Pixar Extends Perfect Streak with "Brave"

Princess Merida (Kelly MacDonald) attempts to escape the clutches of demon bear, Mor'du. 

Maintaining a perfect track record is no easy feat, but with one miscalculation, one misstep, and years of top notch brand building and loyal fan base crumbles overnight. Those are exactly the waters Pixar’s been treading in the past year. Cars 2 may have generated strong sales from everything slapped with the brand name, but critically the Mater-driven sequel was panned overall. So it’s understandable if audiences are leery to embrace Pixar’s thirteenth feature, Brave. Not only is Brave Pixar’s follow-up to the Cars sequel, but it’s also marks several firsts for the studio: first fairy-tale, first female lead and first film directed by a woman (until leaving the project due to “creative differences.” CONTINUE READING