{"id":8498,"date":"2021-04-25T17:55:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T17:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/?p=8498"},"modified":"2021-04-25T17:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T17:57:52","slug":"first-transgender-pixar-role-22-vs-earth-and-luca-its-a-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/first-transgender-pixar-role-22-vs-earth-and-luca-its-a-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"First Transgender Pixar Role, 22 Vs Earth, and Luca – It’s A Wrap!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Academy Awards are this evening, so we’ll be intrigued to see how Pixar fare with their nominations.<\/a> But they’ve been up to a lot in the meantime! Here’s a Woody’s Round-Up of a bunch of very exciting Pixar news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pixar Are Casting For A Transgender Girl Role<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s been confirmed from various sources, including SparkShorts producer David Lally, that Pixar are indeed casting for a 14 year-old transgender girl role.<\/a> They’re looking for an actress aged between 12 and 17 who can accurately portray a 14-year old transgender girl, so we’re hoping – and expecting – that they will choose an actress who is a transgender girl herself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don’t know what upcoming project this will be for, so this is just speculation but: it seems likely that this will be for a future SparkShort. SparkShorts so far have done a really excellent job at telling stories and featuring characters that usually aren’t represented very well in media. Loop <\/em>featured a girl with autism, and director Erica Milsom has gone on to say that they worked with a non-verbal girl with autism to get the voice-over just right. We can’t wait to see where this upcoming project goes from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luca – It’s A Wrap!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Luca <\/em>is officially complete! Director Enrico Casarosa has tweeted about the wrap on Luca, <\/em>saying that both the visuals and the sound mix are now done and dusted. June 18th isn’t long away now, when Luca <\/em>will release on Disney+<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aaand we finished the sound mix at Skywalker last night! Its a wrap! A very strange feeling to have the movie done. A five year journey, highs and lows \u2026 amazing, especially this last year, been a trip \u2026 and what a fantastic crew.

Can\u2019t wait to share the film with the world.<\/p>— Enrico Casarosa (@sketchcrawl) April 24, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>