Pixar's Turning Red Has A Lightyear Easter Egg, Confirms Director
The director of Pixar's newest film Turning Red confirms that it contains a hidden Easter egg for Lightyear. Premiering on Disney+ tomorrow, March 11, 2022, Turning Red tells the story of Mei Lee, a 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian girl who discovers that she turns into a giant red panda whenever she experiences great emotion. The voice cast of the film includes Rosalie Chiang, James Hong, Jordan Fisher, Ava Morse, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Sandra Oh, who will also star in this month's upcoming horror film Umma.
One of the defining characteristics of Pixar is the tight control the studio has over every detail of its productions. This includes sneaking in a variety of Easter eggs into every production, including a Pizza Planet truck (to reference their first film, Toy Story), the Luxo Ball (from their first short film Luxo, Jr.), and the number A113 (referring to a classroom at the Cal Arts school, where Pixar's John Lasseter went). In addition to the set of Easter eggs included in nearly every production (the presence of voice actor John Ratzenberger is yet another example), the producers also have a tendency to include references to upcoming films that Pixar is also working on.
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Screen Rant had the opportunity to sit down with director Domee Shi and producer Lindsey Collins about Turning Red. In addition to confirming that all the usual suspects will be present, including the "Pizza Planet Truck, Luxo Ball, [and] A113," along with references to some of Pixar's SparkShorts. They also confirmed that there will be a reference to the upcoming film Lightyear. Lightyear is a spinoff of the Toy Story franchise, following the origin story of the Buzz Lightyear
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