Chegando no final do conturbado 2020, Soul, a nova animação do estúdio Pixar Animations, está presente no estreante Disney+ no Brasil. E, no início de 2021, a Pixar e alguns animadores que trabalharam no projeto divulgaram as artes conceituais do longa animado:
This band’s got soul! Check out this early concept art of the Dorothea Williams Quartet! #PixarSoul pic.twitter.com/2DJ8u3UzOh
— Pixar (@Pixar) January 1, 2021
Epiphany boards… #PixarSoul (thread) pic.twitter.com/wYY9mL5FeZ
— Trevor Jimenez (@trevjimenez) January 1, 2021
What was your favorite part of the barbershop scene? (Concept art from #PixarSoul) pic.twitter.com/blx0dU1Gjz
— Pixar (@Pixar) January 1, 2021
Some more Barbershop boards, one of my fav scenes in the film written by @powerkeni. Worked so well already in script, was so much fun to board! #PixarSoul pic.twitter.com/Js24NDPufw
— Trevor Jimenez (@trevjimenez) January 1, 2021
I had a blast working on #PixarSoul and was given a lot of great opportunities. Here is one shot I animated. Originally it was just going to be Jerry standing and talking, but I showed this 2d blocking in dailies – almost certain that I was going too far – and Pete went with it! pic.twitter.com/Wq44gVlxXs
— Lucas Fraga Pacheco (@luchecopacas) January 1, 2021
#PixarSoul Moonwind art character packet pic.twitter.com/b5KxlhkwJU
— Dana Murray (@DanaLeighMurray) January 1, 2021
These are some early sculptures of The Zone, complete with Moonwind’s tiny ship to give a sense of the scale of the landscape. #PixarSoul pic.twitter.com/nymJNLf3iN
— Kemp Powers (@Powerkeni) January 1, 2021
Com a direção de Pete Docter (Up: Altas Aventuras, Divertida Mente), a trama segue Joe Gardner, um professor de música do ensino médio que ganha a grande chance de sua vida, tocar no melhor clube de jazz da cidade. Mas um pequeno passo em falso o leva das ruas de Nova York para um lugar fantástico onde novas almas obtêm suas personalidades, peculiaridades e interesses antes de irem para a Terra. Determinado a retornar à sua vida, Joe se une a uma alma precoce chamada “22”, que nunca entendeu o apelo da experiência humana. Ao tentar desesperadamente mostrar para “22” o que há de bom em viver, Joe pode descobrir as respostas para algumas das perguntas mais importantes da vida.
Com Jamie Foxx como Joe, o elenco de voz original ainda conta com Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad e Donnell Rawlings.
