Pixar's Onward

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New articles about the making of the film:

An Enchanting Look at the Making of Pixar’s Onward
https://ohmy.disney.com/movies/2020/01/ ... rs-onward/

Inside the Six-Year Journey to Make Disney and Pixar’s Onward
https://d23.com/inside-the-six-year-jou ... rs-onward/

'Onward': Why Chris Pratt and Tom Holland Make Perfect Elf Brothers (Exclusive)
https://www.etonline.com/onward-why-chr ... ive-139497

Why Pixar’s Onward Needs Magic To Tell Its Heartfelt Story
https://screenrant.com/pixar-onward-mag ... n-scanlon/

Tom Holland & Chris Pratt Are the Perfect Pair to Play Onward’s Elf Brothers
https://screenrant.com/pixar-onward-tom ... -brothers/

How Onward Strives to Maintain Pixar’s High Bar for Storytelling
https://screenrant.com/pixar-onward-sto ... lsey-mann/

Creating the Story of ‘Onward’: Embarking on a Fantasy Adventure with Pixar Animation
https://www.slashfilm.com/making-of-onw ... the-story/

Moving ‘Onward’: The Personal Story Behind The Upcoming Disney/Pixar Feature
https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2020/01/14/ ... g-feature/

Pixar's Onward: From Day 1 to Now – Our Behind-The-Scenes Interview with Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae [Audio]
https://www.pixarpost.com/2020/01/behin ... nward.html

[DisneyFan97]

I sill think the half dad thing is a bit too gross. This suposed to be Pixar goddammit! !
Not bloody Ren & Stimpy !

[Disney's Divinity]

I always hated Ren & Stimpy, but I don't think the half-body is that bad...

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My siblings used to watch that show sometimes and I hated it too. I can understand that the half-body can be off-putting for some people, but it's not like the dad is cut in half. There's no blood and they don't show the interior of the body. It's just that the upper part isn't visible yet because the spell to make him appear was stopped halfway through. Plus, most of the time it will be covered with that fake upper part the brothers put on him as a disguise during their journey so nobody notices there's something wrong with him.

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More domestic character posters and some international ones.

And I think this Japanese trailer hasn't been posted before.

[DisneyFan97]

Who will voice the three punk biker fairies ?

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'Onward' interview: Pixar producer Kori Rae says the film didn't always have a fantasy setting (exclusive)
https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/onward-inte ... 04172.html

As part of Pixar’s ongoing development cycles, studio creatives are annually invited to pitch potential projects, with only the most compelling ideas moving forward towards production. Rae says the initial pitch for the film was radically different.

“We pitched a couple of films,” Rae explained, “but this one obviously stood out because of the personal nature of it.

“The film was so different back then and they evolve and they change, but the heart of the story was still there. It was the story of two brothers who go on a journey to find remnants of their father. So there was a sibling aspect that was there from the beginning.

“And then – I can't spoil the ending – but we've had the ending of the film from the very, very beginning. And so that has been our stake in the ground so to speak, and so I think that ending... people really responded to [it] at the time when we first pitched it.”

“And that was the hook that everyone got excited about and could see, even though the film evolved so much over the coming years, that the heart – the sibling story and the heart of the ending – was really the clincher.

Was the fantasy element always been part of the story when it was pitched, we asked?

“There was always a fantasy [element], but we weren't sure how to portray it. Because there was magic, so first there was [just] magic, and it wasn't initially in a fantasy setting. That kind of came a little bit later, but we knew, because of the magic aspect of it and if we had wizards, that we would have to go that way, [to] go that route into a fantasy world.

“But at the very beginning it was really more about magic. And then it kind of unfolded and evolved into fantasy.”

In the article, the producer also explains why there's a 70s rock aesthetic to the film:

There seems to be a 70s rock aesthetic to it - prog-rock record covers specifically - particularly with Barley...

For him, yes. There were versions of the film where he was way more into music, and we shifted away from that. But he was a bard at some point or something in one of the many versions of the film that we worked on. But I think what we wanted, the character aspect of that, is just that he's brash and loud and into fantasy rock. Just because it would be annoying to Ian.

Just because it would be too much and too out there for him. So that was the whole point of that. The interior of his van, his vest. It's all just too much for Ian. It's just like what would Ian hate? And that's how we designed Barley.

[Disney Duster]

Awwww Barley's character looks so great!

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New TV spot: https://twitter.com/pixaronward/status/ ... 6396043264

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South Korean poster:


Source: https://twitter.com/MajorGroup/status/1 ... 1167422464

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Chinese New Year poster.


Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dis ... 28769.html

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Special Look at Disney and Pixar’s ‘Onward’ Coming Soon to Disney Parks (includes a promo with Octavia Spencer)
https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/ ... ney-parks/

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Artist Sues Disney, Pixar Over Unicorn-Adorned Van in 'Onward'
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-e ... rd-1274131

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Berlin Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Including World Premiere of Pixar's 'Onward'
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... up-1272607

Artist Sues Disney, Pixar Over Unicorn-Adorned Van in 'Onward'
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-e ... rd-1274131

If what that woman says is true, what Pixar did to her is quite wrong. They should've told her the real reason why they wanted to see her van and asked her for her consent to use it in the movie, plus reach an economic agreement if that's was she wanted.

[DisneyFan97]

Do you really think Pixar could cancel the whole movie when it already fully complete because of this lawsuit ?

Think all the money spent on animation, markting all thedialouferecored and also verius promtional tine in with Mcdonalds and siuch as well as the forgin dubbs that likely has already beebn made for a ton of different languages.

That's an insane amount of money too throw away !!

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Do you really think Pixar could cancel the whole movie when it already fully complete because of this lawsuit ?

Think all the money spent on animation, markting all thedialouferecored and also verius promtional tine in with Mcdonalds and siuch as well as the forgin dubbs that likely has already beebn made for a ton of different languages.

That's an insane amount of money too throw away !!

No. It's not the first time someone sues Disney or Pixar and it won't be the last.

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New TV spot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsl-6hhpmFg

No. It's not the first time someone sues Disney or Pixar and it won't be the last.

Yeah, I don't remember having heard of any of these lawsuits being won against Disney.

Here's what the people at Cartoon Brew think about it:

We see these type of infringement cases at least once or twice a year, where non-industry artists sue studios for infringement based on a tenuous link between their work and a studio’s film. Like most of these cases, Daniher’s complaint is weak.

That’s a personal opinion, but one that’s informed by having served as an expert witness for major animation studios on a number of infringement cases and having seen these cases play out up close. To win a case, Daniher would have to prove the standard of substantial similarity, something that she would have a lot of difficulty doing with the materials being presented.

While it’s certainly true that there’s a unicorn on her van and a unicorn on the van that appears in Pixar’s Onward, both Daniher and Pixar are drawing from the previously established lexicon of fantasy art. One could find hundreds (if not thousands) of images of similar unicorn fantasy motifs, and quite a few of these images also ended up on vans in the 1980s. Even the dark purple color scheme is not original — for Pixar, that’s deliberate because it’s a callback to all of the familiar iconography that has existed long before Daniher’s van.

There’s also the slight issue that Pixar’s character isn’t even a unicorn, but more of an alicorn/pegasus. But I guess when you’re all fired up about suing Disney and Pixar, minor details like that could be overlooked.

Source: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/law/disney- ... 85335.html


I didn't know vans decorated with fantasy motifs were popular in the 80s. I've looked for images on Google and it's true that there are many similar to the one in the movie. I've just remembered that there's one in Zootopia too, though that one has different colors.

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If what that woman says is true, what Pixar did to her is quite wrong. They should've told her the real reason why they wanted to see her van and asked her for her consent to use it in the movie, plus reach an economic agreement if that's was she wanted.

I believe her. I'm sure the artists at Pixar were inspired by her van regardless if it's a common motif or not. She'd have trouble proving that in court but if the producer is forced to testify, it will increase her chances. It should have never had come to this. If they had told her about it and payed her a small amount of money, I'm sure she would have been thrilled to have her van showcased in a Pixar film. This reminds me of when Disney copied the boat design in Moana without compensating the locals. Even if they aren't legally liable, why not give some money back to the community you're profiting from? It's not like they can't afford it.

Yeah, I don't remember having heard of any of these lawsuits being won against Disney.

It's rare but it does happen. The Olaf teaser one comes to mind.

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This reminds me of when Disney copied the boat design in Moana without compensating the locals. Even if they aren't legally liable, why not give some money back to the community you're profiting from? It's not like they can't afford it.

That's true, though it occurs to me that if they started to compensate people for every small thing they use as reference for their movies, maybe it wouldn't be viable for them to make them.

Yeah, I don't remember having heard of any of these lawsuits being won against Disney.

It's rare but it does happen. The Olaf teaser one comes to mind.

I think I never heard how that ended. Well, according to this article, both parties finally reached a deal, so technically they didn't win the lawsuit against Disney. But they achieved much more than others have.

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I think I never heard how that ended. Well, according to this article, both parties finally reached a deal, so technically they didn't win the lawsuit against Disney. But they achieved much more than others have.

That's was definitely a loss for Disney. They tried to toss the case out twice and failed and the preliminary hearings were going so well for the plaintiff that the judge actually sent the case to trial. Only then did Disney agree to settle. Sure, legally-speaking a settlement is not an admission of guilt but we all know they never would have done so if the evidence were in their favor. There have been other cases where Disney lost but this is one of the very few (if not only) of the "Disney stole my idea/art and used it in their movie!" type of lawsuits that they "lost".