NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The third straight Pixar feature film will go straight to Disney+, the Walt Disney Co. announced Friday.
鈥淭urning Red鈥� will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on March 11, the studio said. Kareem Daniel, chairman of distribution for Disney, cited the pandemic and the slower recovery for family films at the box office.
鈥淕iven the delayed box office recovery, particularly for family films, flexibility remains at the core of our distribution decisions," said Daniel in a statement.
The last two Pixar releases, 鈥淪oul" and 鈥淟uca,鈥� also went straight to streaming during the pandemic. Before that, 鈥淥nward鈥� launched in theaters in early March 2020, just as the pandemic forced theaters closed. It soon after began streaming to Disney+.
Disney describes 鈥淭urning Red鈥� as the story of 鈥渁 confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence.鈥� Directed by Domee Shi (who made the Pixar short 鈥淏ao鈥�), it's the first Pixar film helmed solely by a woman. Rosalie Chiang and Sandra Oh lead the voice cast.
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