Inside Out 2’s Visual Style Was Influenced By A Surprising 2019 Adam Sandler Movie
Summary
The streaming plan forInside Out 2is reportedly revealed. Continuing the story of Riley as she experiences puberty and the woes of middle school,Inside Out 2adds new emotions to its cast including Embarrassment, Ennui, Envy, and Anxiety that will swell up in Riley’s brain alongside the existingInside Outemotions of Joy, Fear, Disgust, Anger, and Sadness.Inside Out 2features a leading voice castincluding Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Tony Hale, Liza Lapira, Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri, Paul Walter Hauser, and Adèle Exarchopoulos.
Now, the streaming release plan forInside Out 2is seemingly revealed byBloomberg. According to the source,Disney will giveInside Out 2a roughly 100-day windowof exclusive theatrical release before hitting streaming. The exact date on which Disney is planning to releaseInside Outto streaming has yet to be announced.
Is Disney Right To Be This Confident in Inside Out 2?
Pixar Movies Have Recently Struggled At The Box Office
In the past year, several films have been available to stream or rent or purchase on VOD under a month after they were released. If the reported timeline forInside Out 2is accurate,Disney is taking a vastly different approachas it seems confident that the Pixar film will succeed enough in theaters to warrant a long theatrical release. This boldness is not completely unfounded, as the firstInside Outfilm made $857.6 million worldwide. If its sequel could pull similar numbers, prolonged theatrical exclusivity would be well worth it. The longer wait for streaming could incentivize viewers to go to theaters instead of waiting it out.
On the other hand, recent trends in Pixar releases suggest that Disney may be overzealous when it comes to theInside Out 2streaming release timeline. The latestPixar films—Luca,Turning Red,Lightyear, andElemental— none of them passed $500 million in theaters. While it is important to note that neitherSoulnorTurning Redreceive typical theatrical releases, this trend is not good news forInside Out 2as it likely hopes to match if not beat the originalInside Out.
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An additional complication to Disney’s streaming strategy for the Pixar film is the competition from other films on the upcoming release calendar. A few weeks afterInside Out 2is released,Illumination releasesDespicable Me 4on July 3. TheDespicable Mefranchise has had multiple successes, soDespicable Me 4is expected to pull large numbers as well. This could hurt the staying power and week-by-week dropoffs ofInside Out 2as it faces stiff rivalries during its extended theatrical run.
Inside Out 2
Cast
Inside Out 2 is the sequel to the 2015 original film, which starred a young girl named Riley with a head full of emotions. - literally. With Amy Pohler as Joy, Bill Hader as fear, Mindy Kaling as Disgust, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, and Lewis Black as Anger, the all-star cast brought to life the emotions that adolescents face as they grow, change, and adapt to new situations. This sequel, currently in development, will bring Amy Pohler back as Joy, with Riley, now a teenager.
