Coco

How Pixar’s Coco went from controversial to respectful of Mexican culture

Posted 9 years ago

Back when COCO was first conceived, Pixar's film based on the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead was to be called Dia de los Muertos. The House of Mouse even went so far as to apply for a trademark on the...

The Heinz food company channels Pixar for their latest Australian ad

Posted 9 years ago

Beans, beans, the musical fruit The more you eat, the more you toot The more you toot, the better you feel So we have beans at every meal! Five minutes ago, I would have told you that the world of bean marketing...

New details on Incredibles 2, Wreck it Ralph 2 & more from D23

Posted 9 years ago

Disney's D23 Expo is now underway and all sorts of juicy tidbits from Disney & Pixar's upcoming slate have trickled out. Thanks to John Lasseter, we already know that the upcoming INCREDIBLES 2 will pick up right after the first...

Pixar invites you to walk The Land of the Dead with a new Coco trailer

Posted 9 years ago

Yesterday, Pixar unveiled their all-Latino voice acting cast for their upcoming music-inspired supernatural animation COCO. Personally, I thought it was really exciting to see the premiere animation studio announce a cast that is forward-thinking and true to the source material,...

Pixar’s Coco gets all-Latino voice cast and a new poster that’s to die for

Posted 9 years ago

Whenever Pixar announces a new, original project, I can't help but get excited. Just like Laika, Pixar is an animation studio that continues to deliver top-quality cinematic experiences, be it a sequel to an existing property or otherwise. You can argue...

New promo for Pixar’s Coco focuses on the cute dog Diego. And skeletons.

Posted 9 years ago

I've always been fascinated by the Dios de los Muertos celebration (Day of the Dead for those without Google translate). I appreciate that it's kind of a celebration of death – seeing it as moving on to another journey –...

First trailer for Coco takes you on a journey of music & dead people

Posted 9 years ago

Music is a powerful device, so powerful in fact that it can transport you to another world. The newest Pixar movie, COCO, takes that literally by telling the story of a boy named Miguel who, in an effort to prove...

Teaser poster revealed for Pixar’s Coco; trailer hits next week

Posted 9 years ago

Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land...

2017 Walt Disney Pictures Preview

Posted 9 years ago

Alex With an astounding $3 billion at the box office in 2016, Disney is once again the top dog of the Hollywood studios. Thanks to their live action takes on their own classic animated films to the hits from Lucasfilm,...

Details revealed about Pixar’s next original film Coco

Posted 10 years ago

When you talk Pixar, the upcoming films that come to mind are CARS 3, THE INCREDIBLES 2 and TOY STORY 4. As you can see, they're all (for better or worse) sequels. Pixar has been known to pump out some...