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Monsters, Inc. 2 a prequel; titled 'Monsters University'

Disney/Pixar confirmed today that the follow-up to Monsters, Inc.—previously referred to as "Monsters, Inc. 2"— will be a prequel entitled Monsters University.

The announcement was made a few hours ago at the CinemaCon motion picture theatre industry convention in Las Vegas.

This confirms the story, first reported in January, that the movie will follow Sulley and Mike Wazowski back when they were classmates at Monstropolis' University of Fear.

“Obviously everybody knows at this point Mike and Sully are amazing friends—the best of friends—but as it turns out, in this story, that wasn’t always the case," said Dave Hollis, Disney’s executive vice president of worldwide distribution.

"From the moment they met at university, they could not stand each other. This story takes you through the ups and downs, and how they overcame their own differences.”

Disney insider Floyd Norman tweeted on Friday that Pixar was screening the film at Disney's lot in Burbank—undoubtedly an early storyboard version. "Welcome back, Mike and Sully, we've missed you. Yeah, you too, Randall," he later wrote.

Monsters University opens on November 2, 2012.

http://pixarblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/m ... sters.html

Floyd Norman wrote:Nice to see a new director helming Pixar's "Monsters 2." Very refreshing.

Source: http://twitter.com/floydnorman

bulgaross wrote:Monsters, Inc. 2 a prequel; titled 'Monsters University'

Disney/Pixar confirmed today that the follow-up to Monsters, Inc.—previously referred to as "Monsters, Inc. 2"— will be a prequel entitled Monsters University.

Cool, thanks for the update! It's interesting that this will be the first Pixar sequel to not use a number in the title, but I like the idea. Since it is a prequel, makes more sense to not call it "2."

I wonder if it will truly be "Monsters University" or if they will call it "Monsters U" or something, like how "Incorporated" is abbreviated.

Now this sparks my interest. A prequel kinda works. I'll definitely see this.

From digitalyspy.co.uk : "Up's Pete Docter is directing Monsters University, which is due to open in US cinemas on November 2, 2012 and in the UK on December 7, 2012."

So is Pete Docter directing the prequel? I know he's previously said that he wasn't and that he was working on a new original idea and I've seen the tweet from Floyd Norman so is this confirmed to be false?

DisneyAnimation88 wrote:From digitalyspy.co.uk : "Up's Pete Docter is directing Monsters University, which is due to open in US cinemas on November 2, 2012 and in the UK on December 7, 2012."

HOORAY!!! I hope it is true!

DisneyAnimation88 wrote:From digitalyspy.co.uk : "Up's Pete Docter is directing Monsters University, which is due to open in US cinemas on November 2, 2012 and in the UK on December 7, 2012."

So is Pete Docter directing the prequel? I know he's previously said that he wasn't and that he was working on a new original idea and I've seen the tweet from Floyd Norman so is this confirmed to be false?

Well, he directed Monsters, Inc., so it's not surprising he will be on board for the sequel. As for the new project, maybe that didn't pan out, or he wanted to do this first?
From the little information we already have, I'm surprised that Randall will be in this.

I kind of like the title "Monsters University". Plus, I really hope Pete Docter gets to direct! If John Lasseter can direct Cars 2, I'm sure Pete can.

Dan Scanlon Will Direct ‘Monsters University’: http://www.slashfilm.com/dan-scanlon-di ... niversity/

Who? Darn it. Oh, well. I hope he'll be ok, I'm just worried about his experience.

EDIT: I just looked him up, he was a story artist for Cars and Toy Story 3. This is what his Wikipedia page says:

Wikipedia wrote:Dan Scanlon

Dan Scanlon was an animator for The Indescribable Nth and Joseph: King of Dreams. He served as a storyboard artist for The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure.[1]

Scanlon currently works at Pixar, and was a story artist for Cars and Toy Story 3. He co-directed the short film Mater and the Ghostlight.[1] He illustrated part one of Unmentionables a comic book written by his wife, Michele Scanlon, and wrote and directed the live action feature film Tracy. Tracy was Scanlon’s first feature film as a writer/director.

Scanlon graduated with a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design in 1998. He has worked professionally in the animation industry as a story artist for the last ten years.

Scanlon and his wife live in San Francisco and work together on projects under the production company name Caveat Productions.

I'm sure he will do fine. Remember that Monsters Inc was Pete Docter's first feature directing job, too.

I hope they get back the original voice cast (sans James Cobourne-RIP-and Mary)

Disney Enterprises, Inc. registered this logo for Monsters University with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on March 24, five days before the title was publicly announced.

Pixar has moved the film’s release date from November 2, 2012 to June 21, 2013.

Source: http://pixarblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/e ... -logo.html

Thanks for sharing, I like the title design. I guess 2012 won't be the first year we get 2 Pixar films, like they were originally planning. That is okay, though, at least this way there is no chance of Pixar "oversaturation," if that is even possible.

I hope we see Mike and Sulley draw naughty things in the girls' toilets.

I love it!

Julian Carter wrote:I hope we see Mike and Sulley draw naughty things in the girls' toilets.

I hope we see Animal House with CG monsters .

I'm a bit sceptical about the prequel. The premise doesn't sound that interesting. We'll have to wait and see, of course.

This was just on Yahoo! Movies:

http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/1323- ... ty-reveals