The idea for Monsters, Inc. started with a lunch in 1994. At this lunch was John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft. One of the ideas that came out of the brainstorming session was a movie about monsters. Docter started working on the script in 1996 and with Harley Jessup, Jill Culton and Jeff Pidgeon completed a draft treatment in February, 1997. The initial story did not have the character of Mike Wazowski. He wasn't added until a story review meeting between Pixar and Disney in April of 1998. The movie went into production in 2000.[1]
The release of Monsters, Inc. was almost delayed by a lawsuit brought by Lori Madrid against Pixar, Disney and Chronicle Books. The suit alleged the defendants had stolen her story There's a Boy in My Closet, which she had mailed out in October 1999 to a number of publishers, including Chronicle Books. The plaintiffs had requested a temporary injunction against the release of the film. Judge Clarence Brimmer, Jr. had a hearing on the injunction on November 1, 2001, the day before the movie was to be released. He judged against the injunction, and the entire suit was thrown out on June, 26, 2002.[1]
It is being speculated that Disney/Pixary’s .“Monsters Inc 2p” movie will be a prequel and will follow the characters James P. Sullivan f“Sulley-” (voiced by John Goodman) and Mike Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal) during their time learning how to scare humans at the University of Fear. According to the rumors, the characters start off as enemies while in school before ever becoming friends.
TheyT’re Back! Sulley and Mike are going to be returning to the scare factory because as we know from the first Disney Pixar Monsters, Inc. Movie i“We Scare Because We Care,a” which since itf’s release in 2001 has grossed over $525 Million Dollars worldwide. The movie is slated to be released November 16, 2012 according to IMDB and we will make sure to keep you posted on anything the studio releases about the new Monsters, Inc, 2 movie.
