Interview

Script Supervisor

Onward’s Story Supervisor on Crafting Another Poignant Pixar Tale

As fans have come to expect, Pixar will be hitting us all in the feels with their new release Onward today. The movie follows the adventures of elven teen Ian (Tom Holland), and his big brother Barley (Chris Pratt). They miss their dad, who died before Ian was even born. For Ian’s 16th birthday present, their ...

By Leslie Combemale  |  March 6, 2020

Interview

Director

Mythological Creatures Stand In for a Very Human Story in Pixar’s Onward

In Pixar’s newest feature, Monsters University director Dan Scanlon’s Onward, the studio created a fantasy tale set in present-day suburban sprawl. Magic used to reign, we learn, but it was also difficult, and this world of elves, fairies, and centaurs long ago adopted and then adapted to technological comforts. Now, unicorns snack from trash cans ...

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  March 5, 2020
It’s Road Trip Time in the First Official Trailer for Pixar’s Onward

They were last seen together battling side-by-side in both outer space and upstate New York in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, but now Chris Pratt and Tom Holland have an entirely different kind of epic quest to take on. Pratt and Holland play a pair of elf brothers who launch themselves on a mission to find ...

By The Credits  |  October 10, 2019
Pixar’s New Original Film Onward Revealed in Delightful new Trailer

It’s always big news when Disney-Pixar releases a new film. Onward marks the first non-sequel release in a while—three years to be exact, since the gorgeous Coco—and focuses on a pair of teenage elf brothers going off on a journey in search of magic. Monsters University director Dan Scanlon conceived of the project, writing and directing the film. ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  May 31, 2019