At this point, chalk this up to a rumor. According to several sources – all citing a French Disney forum, Pixar’s “Monsters Inc 2” will be a prequel.
Here’s the translation of the post:
“will take us back to before a time when Mike Wazowski was top comedian, before James P. Sullivan was top scarer, even before the buddies joined the MI workforce. In fact it takes us all the way back to school – the University of Fear to be precise. Although the two start out as frenemies, Monsters, Inc. 2 will weave the tale of how the dynamic duo transition from rivals to BFFs.”
I blame George Lucas for ruining the whole concept of a prequel. Movie is due out November 2, 2012 (assuming we make it past the whole Mayan Calendar end of world glitch).
Don’t worry. The 2012 thing doesn’t happen until the solstice, as I recall. November will be fine.