Pixar is working on a sequel to the "Monsters Inc." hit that grossed $529 million worldwide in 2001. Let's hope Billy Crystal and John Goodman are on tap again. The release is planned for November 2012.
The studio is also planning a new movie about the Muppets with a new character named Walter. No date set for that one.
Among other future films is a retelling of the Winnie the Pooh story using hand-drawn animation; a Tim Burton-led stop-motion animation movie called "Frankenweenie" about a boy's revival of his lost dog (this should be fantastic); and another Pixar movie called "John Carter of Mars" about a man who goes through a portal to the red planet as imagined by author Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Disney is in the midst of selling off its Miramax Films division as it focuses on family-oriented fare from Marvel, Pixar, its own studio and Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks unit.
