Attendees at the 66th annual Venice Film Festival will get the first chance to see the 3-D versions of and 2.
The Pixar films, due for general release from Disney as a double feature in October, will be screened as part of a lifetime achievement honor the festival is bestowing on John Lasseter and the Disney/Pixar directors.
Lasseter, currently chief creative officer of both Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, directed the first and co-directed the second. , released in 1995, was the first feature-length CG-animated feature and Pixar’s motion-picture debut.
The festival also will screen out of competition the new 3D anime feature film from Japanese director Rintaro, titled Yona Yona Penguin.Produced by Japanese anime studio Madhouse and French company Denis Friedman Productions, Yona Yona Penguin is billed as Madhouse's first CG-animated anime film. The bulk of the actual 3D animation is done by the French animation studio Def2shoot, the Thai studio Imagimax, and the Japanese studio Dynamo Pictures, with Madhouse providing direction and storyboards.
The film's storyline revolves around a brave little girl who gets sucked into a fantasy world populated by goblins who believe that their savior will be a penguin.
The Venice Film Festival which announced its lineup today, is one of the most prestigious in the world and will run its 66th edition from Sept. 2-12.
By: Thomas J. Mclean
Those guys are pretty lucky to be the first ones to see the 3-D versions.
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