You may have heard by now that the long awaited sequel to Disney Pixar's family favourite Monsters, Inc. now has a story and a title. The film, which is still another year and a half from release, will be called Monsters University and will actually be set before the first film. It will chart Sully and Mike's time at university where they are initially enemies but then become close friends. The storyline sounds like it has a lot of scope for hilarity and I think making the second film a prequel was a brilliant idea. Fans have waited too long for it to simply be a continuation of the first film. Only a matter of days after this exciting news, ComingSoon.net revealed that a director has been confirmed in the shape of Dan Scanlon. Scanlon is relatively new to the directing scene but was one of the writers for Cars and a story artist for Toy Story 3, in addition to helming the Cars short Mater and the Ghostlight. His relative inexperience in the world of directing concerns me slightly but I think the fact that he has plenty of experience in animation will help Scanlon succeed.
It will be interesting to see how Scanlon's film stands up against the first, which was directed by Pete Doctor among others, due to the huge success of Monsters, Inc. The fact that the first film was so successful - and the fact that Billy Crystal and John Goodman are likely to reprise their roles as Sully and Mike - will surely drive fans to the big screen for this one. I sincerely hope this film isn't terrible and contains much of what made Monsters, Inc. so loved. It would be a shame for the wait of over 10 years to have been for nothing. I'm holding my breath on this one.
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