Onward

About

Onward is an upcoming computer-animated film by Pixar Animation Studios. The film features vocal performances by Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer. The film is directed by Dan Scanlon.

History

On July 14th, 2017, Variety^[1] reported that Pixar had announced an upcoming project that takes place in a "suburban fantasy world." The film's director Dan Scanlon remarked, "This movie is a mixture of the fantastic and everyday."

The following year, on December 12th, 2018, Deadline^[2] reported that Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer would star in the film.

On May 30th, 2019, Pixar released a teaser for the film on YouTube. The teaser received more than 6.5 million views in less than six months (shown below, left).

Several months later, on October 10th, 2019, the studio released a full trailer for the film. The trailer received more than 3.6 million views in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).

Reception

Trailer Reaction

Following the release of the trailer, people posted their first impressions of the trailer, speculating primarily who would play the part of the main characters' father (examples below, left and right).

Twitter^[3] user @EightBitArt tweeted a parody of One Perfect Shot that included a screenshot from the American animated series Cow and Chicken (shown below, right).

Search Interest

External References