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Pixar is reportedly considering rebooting The Incredibles and Finding Nemo as the animatiion studio leans further into popular franchises. Bloomberg published a report on the state of Pixar as Inside Out 2 draws closer. In their account, they revealed that the famed animation house is considering rebooting or revisiting a bunch of their storied successes in a hope to bank on existing fans. The Incredibles and Finding Nemo were the kind of massive successes that immediately paid dividends at the Disney Parks and with merchandise. With so much restructuring going on at the company, CEO Bob Iger and management are looking for wins where they can find them.

 

[GymWolf]

In this one the father has to find if nemo is trans or non-binary.

Spoiler

he is both

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

 

[YCoCg]

JFC Pixar, leave stuff alone.

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

Seeing a once-great studio go into creative bankruptcy leaves a horrible feeling in my aching heart. What a fucking disgrace.

 

[jason10mm]

As theatrical releases I think this is foolish, but The Incredibles at least, with a clear vision of the story, could work as a D+ series. Not sure Nemo has more stories to teel though.

Pixar seems to be losing the plot though, their success is telling a uniquely HUMAN story through the lens of a fantastical element (toys, fish, cars, bugs, etc). It was NEVER about the Fantastic element itself. But I do think Pixar struggles the closer to a human reality they show because their human aesthetic has been endlessly riffed on by Disney and other studios, making those films less distinct.

But I don't think Pixar is interested in broad appeal family stories anymore, they seem to be zeroing in on very niche experiences and the box office is suffering for it.

 

[kunonabi]

I wonder how they'll reset the incredibles again so that we don't get to see the whole family working together for the bulk of movie.

God the second one was such a letdown.

Edit: oh it might actually be a reboot, just brilliant.

 

[badblue]

In this one the father has to find if nemo is trans or nonbinary.

Spoiler

he is both

Finding Marlin or rather Finding Marlain.

I'm joking but I'm also surprised that Disney hasn't made a movie about male clownfish sex change considering it's a real thing and how they like to pander.

 

[Quasicat]

I literally was wondering if this was an old thread considering both have already had sequels. I miss the old Disney and Pixar.

 

[Billbofet]

They just keep out-Disneying themselves lately.

What an embarrassment.

 

[Saber]

The Incredibles sequel is so bad that they even forget Incredibles has a sequel lol

They are so desperate that have to resort on bring back old blockbusters.

 

[chromhound]

Nemo sequel? Nah....
The Incredibles sequel? Maybeeee....

 

[Stitch]

 

[AJUMP23]

 

[eerik9000]

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

That happened 18 years ago. "Up" was the last one that was greenlit before the acquisition and then Diznee turned them into a sequel and direct-to-video factory. I still believe they have the capability to come up with something great once every five years or so, but given how much Michael Mouse turned up the production rate, that is about 10% of their feature film output. The worst thing is that the other 90% isn't just unnecessary and unimaginative fluff, but sometimes even outright repulsive garbage like The Good Dinosaur, Onward, or Elemental.

 

[Lambogenie]

Why?

Incredibles aren't that memorable, just make a new family loosely connected.

Finding Nemo should just be an animated series like Tangled, but maybe skew down for a more Bluey approach. It's bloody fish. It should've been milked a long time ago.

 

[Durien]

I think they should make an Incredibles sequel where one of the family members is killed and how they deal with that.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Didn’t these already happen?

 

[TransTrender]

The gaps between the Nemo and Incredibles sequels were over a decade so going back to the trough this soon looks like desperation.
Also Incredibles 2 was quite shit so I can only hope the brand is damaged.
The article also mentions reboots so we all know how that will go.

 

[DragoonWalker]

Pixar use to be the pinnacle of creativity and thoughtful storytelling, now they're just the red headed stepchild B-studio. Nobody in crucial positions working there is the same as during their golden era, and all the talented young kids have got to Sony or Illumination because that's where the hype is now.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Seeing a once-great studio go into creative bankruptcy leaves a horrible feeling in my aching heart. What a fucking disgrace.

Truly.

I remember fondly when every year there’d be a new and marvelous Pixar movie, with a great story, great acting, great directing… just top tier cinema, guaranteed once per year.

Fuck.

 

[Valedix]

Please don't.

 

[RoboFu]

oh pixar can not make a good movie without John Lasseter. All they had to do was ignore a few unwanted hugs and harmless touching.

 

[Mossybrew]

Meh. I'd probably watch another Incredibles, I thought the second one was actually pretty good. Don't give a fuck about Nemo though.

 

[rm082e]

 

[ThatStupidLion]

PIXAR movies produced AFTER Disney bought Pixar......

June 18, 2010	Toy Story 3	Lee Unkrich	John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Unkrich	Michael Arndt	Darla K. Anderson	Randy Newman
June 24, 2011	Cars 2	John Lasseter Co-directed by: Brad Lewis	Dan Fogelman, Lasseter & Lewis	Ben Queen	Denise Ream	Michael Giacchino
June 22, 2012	Brave	Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman Co-directed by: Steve Purcell	Chapman	Andrews, Chapman, Irene Mecchi & Purcell	Katherine Sarafian	Patrick Doyle
June 21, 2013	Monsters University	Dan Scanlon	Robert L. Baird, Dan Gerson & Scanlon	Kori Rae	Randy Newman
June 19, 2015	Inside Out	Pete Docter Co-directed by: Ronnie del Carmen	del Carmen & Docter	Josh Cooley, Docter & Meg LeFauve	Jonas Rivera	Michael Giacchino
November 25, 2015	The Good Dinosaur	Peter Sohn	Erik Benson, Meg LeFauve, Kelsey Mann, Bob Peterson & Sohn	LeFauve	Denise Ream	Jeff & Mychael Danna
June 17, 2016	Finding Dory	Andrew Stanton Co-directed by: Angus MacLane	Stanton	Stanton & Victoria Strouse	Lindsey Collins	Thomas Newman
June 16, 2017	Cars 3	Brian Fee	Fee, Eyal Podell, Ben Queen & Jonathan E. Stewart	Kiel Murray, Bob Peterson & Mike Rich	Kevin Reher	Randy Newman
November 22, 2017	Coco	Lee Unkrich Co-directed by: Adrian Molina	Matthew Aldrich, Jason Katz, Molina & Unkrich	Aldrich & Molina	Darla K. Anderson	Michael Giacchino[a]
June 15, 2018	Incredibles 2	Brad Bird	Nicole Paradis Grindle & John Walker	Michael Giacchino
June 21, 2019	Toy Story 4	Josh Cooley	Cooley, Stephany Folsom, Martin Hynes, Rashida Jones, Valerie LaPointe, John Lasseter, Will McCormack & Andrew Stanton	Folsom & Stanton	Mark Nielsen & Jonas Rivera	Randy Newman
March 6, 2020	Onward	Dan Scanlon	Keith Bunin, Jason Headley & Scanlon	Kori Rae	Jeff & Mychael Danna
December 25, 2020	Soul	Pete Docter Co-directed by: Kemp Powers	Docter, Mike Jones & Powers	Dana Murray	Trent Reznor & Atticus Rosshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pixar_films#cite_note-overview2-3

June 18, 2021	Luca	Enrico Casarosa	Jesse Andrews, Casarosa & Simon Stephenson	Andrews & Mike Jones	Andrea Warren	Dan Romer
March 11, 2022	Turning Red	Domee Shi	Julia Cho, Shi & Sarah Streicher	Cho & Shi	Lindsey Collins	Ludwig Göransson[c]
June 17, 2022	Lightyear	Angus MacLane	Matthew Aldrich, Jason Headley & MacLane	Headley & MacLane	Galyn Susman	Michael Giacchino
June 16, 2023	Elemental	Peter Sohn	John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, Brenda Hsueh & Sohn	Hoberg, Likkel & Hsueh	Denise Ream	Thomas Newman

 

[Fbh]

Why?

Because no one cares about their new stuff and they seemingly have no one left that can come up with good ideas.
So they do what all creatively bankrupt companies do: double down on existing IP and nostalgia.

Pixar used to make fun movies with all sorts of creative ideas and themes.
Their last 4 movies are a boring spinoff (Lightyear) and a bunch of movies with shared themes about immigration and multiculturalism (Luca, Turning Red and Elemental)

Their last good movie IMO was Coco....7 years ago.

 

[MrMephistoX]

I wonder how much John Lasseter’s Me Too firing cost Disney creatively and financially at this point? Not that he was able to resist sequels but every film from Princess and the Frog through Moana and Zootopia was great and every film made since then has sucked. Pixar has been hit or miss but Onward, Soul and Elemental were at least unique.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Disney wants finding Nemo and incredible to be cornerstones, those movies were key in the 2000s and 2010s.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

That happened 18 years ago. "Up" was the last one that was greenlit before the acquisition and then Diznee turned them into a sequel and direct-to-video factory. I still believe they have the capability to come up with something great once every five years or so, but given how much Michael Mouse turned up the production rate, that is about 10% of their feature film output. The worst thing is that the other 90% isn't just unnecessary and unimaginative fluff, but sometimes even outright repulsive garbage like The Good Dinosaur, Onward, or Elemental.

Don't forget Turning Red which was inappropriate in its subject matter aimed at kids