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Pixar
Pixar
Founded in 1979, Pixar Animation Studios (Pixar) was spun-off in 1986 with funding from Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. Walt Disney Co bought Pixar in 2006 in a transaction valuing the company at US$7.4 billion. Pixar has produced thirteen feature films, beginning with Toy Story (1995). Pixar has produced a string of critical and commercial successes: Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Cars (2006), Ratatouille (2007), WALL-E (2008), Up (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), Cars 2 (2011), and Brave (2012).
Chairman / President
Jim Morris
CEO / Managing Director
Pete Docter
CFO / Finance Director
John Lasseter (CCO)
Industry
Computer animation
Motion pictures
Website
pixar.com
Headquarters address
1200 Park Avenue, Emeryville, CA 94608, United States
Year founded
1986
last updated:
30 September, 2024
As an homage to the 2007 film Ratatouille, Bistrot Chez Rémy is brilliant. But is the food, which is not cheap, worth the US$59 theme park entry? Photo: Disney
Food and Drinks

Why one of Paris’ hardest-to-book restaurants is in a theme park

Bistrot Chez Rémy pays homage to the 2007 film Ratatouille. If it’s so hard to get a table, is the food worth the Disneyland entry?

Wellness

How Inside Out 2 writers looked to own pasts and kids for inspiration

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What to do in Hong Kong

5 movies and TV shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, September 27-29

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American cinema

Review | Inside Out 2: new teenage emotions vie for attention in Pixar sequel

Inside Me 2 follows Riley, now 13, who is dealing with some new emotions, from Anxiety to Envy, Embarrassment and Ennui in this solid sequel that does not quite hit the highs of the first film.

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A still from Inside Out 2. Photo: Disney/Pixar
Britain

Mary Poppins 1964 film rating raised in UK due to ‘discriminatory language’

British Board of Film Classification said the Disney film uses colonial term Hottentots, a derogatory word historically used by white Europeans to refer to South Africa’s Khoikhoi people.

American cinema

Review | Elemental: fire mixes with water in Pixar’s amusing frothy fantasy

Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie star in Pixar’s Elemental as two characters of fire and water, respectively, that have to overcome their obvious differences in this romantic fantasy animation.

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American cinema

Makers of Disney and Pixar’s Elemental on tolerance and ‘breaking the rules’

The team behind Elemental, upcoming Disney and Pixar animated film about a family who migrate to a city of different ‘elements’, on its message of tolerance and the challenges of creating its characters.

Ember, a fire element and Wade, a water element, in a still from “Elemental”. The team behind Disney and Pixar’s upcoming animated film discuss its messages about family and tolerance, and what makes their movie special. Photo: Disney/Pixar
American cinema

The 11 best blockbuster Hollywood movies in cinemas in spring 2023

Spring 2023 Hollywood premieres include the 7th Transformers film, the 10th Fast and Furious outing Fast X, as well as a sequel to the Spider-Man Spider-Verse animation and a reboot of The Little Mermaid.

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Disney

Spider-Man and Lightyear animator on a dream come true: a career in drawing

Pixar animator Kim Hye-sook reveals how she achieved her childhood dream of making a career out of drawing, and why she can call herself ‘a happy person’.

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Joe Biden

Musician Jon Batiste to sing for Macron at Biden’s first state dinner

Grammy-winner Batiste will sing at the White House on Thursday, at a black-tie dinner for French President Macron that will highlight long-standing ties between the United States and France.

Musician Jon Batiste will perform at US President Joe Biden’s first White House state dinner on Thursday. Photo: Invision / AP
LGBTQ

Lightyear won’t show in some countries over same-sex kiss, China also unlikely

Disney was unable to get permission in 14 Asian and Middle Eastern nations to screen the prequel to Pixar’s Toy Story films.

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Legendary space ranger Buzz Lightyear is voiced by Chris Evans. Image: Disney/Pxiar
American cinema

Review | Lightyear: Chris Evans in Toy Story spin-off aimed at children

Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear returns as the Space Ranger, voiced by Chris Evans, on which Andy’s toy was based, in this straightforward animated sci-fi adventure from Pixar.

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TV shows and streaming video

The 5 most exciting films hitting cinemas – and Netflix – in June

The third in the Jurassic World series, Dominion, is out soon, as well as Pixar’s Lightyear, while Netflix introduces a sci-fi film starring Chris Hemsworth called Spiderhead

American cinema

How Michelle Yeoh and Sandra Oh took Asian-American mums mainstream

Michelle Yeoh and Sandra Oh have brought Asian-American mums into the Hollywood mainstream with films like Crazy Rich Asians, Turning Red and Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Michelle Yeoh in a still from Everything Everywhere All at Once. Photo: A24
American cinema

Anime’s influence on Pixar’s Turning Red – director Domee Shi is a huge fan

Spirited Away is Chinese-Canadian Domee Shi’s favourite movie, and anime influenced her direction of Turning Red, as well as her own experience of growing up and clashing with her mother.

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Mei Lee (right, voiced by Rosalie Chiang) and Ming (Sandra Oh) in a still from Turning Red. Photo: Disney/Pixar.
American cinema

Review | Turning Red: Pixar coming-of-age comedy is authentic and funny

Academy Award winner Domee Shi directs her first feature film, a depiction of Chinese adolescence that is commendably frank and often hilarious.

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American cinema

10 most exciting movies and TV shows dropping in March

From Robert Pattison’s debut in The Batman to The Lost City starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, there’s plenty to get excited about on the big and small screen this month

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Disney

What’s in store for viewers with Disney+ launch in Hong Kong

From Stars Wars and Marvel to the Star content hub, Disney’s regional head Kerwin Lo talks about the streaming service’s offerings ahead of the Hong Kong launch on November 16.

Disney+ launched mere months before the pandemic locked down most of the world, and will finally launch in Hong Kong in November, 2021.
United States

Actor Ed Asner, TV’s Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, dies at 91

The liberal Asner was caught up in a political controversy in 1982 when he spoke out against US involvement with repressive governments in Latin America.

TV shows and streaming video

Streaming war set to hot up with Disney+ launch in Hong Kong

With its library of Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Lucasfilm franchise content, Disney’s streaming service will provide stiff competition for Netflix, Apple TV+ and Now TV’s HBO when it launches in November.

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‘Pixar Fest’ at HK mall

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Disney

Luca: is this Pixar’s first gay movie?

How the Disney+ film’s ‘deeper story’ – which viewers think touches on race, identity and the LGBTQ+ experience – came together, with a little help from Renaissance maps and sea iguanas

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Luca tells the story of sea monsters exploring the world on land in human forms – leading to questions about whether it’s a metaphor for the LGBTQ+ experience. Photo: Pixar
Animation

The Irish duo behind Wolfwalkers, up for best animated movie at the Oscars

Wolfwalkers is Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon’s fifth Oscar nomination, with the Kilkenny-set feature expected to give Pixar’s Soul a run for its money at the Oscars later this month.

American cinema

Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey and crew on Pixar’s new animated movie Soul

We talked with the cast and crew of Pixar’s new movie Soul, to be released on Disney+ and in some cinemas, about its black lead character and poignant message.

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American cinema

Review | Soul: dazzling Pixar tale about living life to the full

Featuring the voices of Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, Pixar’s latest film, Soul, examines the afterlife through the adventures of a lost soul trying to make it back to his body and the life he’s left behind – it’s heart-warming, emotional and hugely inventive.

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Joe (voiced by Jamie Foxx) in a still from Soul.
Coronavirus China

Chinese cinemas reopen to nationwide excitement

China’s moviegoers are anticipating re-releases of Hollywood hits like Pixar’s Coco after six months of cinema closures

Staff members spray disinfectant at a theatre on May 12 as it prepares to reopen in Yantai, a city in China's eastern Shandong province. Photo: AFP
American cinema

The father he never knew inspired co-writer of Pixar’s Onward

Dan Scanlon was a year old and his brother three when their father died in a car accident. Onward, voiced by Tom Holland, Chris Pratt and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, imagines two brothers can magically bring back their father.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Five Cannes 2020 films: with festival off, how will they fare?

Cannes Film Festival has revealed five of the films it would have screened had it not been cancelled due to coronavirus, from Pixar, Spike Lee, Wes Anderson and more. Here’s what we know of the films, and when we’ll see them.

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