New 'Inside Out' Posters!

Two new posters have been revealed for Pixar's next feature-length movie, Inside Out.

As you can see above, the posters are filled with the five main emotions from the movie. Director Pete Docter describes the characters as their version of the seven dwarfs. "They're really pushed caricatures and have strong personalities." Here's an excerpt from Ed Catmull's book Creativity Inc. on Pete Docter's description of the characters:

"We have our main character, an emotion called Joy (Amy Poehler), who is effervescent. She literally glows when she's excited. Then we have Fear (Bill Hader). 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 (Lewis Black), Sadness (Phyllis Smith)--her shape is inspired by teardrops--and Disgust (Mindy Kaling), who basically turns up her nose at everything. And all these guys work at what we call Headquarters."

Inside Out arrives to theaters this upcoming year on June 19.

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Watch the First Teaser Trailer For 'Inside Out'!

The teaser trailer for Pixar's next highly anticipated movie, Inside Out, Is finally here!

The first half of the teaser highlights five different feelings from Pixar's classic films - joy, fear, anger, disgust, and sadness. Then we're introduced to where all these emotions reside, inside the mind of course! We see the memories depicted as glowing glass globes. When the memories are remembered, they roll down a labyrinth of chutes.

Joy retrieving a memory.

We also get a glimpse of Riley and her family, mundanely eating Chinese food. Riley is the eleven-year-old girl who is guided by these five emotions. In the movie, Riley's family moves from the Midwest to San Francisco when her father starts a new job in California.

Riley and her parents.

Pete Docter describes the emotions: "We have our main character, an emotion called Joy (Amy Poehler), who is effervescent. She literally glows when she's excited. Then we have Fear (Bill Hader). 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 (Lewis Black), Sadness (Phyllis Smith)--her shape is inspired by teardrops--and Disgust (Mindy Kaling), who basically turns up her nose at everything. And all these guys work at what we call Headquarters." (From Ed Catmull's book, Creativity Inc.)

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

You can check out the brand new website for Inside Out on Disney.com to read the complete synopsis for the film. 

The "major emotion picture" is directed by Pete Docter ( director of Monsters, Inc. and Up) and produced by Jonas Rivera (producer of Up). The movie is in theaters next year on June 19th.

'Inside Out' Details

Pixar's next movie, Inside Out, is directed by Pete Docter (Monsters Inc., Up) and is just over 400 days away from being released in theaters! Here's the original synopsis for the film:

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.

Mindy Kaling in the recording booth for Inside Out

About one month ago, Pixar's website updated the synopsis with a lot more details.

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.

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. 

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.

Ed Catmull's 'Creativity Inc.' comes out today!

Pixar's co-founder Ed Catmull has written a book called 'Creativity Inc: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration.' Ed Catmull is currently the president of Pixar and Disney Animation. With a Ph.D. in computer science, Catmull has contributed many important advancements in computer science. This is what his book is about: (from the 'Creativity Inc.' website)

"Creativity, Inc. is a book for managers who want to lead their employees to new heights, a manual for anyone who strives for originality, and the first-ever, all-access trip into the nerve center of Pixar Animation—into the meetings, postmortems, and “Braintrust” sessions where some of the most successful films in history are made. It is, at heart, a book about how to build a creative culture—but it is also, as Pixar co-founder and president Ed Catmull writes, “an expression of the ideas that I believe make the best in us possible.”

 Here are Ed Catmull's "Philosophies that protect creative process and defy convention:"

• Give a good idea to a mediocre team, and they will screw it up. But give a mediocre idea to a great team, and they will either fix it or come up with something better.
• If you don’t strive to uncover what is unseen and understand its nature, you will be ill prepared to lead.
• It’s not the manager’s job to prevent risks. It’s the manager’s job to make it safe for others to take them.
• The cost of preventing errors is often far greater than the cost of fixing them.
• A company’s communication structure should not mirror its organizational structure. 
• Everybody should be able to talk to anybody. Do not assume that general agreement will lead to change—it takes substantial energy to move a group, even when all are on board.

Get your copy of 'Creativity, Inc.' Today!