The descriptions for these new stills reveal a couple of new details about the movie:
In Disney and Pixar’s “Soul,” Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) is a middle-school band teacher whose true passion is playing jazz. When he gets lost in his music, he goes into “the zone,” an immersive state that causes the rest of the world to literally melt away.
In Disney and Pixar’s “Soul,” a middle-school band teacher named Joe finds himself in The Great Before—a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, to show her what’s great about living.
In Disney and Pixar’s “Soul,” a middle-school band teacher named Joe Gardner gets the chance of a lifetime to play the piano in a jazz quartet headed by the great Dorothea Williams. Featuring Jamie Foxx as the voice of Joe Gardner, and Angela Bassett as the voice of Dorothea, “Soul” opens in U.S. theaters on June 19, 2020.
I really dig the designs for the souls. Their whole world looks very creative, including the beings in charge. It definitely seems like it has that Pete Docter touch to it and I love he's incorporating elements of 2D animation in there.
"There are two wolves and they are always fighting. One is darkness and despair. The other is light and hope. Which wolf wins? Whichever one you feed." - Casey Newton, Tomorrowland
Yeah, I have more interest in eventually seeing Onward than this. Pete Docter is the only reason I'm going to keep my expectations open (well, and Phylicia Rashad). So far I'm not feeling what I see, but I loved Inside Out and Monsters, Inc. Then again, it could be like Up, which I mostly didn't like. I mean, I love the introduction with Ellie and Carl is a great character. On the other hand, the little boy was unbearable, and everything once they reached South America was.... Eh. Not fun.
Oh, Tina Fey and Angela Bassett are in this, too? I must've forgot that. I like both of them as well.
Listening to most often lately:
Taylor Swift ~ "Elizabeth Taylor"
Katy Perry ~ "bandaid"
Meghan Trainor ~ "Still Don't Care"
D82 wrote:I agree with you, Disney Duster, that the designs for the souls are not as compelling as the other characters' designs.
yes, but that seems to be what everyone here thinks, too!
estefan wrote:I really dig the designs for the souls. Their whole world looks very creative, including the beings in charge. It definitely seems like it has that Pete Docter touch to it and I love he's incorporating elements of 2D animation in there.
Ah, so we are in agreement about the beings in charge and the creativity of the Great Before!
Disney's Divinity wrote:Oh, Tina Fey and Angela Bassett are in this, too? I must've forgot that. I like both of them as well.
I think Angela Bassett hadn't been announced until now.
estefan wrote:I really dig the designs for the souls. Their whole world looks very creative, including the beings in charge. It definitely seems like it has that Pete Docter touch to it and I love he's incorporating elements of 2D animation in there.
Yes, the world and the characters in charge look really creative. The designs for the souls are not bad, but they look a bit too simple in my opinion, especially Tina Fey's character.
It also sounded like Richard Ayoade's voice on the being who says "Meet 22" at around 1:09 in the trailer, even though he hasn't been officially announced yet.
I also hope Pixar reveals what those things in charge are called soon, because I want to start calling them by their proper names.
"There are two wolves and they are always fighting. One is darkness and despair. The other is light and hope. Which wolf wins? Whichever one you feed." - Casey Newton, Tomorrowland
Disney's Divinity wrote:Yeah, I have more interest in eventually seeing Onward than this. Pete Docter is the only reason I'm going to keep my expectations open (well, and Phylicia Rashad). So far I'm not feeling what I see, but I loved Inside Out and Monsters, Inc. Then again, it could be like Up, which I mostly didn't like. I mean, I love the introduction with Ellie and Carl is a great character. On the other hand, the little boy was unbearable, and everything once they reached South America was.... Eh. Not fun.
Oh, Tina Fey and Angela Bassett are in this, too? I must've forgot that. I like both of them as well.
I will WATCH this JUAST FOR Tina Fey and Phylicia Rashad !!!!!
Maybe also a bit beacuse of Angela Bassett
I actually think UP iss WAYYY BETER than Wall-E Also t´like Ratatouille wat more than both of them.
I love Monsters Inc and Inside Out is a NEAR MASTERPICE !!!!
I assume the same holds true for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Blue Sky Studios, even though the article doesn't mention them.
"There are two wolves and they are always fighting. One is darkness and despair. The other is light and hope. Which wolf wins? Whichever one you feed." - Casey Newton, Tomorrowland
I assume the same holds true for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Blue Sky Studios, even though the article doesn't mention them.
It makes sense. They probably finished with voice work, score, sound, etc... So they basically only have to do the animation and the computer stuff and all of that can be done working from home.
From what I've seen from old videos of John Lasetter, the studio is very well prepped for working at home. They can do just about anything they would in the studio.
Eeep. Especially with the virus impacting Onward, I would've thought they'd have moved Soul out a bit more. With my asthma, even if we get the "okay" to go out, there's no way I'll trust the world by June! This might need to be the first Pixar movie I don't see in theaters if they keep that date...
I think Disney is handling the schedule all wrong. They're being delusional if they think the pandemic is magically going to abate by June/July. Even if theaters reopen, it's irresponsible to put audiences in harm's way. In my opinion, Disney should have written off 2020 completely and rescheduled all of their pics for next year.
I think they're just reserving the dates before other studios take them in case there's a chance the situation has improved by then. The Hollywood Reporter says the following regarding the announcement:
Sources at Disney note that release dates for all films could continue to move given the uncertainty over the global health crisis.
Like everyone else, I can't see this release date not being pushed back. A June release sounds outrageous especially when Pixar's other offering, Onwards, already suffered at the box office.
We’re a dyad in the Force. Two that are one. "I offered you my hand once. You wanted to take it." - Kylo Ren "I did want to take your hand. Ben's hand." - Rey
farerb wrote:I think that if the virus continues, Soul will be moved to November and Raya to March.
That's quite likely.
I would be surprised if Raya got moved to early next year. I think they wanted it to have a special spot if they put it in the Thanksgiving/Christmas area. I don't know, I just think they would probably put it in the summer over the spring. *shrug*
Listening to most often lately:
Taylor Swift ~ "Elizabeth Taylor"
Katy Perry ~ "bandaid"
Meghan Trainor ~ "Still Don't Care"
I definitely prefer Ratatouille to Up and WALL E. Ditto to Inside Out and Monsters, Inc. being two of their best films.
