D23 Expo Preview: Pixar's Inside Out From the Director of "Up"

Every year, Disney holds what's basically its own Comic-Con: the Disney's D23 Expo. The studio uses it as a favorable time to present previews and unleash a torrent of news across its entire line of properties. On Friday, it delved into its animation slate — and the unquestionable highlight was a look at a new film from Pixar.

The long-untitled film from director Pete Docter (Creative Creation from the Director of Up and Monster's, Inc.) and producer Jonas Rivera (Up) has a name -- Inside Out. The film features and takes place within the mind of an 11-year-old girl named Riley whose life is turned upside down when she has to relocate to San Francisco. But as the director pointed out, Riley isn't just the lead character of the film; she's also the setting. The movie takes place largely inside her mind, several emotions dominate Riley's brain, including Joy (voiced by Amy Poehler), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), Sadness (Phyllis Smith) and Fear (Bill Hader).

The film also allows Pixar's artists to innovative and imaginative in other areas of the brain such as Imaginationland (which looked very Disney-like), the Picasso-like Abstract Thought area and the Train of Thought that connects the brain worlds and which was quite literally a train. Inside Out opens June 15th 2015.

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