Billy Crystal, John Goodman star in 'Monsters University' 鈥� check out the trailer
Billy Crystal and John Goodman return as monsters Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan in Pixar's film 'Monsters University,' which will hit theaters June 21. Billy Crystal and John Goodman starred in the original film 'Monsters, Inc.'
Billy Crystal and John Goodman return as monsters Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan in Pixar's film 'Monsters University,' which will hit theaters June 21. Billy Crystal and John Goodman starred in the original film 'Monsters, Inc.'
Monsters University is the first prequel released by Pixar Animation Studio, and reveals the story behind how the beloved Scarer duo featured in聽Monsters, Inc.聽- green-skinned, one-eyed, Michael 鈥淢ike鈥� Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal) and the big, friendly, hairy giant James P. 鈥淪ulley鈥� Sullivan (John Goodman) 鈥� became the best of friends back in their college days (despite being very different people monsters at the time, before they formed their adult personalities).
Disney/Pixar has unveiled one last theatrical trailer for Monsters University 鈥� it鈥檚 technically the eighth trailer overall, assuming you count the initial four teasers as separate -聽in addition to four clips of footage, each around a minute in length. In other words: this is the final push in the film鈥檚 marketing, on the off-chance you鈥檝e not already decided whether or not you want to see Mike and Sulley鈥檚 origin story.
Monsters University was directed by Dan Scanlon (the Cars short 鈥淢ater and the Ghostlight鈥�), who co-wrote the screenplay alongside Robert L. Baird and Daniel Gerson (Monsters, Inc., Cars). Per usual, the Pixar animators look to be having a lot of fun creating 鈥渕onster-ized鈥� sight gags and jokes that lampoon college student stereotypes 鈥� as well as university life in general 鈥� which the story from Scanlon and his collaborators seems to offer plenty an opportunity for.
Early word of mouth is that Monsters University has a well-crafted storyline that involves more than just Animal House-style shenanigans 鈥� despite what some of the trailers might have you believe 鈥� and the final theatrical preview does the best job of suggesting as much to be true. All things considered, it should be enjoyable to watch Mike and Sulley evolve into characters we know and love (from Monsters, Inc.).