ozarka
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Post by ozarka on Nov 3, 2004 0:46:08 GMT -5
From USA Today: 11/2/2004
Moviegoers will get their first Cars ride this weekend. A teaser trailer for what likely will be the final Disney/Pixar computer-animated comedy will be featured before their latest collaboration, The Incredibles, opening Friday.
Hoping to parlay the public's growing appetite for auto racing, Cars features the voices of track aficionado Paul Newman, who continues to compete at age 79, and NASCAR great Richard Petty.
Cars isn't due in theaters until November 2005, and production won't finish until next summer. But the studios hope to rev up the early word for the first feature directed by Pixar co-founder and Incredibles executive producer John Lasseter since 1999's Toy Story 2.
The movie centers on speed-obsessed race car Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), who gets lost on his way to the track. He lands in Radiator Springs, a downtrodden town off fabled Route 66 that has been bypassed by the interstate. There, he learns about what really matters from the cars of the 1950s and '60s.
Increasingly sophisticated computer technology provides Cars with unparalleled animation, Lasseter says. "The level of detail, the patina on the road, the peeling paint, the dirt — everything looks so real," he says.
Cars' four-year production cycle is a slow cruise for Wilson. Unlike his live-action movies, Cars is more assembly-line process, geared to the meticulous production schedule of animators.
"You'll go in every few months for four or five hours," says Wilson, 35. "You'll roll through 40 pages of dialogue, doing it over until you get it right."
Wilson also appears as Bill Murray's estranged son in December's widely anticipated The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. Wilson has done animated voice-over work before, but his character in Disney's The Emperor's New Groove in 2000 was eliminated after the project's initial director was replaced.
"I was a little insecure about my voice after that," Wilson says..
Cars is expected to be the last of seven animated Pixar efforts distributed by Disney since the two companies parted ways. Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo's worldwide box office total is $2.6 billion.
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Post by tequilaroses on Nov 3, 2004 8:00:09 GMT -5
I want to see "The Incredibles" - if not this weekend, then sometime soon! I can't wait for the peek at Owen's character! ;D Thanks for the info ozarka! When I was reading that, and it said that Owen voiced a character in "The Emperor's New Groove" - I immediately put seeing that on my to-do list (one of the very few Disney animated films I haven't seen yet). Then an instant later, I find out his part was cut. Oh well, now that's one last thing on my to-do list (although I'd still like to see it eventually only). He's so cute! If he only knew that so many women just love his voice!
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Post by bunnypanda on Nov 3, 2004 8:17:26 GMT -5
Thank you for posting it ozarka He's so cute! If he only knew that so many women just love his voice! I agree with you TR, I hope he knows!!! For people who don't know, Owen's part in "The Emperor's New Groove" was replaced only because they needed to change the character he voiced older than it originally was, after Owen had recorded everything. Otherwise they would have used Owen's voice.
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DeeM1962
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Post by DeeM1962 on Nov 3, 2004 10:26:36 GMT -5
I cannot wait for this movie. I've been a Paul Newman fan also since I was 11!!
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Post by Remi on Nov 4, 2004 19:56:34 GMT -5
I just saw the tail end of the trailer for CARS on Access Hollywood. Looks different than I expected. Owen's little red race car it really cute though. My girls were giggling at him and Larry the Cable Guy as a truck. I'd have to see it again I guess, to get a better feel for the movie.
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Post by Remi on Nov 5, 2004 12:05:46 GMT -5
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Post by Natalie on Nov 5, 2004 13:41:09 GMT -5
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Post by comet on Nov 5, 2004 16:24:00 GMT -5
Thank you. I think that the red race car is very often expressing Owen. ;D
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DarkRoan
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Post by DarkRoan on Nov 5, 2004 22:03:18 GMT -5
I just saw the teaser trailer...I think it will be good, but I need to see more before I can give it a worthy judgement...
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Post by tequilaroses on Nov 6, 2004 13:41:48 GMT -5
Wow - I can't wait!
I hear you PiD! One whole year!
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Sugar Kane
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Post by Sugar Kane on Nov 10, 2004 7:53:27 GMT -5
I've just seen the trailer for this...what a tease- you can hear that sexy voice, but you can't look at him! How will we bear it? I may explode!
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Post by maverick on Dec 8, 2004 1:06:55 GMT -5
Disney and Pixar Steer Cars to Summer 2006 Release
BURBANK, Calif. and EMERYVILLE, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios today announced that they are moving the release date of Pixar's upcoming animated feature film, Cars, to June 9, 2006. Release dates for major international territories have also been set for summer 2006 - France on July 12, Germany and Switzerland on July 13, the UK and Spain on July 14, Japan on July 15 and Italy on September 1. Commenting on the announcement, di*k Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios said, "The move from November 2005 to June 2006 makes perfect sense. Cars is the quintessential summer film for audiences of all ages. It has a fantastic story full of action, adventure, comedy, heartfelt emotion with cutting edge animation and incredible voice talent." Cook continued, "In the vein of Finding Nemo, we feel the movie will have legs throughout summer and beyond." "Cars longs to be a summer movie, said Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. "We plan to finish Cars on its original schedule, and look forward to Cars and our future films benefiting by summer theatrical releases and holiday DVD releases." Cars, the seventh animated feature film to be created by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, is directed by Pixar's two-time Academy Award(R)-winner John Lasseter, who directed Toy Story, A Bug's Life, and Toy Story 2. A high-octane adventure comedy, Cars features the voice talents of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman and Bonnie Hunt, and has a wide assortment of cars as characters who get their kicks on Route 66. Cars is produced by Darla K. Anderson (A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc.). Cars will be the final original film produced under Disney and Pixar's highly successful partnership.
About The Walt Disney Studios Walt Disney Studios is a unit of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and distributes motion pictures under Walt Disney Pictures -- which includes Walt Disney Feature Animation and DisneyToon Studios -- Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax Films and Dimension Films. Buena Vista International serves as the studio's international distribution arm. Buena Vista Home Entertainment and Buena Vista Home Entertainment International together distribute Disney and other film titles to the rental and sell-through home entertainment markets worldwide. Buena Vista Theatrical Productions is one of the largest producers of Broadway musicals, and the Buena Vista Music Group distributes original music and motion picture soundtracks under its four record labels: Walt Disney Records, Buena Vista Records, Hollywood Records and Lyric Street Records.
About Pixar Animation Studios Pixar Animation Studios (Nasdaq: PIXR) (http://www.pixar.com) combines creative and technical artistry to create original films in the medium of computer animation. Pixar has created and produced six of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time: Academy Award(R)-winning Toy Story (1995); A Bug's Life (1998); Golden Globe-winner Toy Story 2 (1999); the Academy Award(R)-winning Monsters, Inc. (2001); the Academy Award(R)-winning Finding Nemo (2003), and The Incredibles. Pixar's six films have earned almost $3 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The Northern California studio's next release is Cars (June 9, 2006).
Contact: Heidi Trotta Sr. Vice President Communications, The Walt Disney Studios (818) 560-7280
Mary Conlin Director of Marketing Pixar Animation Studios (510) 752-3330
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Post by itsanowenthing on Dec 8, 2004 6:51:27 GMT -5
I understand the logic but that SUCKS! Oh well, there will be other Owen movies in the meantime.
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Post by tequilaroses on Dec 8, 2004 21:29:44 GMT -5
Of course! Needless to say! ;D
I agree, it does suck that we have to wait longer, but yes, it is logical.
Why are all of O's movies moved back? The release date of "Cars", the release date of "The Wedding Crashers", the filming of "The Smoker", and who even knows what happened to "The Wendell Baker Story" - it seems to have gotten lost.
Speaking of O's movies getting lost - when on earth are they going to start "Shanghai Dawn". We want more Roy!
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Post by itsanowenthing on Jan 29, 2005 1:23:29 GMT -5
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