John Lasseter Shines Spotlight on 'The Good Dinosaur' and 'Finding Dory' at The Cannes Film Festival

Audiences attending the Cannes Film Festival were in for a treat on Wednesday morning, as John Lasseter gave a detailed two-hour presentation on the upcoming film slate for Disney and Pixar. Audiences cheered with excitement, as unreleased plot details surrounding The Good Dinosaur and Finding Dory were revealed. As we share these details we wanted to point out that the descriptions now include new characters and situations from the films - in case you are avoiding them. Beginning with The Good Dinosaur, Variety notes;

The story centers on Arlo (Lucas Neff), an Apatosaurus, who after losing his father in a tragic accident, falls into a river, gets knocked out by a rock and finds himself in a land far away. As he makes the trek back to home to the Clawed-Tooth Mountains, he befriends a human cave-boy named Spot. “This is a boy and a dog story, but the roles are reversed,” Lasseter said. “Arlo, the dinosaur, is the boy in the story and Spot is the dog”—meaning Arlo stands upright and speaks, while Spot travels on his hands and feet and grunts.

The presentation continued to focus on The Good Dinosaur as Lasseter began to reveal character images of the dinosaurs. The audience admired T-Rexes, a Pterodactyl and a shaggy Velociraptor which Lasseter joked, “The feathers on the Veliraptor look like the haircuts of famous football players...we’re putting our own unique Pixar spin on the dinosaur world." Moving onto the next character (the environment), which was highlighted in one of the clips shown, as Arlo and Spot chase fireflies into a forest. “It’s unlike anything we’ve had before,” Lasseter said.“The level of believability we’re striving for in this film is going to be breathtaking.” If you remember, the film Brave was set in the beautiful Scottish hills and was animated with such realism that it appeared to be filmed with a live-action camera. So, hearing that The Good Dinosaur team is 'striving for more' has us excited to be immersed into this new world.

Who will be the musical composer for the The Good Dinosaur? According to Games Radar, it appears that Mychael Danna (known for Life of Pi) will compose the film. Back in April it was announced that Danna would make his Pixar composing debut for Sanjay's Super Team (the short paired with The Good Dinosaur). As fans begin to delve into his past work to learn about his musical point of view - we look forward to hear soundbites in the release of the official The Good Dinosaur trailer.

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