney CEO Bob Iger during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call. Director John Lasseter is the Chief Creative Officer at Pixar. He directed Toy Story and Toy … Continued

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The Wall-E version of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar

It’s no surprise that I love this. This movie trailer uses footage from Wall-E, my favorite Pixar movie ever, and transforms the story to match the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, which from what we’ve seen so far, is going to be fantastic. The result? An absolute thrill ride. SPLOID is a new blog about … Continued

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Inside Out Trailer: The First Teensy-Weensy Peek at Pixar’s Next Movie

Inside Out is the next Pixar project, coming out in June 2015. The animation powerhouse just released the first teaser video of the new movie. Here’s your extremely short glimpse at what looks like a very whimsical film. Disney super-site Stitch Kingdom brings us a plot synopsis for the movie, slated to come out June … Continued

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The First Trailer For Pixar’s Next Film, Inside Out, Is Here At Last!

We didn’t get a Pixar film this year, so we’ve been especially anxious to see the first teaser trailer for Inside Out, the studio’s next film, which is set inside a child’s mind. See the fanciful landscape of the human brain and meet the emotions running around in young Riley’s head. Inside Out follows Riley … Continued

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Here’s how all the Pixar movies are connected in one universe

Maybe you’ve heard of The Pixar Theory by Jon Negroni that showed how all the characters of the Pixar movies are connected to each other in one universe. The evidence was undeniable! Bloop Animation shows how it all ties together in the video below. I want to believe! The theory is encompasses all of Pixar’s … Continued

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Beautiful video shows how Pixar uses a rainbow of colors in their movies

This is great. Rishi Kaneria made a quick supercut that stitches together scenes from Pixar movies according their particular color. Following the Roy G. Biv color spectrum, you’ll see how Pixar chooses to use colors to make their animations. And it’ll make you want to watch all the Pixar movies again. It helps that the … Continued