The Bear and the Bow

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The Bear and the Bow

Official logo art
Directed by Brenda Chapman
Produced by Katherine Sarafian
Executive producer:
John Lasseter
Written by Brenda Chapman
Starring Reese Witherspoon
Billy Connolly
Emma Thompson
Julie Walters
Music by Thomas Newman
Studio Pixar Animation Studios
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s) Late 2011
Country United States
Language English

The Bear and the Bow is an upcoming computer-animated 3-D film being produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It is written and directed by Brenda Chapman and features the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson and Julie Walters. It will be distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, and is scheduled for release around Christmas 2011.[1]

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A rugged and mythic Scotland is the setting for Pixar's action-adventure The Bear and the Bow. The impetuous, tangle-haired Merida (Reese Witherspoon), though a daughter of royalty, decides to become an archer. A clash of wills with her mother compels Merida to make a reckless choice, which unleashes unintended peril on her father's kingdom and her mother's life. Merida struggles with the unpredictable forces of nature, magic and a dark ancient curse.[2]

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The film, Pixar's first fairy tale, is a combination of Brenda Chapman's love of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm, as well as a reflection on raising her daughter.[3]

In a 2009 article, Linda Holmes of NPR, while praising Pixar's films, pleaded, "I have nothing against princesses. I have nothing against movies with princesses. But don't the Disney princesses pretty much have us covered? If we had to wait for your thirteenth movie for you to make one with a girl at the center, couldn't you have chosen something -- something -- for her to be that could compete with plucky robots and adventurous space toys?. . . Please, please make one about a girl who isn't a princess."[4]

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  1. ^ "The Walt Disney Studios Rolls Out Slate of 10 New Animated Motion Pictures Through 2012". Walt Disney Company, via PRNewswire. 2008-04-08. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-08-2008/0004789174&EDATE=. Retrieved 2008-04-08. 
  2. ^ PiQ Magazine Issue 4, July 2008 Pg. 23
  3. ^ a b c d e Eric Vespe (2008-04-09). "Quint discusses the Pixar half of the Disney Animation Presentation! UP! WALL-E! TOY STORY 3! NEWT! THE BEAR & THE BOW!". Ain't It Cool News. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36333. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
  4. ^ "Dear Pixar, From All The Girls With Band-Aids On Their Knees" by Linda Holmes, NPR, 1 June 2009 (accessed 2 June 2009)

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