“10 Things You Need To Know About Pixar’s ‘Monsters University’ [D23 Expo]”
From Slashfilm and their coverage of the recent D23 Expo, here are a few things you need to know about Pixar’s movie Monsters University:
1. Pixar Has Been Developing Monsters University For Years
One of the early concept drawings of an early Mike in college was dated 2008, which goes to show you just how long this Monsters Inc prequel has actually been in development. It’s kind of amazing that we only learned that it would be a prequel storyline earlier this year. To give you an idea of the timeline, Ratatouille was just completed when they began concept work for this film — it was that long ago.
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3. Mike and Sulley Began As Rivals
In Monsters Inc, Mike and Sulley had a great friendship, but it didn’t start out that way. Turns out that they began as rivals. Apparently in the world of Monstropolis, being a “scarer” is almost the equivalent of being an astronaut in the human world. Scare school is an elite program, and Mike and Sulley are both competing against one another for a coveted job.
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7. We Will Meet Some New Monsters
At the presentation, they announced new additions to the film’s voice cast: Dave Foley, Julia Sweeney, Joel Murray and Peter Sohn (the Pixar animator who voiced Emile in Ratatouille and directed Partly Cloudy). Foley is a Pixar regular at this point, playing the main character of Flik in A Bug’s Life, and brief appearances in Toy Story 2 and Cars.
In college you meet many different interesting and sometimes strange characters, and MU is no different. We saw concept art of “cool” frat monsters, nerd monsters and goth monsters, as well as an assortment of Monster professors.
For more, go to SlashFilm.