‘Inside Out 2’ Director Kelsey Mann Teases Ideas For a Third Film
With Pixar openly stating that it will lean heavily into sequels and franchises going forward, many fans are wondering if an Inside Out 3 could be in the works, even before the second film in the franchise officially hits theaters.
Inside Out 2 will be the first sequel to 2016’s Inside Out, bringing fans back to Headquarters where Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear are still at the helm of Riley’s brain.
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While the new film will feature new settings and a cast of new emotions that include Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, and embarrassment, according to director Kelsey Mann, the world inside Riley’s head is big enough to support more films.
“I love this world. It’s such a great world to play in, and ideas just kind of come from playing in this world, both for locations and characters,” Mann told ComicBook.
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“There’s so many ideas not only from the first film, but especially in this one, where I’m like, ‘That’s a really fun, clever idea. I don’t know how it fits into this particular story, but it should be used at some point.'”
A Scrapped Idea From ‘Inside Out 2’
One idea that was considered for Inside Out 2, but eventually scrapped, was Procrastination Land, a place that is always under construction and never ready to open.
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“One of my favorites is a location that we came up with called Procrastination Land,” the director explained.
“This is the land I definitely have, especially as a teen. It was a land which had a big sign that said ‘Procrastination Land’ and then it said ‘Coming Soon.’ And Anger was like, ‘When are they gonna start building that place?! It just keeps sitting there!’ They haven’t made any movement on it. It’s such a funny idea. We had trouble figuring out why in this particular story. I won’t tell you everything about it, there’s some other stuff about it that’s really funny. So I’m like, ‘This has to be used somehow in the future.'”
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The World of ‘Inside Out’ Could Facilitate More Stories
While it may be a bit early to start penciling in Inside Out 3 on Pixar’s release schedule, the studio’s CCO, Pete Docter, has also discussed how the world of Inside Out could lend itself to more stories.
“We’ve built the entire ocean for Nemo, the entire universe for Wall-E. But it turned out the biggest set we had built [when Inside Out debuted] was inside of a little girl’s mind. We only saw like 3% of it in the first film. There was way more to play with, and we had a lot of leftover ideas,” he told TIME.
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Perhaps then, Inside Out 2 will be just the beginning.
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