“Animation Is the Most Timeless Kind of Storytelling”: ‘Moana 2’, ‘The Wild Robot’ and the Animation Roundtable
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Scott Roxborough
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Top animation directors reveal how their visionary films tackle real-world themes like AI, class divisions, and the power of community in a divided world.
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- Kelsey Mann, director of Pixar's record-breaking "Inside Out 2," battled overwhelming anxiety after being tasked with continuing the beloved franchise, but channeled that into the film's emotional core.
- Documentarian Morgan Neville innovated Lego animation to capture the synesthesia and creative process of musician Pharrell Williams in "Piece by Piece," even developing new Lego skin tones and hairstyles with the company.
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Josh Cooley, Kelsey Mann, Dana Ledoux Miller, Morgan Neville, Nick Park, Chris Sanders, Lupita Nyong'o, Pharrell Williams, Pete Docter, Paramount, Pixar, Disney, Focus Features, Netflix, Universal Pictures, Transformers One, Inside Out 2, Moana 2, Piece by Piece, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Wild Robot, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Star Wars, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Princess Bride, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jason and the Argonauts, Spartacus, The Ten Commandments, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Lilo & Stitch