Day and Night Oscar Run

The latest short film from Pixar, Day and Night, that was attached to Toy Story 3, has been officially confirmed to have progressed to the shortlist for Best Animated Short Film Category for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Nominations for the actual awards will be announced on January 25th 2011, with the awards taking place on February 27th.
You can read the press release from A.M.P.A.S. here.

Pixar, "Imagine Your Planet"

Pixar has just uploaded a new video showing onto their official YouTube channel. The video covers environmentally friendly alternative power, as well as the creativeness and imagination of Pixar. There are some interesting comments about some scenes from WALL E.

John Morris Interview

Giles Hardie from the Sydney Morning Herald recently carried out a video interview with John Morris - Andy from the Toy Story franchise.
The interview with Morris covers his involvement and thoughts about Toy Story 1, 2 and being brought back for 3.
Once again thanks to Pixar News Australia for letting me know.

The Ghost of Toy Story 3's Past

I'm sure that you're aware that back in 2006, when it looked like Disney and Pixar were going to part ways, Disney founded Circle 7 Animation to create sequels to existing Pixar films, starting with Toy Story 3.

However this version of TS3 was cancelled following the merger in 2006 and Circle 7 subsequently closed.
However, some artwork and story information has just been posted online on Bob & Rob's blog (2 screenwriters that worked on the Circle 7 version), it certainly sounded intriguing, but could it honestly hold a candle to Pixar's version? The plot involves Buzz being recalled to Taiwan and the others trying to help him.

You can check out the story details on Bob & Rob's Blog and some artwork at Jim Hill Media and more pictures on Bob & Rob.

Thanks to Pixar News Australia for letting us know this info.

Bob Whitehill talks to Collider

Collider recently posted an interview with Pixar's supervising 3D stereoscopic artist, the interview took place a while ago, however it just got posted recently as it got lost in the system until now. Bob talks about 3D in Toy Story 3 and how it will be used in Cars 2 and Brave.
The interview is really interesting and sheds a lot of light on 3D at Pixar.
You can check it out here.