{"id":50200,"date":"2022-01-07T18:28:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T23:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=50200"},"modified":"2022-01-07T18:28:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T23:28:55","slug":"disney-pixar-turning-red-disney-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/07\/disney-pixar-turning-red-disney-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Pushing Pixar’s TURNING RED To Disney+"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Disney and Pixar are taking their animated feature Turning Red<\/strong> off of the theatrical release schedule, opting instead to debut the film on the Disney+ streaming service on March 11, the date it was expected to bow in theaters.<\/p>\n

The rationale for the movie given by Disney stems from concerns over the rising wave of the COVID-19 omicron variant and how it could affect theaters in the coming weeks. In a statement released today, the studio stated –<\/p>\n

Given the delayed box office recovery, particularly for family films, flexibility remains at the core of our distribution decisions as we prioritize delivering the unparalleled content of The Walt Disney Co. to audiences around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the fourth Pixar release to have its release altered by the COVID pandemic. Onward<\/strong> was released on March 6, 2020, just one week before theaters around the country closed their doors in response to the first wave of the pandemic. By March 20th, Disney had the film available on VOD and available as part of the library on Disney+ on April 3. Soul<\/strong> and Luca<\/strong> both bypassed theaters in favor of being premiered on the streaming service. The last Pixar film to have a normal theatrical release was 2019’s Toy Story 4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Disney’s press release synopsizes the story thusly –<\/p>\n

Disney and Pixar\u2019s Turning Red<\/strong> introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother\u2019s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter\u2014an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren\u2019t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she \u201cpoofs\u201d into a giant red panda!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being Red<\/strong> is the feature debut for director Domee Shi, who won an Academy Award for animated short film Bao<\/strong>, which Pixar also released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The PIXAR film is not the first to be moved from a theatrical release to premier on the Disney+ streaming service.<\/div>\n

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