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Posted: **Sun Mar 08, 2026 6:08 am**

Around that time, Pixar’s leadership showed an in-progress film called “Be Fri,” short for “best friends,” to Iger and other Disney executives. Soon after, Docter canceled the project, which was based on its director’s adolescent experience with a platonic breakup. Employees were stunned when a project three years in the works with roughly 50 people involved was scrapped. “It’s super hard to make sure we’re not just settling for a film getting better, but ensuring it’s great,” said Lindsey Collins, Pixar’s senior vice president of development.

Source: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/pixa ... r-80c57f9d

Ben Fritz wrote:One of the girls would have connected to some fantastical characters. One source described to me as "like superheroes" and another as "Sailor Moon-esque."

Source: https://x.com/benfritz/status/2030127038011752752

Q: Was this Kristen Lester's film?

Ben Fritz: Yes.

Source: https://x.com/benfritz/status/2030303727119372663

Posted: **Sun Mar 08, 2026 9:05 am**

This was supposedly the June 2025 film before Elio took over in October 2023.

The sisterhood set-up sounds a bit too similar to Turning Red. Maybe that is why it got shelved.

I just found 45 seconds of storyboard footage! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH3en3zWd1U

Posted: **Tue Mar 10, 2026 12:51 am**

Too bad. Sailor Moon-esque sounds intriguing. And could've taken off, too, since KPOP Demon Hunters is sort of in that zone.

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