Monsters Inc

Monsters Inc

Disney have announced that they will release a sequel to the Pixar's 2001 animated film Monsters Inc about monsters who scare kids for a living.

The studio say the follow-up will be released on 16 November 2012.

Disney also revealled that the Pixar film, The Bear and the Bow, is to renamed Brave and will now be released from December 2011 to 15 June 2012. and they are to make a new Muppets movie.

The film, to be directed by Flight of the Conchords creator James Bobin, will introduce a new puppet character called Walter.

The Monsters movie will feature the voices of Billy Crystal and John Goodman, although no mention was made whether or not director Pete Doctor would direct its sequel.

Featuring the voices of Reese Witherspoon and Billy Connolly, Brave tells of a Scottish princess who dreams of being an archer.

Set in 18th Century Scotland, Brenda Chapman's movie is the first Pixar feature to be directed by a woman.

Other future projects from Disney-Pixar include a retelling of the Winnie the Pooh story using hand-drawn animation and Frankenweenie, a stop-motion cartoon based on a story by Tim Burton.

Pixar release Toy Story 3 this summer, with a Cars sequel due in cinemas next year.