Monsters University Gets its Director



A week after Floyd Norman let it slip that "Monsters2" (now Monsters University) was to be helmed by a new director, we find out just who that is.

According to Mike of The Pixar Blog and other sources, at the Cars 2 Blogger event today, it was announced that Mater and the Ghost Light co-director, Dan Scanlon, will direct Pixar's first prequel. Scanlon also did storyboards on Cars and on Toy Story 3. Once again, it's great to see Pixar trust a new director with one of their established franchises.

Sure, it's no Bob Peterson, but I'm still excited to see how Dan fairs in the director's chair!

Rumour: Monsters, Inc. 2 to be Helmed by New Director

You've met Floyd Norman before. The notorious Disney blabbermouth who has a tendency to leak things on Twitter, last year he was the first to report that Newt was cancelled, most recently he leaked plot details about Pixar's upcoming Toy Story Toon, Hawaiian Vacation; and now he strikes again. Over the past couple of days, Norman has gave us the most information we've received about Monsters, Inc. 2 since the prequel rumours.

Floyd tweeted earlier this week that he'd just seen a screening of "Monsters2", he later tweeted that it is "Nice to see a new director helming Pixar's "Monsters2." Very refreshing.", this spurred all kinds of guesses as to whom this may be.

The Pixar Times has some interesting ideas as to who this director may be, the main choice to come up is one that I would very much like to see as a director, Bob Peterson. The co-director of Up and voice of Roz in the original Monsters, Inc. has never served as a solo director and it would be great to see Bob - who served as a storyboard artist in the first film - helm the sequel. However, it could be a new director all together, a la Lee Unkrich's fantastic effort with Toy Story 3. I guess only time will tell, nonetheless I trust Pixar to make the right choice.

On a side note, Pixar Talk has an article interviewing Pixar's Tom McCarthy, about MI1 director, Pete Docter's next feature; described as "ambitious".

Can't wait to here more about Pixar's 14th feature film, as Norman says "Pixar will tell you when they're ready".

Toy Story Hawaii Bound!

Notorious blabbermouth and Disney veteran Floyd Norman strikes again. Floyd is the former animator who, earlier this year, let it slip that Newt had been cancelled, three months before any official announcement, and he revealed on Twitter this past week that he had just seen "the Pixar "Hawaii" short. Cute."

Norman later ellaborated that "Ken and Barbie want to go to Hawaii. I don't know what it's gonna be attached to. Fun stuff, however."

Now, bearing in mind that earlier this year Upcoming Pixar forums were ablaze with rumours of a short entitiled Dream Vacation, and that, also earlier this year, Toy Story 3 Director, Lee Unkrich, confirmed that a Toy Story Toon would be attached to Cars 2, it's fairly safe to assume that Hawaii is that very Toon.

Only time will tell, but I personally would love to see a Toy Story Toon with Cars 2 - if I can wait that long.

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