>>211960808 (OP)OK, I'm very cautious in saying this at this point in time for very obvious reasons, but I will admit: At least based on what is described on paper here...this MIGHT actually have some potential...
>The characters are non-Humans rather than ugly, brown DEI-mandated mutt-children with bean-mouths>Though the very well may be animals that can talk as per usual in animated movies, non-Human characters at least hopefully means that the project may emphasize visual & non-verbal communication, similar to Wall-E (this is a best case scenario though)>A small cast of primarily non-Human characters leaves very little wiggle-room for any idiots in the writing room to jam in any brief but intrusive IdPol shit (there won't be an attempted sub-plot about transexual children and their right to participate in sports or use whichever bathroom when your cast is composed of Stray Cats on the streets of Venice)>"Blends 2D hand paint textures with CG animation" like some of their more visually-appealing (and consequently more successful) previous Short FilmsAgain, with an air of admittedly "highly cautious optimism", I will say that the information about this project so far sounds like it MIGHT indicate an attempted Return To Form for Pixar and their priority being on Art & Universally-Relatable Storytelling rather than DEI ESG Quotas and Millennial Writers using the script as therapy for their highly specific, unrelatable ethnic & socio-economic upbringing.