By Ryan Parsons | Images property of Pixar, Variety
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Cannes is switching things up for their upcoming 62nd Film Festival by having Pixar's Up kick it off. While having a highly anticipated animation start a festival such as this, Cannes is excited about the switch.
Up Coming to Cannes
"Cannes has demonstrated for many years its interest in animation by selecting films from DreamWorks, as well as films that use animation differently like Persepolis and Waltz With Bashir," said Thierry Fremaux, Cannes Film Festival's delegate general.
"It's audacious to open the festival with an animated film, but we're conscious of our duty: it's by stretching its boundaries that cinema remains universal."
Up will be the first animation to appear in 3D in the opening ceremony. The animation will bow in the States on May 29th.
Up opens to theaters on May 29th.
For the trailers, poster, stills and more movie info, go the Up
Movie Page.
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