The rendering software behind such hit animated movies as The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Monsters Inc. should become even more powerful when it becomes available on Microsoft Corp.’s most advanced ...

That new movie – the excellent ecological sci-fi Hoppers – has the usual staple references: the Pizza Planet truck can be seen when Mabel attempts to free the animals from school (including a tortoise ...

Pixar's Hoppers has had people hopping to cinemas all over the world in its first week, grossing $88 million worldwide. That makes it Pixar’s strongest debut for an original animated movie (i.e., not ...

Back in 1985, Steve Jobs was ousted from his own company, after which he founded NeXT and acquired Lucasfilm, the Graphics Group, which would eventually become Pixar Animation. Founded in 1986, Pixar ...

It all started in a nondescript building tucked in an industrial park. “It was amazing-looking stuff they were doing with practical effects, and we were doing computer graphics,” said Phillips, now a ...

The tide appears to be turning back in Pixar’s favor with the release of its newest movie “Hoppers,” a tale that blends ...