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Variety<\/a> spoke with John Lasseter for their March 10 issue, and the animation chief discussed sequels and how things are run at Pixar.
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photo via Variety<\/p><\/div>
\nThe article touches on Pixar’s philosophy of failure, which is encouraged in order to make room for risks. Once the fear of failure is removed, directors are freer to honor their ideas. It’s a strategy Pixar president Ed Catmull discussed at length in his book, Creativity, Inc<\/em>.
\nNaturally failure is on everyone’s minds as Pixar plans to release more sequels. Although they’ve haven’t produced a mediocre film (those biased against Cars 2<\/em> are bound to disagree), the public feels that the animation studio is relying too heavily on existing properties. It’s a little odd that people who dismiss Monsters University<\/em>, Finding Dory<\/em>, and Cars 3 <\/em>have been clamoring for a sequel to The Incredibles<\/em>. Even if that’s a film where a sequel likely makes the most sense, no one accuses Pixar of “selling out” or of that sequel merely being profit driven. With the exception of Toy Story 2<\/em>, Pixar’s sequels are never immediately released following the original film. Yet people have been demanding Brad Bird to make one for years.
\nLasseter also discusses Toy Story 4<\/em>, which has a confirmed co-director: story artist Josh Cooley<\/a>. Cooley’s credits include the upcoming Inside Out<\/em>, and he directed the short “George & A.J. ”
\nAddressing the concern over Pixar’s upcoming sequels, including the fourth , Lasseter has this to say:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not do any sequel because we want to print money,\u201d Lasseter says. \u201cWe do it because each of these films was created by a group of filmmakers, and to my mind, they are the owners of that intellectual property.
\n\u201cSo we look at it with the simple question: Is there another story we can tell in this world? And that desire has to come from the filmmaker group. Sometimes, the answer is an obvious yes. And sometimes it\u2019s, \u2018I love the characters and I love the world, but I don\u2019t have an idea yet.\u2019 And sometimes it\u2019s just, \u2018that movie is a great movie,\u2019 and the filmmaker wants to move on and do something else. And that\u2019s fine, too.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A bit of encouragement about Toy Story 4<\/em>: the treatment was written by Andrew Stanton. I think we can expect only the best.
\nThanks to Leo Holzer<\/a> on twitter for the heads up on this interview!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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