The production team includes director Pete Docter, co-director Kemp Powers and producer Dana Murray.
Pixar s short Burrow
Pixar is known for pairing its feature films with animated shorts, and Soul is no exception. The film will premiere on Disney+ alongside Burrow.
Here s how Disney+ describes the short: A young rabbit embarks on a journey to dig the burrow of her dreams, despite not having a clue what she s doing. Rather than reveal to her neighbors her imperfections, she digs herself deeper and deeper into trouble. After hitting (bed)rock bottom, she learns there is no shame in asking for help.
G. Allen Johnson December 16, 2020Updated: December 21, 2020, 8:18 am
Jamie Foxx provides the voice and Jon Batiste the fingerings as Joe, the first Black star of a Pixar film, in “Soul.” Photo: Pixar
This is not how Pixar drew it up.
“Soul” was supposed to be among the box office hits of this past summer, proof that Pixar’s commitment to diversity as the studio’s first film to feature a Black lead character would be embraced by paying audiences, and that the Emeryville animation studio would be just fine under the stewardship of Pete Docter.
But, of course, the coronavirus had other ideas. After two delays as pandemic restrictions closed theaters, “Soul,” which stars Jamie Foxx as a middle-aged musician on the brink between life and death, will make its worldwide debut on Christmas, streaming onto Disney+ without the box office receipts that lift up a typical Pixar release and without the pay-per-view model Disney+ used for the live-action “Mul
Lando, a brand-new event series for Disney+. Justin Simien, creator of the critically-acclaimed
Dear White People and a huge
Star Wars fan, is in the early stages of developing the project.
The Acolyte
Russian Doll, brings a new
Star Wars series to Disney+ with
The Acolyte. The mystery-thriller that will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era.
A Droid Story
As Lucasfilm continues to develop new stories, the intersection of animation and visual effects offers new opportunities to explore. Lucasfilm Animation is teaming up with Lucasfilm’s visual effects team, Industrial Light & Magic, to develop a special
by James White |
11 12 2020
Pete Docter, Pixar s big creative chief, announced several new upcoming movies from the Disney-based animation studio at the company s big investor day on Thursday. Chief among them was
Lightyear, which will find Chris Evans voicing the space hero whose adventures spawned the Buzz Lightyear toy of
Toy Story and beyond.
Quite what
Lightyear will be about beyond the main character is a mystery for now, but expect adventures with Star Command. The film is aiming for a June 2022 release.
Luca, which has already been unveiled by the company, will be with us next summer. Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, it is a coming-of-age story about one young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: there are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
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