Disney and Pixar films, can they get back to form? and predictions, plus the Good Dinosaur news and plot

Last weekend I did an article on animated projects between 2013-2014 and today in honor of Monsters University's success I decided to do an article on whether Disney and Pixar can get back to form and Pixar's next film. In recent years Disney has put out hit after hit Tangled, Wreck-it Ralph mainly, with no sequels. In fact Disney has never done a theatrical sequel to any films only on Direct to DVD, with the exception of next years Planes: Fire and Rescue(same as Planes that's why it is not in animated section). However Pixar had also pledged after Toy Story 2 to no more sequels. Then after hit after constant hit Pixar released complete dog s*** in Cars 2(I mean the only Pixar film without an Oscar nomination) and we all can agree that Brave was just okay. Those two films ended what seemed like a great studio. But this year breaking their sequel rule for the second time(well prequel) with Monsters University. This has been getting the same reviews on RT as 2012's Brave,but audiences agree it is better or almost as good as the past Pixar classics. Does this mean Pixar is coming back to form? The answer to that is a maybe from me because if you look at their upcoming film schedule there is only one sequel, in two years(Finding Dory). Now whether that sequel is a good idea there are actual original films. According to Disney CEO Bob Iger, there is one other sequel in development at Pixar(Most likely The Incredibles 2). So in the next 5 years there are seven films in development. This is also breaking another Pixar film rule, two films every other year, while the off year will have one film(like the original schedules). Little is known on three of the seven projects while the other four have plot lines on the Pixar website. In 2014 we have The Good Dinosaur, a film centered around if an asteroid did not wipe out the dinosaurs. The second part of the plot is when two misfits one human and one dinosaur goes on a quest to finally fit in. The film's crew, mostly popularized name Bob Peterson,and Peter Sohn has written Finding Nemo and edited many of Pixar's shorts, mainly Partly Cloudy. Next in 2015 we have The Inside Out. Inside out is the world inside a girls mind. With the writer of 2010's Toy Story 3, Michael Arndt, and directors ,Pete Doctor and Ronnie del Carmen, of the original Monster's Inc. film and Up on board it is sure to be a good time. The director has also co-written many projects Up, Wall E, Toy Story 1 and 2 and Monsters Inc. All of these projects were hits, so I again state my excitement for this movie. The next movie in 2015 will be Finding Dory. This has all of the original cast back and has been in development since most likely when Cars 2 was being released. The director,Andrew Stanton, from the film will return, but with a first time screenwriter Victoria Strause. Now I'm a little less excited for the writing although the visual will appear to improve. Finally I have the Untitled film about Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a film next year is also being made about the same subject next year as mentioned in my animation article. The director, Lee Unkrich previously has directed, Toy Story 2 and 3 as well as Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc. So what does this mean for Pixar I surely do not know, but things are getting better. At Comic Con 2013 Disney is expected to make announcements on Disney and Pixar's films in development. Also as a side note they will most likely show off new Marvel films, their Star Wars property, and their fall television slate on ABC. 

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The Film Scientist