Monsters University (movie)

Cannes 2013: Seen at the Carlton

2013-05-15 09:16:00

CANNES, France -- While the Cannes Film Festival turns all the hotels on La Croisette, this city’s beachfront main street, into advertising sites for new and upcoming films, the pride of place is always reserved for the grand dame of hostelries, the...

Disney unveils plan for first animated Marvel film

2013-05-09 08:00:00

The studio behind the animated fantasies "Bambi," "Dumbo" and '"The Lion King" has a new kind of hero tale on the way — a Marvel Comics one. Walt Disney Animation Studios on Thursday announced plans to release "Big Hero 6," an action-comedy inspired...

L.A. Film Festival adds 'Man of Steel,' Spike Jonze and monsters

2013-05-08 10:00:00

A trio of splashy, late entries to the Los Angeles Film Festival were announced Wednesday: the mega-budget summer movies “Man of Steel” and “Monsters University,” as well as an in-person discussion with indie auteur Spike Jonze...

Hollywood bets big on blockbusters, starting with 'Iron Man 3'

2013-05-03 07:49:00

Summer is the season for blockbusters at the box office, and this year Hollywood is going all in. Midway through a year of declining attendance and ticket sales, the major studios are betting heavily on big-budget spectacles that can fatten the bottom...

Disney trots out 'Monsters University,' Johnny Depp in Las Vegas

2013-04-17 15:08:00

LAS VEGAS -- The cavalcade of A-list stars continued to descend upon Caesars Palace here Wednesday, as Johnny Depp turned up to wow movie theater owners at CinemaCon, days after Brad Pitt put in a surprise appearance. Depp's arrival to tout Disney's...

Hollywood studios pack in titles at Cannes Film Festival

2013-04-18 16:03:00

The Cannes Film Festival has a long tradition of showcasing independent global cinema. But in a twist, this year's lineup also includes movies from a wide range of Hollywood entities: Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., CBS Films, the Weinstein Co., even...

Armie Hammer: Native Americans on set loved 'Lone Ranger'

2013-04-22 06:00:00

Only hours after a new trailer for "Lone Ranger" debuted online last week, the blogosphere flew into a tizzy questioning whether�Johnny Depp's portrayal of Tonto is racist. In the upcoming western, Depp's Tonto -- the sidekick to a masked Texas ranger...

Director Todd Phillips says third 'Hangover' will be huge, and final

2013-04-18 10:27:00

LAS VEGAS -- Here, in the place where his comedy franchise "The Hangover" began four years ago, Todd Phillips seems particularly at home. While the filmmaker wasn't nearly as inebriated as the protagonists of his raunchy film series, he admitted he...

Sneak peek of Sony's 'This Is the End' plays to enthusiastic crowd

2013-04-18 00:00:00

LAS VEGAS -- The head of the National Assn. of Theatre Owners may want Hollywood to make fewer R-rated movies, but the exhibitors at CinemaCon this week seem to be eager for more. During nearly every studio presentation here this week, the movies...

CinemaCon: Note to Hollywood, give audiences more choices

2013-04-16 17:29:00

The head of the theater industry trade group urged Hollywood studios to give their audiences more choices at the box office. John Fithian, chief executive of the National Assn. of Theatre Owners, told a crowd of theater owners and studio executives...

CinemaCon 2013: A peek at summer tentpoles and year-enders

2013-04-15 06:00:00

Movie theater owners will converge in Las Vegas this week for their annual convention, checking out new hybrids of popcorn, the latest iterations of stadium seats and clips from potential summer blockbusters including "Star Trek Into Darkness," "Man of...

Analysts: Disney layoffs tied to Lucasfilm, Marvel acquisitions

2013-04-10 17:01:00

Walt Disney Co. has begun the process of laying off about 150 people who work at the company’s movie studio. Analysts said that the layoffs, which were confirmed by the Burbank-based company Wednesday, are probably related to redundancies...

Release date: June 21 Now that the 3D re-release of Pixar's 2001 "Monsters, Inc." has refreshed our memories, we're ready for the prequel. Billy Crystal, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi reprise their roles as Mike, Sulley and Randall, respectively.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

After its recent disappointments ("Brave," "Cars 2"), Disney-Pixar no longer guarantees quality, and this prequel reinforces the fear that the studio has run out of ideas. A bookshelf falls on Sully?

2013-04-25 15:14:00

At a college for scary creatures, a one-eyed green monster's newfound rivalry with a furry blue beast jeopardizes both their career paths in this prequel to the 2001 animated movie "Monsters Inc." With the voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi and Helen Mirren.

2013-04-25 13:11:39