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“Everybody has a soul. Joe Gardner is about to find his.”
―Tagline
Soul is an upcoming American 3D computer animated science fantasy musical comedy adventure film produced by Pixar set to be released on June 19, 2020.[1] The film will be directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Kemp Powers, and produced by Dana Murray. It will be Pixar's 23rd feature film.
Joe Gardner is a middle school band teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.[2]
According to Disney Television Animation News' Twitter, #Soul envisions a world where souls are trained prior to becoming part of babies - which is why they immediately have personalities from birth. The story centers on a music teacher named Joe, who dreams at playing at a prestigious jazz club, and finally gets his chance.[3]
This will be the first Pixar film to have an African-American as the leading character as opposed to a supporting/secondary role for their previous films.
This will be the second Pixar film to be released on June 19, after the aforementioned Inside Out.
Coincidentally, both films were directed by Pete Docter, who is also producing this film following John Lasseter's departure.
This will be the first film to have Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross compose music for a Pixar film while this will be the second film to be a musical with Jon Batiste providing the songs, the first being Coco.
Thus, it is also the third Pixar film to have it music score composed by two composers after The Good Dinosaur and Onward (both of which are composed by Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna).
This is Pete Docter's first film to be produced in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio, as his previous films were in the 1.85:1 ratio.
Tina Fey collaborated with Amy Poehler, who voiced Joy in Inside Out, which was also directed by Pete Docter.
The Chinese food box that appeared on the stock marker's desk is the same one that appeared in previous Pixar films like A Bug's Life, Ratatouille, and Inside Out.
A broccoli pizza from InsideOut appeared among the pizzas when Joe tries to show 22 the joys of life.
Coincidentally this is Pixar's 23rd feature and, according to Pete Doctor, the story was born out fact even his now 23-year-old son had personality even as a baby.
This will be the first Disney film to be released in theaters since Pixar's previous film Onward, which was released three months earlier, due to the coronavirus outbreak.