Pixar has built a sprawling world inside the mind of Riley from Inside Out, and there’s just so much to dig out of the world that they decided to make a spinoff series.
Here’s the first trailer for Dream Productions starring Paula Pell (Girls5eva) and Richard Ayoade (The Mandalorian):
Here’s the official description:
Taking place in between the events of “Inside Out” and “Inside Out 2” is Pixar Animation Studios’ “Dream Productions,” an all-new series about the studio inside Riley’s mind where dreams really do come true—every night, on time and on budget. Riley is growing up and when her memories need some extra processing, Joy and the rest of the Core Emotions send them to Dream Productions. Acclaimed director Paula Persimmon (voice of Paula Pell) faces a nightmare of her own: Trying to create the next hit dream after being paired up with Xeni (voice of Richard Ayoade), a smug daydream director looking to step up into the big leagues of night dreams.
The series takes place before the events of Inside Out 2, and the cast of the movie is also set to reprise their roles as the core emotions of Riley in this show.
I have to say with shows like The Franchise and The Studio, this is the third movie to be a meta-series about filmmaking, complete with the clashing creatives and a writer’s room for dreams. It feels like they have a chance to flesh out more of Riley’s mind, but the film lover in me is just excited to see Pixar tackle a story about ‘filmmaking’ because it’s an art form about ‘making dreams come true’.
Dream Productions will only be a 4-episode limited series, and it comes to Disney+ on Dec. 11.
