Pixar Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Toy Story director is a Mac addict

by Michael Gray (Nov 3rd, 2010)

Lee Unkrich is one of the creative minds behind the Toy Story series, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo. Those are, of course, just a few of his accomplishments. He's obviously a fairly important part of the Pixar creative empire, and his movies have inspired millions of people. He's ...

Toy Story 3 and the Mac

by Mike Schramm (Feb 15th, 2010)

One of the things I missed in the news last week due to being so busy at Macworld (along with most of the Olympics, though we did get to watch the opening ceremony at a post-show dinner) was the brand new Toy Story 3 trailer -- Pixar's latest movie has Buzz and Woody in a third adventure, and while ...

Spot the SPOD: Mac OS X rainbow cursor shows up in Pixar's "Up"

by Steven Sande (May 31st, 2009)

Being the Disney-Pixar fanatics that we are, my wife and I went to see Up Saturday night (in Disney Digital 3D, of course) at our local theater. Remembering the appearance of the Mac startup sound as Wall-E's waking noise in last year's Pixar epic, and the brief shot of an Apple-themed racer in ...

TUAW 1986

by Dave Caolo (Apr 1st, 2009)

Luxo Jr. gets Academy Award nomination Even though Steve Jobs is no longer with Apple, we're still interested in what he's doing. You'll remember that he bought a computer graphics company from director George Lucas last year (for a rumored $10 million), which he named "Pixar." We don't know how ...

WALL?E - Robot with the heart of a Mac

by Steven Sande (Jun 27th, 2008)

Several TUAW readers have reported after seeing midnight showings of Disney-Pixar's new and highly-rated movie WALL•E that when the robot boots up, he makes the standard Mac startup sound. That's not the only Apple connection with the movie. Of course, Steve Jobs is the largest single ...

Apple helps Pixar out with WALL?E

by Scott McNulty (May 12th, 2008)

I'm a big fan of almost everything Pixar does (Cars wasn't their best effort, though it was enjoyable), so it is a happy day when a story that links Pixar to my favorite computer company comes along. It would seem that the good folks at Pixar really wanted to play up the differences between the ...

Jobs/Pixar cleared of backdating issues

by Dave Caolo (Mar 19th, 2007)

Well, it seems that all of this may blow over...at least for Steve and the Pixar execs. Late last year, Pixar, Steve's other company which he sold to Disney, was forced to take another look at some accounting actions. One of the suggested possibilities was that Pixar's John Lasseter was given a ...

Steve in trouble over stock options deal?

by Dave Caolo (Feb 12th, 2007)

There's some more news today on the stock options story. According to AppleInsider, it has been suggested that Steve gave Pixar director John Lasseter a questionable, backdated stock option bonus. I must admit that I haven't really paid much attention to this story, mostly because it's still ...

Jobs and Apple not out of the Options scandal woods yet

by Scott McNulty (Jan 2nd, 2007)

The Wall Street Journal has the best summary (subscription maybe required) of the Apple options backdating scandal that I have read to date. They take a look at Apple's filings and point that that Steve 'recommended the selection of some favorable grant dates,' though he was not involved in the ...

Disney/Pixar's Cars movie now in iTunes, special pricing

by Laurie A. Duncan (Nov 8th, 2006)

Although I'm getting older and grayer by the day, I'm still really a kid at heart. That's probably why I love the movie Cars. I love it so much that it's about to become the very first full-length movie that I personally purchase on iTunes. Cars was released today in the iTunes Store [iTS link] ...

Apple easter egg in Pixar's "Cars"

by Dave Caolo (Jun 12th, 2006)

Brian at FreeMacBlog writes in to point out an Apple easter egg he spotted in Pixar's Cars. During the opening race, one of the cars that is briefly on screen has an Apple logo on the hood, and is fittingly numbered "84." Pretty cool, Brian! Did anyone else spot this car? ...

Cars video podcast

by Scott McNulty (May 8th, 2006)

Who doesn't like Pixar movies? The latest effort from our favorite part of Disney is 'Cars.' I know, I know this isn't exactly breaking news but the fine folks at Pixar have created a video podcast chronicling different parts of the movie, and it is available via iTunes. [via Luxo] ...

Jobs to spend more time at Apple

by David Chartier (Apr 29th, 2006)

Steve Jobs told shareholders this week that, in light of Disney's acquisition of Pixar, he would actually be spending more time at Apple, in part because he'll be relinquishing his CEO position at Pixar in a couple of weeks once the merger finishes. Many have been speculating that Mr. Jobs would be ...

The Incredibles use Apple gear

by Scott McNulty (Feb 20th, 2006)

Danny was watching the Incredibles with his wife the other night and noticed a familiar key on a decidedly unMac like computer in the movie. Oh, Pixar, you kidders! ...

Poll Results: The future of Pixney

by Dave Caolo (Jan 26th, 2006)

Yesterday, we asked for your opinion on the quality of films that will come out of the Pixar/Disney union. In our utterly unscientific poll, your options were: Fantastic news! Disaster! Disney will kill future movies I'll wait and see I have no opinion Of the 2,008 of you who voted, a ...