Disney’s D23 Expo 2013 took over the Anaheim Convention Center one year ago this weekend. Tens of thousands of Disney fans gathered in the monstrous venue to peek into Disney’s future films and theme park creations, as well as to reflect on the company’s inspired history of brands and products. We at Geeks of Doom brought you live coverage of the event that included videos, previews of upcoming movies, and tours of exhibits.
Much has changed since the event, in terms of how certain properties evolved. This Disney In Depth reflects on the D23 Expo, based on what worked best, what deemed disappointing and how next year’s event can be even better.
Pixar’s Finding Nemo is not only one of the best movies made by a studio famous for churning out hit after hit after hit, but, in many people’s eyes, one of the best movies ever made. Period.
But what if the movie were made much more biologically accurate than it is now? The folks over at The Fisheries Blog seem to think Disney and Pixar are lying to kids by not being more factual, and that they will do it again with the upcoming sequel, Finding Dory.
Continue reading to get an idea of what the biologically accurate version of Finding Nemo would have looked like, and share your thoughts below.
This year’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, CA, is kicking into high gear, especially with the start of the massive event today focusing on animation. At the Pixar Animation Studios portion of the event, Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton and producer Lindsey Collins emerged from behind the stage to discuss the sequel to everyone’s favorite fish film, Finding Dory
Major vocal casting announcements were shared. Joining the returning Ellen DeGeneres (Dory) will be Diane Keaton as Jenny, Dory’s mom, whereas Eugene Levy will bring life to Charlie, Dory’s dad. Ty Burrell will voice Bailey the Beluga Whale. After Stanton announced Bill Hader will not appear in the film, the comedian came out, dressed as a sea cucumber.
Pixar had been regarded as a studio who could produce high quality original films. Then they dipped their toes into sequels, and for all the sequels they have made, only one can be considered the worst of not only the sequels, but of Pixar’s entire library itself. While Monsters University is definitely a step in the right direction for the studio, after two softball films – Cars 2 and Brave, the film itself is a prequel.
But for fans who are worried that the studio is straying away from original content, Ed Catmull, the President of Pixar, said that the studio is hoping to do an original movie every single year, and sequels every other year.
Andrew Stanton‘s career in live-action filmmaking may be on hold for right now, but there is no question that he knows his way around directing an animated film. It was announced last year that he along with Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks are returning for a Finding Nemo sequel. Now Disney has announced that the sequel is officially titled Finding Dory, and Pixar has scheduled the film to be released on November 25, 2015.
It’s a big ocean, so we’ll be seeing brand new characters enter the fold, and the film will take place a year after the events of Finding Nemo, where our fish friends from both the ocean and the fish tank find themselves swimming along the California coastline.
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