Pixar
American computer animation studio
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| 2025 | Released Elio, Pixar's most recent feature film. |
| 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 | RenderMan is set to render Inside Out 2. |
| 2024 | Pixar created a short film 'Uber' commissioned by Uber for the movie Inside Out 2 |
| 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 | RenderMan was used in rendering Elemental. |
| 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 | RenderMan rendered two animated films: Turning Red and Lightyear. |
| 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 | RenderMan was used in rendering Luca. |
| 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 | RenderMan rendered Soul. |
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