Pete Docter is the chief creative officer at Pixar and he has also been the director of several of the animation studio's most original (and best) films, and he serves as a producer on Inside Out 2 (having directed and co-written the film).
As the person in charge of steering Pixar’s creative direction, Docter has a hugely influential voice at the studio, so it’s no surprise that some comments he made about Pixar’s future in a recent interview with Bloomberg Businessweek ended up going viral. All eyes have been on Pixar’s performances of late, as three out of their last five movies (Turning Red, Luca, Soul) debuted directly on Disney Plus, and before that Onward’s cinema run was strongly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Of the recent theatrical releases, Lightyear performed below expectations, and Elemental got off to a slow start, before demonstrating surprising legs for a solid overall total.
