Pixar's Pete Docter: "We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy"

The Pixar studio head notably made drastic—and unsuccessful—efforts to re-animate last year's Elio into fiscal success.

Pixar Boss Explains Why He Cut LGBTQ+ Scenes From ‘Elio’: ‘We’re Making a Movie,’ Not ‘Therapy’

Pixar boss Pete Docter has addressed the reason their 2025 animated flop Elio was reworked to remove LGBTQ+ themes originally ...
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Pixar cut an LGBTQ+ storyline from ‘Elio’: “We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy”

Isn’t everyone tired?

Pixar chief defends cutting LGBTQ themes in film, calls to focus on making good movies, not 'therapy'

Pete Docter acknowledged Pixar's recent struggles and shift away from autobiographically-inspired films, telling directors to make movies that audiences can easily connect with.
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Every Pixar movie releasing after Hoppers (from 2026 to beyond)

Hoppers won't be the last Pixar movie, as the animation studio has several movies in development and set for release in the ...
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Pixar Boss Doesn’t Want LGBT Themes in His Movies

Pixar boss Pete Docter doesn’t want LGBT themes in his movies. "We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars ...

How Pixar's 'Hoppers' Survived 6 Years of Development With Its Personality Intact

Director Daniel Chong had four goals when he started to work on what would eventually become Pixar's "Hoppers," out in ...

Pixar boss risks wrath of woke mob by saying LGBT stories won't feature in future films because 'We're making a movie, not THERAPY'

We're making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy,' Pixar boss Pete Docter said in an interview published Friday.
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Behind the scenes at Pixar for the making of 'Elio'

EMERYVILLE, CA -- Disney and Pixar's "Elio" is about a lonely kid whose dreams of adventures in outer space come true when he's beamed up to the "communiverse," a sort of United Nations for aliens.

Pixar chief claims company’s movies are”not therapy” after LGBTQ+ scenes cut from ‘Elio’

Pete Docter, the chief of Pixar, has said the company's films are "not therapy", after backlash surrounding LGBTQ+ scenes ...