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Here's Wall-Eanimated film about a robot will be Pixar's 2008 movie
The cute little guy to my right is the title character from Disney/Pixar's Wall-E, which will be directed by Andrew Stanton. He comes to theatres June 27, 2008.
(Source: jimhillmedia.com) In a letter to shareholders, Disney announced that Pixar's 2008 movie will be Wall-E. According to rumour, the movie follows a young robot as he tries to find love (and a home) in outer space. There's not much information on this flick but Andrew Stanton is on board as writer/director. Stanton only has one writer/director credit for Pixar but it's a doozy: 2003's Finding Nemo is Pixar's most profitable film to date. This news has some wide-ranging implications for Pixar fans. The first consequence is that John Lasseter's long-awaited Toy Story 3 will get pushed to a 2009 release (Pixar has no plans to release more than one flick a year). This isn't surprising since Lasseter essentially tossed Disney's Toy Story 3 script (which had no input from Lasseter or Pixar) into the garbage and started writing the whole thing from scratch. This news also puts the proposed John Carter of Mars flick on the back burner. Two weeks ago, the rumour ran around cyberspace that Disney/Pixar was getting the movie rights for Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic series of pulp novels as a proposed project for Stanton. Even if Disney has regained control of the series, Stanton's involvement in Wall-E means there won't be a John Carter of Mars movie before 2010, if it comes out at all. Wall-E hits theatres on June 27, 2008. A teaser for the movie will be attached to the upcoming Ratatouille. Fun Facts: John Carter of Mars has had a long and troubled history in Hollywood. Legendary animator Bob Clampett was the first to try and adapt the series as an animated movie, enlisting Burroughs' enthusiastic support. However, MGM pooh-poohed their concept, demanding a slapstick comedy instead of the serious sci-fi adventure Clampett and Burroughs envisioned. The movie was slated for a 1936 release, which would have made it the first full-length animated feature (Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves came out in 1937). When Clampett toured colleges and universities in the 1970's, he would show test footage of John Carter of Mars to his audiences. The response was always enthusiastic. Disney affiliate Touchstone Pictures also tried to produce a live-action version of John Carter of Mars in the 1980's, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard, Predator). Both Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts were approached to star in the movie. Rising costs eventually doomed the project.
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