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Elio (Pixar - June 2025)
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Phroobar
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This isn't what we got."Pixar used Disney’s D23 Expo to reveal a new toon pic. Elio is about an 11-year-old boy who finds himself transported across the galaxy and is mistaken for the intergalactic Ambassador for our Planet Earth.
Yonas Kibreab (Obi-Won Kenobi) stars as Elio, with America Ferrera as his mom, Olga Solis. The pic is directed by Annie Award-winning Coco co-helmer and screenwriter Adrian Molina and produced by Mary Alice Drumm (Coco)."
‘Elio’: Pixar Sets New Pic About 11-Year-Old Boy Beamed Into Space; America Ferrera Stars & ‘Coco’s Adrian Molina Directs
Pixar used Disney's D23 Expo to reveal its next toon pic, 'Elio' is about an 11-year-old boy in space. America Ferrera and Yonas Kibreab among stars.deadline.com
Tha Realest
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Did they get rid of America Ferrera?
Disney Irish
Premium Member
And what about that description doesn't describe the final product?
Phroobar
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It's part of it but not the entire story.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Have you seen it yourself? The only thing different from that description is that America Ferrera is not in it.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
She had a scheduling conflict as I recall.
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
Yes! It has my $14. I kind of want it back. Does it have yours?
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Yes I saw it on Thursday before many others, and no I don't want my money back as it was money well spent in my opinion.
Agent H
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Off topic but I love the Disney 100 logo.
easyrowrdw
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Yes. I was referring to the movies the previous poster mentioned (Toy Story, Monsters, and Nemo). Humans were not the primary characters in those movies. Whatever design similarities those humans had is easier to overlook/ignore when you only intermittently encounter them. That is different than products like Red, Luca, and Win or Lose that have similar (unappealing IMO) human designs and those characters are the primary focus.There where humans in Up, Wall*E and Soul.
Don't get me started on Andy in Toy Story.
Casper Gutman
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Do you think these characters would look mismatched if interacting in the same shot? What if they were interacting with the characters from Spiderverse, which DOES have a very different style? How about Charlie Brown or Dog Man?There where humans in Up, Wall*E and Soul.
Don't get me started on Andy in Toy Story.
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It's not a bad movie, just "ok" for PIXAR, marketed horribly, and sandwiched between HHTYD, Stitch, Jurassic, F4, and Superman. I personally think moving it again to September/October would have been a better move since kid content will be light aside from Bad Guys 2, and gives it time to breathe until Zootopia 2
Phroobar
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I think Disney's confidence was low that is why they buried it.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
I had been hearing a theory out on the interwebs that the reason why Elio was moved to June 20th was to try to pull some focus away from Dragon. So it was sacrifice. And while it didn't have a huge effect, at least yet, it did have some.
It'll be interesting to see if it has a larger impact as time goes in the weeks to come.
It'll be interesting to see if it has a larger impact as time goes in the weeks to come.
Hawkeye_2018
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Still a ways to go to match Elementals half a billion worldwide