From the tepuis of South America to a monster-filled metropolis, Academy Award®-winning director Pete Docter has taken audiences to unique and imaginative places. In 2015, he will take us to the most extraordinary location of all - inside the mind of an 11-year-old named Riley.
Some of the cast for Inside Out was announced at the D23 Expo 2013. Amy Poehler is the voice of Joy, Lewis Black is the voice of Anger, Mindy Kaling is the voice of Disgust, Phyllis Smith is the voice of Sadness, and Bill Hader is the voice of Fear.
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| Mindy Kaling in the recording booth for Inside Out |
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.
Inside Out will be co-directed by Ronnie del Carmen, and produced by Jonas Riveras.
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| Inside Out concept art of Riley's mind |
Fast Company has published an excerpt from Ed Catmull's excellent new book, Creativity Inc. In this passage, Ed takes readers inside a Pixar Braintrust meeting, revealing some more information about Inside Out. Here's Pete Docter's explanation of the emotions in the movie.
"We have our main character, an emotion called Joy, who is effervescent. She literally glows when she's excited. Then we have Fear. He thinks of himself as confident and suave, but he's a little raw nerve and tends to freak out. The other characters are Anger, Sadness--her shape is inspired by teardrops--and Disgust, who basically turns up her nose at everything. And all these guys work at what we call Headquarters."
Later on in the chapter Ed explains how the brain works in Inside Out. The memories are depicted as glowing glass globes and are stored in the brain; moving through a maze of chutes into an archive. When the memories are remembered, they would roll down another labyrinth of chutes, like bowling balls being returned to bowlers at the alley.
Inside Out comes to theaters on June 19, 2015.
"We have our main character, an emotion called Joy, who is effervescent. She literally glows when she's excited. Then we have Fear. He thinks of himself as confident and suave, but he's a little raw nerve and tends to freak out. The other characters are Anger, Sadness--her shape is inspired by teardrops--and Disgust, who basically turns up her nose at everything. And all these guys work at what we call Headquarters."
Later on in the chapter Ed explains how the brain works in Inside Out. The memories are depicted as glowing glass globes and are stored in the brain; moving through a maze of chutes into an archive. When the memories are remembered, they would roll down another labyrinth of chutes, like bowling balls being returned to bowlers at the alley.
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| Fear, Sadness, Joy, (she's holding a memory!) Disgust, and Anger |
Pixar directors also had some things to say in the Braintrust meeting about the film. Here's Brad Bird's (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) praise for Inside Out.
"Pete, I want to give you a huge round of applause: This is a frickin' big idea to try to make a movie about. I've said to you on previous films, ‘You're trying to do a triple backflip into a gale force wind, and you're mad at yourself for not sticking the landing. Like, it's amazing you're alive. This film is the same. So, huge round of applause."
Inside Out comes to theaters on June 19, 2015.
This is actually the Pixar movie I'm most excited about :) Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteMe too! I have really big expectations for this movie.
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