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Pixar Artist Eric Tan Talks to io9 About Wall-E and Retro Design

Look closely at the posters above. Which one was designed for a Disney attraction of the 1960s, and which was was designed for a Disney attraction that's coming out this week? On the left, you can see an original poster for Disneyland's People Mover ride; and on the right is a poster for Disney/Pixar's new flick Wall-E, designed by artist Eric Tan. The resemblance isn't accidental: Tan has become something of a legend for his beautiful, retro-futurist remix posters for popular movies. You've probably already seen his posters for The Incredibles, Wall-E, Indiana Jones movies, and Ratatouille — they've been passed around a lot online for good reason. We caught up with Tan to ask him why Pixar loves the retro look. More »

7:00 AM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By Annalee Newitz
3,613 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: @Annalee Newitz: Roger that, Annalee. The monorail too was just another train (though there weren't many of those in LA when I was pup-like). The flying saucers were the best, though. Even at the end, when a big arm would more »

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Who Is Wall-E's Secret Robot Friend?

Looks like Wall-E isn't the only robot that Pixar were thinking about over the last few months; with the release of Wall-E at the end of this week, fans are already wondering about the mysterious DVD-only bonus companion to the movie, which may or may not be called Burn-E. More »

6:30 AM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By Graeme McMillan
2,332 views, 2 comments

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Get the Story Blueprint for Pixar's John Carter of Mars -- Free Online!

Andrew Stanton, who directed lonely garbage robot movie Wall-E (hitting theaters next week), is already hard at work on his next Pixar flick. The movie is John Carter of Mars, and now Stanton has confirmed to /Film that the script will be based on one book from the beloved early-20th century series, A Princess of Mars. Currently he's just working on the script. Now you can try to figure out the plot of the movie by reading the entire book online. Since it was published in 1917, it's in the public domain and available at Google Books. Lots of violence and princess-rescuing! [A Princess of Mars via Google Books]

3:34 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,438 views, 9 comments

Latest by travelina: Wonder what Tars Tarkas will look like? more »

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Writer Confirms Pixar's 'John Carter'

We've wondered about it before, and now it's been confirmed by the one person who should know: Pixar is indeed working on a movie version of John Carter of Mars, with a script written by Wall-E's director Andrew Stanton, who also worked on Finding Nemo. The confirmation came from Stanton himself, talking to fans after a convention appearance in Toronto last week. More »

7:30 AM on Mon Jun 9 2008
By Graeme McMillan
1,759 views, 27 comments

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The Robots That WALL-E Stole From

Everyone already knows that WALL-E is a direct rip-off of Short Circuit's Johnny 5. But J5 isn't the only track bot that Pixar borrowed the WALL-E look from. We've taken a deeper look into the world of androids and bulky square robotics and compiled a list of other machines that may have given WALL-E his lensy eyes or tank-track feet. So while EVE's design was inspired by the sleek lines of an Apple ipod was WALL-E inspired by a multitude of bad robot movies and real-life military bots? More »

5:00 PM on Wed May 28 2008
By Meredith Woerner
6,186 views, 38 comments

Latest by n/a: You should have looked in Disney's own back yard for the geneology: anyone can see Wall*E is related to V.I.N.C.E.N.T. from The Black Hole. more »

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Wall-E Has Gotten Loose And Is Roaming L.A. Streets

Disney's adorable robot was spotted wandering the streets of L.A., in a fully animatronic version that looks just like the animated incarnation. Watch the video as he rolls up on the tips of his tracks, peers into the videographer's lens, and waves. WALL-E even fields a few questions from passer-bys on the sidewalk . But don't give him any money because he'll probably just spend it on booze. More »

3:30 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Meredith Woerner
9,690 views, 30 comments

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What Does Wall-E Have To Hide?

We've watched the trailers for Pixar's upcoming cute-bot movie Wall-E a zillion times, but we still had lingering questions. Like, why is Wall-E so alone at the start of the movie? What happened to all the other robots? Is Wall-E really as nice as he seems, or is there a hidden sociopathic side to the postapocalyptic robot? And a few other questions that we won't mention, for fear of spoilering people who've avoided even the first trailer. Anyway, a new featurette answers a lot of our questions with some narration by director Andrew Stanton, and also shows off a decent amount of footage we haven't seen before. More »

8:20 AM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
2,760 views, 19 comments

Latest by Monster Chalk: Man you guys shoulda warned for this one, that clip is straight up SPOILERIFIC. Thanks buddies. more »

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Species Extinction Goes Cutesy in New 3D Pixar Flick "Newt"

What is it with Pixar and its cutsey-poo apocalypse movies? In a big announcement yesterday about upcoming Pixar offerings, the studio discussed Newt, the wacky little "mad about you" tale of how the last two blue-footed newts on the planet don't get along — but will have to breed to reboot their species. The two are brought together by scientists hoping to save the nearly-extinct newts, and lovable goofiness ensues. More »

12:23 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Annalee Newitz
3,260 views, 21 comments

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Wall-E Goes Terminator on Your Ass

This summer's animated robot superstar Wall-E threatens to squash us under his mammoth treads and obliterate us with his laser blast. In these new screens from the upcoming game to coincide with the film, the cuddly bot has whipped out some sort of a beam weapon and he's using it to destroy something just offscreen while a terrified Other-Bot cowers in the rafters above. Does cute little Wall-E have a vicious streak that we weren't aware of previously? Click through for more game screens, which showcase some key moments from the film and give more clues to Wall-E's unsuspected abilities. More »

8:40 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,177 views, 5 comments

Latest by Tim Faulkner: His unsuspected ability is scratching his head? more »

Wall-E, Social Critic The most controversial movie of the summer... Wall-E? That's what one writer is claiming. The G-rated animated movie presents a dire image of a morbidly obese human race, crammed into giant spaceships and exhorted to ever greater depths of over-consumption by signs saying "DO YOUR PART, FILL YOUR CART." (Remember those shopping carts in the trailer?) Meanwhile, the reason Wall-E has been left as the only custodian of Earth is because the human race has rendered it uninhabitable with pollution and heedless consumer culture. Somehow, I doubt the inevitable toy tie-in ads will mention these aspects of the film. [Jim Hill Media]

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Wall-E Versus The Shopping-Cart Army

You may know all about Wall-E the cute robot's aeons of tedium on an abandoned Earth, and you may even have glimpsed his torrid love affair... but do you know about his valiant battle with a platoon of shopping carts? The full trailer for Disney/Pixar's robo-classic in the making just went online, and it shows just how textured and detailed the outer-space worldbuilding in Wall-E will be. You also get a glimpse of the humans, swollen and atrophied from years in space. More »

11:30 PM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
4,250 views, 30 comments

Latest by GenXCub: Wall E 5 is alive... more »

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The Slipstream Train From a Mysterious Theme Park Planet

If steam trains had ever looked like this, you can be assured that a) bandits would never mess with them without seriously upgrading their own armaments, and b) people would probably still be using trains for their preferred mass transit vehicle of choice. More »

3:13 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Kevin Kelly
2,716 views, 15 comments

Latest by zenpoet: @Kevin Kelly: I love the animation, but once I saw the train with a steering wheel, I just had trouble getting into it. The top heaviness also added to the trouble. The skill of this guy though, there is no argument more »

Wall-E Was Inspired By the Sexual Frustrations of Pixar Nerds Wall-E director Andrew Stanton told us that he didn't think about the robot Johnny 5 from Short Circuit when his team was designing the look and feel of Wall-E, which seems hard to believe. Instead, he says his inspirations came the from Luxo Jr. lamp in the Pixar logo, a pair of binoculars, R2D2, and the wacky little robot who talks to you when you're waiting in the queue for Disney's Star Tours ride. Also, sexual frustration. Stanton admitted that Wall-E is "the story of a simple, boxy tractor that falls in love with a Porsche. It's how all the nerdy guys of Pixar feel around these women who are far too smart for them." We're not quite sure what that says about the cold and calculating probe droid EVE. Or the guys at Pixar.

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Andrew Stanton Pimps Out Wall-E, Doesn't Remember Short Circuit

Pixar uber-guru Andrew Stanton was on hand at WonderCon to talk about his robot love story, Wall-E (which stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter, Earth class), which was inspired by what he calls "the golden age of science fiction," and it's a story he'd been obsessed with ever since he wondered what would happen if we left the planet and "someone forgot to turn off the last robot." He showed off four new clips from the film, and you can read our descriptions of those down below.( We fired up our stealthycam for some video goodness, but the decidedly non-wonderful WonderCon security gave us the clampdown.) More »

2:48 PM on Sat Feb 23 2008
By Kevin Kelly
2,468 views, 8 comments

Latest by n/a: I was the one who asked Andrew the question about Wall•E looking like Johnny Five at Wondercon - gotta admit I was nervous in front of that huge audience but when people were like "whoohoo! Short Circuit!" I felt more »

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Abducting Humans Is Never Easy

Disney / Pixar's short film Lifted actually screened in theaters before Ratatouille, but if you never saw this flick in theaters, you might have missed this little gem of a short. Directed by Gary Rydstrom (who has been nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won three, all for sound design), its the story of an unfortunate alien named Stu, who is trying to abduct his first sleeping farmer from Earth, while being graded by the ominous Mr. B. We'd like to think that all aliens have to go through some sort of a similar testing process before they're allowed to start experimenting on us. We're just glad the film didn't feature the anal probe final exam. Maybe in the sequel.

3:00 PM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Kevin Kelly
3,934 views, 24 comments

Latest by Thaddeus: @BurkePrefect: I was banking there would be one. more »

Wall-E Meets Peter Gabriel You may not want to shock the monkey, but you could find yourself dancing with the cute robot. Peter Gabriel is doing some music for the soundtrack of Wall-E, Pixar's new robot movie. He's creating a couple of new tunes for the occasion, plus putting "some glue" on things he's come up with previously. In a video blog entry, Gabriel describes the movie, including the fact that humans look like "flat blobs in armchairs," due to bone deterioration in space. [CinemaBlend]

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Wall-E Gets Friendly With A Vacuum Cleaner

Disney's Wall-E wasn't above making an appearance at the Superbowl, although he didn't show off any new footage from his upcoming feature film like Iron Man did. Instead this commercial offered a meta-Pixar reference as Buzz Lightyear and Woody from Toy Story chow down on some popcorn and talk about Disney's cuddly robot. Meanwhile, Wall-E apparently finds out just how pleasing a vacuum cleaner's sucking power can be. Check out the video below, and see if you still have the hose attachments for your own Hoover. More »

1:15 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Kevin Kelly
2,182 views, 19 comments

Latest by CMG: Does anyone remember the comic strip "Robotman?" He was in love with both a vacuum cleaner AND the washing machine. Wackiness ensued. That's what I thought of after semi-fondly recalling Short Circuit. more »

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Become A 700-Year-Old Trash Robot

You can visit the desolate world of Wall-E, this summer's animated movie about a trash-compacting robot, in an upcoming xBox game. Judging from these early screen shots, it looks like the Wall-E game may do too good a job of capturing the robot's loneliness and the toll of time on his robotic circuits. You'll be able to explore 10 other worlds in the game, but if they all look like this we'd probably have to commit robo-suicide to stave off the inevitable boredom and insanity. Minor movie spoilers after the jump More »

3:30 PM on Mon Jan 14 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,488 views, 10 comments

Latest by n/a: @omg-ponies: GoldenEye 64. You lose. more »

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