Pixar
American computer animation studio
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| 2025 | Lee Unkrich returned to Pixar to helm Coco 2. |
| March 2025 | Bob Iger announces Coco 2 is in development, scheduled for release in 2029, with Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina returning as directors. |
| 2025 | Pixar plans to release the animated film Elio, expanding their creative portfolio. |
| March 12 2025 | Premiere of 'Win or Lose', a new Pixar television series with 8 episodes. |
| 2024 | Pixar created two shorts for Inside Out 2: a 'Happy Meal' short for McDonald's and an 'Uber' short for Uber |
| 2024 | Pixar released the short film Self, directed by Searit Kahsay Huluf, on Disney+. |
| 2024 | Inside Out 2 was released, becoming a massive box office success with nearly $1.7 billion in worldwide earnings. |
| 2024 | Dan Scanlon left Pixar, concluding his work on unreleased film projects. |
| December 11 2024 | Dream Productions, the Inside Out TV series, premiered on Disney+ |
| October 2024 | Pixar began casting for an unannounced film project, specifically seeking Romani actors to voice two Romani characters. |
| September 2024 | Production of The Graveyard Book film was halted due to various factors, including sexual misconduct allegations against Neil Gaiman. |
| August 2024 | During the D23 Expo, Pete Docter announces Incredibles 3 is in development, with Brad Bird returning. |
| June 14 2024 | Pixar is set to release Inside Out 2, continuing their ongoing series of animated feature films. |
| May 2024 | Pixar proceeded with layoffs of 175 employees (approximately 14 percent of workforce). |
| January 2024 | Initially reported potential layoffs of 20 percent of Pixar's staff, which were delayed. |
| 2023 | Pixar released the short film 'Starling', directed by Mitra Shahidi, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. |
| 2023 | Pixar produced a 'Happy Meal' short for Elemental |
| 2023 | Pixar releases 'Carl's Date' short, which was theatrically shown with the film Elemental. |
| 2023 | Elemental was released, generating nearly $500 million in global box office revenue. |
| November 2023 | Jay Ward, creative director of the Cars franchise, announced he was working on multiple projects for the franchise. |
| June 2023 | A TV series based on Inside Out was announced to be in development for Disney+, with Mike Jones hired as developer. |
| June 2023 | Disney laid off 75 Pixar employees, including Lightyear's director Angus MacLane and producer Galyn Susman. |
| February 2023 | Disney CEO Bob Iger announces Toy Story 5 is in development, targeting a 2026 release. |
| 2022 | Pixar released the short film 'Pete', directed by Bret Parker, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. |
| 2022 | Pixar created a 'Happy Meal' short for Lightyear |
| 2022 | Neil Gaiman stated he has no involvement with the film adaptation. |
| 2022 | Pixar released two films: Turning Red and Lightyear, with Lightyear performing better commercially, earning $226 million worldwide. |
| November 2022 | Henry Selick reacquired the rights for The Shadow King from Disney, potentially reviving the project. |
| September 2022 | During the D23 Expo, Inside Out 2 is confirmed to be in development. |
| September 2022 | Jonas Rivera was promoted to Executive VP of Film Production at Pixar. |
| September 8 2022 | Cars on the Road, following Mater and Lightning McQueen on a road trip, premiered on Disney+ |
| March 2022 | Turning Red was released free on Disney+. |
| 2021 | Pixar produced a 'Happy Meal' short for the film Luca |
| 2021 | Pixar released 'Pixar Popcorn', a collection of short films associated with various Pixar feature films, which premiered on Disney+ and included shorts like 'To Fitness and Beyond' (from Toy Story 4), directed by Adam Rodriguez. |
| 2021 | Pixar released two shorts: Twenty Something by Aphton Corbin and Nona by Louis Gonzales, both on Disney+. |
| 2021 | Pixar released two animated shorts: '22 vs. Earth', directed by Kevin Nolting and released on Disney+ alongside the film Soul, and 'Ciao Alberto', directed by McKenna Harris and released on Disney+ with the film Luca |
| 2021 | Pixar released the 2D animated short film 'Twenty Something'. |
| 2021 | Luca was released, generating modest box office returns of just over $51 million during the ongoing pandemic. |
| September 1 2021 | Dug Days, featuring Dug from Up (2009), premiered on Disney+ |
| July 2021 | Monsters at Work, a television series spin-off of Monsters, Inc., premiered on Disney+ featuring characters from the original film. |
| June 2021 | Luca was released free on Disney+. |
| 2020 | Pixar released the short film 'Automaton', directed by Krzysztof Rost, which premiered at SIGGRAPH. |
| 2020 | Pixar created shorts for Onward (for McDonald's and Whirlpool Corporation) and Soul (for Allianz and McDonald's) |
| 2020 | Pixar continues the 'Forky Asks a Question' series, adding an episode about reading to the existing collection of conceptual shorts. |
| 2020 | Pixar produced four shorts: Loop by Erica Milsom, Out by Steven Clay Hunter, Burrow by Madeline Sharafian, and Out was shortlisted for the Academy Award. Burrow was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. |
| 2020 | Pixar released the animated short 'Lamp Life', directed by Valerie LaPointe, which was released on Disney+ and associated with Toy Story 4 |
| 2020 | Onward concludes with $141 million in worldwide gross during a challenging pandemic year |
| 2020 | Onward is released during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, earning $61,555,145. |
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