Monsters Inc. and Muppets returning
April 26th, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 26, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Disney studios chairman Rich Ross announced at a press briefing at The Walt Disney Co. headquarters in Burbank on Thursday, that Disney’s Pixar division is creating a sequel to “Monsters Inc.” that will hit theaters in November 2012. The original film, which released in 2001, grossed $529 million worldwide.
The studio was also about to give the go-ahead to a new movie featuring the Muppets which will introduce a new character named Walter. According to Ross, he’s in felt and fur rehab now as they build him. Although it isn’t clear when the movie will release, he said there will be plenty of cameos, as with all Muppet movies. So watch Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy may make an appearance.
The creator of “The Flight of the Conchords’ TV series, James Bobin, will be directing it. The announcements were among several made during a presentation of the studio’s upcoming slate of films. Disney is in planning to sell off its Miramax Films division as it focuses on family-oriented fare from Marvel, Pixar, its own studio and Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks unit.
Among their upcoming films is a retelling of the Winnie the Pooh story using hand-drawn animation; a Tim Burton-led stop-motion animation movie called “Frankenweenie” about a boy’s revival of his lost dog; and another Pixar movie called “John Carter of Mars” about a man who goes through a portal to the red planet as imagined by author Edgar Rice Burroughs.
“Wall-E” writer Andrew Stanton of Pixar has been roped in to handle the otherworldly live action picture starring Taylor Kitsch. The movie will release in 2012.
– Sampurn Wire
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