- Pixar’s “Lou” is nominated for best animated short at the 2018 Oscars.
- INSIDER spoke with director and writer Dave Mullins about the five-year journey to bring “Lou” to theaters in front of “Cars 3.”
- The short was inspired by the feeling of being the new kid at school.
- At one point, they considered making the main character, Lou, the short’s villain.
- A lot of the Easter eggs in the movie are nods to his family. A little girl is designed around his daughter when young.
- Mullins is currently working on “Incredibles 2.”
The 2018 Oscars are Sunday and among nominated shorts and films is “Lou,” one of the latest Pixar animated shorts that played in front of “Cars 3.”
It follows an anthropomorphic creature, Lou, who is made out of items in a lost-and-found box in a playground. Through the six-minute short, he helps a young bully, J.J., stop stealing from other kids and, instead, inspires him to start reuniting all of the kids with their missing belongings.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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