The Walt Disney Studios unveiled an ambitious four-year slate of 10 new animated features from both Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios Tuesday at the Skirball Center for Performing Arts at New York University. The press conference was hosted by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, and John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios.

Among the new projects revealed for the first time:

--Pixar's UP, the latest from director Pete Docter (MONSTERS INC.), set for a May 29, 2009 release, and the first Pixar feature to be presented in Disney Digital 3D. Written and co-directed by Bob Peterson , and produced by Jonas Rivera, UP is a comedic adventure about Carl Fredricksen, who has spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. The unlikely pair encounters wild terrain, unexpected villains and jungle creatures. The voice talent includes Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger and Jordan Nagai.

--Pixar's NEWT, which marks the directorial debut Gary Rydstrom, the Oscar-winning sound designer from George Lucas' Skywalker Sound, who made last year's Pixar short, LIFTED. NEWT, which bows in the summer of 2011 and will also be released in Disney Digital 3D, ponders what happens when the last remaining male and female blue-footed newts on the planet are forced together by science to save the species, and they can't stand each other? Richard Hollander producers and Rydstrom scripted with Leslie Caveny.

--Pixar's THE BEAR AND THE BOW from director Brenda Chapman (THE PRINCE OF EGYPT), who was previously a writer on CARS and story supervisor on Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and THE LION KING. THE BEAR AND THE BOW, slated for Christmas 2011 in Disney Digital 3D, is a fresh fairy tale that takes place in rugged and mythic Scotland. The impetuous, tangle-haired Merida, though a daughter of royalty, would prefer to make her mark as a great archer. A clash of wills with her mother compels Merida to make a reckless choice, which unleashes unintended peril on her father's kingdom and her mother's life. Merida struggles with the unpredictable forces of nature, magic and a dark, ancient curse to set things right. Voice talent includes Reese Witherspoon, Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson. Katherine Sarafian produces.

--Pixar's CARS 2, the sequel to Lasseter's CARS, will open summer 2012 in Disney Digital 3D. Directed by Brad Lewis, producer of RATATOUILLE, features the further globe-trotting adventures of Lightning McQueen and Mater.

--Disney's KING OF THE ELVES, a Christmas 2012 release in Disney Digital 3D, marks the directorial debuts of animators Aaron Blaise (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN, THE LION KING) and Robert Walker (ALADDIN, THE LION KING, LILO & STITCH), and is produced by Chuck Williams. It is based on the Phillip K. Dick's short story about an average man living in the Mississippi Delta, whose reluctant actions to help a desperate band of elves leads them to name him their new king. Joining the innocent and endangered elves as they attempt to escape from an evil and menacing troll, their unlikely new leader finds himself caught on a journey filled with unimaginable dangers and a chance to bring real meaning back to his own life.

Meanwhile, the rest of the slate provided a clearer release schedule for previously announced features, along with a few surprises: