Pete Docter Says Pixar Cut ‘Elio’ LGBTQ Themes Because “We’re Making a Movie, Not Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Therapy”

Pete Docter Says Pixar Cut ‘Elio’ LGBTQ Themes Because “We’re Making a Movie, Not Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Therapy”

Pixar‘s chief creative officer Pete Docter is explaining why the Disney-owned company settled on cutting LGBTQ themes from their 2025 film Elio. In a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, Docter explained that Pixar did not want their film to force parents to have conversations they weren’t ready to discuss with their children. “We’re…

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‘Monsters, Inc. 3’ in the Works at Pixar; ‘Incredibles 3’ Set for 2028 Release

‘Monsters, Inc. 3’ in the Works at Pixar; ‘Incredibles 3’ Set for 2028 Release

The monsters are returning. In a recent profile with The Wall Street Journal promoting Pixar‘s latest movie, Hoppers, the publication revealed that the studio is developing a third Monsters, Inc. film. Monsters, Inc., directed by now–Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter, debuted in 2001 and followed Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and John P. “Sully” Sullivan…

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#‘Dream Productions’ Review: Disney+’s ‘Inside Out’ Spinoff Won’t Stir Big Emotions

#‘Dream Productions’ Review: Disney+’s ‘Inside Out’ Spinoff Won’t Stir Big Emotions

If the original Inside Out was preparing children for the world of adult emotional complexity, Disney+’s Dream Productions is designed to prepare children for the world of grown-up entertainment clichés. Basically HBO’s The Franchise for kids, the animated series is a flatly innocuous spinoff, wedged pointlessly between the two Inside Out films in a way…

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