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Lightyear director Angus MacLane, producer Galyn Susman discuss making of Toy Story spin-off
Aarushi Agrawal •"We didn’t want to have too many references around Toy Story because then you’ve lost the narrative that we’re building up for this film,” says MacLane on not relying heavily on the film's predecessors.
'Mr' Potato Head no more: Popular toy drops prefix in bid to embrace inclusivity, gender neutrality
•Hasbro has been making the potato-shaped plastic toy for nearly 70 years, announced that it was dropping Mr from the brand in an effort to make sure “all feel welcome in the Potato Head world.” The company later clarified in a tweet that the Mr and Mrs Potato Head characters will still exist, names and all, but the branding on the box will say “Potato Head.”
Animated Transformers prequel announced; Toy Story 4 co-writer, director roped in by Paramount
Fp Staff •The animated Transformers movie is being penned by Ant-Man and the Wasp writers Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari
Oscars 2020: Toy Story 4 becomes Disney-Pixar's first franchise to win two Academy Awards
Fp Staff •The Disney and Pixar collaboration Toy Story 4 won the Academy Award for the Best-Animated Feature. The franchise’s third instalment Toy Story 3 took home the trophy in 2011.
The Irishman's de-aged De Niro and Pacino are example of strides made by animators in recreating realistic human faces
•The Irishman uses de-age technology instead of using different actors. To de-age actors, a visual effects team creates a computer-generated, younger version of an actor’s face and then replaces the actor’s real face with the synthetic, animated version.
Toy Story 4 becomes fifth Disney film to cross $1 bn mark at global box office in 2019
Fp Staff •Toy Story 4 is also the fourth Pixar movie ever to rake up a billion dollars.
Toy Story 4 star Tom Hanks confesses he was in tears while doing his final lines as Woody
•Tom Hanks said he reflected on his life in his car after finishing his lines as Woody for Toy Story 4
Ready Player One's Olivia Cooke, Atlanta's Lakeith Stanfield to star in fairy tale film for Disney+
Fp Staff •The fairy tale feature for Disney's new streaming platform will be penned by Black List writer Cat Vasko.
Firstpost Editor's Picks: Fighting fake news, criticism of MS Dhoni, best Pixar movies; today's must-read stories
Fp Staff •The direct and disastrous consequences of such content, circulated by social media in India, cannot be downplayed nor dismissed arbitrarily. In our diverse society, the cohesion we enjoy must not be taken for granted in the face of unregulated technologies that people are not trained to use.
Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Coco, Wall-E, Inside Out: Ranking the ten best Pixar films
Manik Sharma •With Toy Story 4 dominating the box office, it is worth looking back at ten of the best films that Pixar has produced and why each of them stands out.