Pixar Introduces Sam Elliott and His T-Rex Cowboys in THE GOOD DINOSAUR

Friday afternoon at the D23 Main Stage Disney and Pixar announced that Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, and A.J. Buckley play a family of Tyrannosaurus Rex in the upcoming animated feature The Good Dinosaur. The T-Rex family is following a herd of long-horn cattle through what looks like the famous Monument Valley on the Utah-Arizona border that has been used in just about every famous Western film. The imagery of them being cowboys goes beyond the obvious of Elliott voicing the leader of the pack. The way they talk, and even the way they are animated, is reminiscent of old Western stars riding horses across scenic deserts.

I was already excited about The Good Dinosaur, especially since my nephew is WAY into dinosaurs and I was excited to be the cool uncle and take him to a Disney movie I knew he'd like. Now that I've seen a couple of exclusive clips here at the D23 Expo, I know I'm going to have to pack some tissues too, since the five minutes I saw of the film got me all kinds of choked up. This is going to be another homerun from the Pixar guys. The Good Dinosaur hits theaters on November 25th.