Ratatouille Pixar Movie (2006) First CG Animated Film produced by Pixar

RatatouillePixar must be pretty confident by now in the product they're putting out. I doubt there is any idea brought to them that is too far-fetched. How could it be when they know their stellar production will always make up......Read the full post from Life in the Mind of a Modest GeniusTags: Keeping It Reel News via Blogdigger blog search for ratatouille pixar NOT torrent -site:livejournal... continues

Let's Blame Nintendo! [Thq]Nintendo's doing great! Making tons of money — just look at it go, go, go. What does that mean for its competitors? It means things are hard and not easy. Publisher THQ had a disappointing year with its Disney movie games. According to company CEO Brian Farrell : The kids' market was extremely...Read the full post from KotakuTags: Nintendo, Disney, pixar, thq, Wii ... continues

Beyond Xbox #2: Videogames vs. Film AnimationWhy is it that I don’t understand how so many people can praise animation in film and pooh pooh videogames so easily. As I sit here and Watch Starz Inside: A Pixar Story (more specifically Part 2), I can’t help but see the exuberance oozing out of Richard Roeper as he chronicles Ratatoui...Read the full post from The Xbox DomainTags: Xbox 36... continues

THQ Blames Losses on Nintendo, 'Music Games'Game publisher THQ blames its massive fiscal 2008 loss in part on increased competition in the kids' games market from Nintendo and "music games," according to a recent conference call. Calling the kids' market in 2008 "the most crowded market for videogames for kids in recent memory," THQ president...Read the full post from Wired: Game|LifeTags: Busines... continues

Thank G-d for Pixar!There are those extra “parental moments” that remind us that we’re parents.  They might be something as simple as reading stories at bedtime, helping get dressed, changing diapers, or someday helping with the homework. But, perhaps nothing provides more of the “parenting rush” and tes...Read the full post from Life & Times of a New Dad via Blogd... continues

Putting a Value on Worker MoraleA happy worker works twelve times harder than an unhappy one, according to Pixar's Brad Bird. Tucked deep into a McKinsey Quarterly interview with Bird (and plucked out by blogger Jason Kottke), is this quote from the guy behind The Incredibles and Ratatouille. In my experience, the thing that has t...Read the full post from BNET BlogsTags: WORKER, Morale, David Gol... continues

Spongebob Savior: Will Kid-Friendly Licenses Save THQ? [Nickelodeon Licenses]Earlier today, we reported that THQ's portfolio of Nickelodeon titles has hauled in more than $1 billion in sales, with the publisher looking forward to its 2008 lineup of more Nickelodeon properties. THQ's survived a series of hard knocks in the market thanks to the strength of its kid-friendly tit...Read the full post f... continues

Eight Beautiful New Wall-E Movie ImagesOne of the films that seems to be turning a lot of heads this summer is Pixar’s Wall-E . It has been a film that has created some interesting discussions, as it centers on a character that cannot actually speak. His name is Wall-E, and he is a clean-up robot left behind hundreds of years ago b...Read the full post from Film School RejectsTags: Movie New... continues

Innovation and PixarThis week, I watched Ratatouille , Pixar’s 2007 film. It’s fabulous. Not just a good animated film, but a great film. Genuinely lovely. I’m fascinated by how Pixar do it; how they keep churning out terrific films. Even Cars, which should have sunk under my general ambivalence, was ...Read the full post from The Daily Grind via Blogdigger blog search for rat... continues

SEC Accuses Former Pixar CFO of BackdatingAcademy Award-winning Pixar Studios — creator of such fun-loving CGI-animated films as “Finding Nemo” and “Ratatouille” — has become the most recent company to be caught up in the backdating scandal. The SEC’s Los Angeles office says it plans to recommend th...Read the full post from WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.comTags... continues

Andy Baio : Interview with Susan Bradley, Pixar graphic designer - among other things, she designed the hand-drawn type in the Ratatouille titles

Greg Storey : Your friend the Rat and Alberta. - Brilliance that only Pixar can provide. Tags : Hollywood

Andy Baio : Branscome International's cringe-inducing Pixar knockoffs - don't miss the trailers for Ratatoing and The Little Cars

factoryjoe : A discussion with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter - Charlie Rose - An interview with Steve Jobs from 1996. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple, Microsoft, Pixar, computer animation, John Lasseter, Buzz, Woody, Toy Story, Macintosh, charlie rose Ethan Marcotte : Charlie Rose’s 1996 discussion with Steve Jobs and John Lasse... continues

Andy Baio : NYT on the attention to culinary detail in "Ratatouille" - including Thomas Keller's ratatouille recipe for the film's final meal

Rod Begbie : Apple - Trailers - WALL•E - Teaser for the next Pixar flick. Tags : pixar trailer video wall-e

Rod Begbie : Apple - Trailers - Ratatouille - 9 minute preview clip of the upcoming Pixar flick. The 720p version looks *stunning*.

Andy Baio : First image of Wall-E revealed - Pixar's next film after Ratatouille jkottke : Here's the public's first look at the newest Pixar film (after Ratatouille): Wall-E - Here's the public's first look at the newest Pixar film (after Ratatouille): Wall-E. Looks like it's about robots and is directed by the guy who did Finding Nemo, in my estimation the best Pixar film to date. (via waxy)

Jeremy Zawodny : What have all the rich Apple and Pixar folks done with their money? - What have all the rich Apple and Pixar folks done with their money?: that's a good question Tags : links

jkottke : Photos from a visit to Pixar - Photos from a visit to Pixar. "Whenever they get an idea for a story and there is something that they aren't sure they know how to do yet, instead of putting 250+ people on a project and spend millions on something that they are unsure of, they will put 3