We haven’t even seen Pixar’s soul still (it would have been released in Cannes if it weren’t for the damn coronavirus), but we already know what the studio’s next feature will be: As announced this morning, Pixar will launch Luca on June 18, 2021, with the studio explaining on Twitter that it is a boy in Italy who has an “unforgettable summer”. That’s very vague, to the point of being almost uninteresting, but fortunately Deadline it has some much more interesting details—Like the fact that this unforgettable summer involves Luca enjoying “gelato, pasta, and endless scooter rides” with his new best friend. Molto bella!
Oh, too, the new best friend is actually a sea monster. We don’t know what kind of sea monster the friend will be, like some kind of tentacle nightmare, a prehistoric water horse, or a horrible fish like Patrick Wilson in Aquaman“But the two boys in the teaser image Pixar shared looked human, so perhaps the monster will dress up as a person during this unforgettable summer.” As long as the boy is finally exposed and chased by the townspeople with torches, we don’t care what kind of monster they are.
Luca It will be the directorial debut of Enrico Casarosa (who previously made the Oscar-nominated short film Pixar La Luna and worked as a storyboard artist on Ratatouille), and in a statement he said this is a “personal story” for him because of his surroundings (Casarosa grew up on the Italian Riviera) and because of his focus on impactful childhood friendships.
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