Absolutely loved it, what a career highlight that was.
Pete Docters films have been my favorites over the years… dont tell the other directors.
What I havent had the chance to do yet was partner with Kelsey, which was an incredible honor.
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KELSEY MANN: Its been lovely.
The other part too is that youve done this job before and Im new at it.
DEADLINE: Can you talk about your research process into what happens to your brain during puberty?
WHAT IS HAPPENING? – InDisneyandPixar’s “Inside Out 2,” Joy (voice of Amy Poehler), Sadness (voice of Phyllis Smith), Anger (voice of Lewis Black), Fear (voice of Tony Hale) and Disgust (voice of Liza Lapira) are awakened to an alarming reality: everything is changing now that Riley is 13. Directed by Kelsey Mann and produced by Mark Nielsen, “Inside Out 2” releases only in theaters Summer 2024. © 2023 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.Disney/Pixar
The great thing with it, is its really good for a sequel.
Early on, I made a whole list of sequels that I love and ones that I dont like.
Why do I like these and why do I not like these?
Those are my favorite sequels.
So, I wanted to do that with this movie.
I want to deal with memories, and the memories are a great example.
You guys took something that we all know about, but you gave it a visual element.
What do they look like?
How do they work?
Whats a core memory?
You guys made all that and now its just part of our vocabulary.
We wanted to expand that out.
I remember talking early on about researching what happens to us as teenagers.
What does that look like?
And its really exciting, but its also incredibly daunting.
What does the belief look like?
What would this be?
He explored what the beliefs could look like and we ended up going down the direction of…
I knew I wanted them to be something you cared about, something that was emotional.
How did I emotionally attach to this thing?
Well, what about audio?
So, Riley says, Im kind, Im a good friend.
If I hear her say that, Im going to go, Oh, I already care about it.
What we want to do is make you care about something and then destroy it.
Take it away, take it away.
DEADLINE: As male filmmakers, tell me about bringing a female perspective to the story.
We needed to adjust, so we immediately got Meg LeFauve as our writer.
She was the first person we hired.
The story team was over half women, which is the first show thats had that ratio.
We tried to see as many women as we could get on the team to help really feed this.
MANN: Its true.
NIELSEN: Its really for everyone whos ever felt feelings.
MANN: Which cuts out some people…
NIELSEN: It does.
MANN: If you dont have any feelings, you might not like this movie.
