Going undercover as a beaver, a young scientist joins their fight in Pixar’s eco-minded ‘Hoppers’

Daniel Chong, creator of Cartoon Network's “We Bare Bears,” injects invention and humor back into the Pixar model with a tale ...
MIT Technology Review

The Download: an AI agent’s hit piece, and preventing lightning

Scott Shambaugh didn’t think twice when he denied an AI agent’s request to contribute to matplotlib, a software library he ...

When Pixar filmmakers venture into live-action, the Brain Trust goes bust

Though it is the worst example, In The Blink Of An Eye is not the first preachy live-action sci-fi misfire from a Pixar ...

Disney Pixar's 'Hoppers' seeks to turn viral meme into box office gold

By Dawn Chmielewski and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES March 5 (Reuters) - Walt Disney's Pixar Animation Studios is hoping a viral ...

The story behind Tom the Lizard from Pixar's “Hoppers”, the internet's favorite crash-out meme

"Hoppers" director Daniel Chong shares everything you could possibly want to know about the internet's favorite crash-out ...
MPR News

University of Minnesota expert helped make animated beavers in ‘Hoppers’ true to life

Emily Fairfax has spent the past decade studying beavers and how they change landscapes by altering the flow of rivers and streams. She spent five years working with a Pixar animation team to make ...