By now, you’re probably well aware that Lightning McQueen is taking his racing, and his best friend Mater, across the pond for some international adventures in Disney-Pixar’s Cars 2. Well, our friends over at LEGO are releasing a ton of new buildable playsets based on the film and in honor of the recently released trailer have recreated their own using thousands (and thousands) of LEGO bricks! Insanely cool, right?! It’s a shot-for-shot remake and was even filmed at 24 frames per second, just like the Cars 2 film itself!

Gets you pumped for LEGOS doesn’t it?! Well, check out these pics of a few of LEGO’s upcoming Cars 2 playsets. We recommend buying them, digging out your camera, and making your own trailers! Read more...

Tags Cars 2, Disney, LEGO, Lightning McQueen, Mater, mtv, MTV Geek, Pixar, Trailer

The Disney/Pixar film Cars 2 revs up its engines June 24th in theatres, but a sneak preview of their new toy line was revealed last week at Toy Fair. Check out these videos from the Cars 2 booth at Toy Fair this year, with special guests Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer from the movie; then read on for more details!

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Tags Cars 2, Disney, Pixar, Toy Fair 2011

By Valerie D'Orazio

It might be the Year of the Rabbit, but at the 38th annual Annie Awards -- given for excellence in animation -- last weekend it was definitely the year of the panda and dragon. Dreamworks' "How To Train Your Dragon" won 15 out of the 24 award categories, and their TV special "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" won five.

Perhaps the big Dreamworks sweep lended credence to Disney/Pixar's complaint that the awards were unfairly skewed towards the movie studio -- but in a year where the latter withdrew their traditional support of the awards and did not submit their films for the competition, they still won an Annie for their animated short subject "Day & Night." Read more...

Tags Annie Awards, Disney, Dreamworks, How To Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, Pixar, Spongebob Squarepants

Gift-giving can sometimes be a hassle. Disregarding yourself and thinking of others is easy for some; but let’s face it, those people are usually way too happy. Well, with the holidays right around the corner, we here at MTV Geek are bringing you a list of some semi-geeky gifts for your semi-geeky friends and loved ones. While those boys and girls might not be ready for that Boba Fett helmet or light-up BTTF Delorean model, these collectibles just might start them down the path to Fanboyland, regardless of their age.

Disney/Pixar Cars Holiday Exclusive:

Kids LOVE Cars! That’s it, in a nutshell. You’d be hard pressed to think of another film, without any sequels, that has produced the sheer amount of merchandizing as that Disney/Pixar phenomenon. Kids of all ages can’t help but like Lightning McQueen, Doc, and Mater. Hell, who would have thought anything Larry the Cable Guy was involved in would ever be this popular?! Mattel recognizes the need for sweet collectibles, and this holiday season they’ve released a Toys R’ Us-Exclusive box set featuring Mater (wearing a furry hat…cause cars get cold too), Lightning McQueen (in a new deep red metallic finish), and for the first time The Santa Car! What does a car want for Christmas, anyway? Maybe some of those cool “truck nuts”… Read more...

Tags Action Figures, Barbie, Cars, Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas Toys, Ghostbusters, Living Dead Dolls, Mattel, Mezco, NECA, Pixar, Toy Reviews, Toys

I watched the ILM documentary Creating The Impossible, directed by Leslie Iwerks, last Tuesday night and was pleasantly surprised. Having worked there I thought “what could I possibly learn from this?” Oh was I wrong.

George started ILM in 1975 in Van Nuys to create the special effects for Star Wars. John Dykstra was its first employee, along with talents like Lorne Peterson, Jon Berg, and Bill George. Lorne Peterson also wrote a great book called “Sculpting a Galaxy” which I highly recommend checking out!

George said “ILM was born out of the rebirth of the beginning of cinema...It’s all a trick and we’re the tricksters.” And to think that George only got 30-40% of what he really wanted out of Star Wars, way back in 1977! After the success of Star Wars George decided to move ILM up to San Rafael in Marin County, he wanted a film making center that was outside of Hollywood. Little factoid, did you know that Jodie Foster’s Egg Productions moved into ILM’s old Van Nuys building? Read more...

Tags george lucas, ILM, Industrial Light and Magic, Pixar, Review, Star Wars, Woodsy's World of Star Wars