Pixar’s “Elio” has gone through some pretty big changes.
The outer space adventure, which was announced in 2022 at D23, was initially directed by Adrian Molina, the co-writer and co-director of “Coco.” But the project is now being steered by Domee Shi, director of “Turning Red,” and Madeline Sharafian, who made the 2020 short film “Burrow” (it was meant to play ahead of “Soul” when “Soul” had a theatrical release, when that got shelved they both premiered on Disney+). TheWrap spoke to Pete Docter, chief creative officer of Pixar, about what happened on the road to “Elio.”
Docter said that Molina is still at Pixar and, what’s more, he “was taken on to a priority project that we’re not ready to talk about yet, but it’s very exciting and he’s excited about it as well,” even though he’s no longer involved with “Elio.”