Disney announces four-year release plan

'Cars'

Walt Disney Pictures has announced its slate of animated movies for the next four years.

At a press conference in New York, Disney chairman Dick Cook and Pixar head John Lasseter revealed twelve big screen films will be released between 2008 and 2012.

First up is Pixar's WALL-E, a science fiction story about a robot who cleans up Earth. Sigourney Weaver will voice a character in the film.

Other high-profile releases include Bolt (2008), about a TV star dog voiced by John Travolta; Up (2009), an adventure film about an aging explorer; Rapunzel (2010), a CG retelling of the classic fairy tale and Cars 2, a sequel to the hit 2006 film.

The first two Toy Story films will also be re-released in 3-D in 2009 and 2010, with Toy Story 3 following later.

The upcoming animated Disney theatrical releases in full are:

2008

  • WALL-E

  • Bolt

    • 2009

  • Up

  • Toy Story 3-D

  • The Princess and the Frog

    • 2010

  • Toy Story 2 3-D

  • Toy Story 3

  • Rapunzel

    • 2011

  • Newt

  • The Bear and the Bow

    • 2012

  • Cars 2

  • King of the Elves