They both attempt to join a fraternity, but only Sulley is accepted into Roar Omega Roar (ROR), the most prestigious house on campus. Abigail Hardscrabble, dean of MU, warns the students that anyone who does not pass a final exam at the end of the first semester will have to leave the Scaring program.Īs the semester progresses, an intense rivalry forms between Mike, who studies hard to improve himself, and Sulley, who relies only on his natural talent and begins to falter. Eleven years later, Mike enrolls in the Scaring program at Monsters University (MU) and meets classmate James P. Īs a first grader, Mike Wazowski begins to dream of becoming a Scarer - a monster who enters the human world at night to scare children and harvest their screams for energy to power the city of Monstropolis. An animated short film titled Party Central, which takes place shortly after the events of Monsters University, premiered in fall 2013 before being released theatrically with Muppets Most Wanted in 2014. The film received positive reviews from the critics and grossed $743 million worldwide against its $200 million production budget, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 2013. It was accompanied in theaters by a short film, The Blue Umbrella, directed by Saschka Unseld. Monsters University premiered on Jat the BFI Southbank in London, England, and was theatrically released on June 21, 2013, in the United States. A Pixar-made sequel was confirmed in 2010, and in 2011, it was confirmed that the film would instead be a prequel titled Monsters University. An early draft of the film was developed however, Disney's purchase of Pixar in early 2006 led to the cancellation of Circle 7's version of the film. Following disagreements with Pixar, Disney tasked its Circle 7 Animation unit to make the film. Karen Graves.ĭisney, as the rights holder, had plans for a sequel to Monsters, Inc. Flint in the first film, voices Mike's grade school teacher Ms. Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, Randall Boggs, Roz, and the Abominable Snowman, respectively. John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Bob Peterson, and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles as James P.

Sullivan and Mike Wazowski, and their time at college, where they start off as rivals, but slowly become best friends. Monsters University tells the story of the main characters of Monsters, Inc., James P.

(2001), making it the only time Pixar has made a prequel film. The music for the film was composed by Randy Newman, making it his seventh collaboration with Pixar. It was directed and written by Dan Scanlon (in his feature directoral debut) and produced by Kori Rae, with John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich as executive producers. Monsters University is a 2013 American computer-animated monster comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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