It looks as if Pixar is going to be taking a bit of a break from the sequel business that they have virtually built themselves on. Out of the past four Pixar releases, only one has been an original film, and they realize they need to get back to originality.
Pixar Studios President Ed Catmull spoke on on the situation and says that things are going to change a little bit.
“For artistic reasons … it’s really important that we do an original film a year,” says Catmull, who also serves as president of Walt Disney Animation. “Every once in a while, we get a film where we want or people want to see something continuing in that world — which is the rationale behind the sequel. They want those characters, which means we were successful with them. But if you keep doing that, then you aren’t doing original films.”
He went on to say that a plan (somewhat) in place. Catmull says that Pixar has a loose plan to release an original film every year and then a sequel every other year.
- The Good Dinosaur – May 30, 2014
- Inside Out – June 19, 2015
- Finding Dory – November 25, 2015
- Untitled Pixar Film about Dia de los Muertos – June 17, 2016
- Untitled Pixar Film – June 16, 2017
- Untitled Pixar Film – November 22, 2017
- Untitled Pixar Film – June 15, 2018
