Pixar Announces New Untitled Fantasy Film From Monsters University Director

Pixar has announced a new, currently untitled film, set to be directed by Monsters University's Dan Scanlon, at the D23 Expo.

Announced during the Walt Disney Animation Studios panel, the film will be set in a suburban fantasy world, and concept art shown at the panel included a dragon, and a town with a water tower.

Scanlon will team up with producer Kori Rae for the project. On stage, the film was described as "based on a very personal story" told in a modern world featuring magic.

"I have always wondered who my father was and how I'm like him," Scanlon said on stage while describing the film, telling the story of how his father died when he was only a year old. The film will similarly tell the story of two men whose father died who head out into a mundane fantasy world to find a way to have one last magical day with him.

The world of the film does not feature humans, but rather elves, trolls, and sprites, or as Scanlon put it — "pretty much everything that would be on the side of a van in the ‘70s."

Other details of the world showcased included unicorns, which populate the world but act like rodents, eating out of the trash.

During the panel, Pixar also revealed which cast members would be returning for The Incredibles 2 as well as that Toy Story 4 has a new director.

Source: IGN