10 Horrifying Pixar Movie Moments

10. Sid Learns a Lesson (Toy Story)

"Reach for the sky..." Just as Sid Phillips is about to launch Buzz Lightyear into space, he hears a peculiar sound coming from his cowboy toy. At first Sid thinks it's broken, but he has second thoughts when Woody responds "Who you calling busted, buster." Woody proceeds to tell him that his toys don't like being smashed or ripped apart. Suddenly Sid's dilapidated toys rise from the sandbox and emerge from mud puddles. Woody warns Sid to take good care of his toys, because if he doesn't, they'll find out. "So play nice."

9. The Scream Extractor (Monsters, Inc.)

Mike Wazowski is nervous when a "big moving thing" slowly approaches him. "Say hello to the scream extractor," Randall instructs Mike. Randall then pushes his assistant (Fungus) aside and turns up some levers on a control board. The scream extractor moves closer to Mike and starts sucking his voice right out of him. Thankfully, Sulley turns off the machine just in the nick of time, replacing Fungus in Mike's chair. Hilarity ensues. 

8. Ro-Dead (Ratatouille)

When Remy tells his father Django that people aren't as bad as they seem, Django wants to show something to Remy. He brings him to a display of dead rats hanging from traps and poison made by Ro-Dead. Django says to Remy that the world they live in belongs to the enemy, and that what he sees is what happens to rats when they become to comfortable around humans. 

7. The Divers (Finding Nemo)

Nemo rebels against his dad and swims toward open water to touch the boat. Just as Marlin starts to warn Nemo that he is in big trouble, a scary scuba diver rises up from out of the blue. One of the divers captures Nemo,and Marlin rushes to his aid. Another diver appears and snaps a photo of Marlin, temporarily blinding him. Director Andrew Stanton says: "From a fish's scale, this must be the most intimidating Godzilla moment ever."

6. Hopper's Return (A Bug's Life)

Hopper expects the ants to have stored up food for his grasshopper gang by the time the last leaf falls. When the ant colony fails to do so, Hopper shows no mercy. "You little termites!" He yells. "I give you a second chance, and this is all I get?!" He then unleashes his grasshoppers to cause havoc all over ant island. And to top it off, he kidnaps the queen and plans to squish her to show the ants who's boss. Hopper is indeed one malevolent insect.

 5. Rod Redline's Death (Cars 2)

American spy Rod Redline has been captured by Grem and Acer. These lemons bring him to Professor Zundap's hidden lair, to show him what the allinol fuel is really made for. Professor Z informs Rod that when this alternative fuel is "hit with an electromagnetic force, it becomes extremely dangerous." The lemons proceed to interrogate Rod to find out who his associate is. When they find out passed along top secret information to Mater, Professor Z orders to put the "camera" on 100 percent. "Kill him."

4 .Missile Lock (The Incredibles)

Syndrome questions Mr. Incredible who he contacted, because a government airplane wants permission to land on Nomanisan Island. He discovers that Mr. Incredible knows the people on the plane and he "sends them a little greeting." Helen (Elastigirl) hears a warning signal in the cockpit and notices that two missiles are headed straight for her. She tells Syndrome to disengage and that there are children aboard the plane. Back on land, Mr. Incredible pleads Syndrome to call of the missiles. "To late," Syndrome replies. "Fifteen years to late." Hopefully someone on board the plane has an indestructible super-suit.

3. Mor'du (Brave)

Merida and her mother (in bear from) follow the Will O' the Wisps to some ancient ruins. Merida slips and falls through the floor into and old throne room. She looks and around and finds a carved boulder with three figures and a split stone with the fourth figure. Merida counts the figures on the rock, "One, two, three, four. The oldest. Like…like the tapestry. The spell! It’s happened before!" She notices skulls and bones scattered everywhere and remembers what the witch told her, "The strength of ten men. Fate be changed. Changed with fate."  She put's two and two together realizes that the prince turned into ... Mor'du. 

2. Camp Teamwork (Monsters University)

In order to get back into the monster world, Mike and Sulley need to pull off the biggest scare in history. Mike figures out that if they really frighten the camp rangers, they could generate enough scream to power the door through the human world. They monstrously scratch up the walls, turn on record players, and knock over bunk-beds. Then Sulley gives the most ferocious roar ever and scares the living daylights out of the rangers, making it a guarantee that they'll have nightmares for the rest of their lives.

1. The Incinerator (Toy Story 3)

We've grown up watching the first two Toy Story movies and falling in love with the characters, and now they are head toward a blazing fiery furnace. At first they struggle to climb out, but one by one they decide it's useless as they take their neighbor's hand as they face imminent death. Buzz reaches out his hand toward Woody, which Woody refused to shake earlier in the film. This time Woody grabs his hand as he braces himself and prepares to end his life as a toy. What happens next is one of the most exuberant movie moments ever.

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'Party Central' is Now On 'Disney Movies Anywhere'

The Monsters University short film, Party Central, is free to watch on Disney Movies Anywhere (you need to sign up for an account first). Party Central was first seen by audiences in theaters in front of Muppets: Most Wanted, but this is the first time it has become available to view it elsewhere.

In the film, Mike and Sulley return to Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one's showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley have come with a plan to make sure Party Central is the most epic party the school has ever seen. The director of the Party Central, Kelsey Mann, said this to Fandango in an interview: “We were really enjoying these characters, and we thought it would be really great to do something else with these guys. The idea of doing a short came up.”

Peter Sohn is Directing 'The Good Dinosaur'

The Good Dinosaur has certainly gone through a lot of bumps in its production. The film was originally scheduled to come out last May, but because of production troubles, the release date moved to 2015. Bob Peterson, the initial director of the movie, was withdrawn from The Good Dinosaur last year (He is now working on future projects). Pixar's Twitter page just announced that the movie's director is now Peter Sohn. Pete has worked at Pixar for a while and directed the short film Partly Cloudy. He has also voiced several Pixar characters including Emile (Ratatouille) and Squishy (Monsters University).

Watch Peter Sohn draw Arlo from The Good Dinosaur.

Here's the synopsis for the movie: 'The Good Dinosaur' asks the generations-old question: What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? The film is a humorous and exciting original story about Arlo, a lively 70-foot-tall teenage Apatosaurus with a big heart. After a traumatic event rattles Arlo’s tranquil community, he sets out on a quest to restore peace, gaining an unlikely companion along the way—a young human boy named Spot.

Concept art from The Good Dinosaur.

The Good Dinosaur comes to theaters next year on November 25th.

Two New Images From 'Lava'

Pixar's upcoming short film, Lava, will play before Inside Out. Lava tells the story of a lonely volcano named Uku, who sings about a dream to find his true love. The short is inspired by the splendor of tropical islands and explosive appeal of volcanoes. Here are a couple new images from Lava:

As you can see, the photo-realism in Lava is astounding. Pixar always brings up their technology up to the next level with every film. Also, he turtles from the first image have a very similar resemblance to the one's from Finding Nemo!

James Ford Murphy, the director of Lava, said that he thought it would be cool to fall in love with a place who is also a character. He goes on to say: "This whole story has been an exercise in contrast. Volcanoes are so destructive, but they're so creative. They’re so powerful in their eruptions but they’re so peaceful." Watch James discuss his inspiration and ideas for the short film:

Here is a another interview James did with Collider, in which he talks about his early days at Pixar and many different aspects about the making of Lava.

Lava will premiere with Inside Out in theaters on June 19th, 2015.

'Toy Story That Time Forgot' Commercial

If you watched Toy Story of TERROR! on ABC last night (Oct. 15), chances are you would have seen a short commercial for Pixar's next television special, Toy Story That Time Forgot. 

From the Pixar Post YouYube Channel.

It's not really that Christmas-y considering the fighting sock monkey and Battlesaur toys, but it sure looks like a lot of fun! We see a lot of footage with dinosaur Reptillus Maximus. IGN descibes him as a nice version of 'Beauty and the Beast's' Gaston. He's got skills, he's handsome, he's charming and witty, and he seems to have a crush on Trixie.

Here's a detailed plot synopsis of the Holiday Special (From HitFlix): When Bonnie’s friend Mason gets the latest interactive video game system for Christmas, all of his other toys fall to the wayside…including a complete set of Battlesaurs that were also part of his Christmas haul. As yet unplayed with, these armored dinosaurs have no idea they are toys…instead convinced they are a hierarchal society inhabiting a hostile planet. The half hour special stars triceratops Trixie and her quest to finally get to be a dinosaur. While Trixie (Kristen Schaal) is falling for charismatic leader Reptillus Maximus (Kevin McKidd) and Rex is finally getting the opposable thumbs he deserves, the rest of the team is sent to the Arena of Woe to await death is glorious gladiatorial battle at the hands of the Skeksis inspired Cleric.

"This seems festive!"

As mentioned in the commercial, "the battle for all toy kind begins" this December 2nd at 8|7c on ABC.

New Poster For 'Toy Story That Time Forgot'

Pixar's upcoming Toy Story television special is just around the corner. Here is the brand new poster for Toy Story That Time Forgot.

Released by Entertainment Weekly.

In the center of the poster we see a couple familiar faces and some new one's as well - Angel Kitty the adorable Christmas ornament and dinosaur warrior Reptillus Maximus. The group is surrounded by the battlesaur toys.

Here's the plot of the TV Special: During a post-Christmas play date, the 'Toy Story' gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It’s all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to Bonnie’s room in this ‘Toy Story That Time Forgot.’ The short film is directed by Steve Purcell (co-director of Brave) and produced by Galyn Susman (producer on Toy Story of TERROR!).

Check out this post to watch the Sky Broadband
commercial for Toy Story That Time Forgot.

Toy Story That Time Forgot will air this December 2nd on ABC!

Watch the Teaser For Brad Bird's 'Tomorrowland'

Brad Bird is the distinguished director of Pixar's The Incredibles and Ratatouille, as well as The Iron Giant and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. His upcoming film, Tomorrowland, tells the story about  former boy-genius Frank and optimistic teen Casey as they undertake a dangerous mission to reveal the mysteries of "Tomorrowland." Watch the brand new teaser trailer for the movie:

Director Brad Bird on Tomorrowland: “We begin our movie asking what did [the future] used to be? What’s good about the future and what’s scary about it? And we wrestle with those things in a slightly mythical way.” (Entertainment Weekly). Disney's Tomorrowland also features a screenplay from Damon Lindelof (co-creator of Lost) and stars George Clooney (Frank) and Britt Robertson (Casey).

Tomorrowland concept art. (Entertainment Weekly).

Since it seems that Brad Bird has moved on to live-action films, is there any chance of him returning to Pixar to work on another movie? Yes! Last March Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that Brad Bird is working on a story for The Incredibles 2, but it has not yet been confirmed if Bird will direct the film.

Tomorrowland arrives to theaters on May 22, 2015.

Watch the First Teaser Trailer For 'Inside Out'!

The teaser trailer for Pixar's next highly anticipated movie, Inside Out, Is finally here!

The first half of the teaser highlights five different feelings from Pixar's classic films - joy, fear, anger, disgust, and sadness. Then we're introduced to where all these emotions reside, inside the mind of course! We see the memories depicted as glowing glass globes. When the memories are remembered, they roll down a labyrinth of chutes.

Joy retrieving a memory.

We also get a glimpse of Riley and her family, mundanely eating Chinese food. Riley is the eleven-year-old girl who is guided by these five emotions. In the movie, Riley's family moves from the Midwest to San Francisco when her father starts a new job in California.

Riley and her parents.

Pete Docter describes the emotions: "We have our main character, an emotion called Joy (Amy Poehler), who is effervescent. She literally glows when she's excited. Then we have Fear (Bill Hader). He thinks of himself as confident and suave, but he's a little raw nerve and tends to freak out. The other characters are Anger (Lewis Black), Sadness (Phyllis Smith)--her shape is inspired by teardrops--and Disgust (Mindy Kaling), who basically turns up her nose at everything. And all these guys work at what we call Headquarters." (From Ed Catmull's book, Creativity Inc.)

"Come on, group hug! You to Anger!"

You can check out the brand new website for Inside Out on Disney.com to read the complete synopsis for the film. 

The "major emotion picture" is directed by Pete Docter ( director of Monsters, Inc. and Up) and produced by Jonas Rivera (producer of Up). The movie is in theaters next year on June 19th.

'Inside Out' Teaser Will Debut Tomorrow (Oct. 2)

Pixar fans were treated to a Sneak Peek of Inside Out over a month ago, but we still haven't seen a teaser trailer for the movie yet. The teaser reportedly will come very soon; according to @icandyapple, the film's teaser will be online tomorrow (October 2nd) at 9:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time. There's also new information from Alberta Film Ratings; they recently posted that the Inside Out teaser was rated G and the length of the trailer was 1:35.

Here's a review of the film's synopsis: Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

Inside Out will arrive in theaters on June 25, 2015.