Pixar Day at the Park

The San Francisco Giants have announced their second "Pixar Day at the Park" at AT&T Park on June 7th for this year. The special event package includes a ticket to the game (Giants vs. Cincinnati Reds), a Giants Funko POP! bobble-head of Woody, and an invitation after the ballgame to go down to the field and watch a Pixar film on the board. The Pre-Game events will honor some of Pixar's most beloved movies and characters. Buy tickets for the Giants Game here.

Giants-themed Funko POP! bobble-head of Woody

Ratatouille Ride Opening on July 10th

Ratatouille: The Adventure will open in Disneyland Paris this year on July 10th! In addition to the ride Ratatouille', the L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy, there will be a souvenir shop called Chez Marianne Souvenirs de Paris, and a restaurant (Bistrot Chez Rémy) which will actually serve Ratatouille!

Watch this video for a fun behind-the-scenes look at the new attraction:

DLRP Today also released many awesome images of the ride being built:

Here's the official description of the ride (from Disney Parks Blog): 

Inspired by the Oscar-winning Disney●Pixar film, 'Ratatouille', the L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy ride-through attraction will shrink guests down to the size of the film’s star, Remy, a cuisine-loving rat who dreams of becoming a master French chef. Guests will join Remy and his friends as they scurry through the kitchen, dining room, and walls of Gusteau’s famous Parisian restaurant, all the while trying to avoid the villainous Chef Skinner. This first-of-its-kind Disney attraction will immerse guests into an animated world like never before.

Pixar Fans Join the Hunt!

Watch the amazing Lee Unkrich highlight some hidden Easter Eggs in Pixar movies with this clip from Disney Movies Anywhere.

Disney Movies Anywhere is a free service lets you watch your favorite Disney movies, well, anywhere. For a limited time, you’ll receive a free digital copy of 'The Incredibles' when you sign up and connect your iTunes account!

Download 'Disney Infinity' and Get 'The Incredibles' Play Set for Free.

The popular video game 'Disney Infinity' is now available on your PC for free so you can play on your computer! When you download the game, you get 'The Incredibles' play set as a bonus gift. Watch this video below to learn more about the endless possibilities in 'The Incredibles' play set:

                                     

                                      

The Game is free to download, but it costs money if you want more content. The Ultimate Toy Box Experience is $19.99 and The Complete Play Set Bundle (Which includes 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' 'Monsters University,' 'Toy Story,' 'The Lone Ranger,' and 'Cars') costs $64.99.

Click here to download the free version of 'Disney Infinity!'

Ed Catmull's 'Creativity Inc.' comes out today!

Pixar's co-founder Ed Catmull has written a book called 'Creativity Inc: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration.' Ed Catmull is currently the president of Pixar and Disney Animation. With a Ph.D. in computer science, Catmull has contributed many important advancements in computer science. This is what his book is about: (from the 'Creativity Inc.' website)

"Creativity, Inc. is a book for managers who want to lead their employees to new heights, a manual for anyone who strives for originality, and the first-ever, all-access trip into the nerve center of Pixar Animation—into the meetings, postmortems, and “Braintrust” sessions where some of the most successful films in history are made. It is, at heart, a book about how to build a creative culture—but it is also, as Pixar co-founder and president Ed Catmull writes, “an expression of the ideas that I believe make the best in us possible.”

 Here are Ed Catmull's "Philosophies that protect creative process and defy convention:"

• Give a good idea to a mediocre team, and they will screw it up. But give a mediocre idea to a great team, and they will either fix it or come up with something better.
• If you don’t strive to uncover what is unseen and understand its nature, you will be ill prepared to lead.
• It’s not the manager’s job to prevent risks. It’s the manager’s job to make it safe for others to take them.
• The cost of preventing errors is often far greater than the cost of fixing them.
• A company’s communication structure should not mirror its organizational structure. 
• Everybody should be able to talk to anybody. Do not assume that general agreement will lead to change—it takes substantial energy to move a group, even when all are on board.

Get your copy of 'Creativity, Inc.' Today!