No pressure… just don’t blow it! Launching February 19, the studio’s first original series takes the perspective of eight different characters as they prepare for a championship softball game.
Take a look at the new trailer and images just dropped for Pixar’s , which launches February 19 on Disney+.Directed, written and executive produced by Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates, and produced by David Lally, the series follows the intertwined stories of eight different characters as they each prepare for their big championship softball game.
The series reveals what it actually feels like to be in the shoes of each character—the insecure kids, their helicopter parents, even a lovesick umpire—with funny, emotional and uniquely animated perspectives.Will Forte stars as Coach Dan, alongside Rosie Foss; Josh Thomson; Milan Elizabeth Ray; Rosa Salazar; Dorien Watson; Izaac Wang; Chanel Stewart; Lil Rel Howery; Melissa Villaseñor; Jo Firestone; Flula Borg; Kyleigh Curran; Jaylin Fletcher; Erin Keif; Tom Law; Beck Nolan; Orion Tran; and Rhea Seehorn. The show includes music by composer Ramin Djawadi and original songs by CAMPFIRE and Djawadi. “I played softball growing up,” said Hobson.“Inspired by that experience, we felt fast-pitch softball was the perfect backdrop for the show.
There are so many facets to playing sports that I love—it can bring out the best and worst of a person, the calmest person can lose their temper.And when it comes to winning and losing—the consequences are nothing, and yet, they’re everything.We really felt like it was the best arena for the themes we loved.” According to Yates, the idea of spotlighting different perspectives was born of everyday life at Pixar.
“Carrie and I were officemates on ‘Toy Story 4,’” he said.“We were both story artists on the film, and we would talk about a lot of things going on in the film, as well as things going on in the world—current events, news.We would always have different reactions or different interpretations of the same meeting.
One of us would say, ‘That went great!’ and the other would say, ‘No! It was terrible, what are you talking about?’ We realized that our own experiences that we bring to the table change our perception of an event.We wanted to tell a story that illustrated all of that.”
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
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