Pixar Reveals Release Date For Next Feature Film Luca
Today Pixar Animation Studios revealed some details about their latest feature film Luca. The film is directed by Academy Award nominee Enrico Casarosa who directed the delightful Pixar Short La Luna and will be produced by Andrea Warren (Lava, Cars 3.) We are delighted to let you know that Luca is officially slated to hit theaters on June 18, 2021.
The film is set in a picturesque seaside town on the Italian Riviera. The animated feature tells the story of a young boy who is having and unforgettable summer with a newfound best friend. However, happiness is threatened by a secret. He is a sea monster from another world just below the surface of the water.
Director Enrico Casarosa had this to say of the project, “This is a deeply personal story for me, not only because it’s set on the Italian Riviera where I grew up, but because at the core of this film is a celebration of friendship. Childhood friendships often set the course of who we want to become and it is those bonds that are at the heart of our story in ‘Luca.”
Casarosa continues, “So in addition to the beauty and charm of the Italian seaside, our film will feature an unforgettable summer adventure that will fundamentally change Luca.”
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With its release date of next June, it won’t be the next Pixar film out of the gate, that title still goes to Soul which is slated to open up in theaters on November 20,2020. As we previously reported here at MickeyBlog, Soul features the voices of Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Phylicia Rashad, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson (Questlove), Angela Bassett and Daveed Diggs.
Foxx plays middle school band teach Joe Gardner- a middle school band teach who gets the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play at the best jazz club in town. However, in an unfortunate turn of events, he finds himself in The Great Before – a place where new souls get their personalities before they go to earth. Joe is determined to return to his live and finds an unlikely friend in soul 22 (voiced by Tina Fey) who doesn’t really understand what’s so great about being human. While Joe tries to show 22 the joy of life, he learns some very important lessons along the way.
Soul is directed by Pete Docter who has one Academy Awards for Inside Out and Up and Kemp Powers (One Night in Miami.) Its produced by Academy Award nominee Dana Murray (Pixar short Lou.)
Music plays a pivotal role in the film and Jon Batiste will be writing the original jazz music from the film and Oscar Winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network) will compose the original score.
You can check out the trailer for Soul here.
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