Disney Pixar’s Cars 2: The Video Game Revving Up For Release Summer 2011

Disney Interactive Studios today announced that Disney•Pixar’s Cars 2: The Video Game is coming to major platforms this summer. Unveiled at the American International Toy Fair in New York City, Cars 2: The Video Game will allow players to jump into the Cars universe with a brand new international spy

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Pixar Chief John Lasseter to Cameo in ‘Cars 2’

John Lasseter is unwittingly driving into the next installment of “Cars.” The producers of “Cars 2” surprised the Disney and Pixar animation chief in honor of Pixar’s 25th anniversary by introducing a hefty yellow pick-up truck named John Lassetire — get it? — in the upcoming sequel. Lasseter said they

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Toys”R”Us and Disney Create New Collection of Innovative Wood Toys Based on Disney-Pixar Cars

Toys”R”Us, Inc. today announced the launch of its first-ever collection of wood vehicles, track and playsets based on the popular Disney-Pixar movie, Cars. Two years in the making, and now available exclusively at Toys”R”Us® stores around the world and online at Toysrus.com, the Disney-Pixar Cars Wood Collection was created and

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Disney.com Exclusive: Meet the Newest Cars in Disney/Pixar’s “Cars 2″

Disney.com exclusively reveals three of the latest tire-spinning characters in the Disney•Pixar “Cars” franchise: Francesco Bernoulli, the most famous race car in Europe, and Mama and Uncle Topolino. Francesco Bernoulli, an Italian heart-throb car, will be competing in the high-profile race around the world that drives “Cars 2.” He was an instant winner

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V8 Supercars Announce International Partnership With Disney Pixar

V8 Supercars today announced a unique partnership with Disney Pixar International to commence the 2011 season, bringing yet another global company to the portfolio of partners backing the sport. Click here to learn more. Related articles ‘Pixar Pals’ Debuts at Disney California Adventure Park (chipandco.com) Walt Disney Studios Celebrates 12

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Walt Disney Studios Celebrates 12 Oscar nominations

The Walt Disney Studios is proud to announce its 2010 films have earned 12 Oscar® nominations. Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced five nominations for Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 3, including for the coveted title of Best Picture; three for Alice in Wonderland, and one each for

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CARS 2: Meet Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell!

Holley Shiftwell is a beautiful young British desk agent, turned spy-in-training who’s stationed in Tokyo. Well-educated and sharp, she knows every trick in the book—or rather, she relies on every trick in the spy manual. She’s armed with the latest state-of-the-art spy equipment imaginable, from hidden cameras and concealed weapons

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Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun parade at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

The Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun parade premiered at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Jan. 16, 2011, replacing Block Party Bash. Pixar characters featured in the parade include Dug, Carl, and Russell from Up, Mike, Sully, and boo from Monsters Inc, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Bullsye, and Lotso from Toy Story,

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The Curse of the Disney Movie Sequel

Do you like sequels? For many, direct-to-video has become a dirty compound word when it’s uttered by Disney! And I think we can at least agree that there have been some sequels that just shouldn’t have seen the light of a TV screen. Anyone remember the Little Mermaid sequels? I

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Disney’s California Adventure Letters Depart Tuesday

The letters adorning the outside of California Adventure will be removed starting Tuesday, meaning today (Monday) is the final day to get last-minute pictures with them. I’ll miss them, but I mentioned in an earlier post that Al Lutz had confirmed that the letters might be used in another part

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