New Trailer for 'Inside Out' and Pete Docter Q&A!

The new trailer for Pixar's Inside Out has arrived!

From the Disney UK YouTube Channel

In the trailer the audience is introduced to the headquarters of not only Riley but her parents as well. We get an inside look at mom and see the five female emotions wearing red glasses and attempting to get support from her husband. Meanwhile, in Dad's headquarters, the mustachioed male emotions would rather think about a sports game. Hilarity ensues.

"Sir, reporting high levels of sass!"

Here's the official synopsis 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. The voice cast includes Amy Poehler (Joy), Bill Hader (Fear), Lewis Black (Anger), Mindy Kaling (Disgust), Phyllis Smith (Sadness), Kaitlyn Dias (Riley), Diane Lane (Riley's mom), and Kyle MacLachlan (Riley's dad).

The five emotions that live in Riley's Headquarters

Pete Docter, the director of Inside Out, did a live chat on Twitter from @PixarInsideOut's account. Here are some of the highlights from the Q&A session:

@iTunesTrailers: 'Inside Out' is all about emotions personified. Which emotion did you have the most fun bringing to life? 

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Pete Docter: Anger. Wait, what does that say about me? Actually it's likely because Lewis Black was so great for the role.

@iTunesTrailers: How did you come up with the main character Riley, and all the emotions in her head? 

Pete Docter: We did lots of research & talked to psychologists to find what emotions science has identified. (Actually there are more than 5, but we wanted to keep it simple for the film). For Riley we looked at our daughters & their friends. People think we make this stuff up. Most is real life!

@iTunesTrailers: Joy is Riley’s main emotion. Which emotion is the most significant in your mind?

Pete Docter: It’s impossible to pick one — each is important at different times. We don’t choose emotions, they choose us. But joy seems the most important to me - also the least logical. It's the hardest to define but basically joy is the reason we take risks and try new things.

@iTunesTrailers: What is your biggest challenge when directing an animated film?

Pete Docter: For this one, this world is completely new and made up — It’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. To go in the mind, we couldn't look to toy stores or universities or Scotland to make sure we got it right.

@UncleScout86: Matching voices to characters must be difficult but these characters are embodiments of emotion. Was this fun casting process?

Pete Docter: All of our actors are so perfect. We looked for actors that embodied each character and we found them!

@SebaPixar: Who will be the protagonist.  Joy or Riley?

Pete Docter: Joy is our lead.  But the film has 2 stories that interrelate, and each affects the other (another challenge).

@MicheleDNC: How did you come up with the design for the emotions physical characters?

Pete Docter: Each is based on a shape. Sadness: teardrop. Joy: star. Fear: raw nerve. Anger: fire brick. Disgust: broccoli. I actually love broccoli, by the way.

@FutureMrsKawacz  Being a big Walt Disney World fan, was any part of this movie inspired by Cranium Command?

Pete Docter: Our film takes place in the mind, not the brain (no body functions). Fun fact: I animated on Cranium Command! You can see my head in the preshow. Sad fact: Cranium Command is now closed.

@ArtisticTeaBag: What's your favorite character's design in 'Inside Out'?

Pete Docter: There are some awesome characters in Subconscious and Dream Production you haven't seen yet... just wait!

@bets_johnson: Did you base a lot of the story of this movie on your personal experiences moving from Minnesota to California?

Pete Docter: More growing up generally. In the film, moving is a metaphor for growing up.

@ColetonBryan: What is your favorite part about working in animation?

Pete Docter: Nothing you see on screen is real, yet (when done well) people laugh and cry in response. Animation is amazing!

@DrewTailored: Was it a conscious decision, after making a movie as far out as 'Up', to make something as internal as 'Inside Out'?

Pete Docter: It was more about finding another new place that people have never been before. It was amazing to travel to South America, but learning about the human mind is even more incredible. Here we got to take people somewhere that everyone has been before, but no one has ever actually seen.

@Alexlikesfun: After the film releases, are you hoping that this will benefit Kids and Adults to understand others emotions better?

Pete Docter: Being aware of how people think and interact gives you a deeper understanding of life.

Inside Out director Pete Docter (Image Source: @iTunesTrailers)

Inside Out comes to theaters on June 19, 2015.

The Voices Behind Riley and Her Parents in 'Inside Out' & New Details!

Pixar's upcoming feature film, Inside Out, sounds like it could be one of Pixar's most creative movies ever (and Pixar and creativity are practically synonyms). The movie takes place inside an eleven-year-old girl's mind, and she is guided by five emotions: Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). 

"Come on, group hug! You to Anger!"

USA Today announced that the next trailer for Inside Out will be released tomorrow (Dec. 10) and also revealed the voices of Riley (the eleven-year-old girl) and her parents. Riley is played by Kaitlyn Dias, and the parents are voiced by Diane Lane (Riley's mom) and Kyle MacLachlan (Riley's dad). Director Pete Docter proclaimed that the parents play a just as an important role in the film as Riley does.

"I started out doing a film about growing up, but it turned out it's a film about me watching my kids grow up. These parents are realizing that their kid is changing. That's difficult. But it is a part of life. They are pivotal parts, knowing how joyful this kid Riley used to be and the young woman she's changing into."

Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, and Kyle MacLachlan (Images from IMDb)

 Not only do we get to go inside Riley's mind (her headquarters) in Inside Out, but we get to see inside the minds of her parents as well! The Dad's headquarters a very much like a Norad missile defense site and all the emotions have mustaches. In Mom's headquarters, the emotions wear red glasses who engage in civil discussions like in ABC's show The View. 

"There's our world which we're conscientious of and looking at," says Pete Docter. "So we're driving, eating dinner, whatever. And inside our head there's this whole rich internal dialogue and world no one else knows about. This film gets you inside each character's heads. We're intercutting to show what's going on inside each of their heads behind the scenes. What seems like a simple family dinner is actually fraught with all sorts of emotional angst and drama."

Riley and Her Parents

The "major emotion picture" arrives to theaters on June 19th, 2015.

'Finding Dory' Will Take Place At a Marine Life Institute

Pixar's general manager Jim Morris gave new information about the plot for Finding Dory at the CCXP - Comic Con Experience in Brazil today (Dec. 8). He also revealed concept art, unfinished scenes, and showed off a new software that helped create schools of fish. Here's what the movie's about (via ComicBookMovie).

The story of the movie will follow Dory, Marlin and Nemo as they set off on a journey to find about Dory's past and parents. The movie will be mainly set in the Marine Biology Institute of California, a huge complex of rehabilitation for marine life. Dory learns that she was born and raised there and was released in the ocean when she was a kid. We will see new characters, like an octopus, sea lions, a beluga whale and others.

Finding Dory Logo

It was first rumored over a year ago that Finding Dory would take place in an aquarium type attraction when The LA Times reported that Pixar directors John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton viewed the documentary Blackfish with it's director Gabriela Cowperthwaite. According to Louie Psihoyos, director of the documentary The Cove, at the end of Finding Dory some marine mammals were sent to and aquatic park- kind of like a Sea World environment. He went on to say that after seing Blackfish, a documentary that shows the injustice and problems within the sea-park industry, the Pixar directors  retooled the film so that the sea creatures now have the choice to leave that marine park. Gabriela Cowperthwaite said that Pixar employees were deeply impacted from her film, but Pixar declined to comment on the Blackfish story.

Finding Dory Concept Art

New characters for Finding Dory include Dory's parents Charlie and Jenny who will be voiced by Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton. Ty Burrell will also lend his voice to the film, he will be playing a beluga whale named Bailey. Ellen DeGeneres (Dory) and Albert Brooks (Marlin) will return for the Finding Nemo sequel as well.

"Oh boy! This is going to be good, I can tell."

Finding Dory is directed by Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, WALL-E) and will be released on June 17th, 2016.

Watch the Trailer for Gary Rydstrom's 'Strange Magic'

Gary Rydstrom, long-time sound designer and director at Pixar, is taking a crack at directing his own animated movie at Lucasfilm. The title for the feature film is Strange Magic, and it is a "madcap fairy tale musical" inspired by Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Hit songs will help tell the tale of goblins, elves, fairies and imps, and the crazy misadventures that come about thanks to a battle over a powerful potion. Watch the first trailer for Strange Magic below.

Gary Rydtrom has worked on several films at Pixar, going all the way back to creating the lamp's voice on Luxo Jr. Gary designed the sound for other movies at Pixar including Finding Nemo and Brave. He has even directed short films Lifted and Hawaiian Vacation. Gary has contributed his work to several non-Pixar movies as well, he was the sound designer for Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Wreck-it Ralph, and many other feature films. He has won seven Academy Awards in his career.

Gary Rydstrom (Image Source: FUNAmerica)

The cast for Strange Magic includes Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenowirth, Maya Rudolph, Alfred Molina, Evan Rachel Wood, and Meredith Anne Bull. The movie will be released from Touchstone Pictures, which is one of Disney's distribution banners. Check out some movie stills from the film below (via Collider).

Strange Magic will arrive to theaters on January 23rd, 2015.

Meet the Emotions From 'Inside Out'

Pixar has released short videos featuring each of the main characters from their next movie, Inside Out. You can "say hello" to each of the emotions by watching the five vignettes below.

Sadness is voiced by Phyllis Smith.

Disgust is voiced by Mindy Kaling.

Anger is voiced by Lewis Black.

Fear is voiced by Bill Hader.

Joy is voiced by Amy Poehler.

Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness live in the Headquarters, the control center inside eleven-year-old Riley’s mind, where they help guide her through everyday life. When Riley and her emotions can't adjust to their new life in the city of San Francisco, trouble arises in the Headquarters. It's up to Joy to keep things positive while the other emotions disagree on how to best direct Riley through a new city, house, and school. Inside Out is directed by Pete Docter (director of Monsters, Inc. and Up) and produced by Jonas Rivera (producer of Up). You can check out the character posters for the film here, and see the teaser trailer for the movie here.

The five emotions reside in the Riley's mind (her Headquarters).

Inside Out arrives to theaters next year on June 19th.