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‘Inside Out 2’, The Year’s Highest-Grossing Film, Is A Sequel That Takes The Original Concept To New Heights – Contenders Film: The Nominees


An interview with 'Inside Out 2' director Kelsey Mann about No. 1 film of 2024, its Oscar chances and more for Deadline's Contenders Film: The Nominees Event.

At $1.7 billion worldwide, his sequel to the Oscar-winning 2015 Pixar toon not only outgrossed that one to become the biggest Pixar hit of all time but won wide critical acclaim for taking to new heights of imagination and invention the concept of all these various emotions operating inside a young girl’s head, anxiety being chief among them. Mann took the reins of this one from the original’s director and now-Pixar chief Pete Docter and made the most successful feature directorial debut of all time. Mann emphasized the importance of a key character from the movie named Joy in describing how he overcame that anxiety.

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