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Pixar’s UP


Where were we?  How’d we miss that this was Pixar’s next?  And no robot?  No cute creature?  A grumpy old man?!  I guess it’s clear we didn’t go to ComicCon.  Still it looks pretty neat.

Here’s the description we found:

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. UP takes audiences on a journey where the unlikely pair encounter wild terrain, unexpected villains and jungle creatures.

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