Disney will finally release in American theaters 3 Pixar feature films broadcast directly on Disney +.
Released directly on the Disney+ streaming platform, Pixar studio films Soul, Luca and Red Alert will finally be broadcast in American theaters in early 2024. The studio specifies in a press release that this will allow the public to “experience 3 Pixar films as they were meant to be seen“.
Following the closure of cinemas due to COVID-19, Disney chose to bypass theaters and release three Pixar films in a row – Soul in 2020, Luca in 2021 and Red Alert in 2022 – directly on Disney+. Today, with Disney in turmoil and CEO Bob Iger acknowledging that the company’s challenges are greater than previously thought, the studio appears to be backpedaling. Disney will therefore release in cinemas 3 original Pixar films appreciated by the public and critics.
Thus, Soul by Pete Docter and Kemp Powers will be released in American theaters on January 12, Red Alert by Domee Shi will be visible on the big screen from February 9 and Luca by Enrico Casarosa will be available from March 22. Each film will be accompanied by a short film as is tradition.
And in France ?
Contacted by us, Disney France is currently studying legal options to determine whether the media timeline allows them to broadcast these films in theaters while they are still on Disney+.
The next Pixar feature film to be released in French theaters will be Vice-Versa 2 on June 19, 2024. The highly anticipated sequel to the 2015 film reveals brand new emotions including Anxiety, discovered in the first teaser of the feature film.
Directed by Kelsey Mann, the film will allow us to find Riley, now a teenager. This will trigger a major upheaval within the headquarters which must face something unexpected: the arrival of new emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust – which have worked successfully for a long time – don’t really know how to react when Anxiety arrives. And it seems she’s not the only one…
The Vice-Versa 2 trailer