WALL•E

WALL•E is a film by Pixar Animation Studios. The film, which has a robot as its title character, will be released on June 27, 2008. The film is being directed by Andrew Stanton, whose previous film Finding Nemo won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Jim Morris, who previously worked for Lucasfilm, will be the producer. And according to Time, Lucasfilm sound designer, Ben Burtt, will electronically voice the main character. Fred Willard has also been confirmed as the President of the BuyNLarge Corporation.

John Lasseter's presentation to Disney corporate investors:

"WALL•E is the story about the last little robot on Earth. He is a robot that his programming was to help clean up. You see, it's set way in the future. Through consumerism, rampant, unchecked consumerism, the Earth was covered with trash. And to clean up, everyone had to leave Earth and set in place millions of these little robots that went around to clean up the trash and make Earth habitable again. Well, the cleanup program failed with the exception of this one little robot and he's left on Earth doing his duty all alone. But it's not a story about science fiction. It's a love story, because, you see, WALL•E falls in love with [Eve], a robot from a probe that comes down to check on Earth, and she's left there to check on and see how things are going and he absolutely falls in love with her." The teaser trailer for WALL•E debuted with the theatrical release of its immediate predecessor, Ratatouille. It begins with an introduction by director Andrew Stanton saying in the summer of 1994 there was a lunch where he, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, and the late Joe Ranft talked about the films that would follow the almost-complete Toy Story. Their ideas evolved into A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo. WALL•E was their last discussion that day, and then the teaser begins. The tag line the teaser trailer is "After 700 years of doing what he was built for — He'll discover what he was meant for." A fake commercial based on the film is included in the Ratatouille video game. It shows that WALL•E stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth-class. and is sold by a fictional company called Buy and Large Corporation (Buy N Large). The catch phrase is Working to dig you out. There is a 'disclaimer' at the end that mentions www.buynlarge.com a web site for the fictional company featured in the movie. On Saturday, July 28 at 2:15 - 4:00 pm, Hall H. Disney—Disney and Disney-Pixar showcase two upcoming films with this exclusive Comic-Con presentation! First they will present The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, and then they will show WALL-E, from Academy Award–winning director Andrew Stanton (Director of Finding Nemo), WALL-E is the story of one robot’s comic adventures as he chases his dream across the galaxy. Meet director Andrew Stanton and sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars) as they present a first look at Disney·Pixar’s next animated adventure! If you’re lucky enough to attend I know you'll have a blast! Don't forget that other Pixar presentations will be at Comic-Con as well! See the full convention schedule at Comic-Con.org. The first 3rd of WALL-E will have no dialog at all, it's all vocalizations. Directed by Andrew Stanton Produced by Jim Morris, and John Lasseter Written by Andrew Stanton Starring: Fred Willard, Ben Burtt, Barbra Streisand, and John Ratzenberger. Character Art Director: Jason Deamer Last updated July 26, 2007.

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