New WALL-E Featurette Takes You Into Space

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on June 14, 2008

The calls have begun to come in from the West Coast — WALL-E is about to be a star. And though I dare not repeat the details that I’ve heard from the first screenings of the new Pixar film, as it is better to let those eager (and lucky) journos give you the first hand accounts on their own sites, I will say that I am extremely jealous that they have seen the film and I absolutely can’t wait to see it myself.

If you aren’t familiar with WALL-E, he is the cute-as-hell little robot at the heart of Pixar’s next big adventure. And after hundreds of lonely years doing what he was built for, which is picking up trash on a long deserted planet earth, Wall-E finally discovers that there is more to life than just being a lonely robot. If you haven’t seen the trailer for this one, I would recommend watching it first, then checking out the featurette below, which shows how Academy Award nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins (The Assassination of Jesse James, No Country for Old Men) was brought in to help Pixar animators capture a real life feel for the way WALL-E is presented. It is an incredible interesting little feature, one that shows us that WALL-E is certainly going to be “something different.”

Watch the WALL-E “Pixar Goes Space Age” featurette:

Official Synopsis: After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL-E discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL-E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen.

As far as movies go this summer, despite all of the great superheroes who will grace the big screen, I am beginning to see that WALL-E is the character who will most make everyone feel like a kid again. It reminds me a lot of seeing Short Circuit, which I recently had the chance to revisit — it all just brings me back to a time when a cute robot with a personality would instantly transform me into a wide-eyed munchkin who was all imagination. It should be a lot of fun, to say the least.

Video courtesy of First Showing

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