Monsters University
Director: Dan Scanlon
Cast: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Aubrey Plaza, Nathan Fillion, Bobby Moynihan, Charlie Day, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley
Walt Disney Pictures | Pixar
Rated G | 110 Minutes
Release Date: June 21, 2013

Directed by Dan Scanlon, Monsters University is a prequel to 2001’s Monsters, Inc that concerns the origins of Michael “Mike” Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal) and James P. “Sulley” Sullivan’s (voiced by John Goodman) friendship and professional partnership.

Set 10 years before Monsters Inc., Scanlon’s film is essentially a rehash of 1984’s Revenge of the Nerds with a group of uncool kids who form their own fraternity to compete against a gang of jocks and bullies.

Mike and Sulley are both in the university’s prestigious scaring program but have differing philosophies on the art of terrifying little children. Mike is the quintessential college nerd, devoting 100 percent of his time to studying in his dorm room. Sulley is the prototypical jock, the son of a famous Scarer who coasts through classes thanks to his undeniable natural talent.

As the school year comes to a close, and joyous kids everywhere begin preparing for what’s sure to be the most epicest summer of all times for real real, Pixar has released a “Final Exam” trailer for the upcoming Monsters, Inc. prequel, Monsters University.

All of the trailers have made the movie look like a lot of fun, but this is probably my personal favorite of the bunch. Instead of focusing on the rivalry between a young James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) and Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), instead it focuses more on Mike and his lifelong determination to beat the odds and become a scarer.

Check out the new trailer for Monsters University below now!

Another trailer has been released for Monsters University, Pixar’s prequel to their 2001 hit Monsters, Inc.

The prequel follows Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) back in their college days, an also stars Steve Buscemi and a bunch of newcomers including Nathan Fillion, John Krasinski, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Aubrey Plaza, and Charlie Day.

You can check out the new trailer for Monsters University below now.

In addition to returning stars including Billy Crystal, John Goodman, and Steve Buscemi, some new names are being announced for Pixar’s highly anticipated Monsters, Inc. prequel, Monsters University.

New voices who will join in on the fun this time around include geek god Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Slither), Bonnie Hunt (Jerry Maguire, The Green Mile), and John Krasinski (The Office, Away We Go).

Fillion will voice Johnny Worthington (seen above with the horns), the president of the Roar Omega Roar fraternity, while Krasinski will be a super star scarer at Monsters, Inc. and Hunt will voice a young Mike Wazowski’s grade school teacher.

A pair of posters for highly anticipated upcoming animated movies have found their way to the ‘net.

The first is for Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. prequel, titled Monsters University. The movie tells the story of when James P. “Sulley” Sullivan (John Goodman) and Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) first met way back in college and hated each other, and how they eventually came to be best friends. It hits theaters on June 21, 2013.

The second movie is Sony’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, the sequel to every food lover’s best dream (and worst nightmare) movie. In it, Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) and others are forced to return to the town of Swallow Falls to deal with the many “sentient food beasts” that have overrun it. The sequel will be released on September 27th.

Continue below now to check out the new posters for Monsters University and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.