She’s Ember. He’s Wade. Welcome to Element City. Check out the teaser trailer and a poster for Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental,” an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. Directed by Peter Sohn, produced by Denise Ream, and featuring the voices of Leah Lewis and Mamoudou […]

Lightning McQueen and Mater (voiced once again by Owen Wilson and Larry the Cable Guy) leave Radiator Springs for Mater’s sister’s wedding in the new nine-episode series Cars on the Road. It premieres this Thursday September 8th on Disney+. Larry, Bobby Podesta (who directs three of the episodes) and producer Marc Sondheimer discuss the fun […]

Pixar’s Brave won the Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature. It was released 10 years ago this month to critical acclaim and more than half a billion dollars at the worldwide box office. To mark the occasion, ABC is airing Brave for the first time this Monday June 6th at 8pm. […]

Academy Award winning director Domee Shi (short “Bao”) and producer Lindsey Collins team-up for Pixar’s new feature Turning Red. It debuts this Friday March 11th on Disney+ and in **three** select U.S. theaters. Shi and Collins discuss this, as well as specific scenes and core themes in this Animation Scoop Q&A. Jackson Murphy: Domee, congratulations […]

In 2019, Domee Shi won the Best Animated Short Film Academy Award for Bao. Now she’s the director of a new feature for Pixar called Turning Red (streaming March 11th on Disney+). It’s a comedy about a girl named Mei who’s going through one of life’s most awkward stages in a big way. I’ve screened […]

Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter—an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes […]