Monsters University

Monsters University
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dan Scanlon
Produced by	Kori Rae
Screenplay by	Dan Gerson Robert L. Baird Dan Scanlon
Story by	Robert L. Baird Dan Scanlon Dan Gerson
Starring	Billy Crystal John Goodman Steve Buscemi Helen Mirren
Music by	Randy Newman
Cinematography	Matt Aspbury Jean-Claude Kalache
Edited by	Greg Snyder
Production company	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	June 5, 2013 (2013-06-05) (BFI Southbank) June 21, 2013 (2013-06-21) (United States)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$200 million
Box office	$744.2 million

Monsters University is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae, with John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich as executive producers. It is the fourteenth feature film produced by Pixar and is a prequel to 2001's Monsters, Inc., marking the first time Pixar has made a prequel film.

Disney, as the rights holder, had plans for a sequel to Monsters, Inc. since 2005. Following disagreements with Pixar, Disney tasked its Circle 7 Animation unit to make the film. 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. 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.

Monsters University tells the story of two monsters, Mike and Sulley, and their time studying at college, where they start off as rivals, but slowly become best friends. John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Bob Peterson, and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles as James P. Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, Randall Boggs, Roz, and the Abominable Snowman, respectively. Bonnie Hunt, who played Ms. Flint in the first film, voices Mike's grade school teacher Ms. Karen Graves. The music for the film is composed by Randy Newman, marking his seventh collaboration with Pixar.