what's the theme of Pixar's 2020 slate death sure to depress the whole family
that's right you heard me right death yes we already done knew that
onward is about two brothers who find a way to contact their dead father ah this
is this is a fantasy version of something that happened to the to the
director writer of the film so we want to be respectful of that but it doesn't
sound like a lot of fun uh I guess the elves and Pixies will help then as for
Pixar's summer entry soul that's literally about your soul the movie will
focus on the youth seminar which maybe is the animated version of defending
your life have you ever seen that movie it's actually quite good
remember what Albert Brooks made a lot of movies he did a really nice job but
anyway to be fair this artwork that was revealed today d23 does look charming so
the setup is that apparently Jamie Foxx will voice the lead character Joe who
finds himself at this seminar and so form and has to find his way back to
earth with the help of a soul in training 22 voiced by Tina Fey who
nailed it I was gonna say killed it but that's I think not good with our theme
of death right she nailed it as mega Minds Lois Lane character which is such
a good movie so rewatchable to love Megamind poor
dreamworks but anyway why don't we get to the Disney Animation thing where
they're ripping off How to Train Your Dragon
but anyway is Joe dead hmm or is it just doing some soul searching right and as a
soul entraining a baby's soul look Pixar didn't specify
but when it comes to Pixar knowing them I'd say odds are it is the saddest most
gut-wrenching option on a more positive note it's great to see Pixar's first
cast of black characters oser certainly a black lead and Joe well he just looks
like a wonderful character really what a swell guy who wouldn't want to spend
with him I think he's wonderfully designed he's a middle school band
teacher who dreams of being a jazz musician and he's on the cusp of his big
break when all this goes down real-life musician Jon batiste who does all kinds
of music will provide original jazz for the film and talk about making yourself
cry wow I do not like jazz but I will try to like it for the sake of Joe
that's how awesome Joe looks he's gonna make me try jazz again then David
Fincher's favorite composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross oscar-winning in
fact we'll do the score phylicia rashad voices Joe's mother and daveed Diggs
is his nemesis by the way I saw a number of places covering this say Hamilton's
2v Diggs and I'm like who doesn't know who Devine Diggs is I think he's one of
the few cast members from Hamilton that did a good job of capitalizing on that
opportunity you know obviously besides lin-manuel Miranda but anyway he does
the voice of Joe's nemesis nemesis that sounds interesting especially because
Diggs will have a lot of fun with that role he's extremely well cast there and
thank goodness we've been talking about this movie it comes out on June 10th the
unofficial holiday celebrating the end of slavery and thank goodness they added
a person of color behind the camera Kemp Powers who will Co direct and co-write
this is powers his first animated film which I think is very exciting because
for instance we've seen Nick Stoller bring a lot of energy and edge to
animation coming from live-action himself and in fact what's usually the
what's the usual situation the opposite animation to live-action well that
hasn't worked out so well so it would be nice to see more live-action talent try
animation you know not to do the actual animation obviously because that takes a
lot of training but you know the writing and the directing and stuff like that so
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