Disney/Pixar’s John Lasseter received a coveted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday, which coincided with the release of “Cars 2″ on DVD and Blu-ray. Present at the event were Owen Wilson, Emily Mortimer, Brad Paisley, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Patton Oswalt, Randy Newman and Don Rickles, all of whom are associated with Pixar either by contributing their voices (Wilson, Mortimer, Hunt, Marin, Ratzenberger, Oswalt and Rickles) or their musical talents (Paisley, Newman). Lasseter is a two-time Oscar-winning director and creatively oversees all Disney and Pixar films and associated projects. Lasseter’s directorial debut was in 1995 with Pixar’s first feature film, “Toy Story.” He also directed “A…

Film editor Leandro Copperfield assembled this really cool film mashup featuring the hit Pixar films including Cars, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Up, A Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, Incredibles, Wall-e, Toy Story 3 and Ratatouille. Check out “The Beauty of Pixar” below. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest.

Ain’t It Cool News has some information garnered at the Writer’s Panel of the Santa Barbara Film Festival from Andrew Stanton. Stanton, the director of the critically-acclaimed 2008 Pixar flick “Wall-E”, talked about his upcoming project tackling the pulp classic “John Carter: Warlord Of Mars”. He said that despite his past work “Carter” would not be a Pixar movie, but instead come out under the regular Disney banner. Already in a second script draft, Stanton, who claims to have been planning this film since a small child, says that the story will be sticking very closely to the origins of the character, created by “Tarzan” author Edgar Rice Burroughs. He…

Nominees of the 2009 Orange British Academy Film Awards, better known as the BAFTA Awards, have been announced today. And the nominees are: BEST FILM THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON FROST/NIXON MILK THE READER SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE DIRECTOR CHANGELING – Clint Eastwood THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – David Fincher FROST/NIXON – Ron Howard THE READER – Stephen Daldry SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Danny Boyle ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BURN AFTER READING – Joel Coen / Ethan Coen CHANGELING – J. Michael Straczynski I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Philippe Claudel IN BRUGES – Martin McDonagh MILK – Dustin Lance Black ADAPTED SCREENPLAY THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Roth…

Here’s another great featurette “Day at Work” from the upcoming animated film “WALL-E” by director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) and starring Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard and Sigourney Weaver. In this clip WALL-E goes about his typical day of work on a deserted planet earth. Synopsis: After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to report her findings…

Watch a brand new featurette titled “Lots of Bots” from the upcoming animated film “Wall-E” by director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) and starring Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard and Sigourney Weaver. Synopsis: After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to…

Pixar Animation has released another new movie poster from the upcoming animated film “Wall-E” by director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, A Bugs Life) and starring Fred Willard (Cat Tale), Jeff Garlin (The Rocker) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens). Synopsis: What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? Wall-E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for.

Check out another really cool movie poster from the upcoming animated film “Wall-E” by director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, A Bugs Life) and starring Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin and Ben Burtt. Synopsis: The year is 2700. WALL*E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for.