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Disney/Pixar's sea monster story Luca has been granted an August 20 release date in China, signaling that the end of the giant market’s latest unofficial blackout period may be afoot. While Luca will take a prime slot amid a series of local holdovers and is the first Hollywood studio title to release since June, its…

On Wednesday, Disney+ announced three new film projects from Pixar Animation Studios’ SparkShorts Program, which will debut on the streamer in September. Two of the films are shorts: Director Aphton Corbin’s Twenty Something, and director Louis Gonzales’ Nona. The third, A Spark Story, is a feature-length documentary…

It’s maybe not in the same vaulted league of such classic Pixar toons as Up, Toy Story, WALL-E or Inside Out, but its latest, Luca, is the best excuse ever to escape the summertime heat and treat yourself to this lilting and entertaining sea monster coming-of-age charmer. Ah, if only were headed to theaters instead of…

A new short from Pixar Animation Studios will revisit the skeptical new soul 22 long before she ever met Joe Gardner. Debuting on Disney+ on April 30, the animated 22 vs. Earth returns Tina Fey back to “The Great Before” as the voice of quick-witted and sarcastic soul 22. Set before the events of Soul, the original…

The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences, and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions…

Today, director Dan Scanlon and producer Kori Rae were recognized with their first Oscar nominations, claiming a slot in the Best Animated Feature category with Disney/Pixar's Onward. "We're so proud of the film, and proud of the cast and crew, and it's a real honor," said Scanlon. "It's so surreal, and early in the…

EXCLUSIVE: Passion Pictures has hired Pixar veteran David Park as Head of Production for Long Form Animation. Park previously served as production manager on Coco and Monsters University, animation department manager on Toy Story 3, animation co-ordinator on WALL-E and art co-ordinator on Ratatouille. He most recently…

When visual effects supervisor Michael Fong and effects supervisor Bill Watral boarded Soul, they were each a bit intimidated, immediately recognizing the film as one of frighteningly novel ambitions. Meditating on the origins of the human personality, Pixar's latest would require them to bring to life characters and…

With Onward, writer/director Dan Scanlon made magic out of a profound personal experience, using his understanding of loss as a foundation, from which he’d craft a quest story like none other. The second Disney/Pixar animated feature from Scanlon, following 2013's Monsters University, centers on Ian (Tom Holland) and…

On Pixar's latest Oscar-contending feature Soul, writer/director Pete Docter grappled with worlds both real and imaginary, looking to bring each to life with the same level of care, thought and meticulous detail. Contemplating the origins of human personalities, the film centers on Joe, a middle school band teacher…

EXCLUSIVE: Pixar’s Soul takes viewers to The Great Before, a world where souls find their quirks and passions before manifesting on Earth. The colorful realm rife with pastel-hued spirits was 23 years in the making, when director Pete Docter wondered how his son came into the world with a personality. “Where did that…

“A lot of Pixar films are based on personal experiences,” says Onward director Dan Scanlon at Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event. “This might be more blatantly autobiographical in some ways.” That’s not to say that Scanlon descended from elves. Rather, his movie follows two brothers – the younger Ian…