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Pixar Smells a Rat -- In Disney's Marketing Department
4 September 2007 (StudioBriefing)
Although Disney/Pixar's Ratatouille crossed the $200-million mark at the domestic box office over the weekend, some Pixar executives are blaming Disney's marketing staff for failing to create a promotional campaign for the movie that would have pushed it into the top-five for the year, as Toy Story was in 1995 (No. 1); A Bug's Life was in 1998 (No. 4); Toy Story 2 was in 1999 (No. 3); Monsters, Inc. was in 2001 (No. 4); Finding Nemo was in 2003 (No. 2); The Incredibles was in 2004 (No. 5); and Cars was in 2006 (No. 3). According to Disney watcher Jim Hill, Ratatouille currently ranks eighth at the domestic box office and might wind up out of the top ten entirely by the end of the year. As a result, he says, Pixar execs are now overseeing the marketing campaign for the upcoming WALL-E, something that has apparently infuriated the Disney marketing staff. Hill quotes one unnamed studio insider as saying that Ratatouille "was a very difficult picture to sell during an incredibly competitive summer. ... They're now being complete bastards about the WALL-E trailer, insisting that only they know the proper way to promote their next picture. ... But that's okay. Let them call the shots on WALL-E's marketing campaign. Next year, they'll be the ones who'll be taking the fall when that Andrew Stanton film doesn't measure up to expectations."

'Finding Nemo' Animator Dies at Age 35
7 February 2005 (WENN)
Finding Nemo's lead animator Dan Lee has died at the age of 35 after a 17-month battle with lung cancer. The Pixar Animation Studio's employee passed away on January 15 at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley, California - after enjoying an illustrious career working as a sketch artist, character designers and animator on a range of top cartoons including A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2. Finding Nemo's director Andrew Stanton says, "Dan was a longtime member of our Pixar family. He single-handedly designed Nemo and has been a major influence at Pixar. Dan was a wonderful, irreplaceable, talented human being, and we miss him terribly." Pixar's technical director Carmen Ngai adds, "He was a very talented guy. I don't know if he knew how actually talented he was."

'Nemo' Named Top Animated Film
9 February 2004 (StudioBriefing)
Finding Nemo found nine awards Saturday at the International Animated Film Society's 31st annual Annie Awards. The Pixar film was honored as the best animated theatrical feature. Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich received best directing honors for it. And Ellen DeGeneres received the best voice acting award for her portrayal of an absent-minded fish in the movie.

And the Nominees Are...
27 January 2004 (StudioBriefing)
The nominees in the top categories: Director: Fernando Meirelles, City of God; Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation; Peter Weir, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World; Clint Eastwood, Mystic River.

Actor: Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog; Jude Law, Cold Mountain; Bill Murray, Lost in Translation; Sean Penn, Mystic River.

Actress: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider; Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give; Samantha Morton, In America; Charlize Theron, Monster; Naomi Watts, 21 Grams.

Adapted Screenplay: Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, American Splendor; Braulio Mantovani, City of God; Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Brian Helgeland, Mystic River; Gary Ross, Seabiscuit.

Original Screenplay: Denys Arcand, The Barbarian Invasions; Steven Knight, Dirty Pretty Things; Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds, Finding Nemo; Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan, In America; Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation.