Back on April 15th of last year (1998), we began to first talk about this mysterious Pixar film, which we've heard was going to be called everything from LITTLE MONSTERS to HIDDEN CITY (which turned out to be Pete Docter's fave restaurant if memory serves) We've had a couple of 'alleged' images from preproduction on the site in the past, including this piece here
If you see or hear anything beyond this following Pixar press release let me know. I'm dying to hear about this project.
DISNEY/PIXAR ANNOUNCE PRODUCTION SET TO BEGIN ON "MONSTERS, INC."
A May start date has been set for the production of "Monsters, Inc." (tentative title), a new computer-animated feature to be produced by Pixar Animation Studios under their arrangement with Walt Disney Studios, it was announced today (5/4) by Thomas Schumacher, president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, and Steve Jobs, CEO of Pixar. The film is targeted for release in 2001.
"Monsters, Inc." is a comedy set in the realm of things that go bump in the night, where chaos breaks loose after a hapless monster accidentally lets a human child into the secret world. This latest original title from Pixar follows "Toy Story," "A Bug's Life" and the upcoming release of "Toy Story 2."
"Monsters, Inc." is being directed by Pete Docter, who received an Oscar® nomination for his role in creating the original story for "Toy Story," and David Silverman, the Emmy Award-winning supervising director of "The Simpsons." Darla K. Anderson, who produced last year's animated blockbuster, "A Bug's Life," is set to produce. John Lasseter, Pixar's two-time Oscar-winning director, and Andrew Stanton, co-director of "A Bug's Life," will executive produce.
