First Look At Pixar’s Next Short “Lou”

Pixar has recently revealed some early details on the next animated short, “Lou”, which will be shown ahead of Pixar’s next movie, Cars 3.  Lou is about a unseen creature in a school’s lost-and-found bin helps teach a bully a lesson, it is a a six-minute short that has been directed by Dave Mullins and produced by Dana Murray.

Lou features baseballs for eyes and cloaked in a red hoodie, the title monster keeps a watchful eye on the kids on the playground in secret from his box. A boy named J.J. is a real terror, snatching a video game from his classmate and kicking a girl’s stuffed animal into a basketball hoop, and Lou decides it’s time for a high-jinks-filled comeuppance.

Dave Mullins spoke with USA Today about the project:

“You either feel invisible because you don’t know the other kids or you’re embarrassed and you want to be invisible. I thought it’d be really cool to have a character who could hide in plain sight,” says Mullins, an animator on the Cars movies, Finding Nemo and Up who makes his directorial debut with Lou.

“They’re usually just acting out because they’re awkward or young and don’t have their moral compass set. In a weird way, the bullies sometimes feel invisible, too,” Mullins says. “If you can find out what their motivations are, maybe you can solve some things.

“That’s what I like about Lou: True happiness comes from giving,” the director says. “He gets J.J. to understand that and through that, what J.J. wants really is to be accepted by the other kids.”

Are you excited for “Lou”?