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* [[Jacob Tremblay]] as Luca Paguro, a teenage sea monster curious about the world above the sea.<ref name="VarietyCast" /> He lives in the waters next to the [[Italy|Italian]] coast, in a farm where he herds [[goatfish]] with his parents.<ref name=mamasgeeky>{{cite web |url=https://mamasgeeky.com/2021/04/pixar-luca-characters.html |title= Get To Know The Characters And Cast Of Disney and Pixar’s Luca |date=28 April 2021 |website=mamasgeeky.com}}</ref> Although he's been warned his whole life that the human world is a dangerous place, he longs for something beyond his quiet farm life, so when Alberto takes him to explore Portorosso, his eyes open up to a whole world of possibilities.<ref name=mamasgeeky/> |
* [[Jacob Tremblay]] as Luca Paguro, a teenage sea monster curious about the world above the sea.<ref name="VarietyCast" /> He lives in the waters next to the [[Italy|Italian]] coast, in a farm where he herds [[goatfish]] with his parents.<ref name=mamasgeeky>{{cite web |url=https://mamasgeeky.com/2021/04/pixar-luca-characters.html |title= Get To Know The Characters And Cast Of Disney and Pixar’s Luca |date=28 April 2021 |website=mamasgeeky.com}}</ref> Although he's been warned his whole life that the human world is a dangerous place, he longs for something beyond his quiet farm life, so when Alberto takes him to explore Portorosso, his eyes open up to a whole world of possibilities.<ref name=mamasgeeky/> |
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* [[Jack Dylan Grazer]] as Alberto Scorfano, a teenage sea monster and Luca's best friend who is enthusiastic to explore the human world.<ref name="VarietyCast" /> He is a free-spirited, expressive and gregarious boy who is "all about having fun".<ref name=mamasgeeky/> |
* [[Jack Dylan Grazer]] as Alberto Scorfano, a teenage sea monster and Luca's best friend who is enthusiastic to explore the human world.<ref name="VarietyCast" /> He is a free-spirited, expressive and gregarious boy who is "all about having fun".<ref name=mamasgeeky/> |
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* Emma Berman as Giulia Marcovaldo, |
* Emma Berman as Giulia Marcovaldo, a human Italian girl who befriends Luca and Alberto.<ref name="VarietyCast" /> She is an "outgoing and charming adventurer with a love of books and learning".<ref name=mamasgeeky/> |
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* Marco Barricelli as Massimo Marcovaldo, an Italian [[fisherman]], [[Cook (profession)|cook]], and Giulia's father.<ref name="VarietyCast" /> He is an imposing and tattooed man born with only one arm. Despite Luca and Alberto being intimidated by his big size and skill with a knife, Massimo has a soft heart, especially for his daughter.<ref name=mamasgeeky/> |
* Marco Barricelli as Massimo Marcovaldo, an Italian [[fisherman]], [[Cook (profession)|cook]], and Giulia's father.<ref name="VarietyCast" /> He is an imposing and tattooed man born with only one arm. Despite Luca and Alberto being intimidated by his big size and skill with a knife, Massimo has a soft heart, especially for his daughter.<ref name=mamasgeeky/> |
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* Saverio Raimondo as Ercole Visconti, the local bully of Portorosso.<ref name="EW">{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2021 |title=Pixar's Luca teaser trailer gives Jacob Tremblay a sun-soaked Italian summer with sea monsters |url=https://ew.com/movies/pixar-luca-trailer-jacob-tremblay/ |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=Entertainment Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref> A repeat champion of the town's Portorosso Cup race, he is "a [[Vespa]]-owning, pompadoured blowhard who believes that everyone loves him and enjoys watching him eat sandwiches".<ref name=mamasgeeky/> He has two followers, Ciccio and Guido, who are ready to do his bidding.<ref name=mamasgeeky/> |
* Saverio Raimondo as Ercole Visconti, the local bully of Portorosso.<ref name="EW">{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2021 |title=Pixar's Luca teaser trailer gives Jacob Tremblay a sun-soaked Italian summer with sea monsters |url=https://ew.com/movies/pixar-luca-trailer-jacob-tremblay/ |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=Entertainment Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref> A repeat champion of the town's Portorosso Cup race, he is "a [[Vespa]]-owning, pompadoured blowhard who believes that everyone loves him and enjoys watching him eat sandwiches".<ref name=mamasgeeky/> He has two followers, Ciccio and Guido, who are ready to do his bidding.<ref name=mamasgeeky/> |
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Directed by | Enrico Casarosa |
Screenplay by | |
Produced by | Andrea Warren |
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Cinematography | David Juan Bianchi Kim White |
Edited by | Catherine Apple Jason Hudak |
Music by | Dan Romer |
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Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Luca is an upcoming American computer-animated coming-of-age fantasy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film is directed by Enrico Casarosa in his feature-length directorial debut, written by Jesse Andrews and Mike Jones, produced by Andrea Warren, and starring the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Marco Barricelli, Saverio Raimondo, Maya Rudolph, and Jim Gaffigan. The film will be dedicated to Italian musician Ennio Morricone, who was originally considered to compose the soundtrack, but died before he was asked to do so.[1]
Originally set to be theatrically released in the United States on June 18, 2021,[2] Luca is scheduled to stream exclusively on Disney+ in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Premise
In Portorosso during the 1950s, a seaside town on the Italian Riviera, a young boy named Luca shares adventures with his new best friend Alberto.[4] But Luca and Alberto are hiding a secret: they are both sea monsters from a world below the water's surface.[5][6][7]
Voice cast
- Jacob Tremblay as Luca Paguro, a teenage sea monster curious about the world above the sea.[8] He lives in the waters next to the Italian coast, in a farm where he herds goatfish with his parents.[9] Although he's been warned his whole life that the human world is a dangerous place, he longs for something beyond his quiet farm life, so when Alberto takes him to explore Portorosso, his eyes open up to a whole world of possibilities.[9]
- Jack Dylan Grazer as Alberto Scorfano, a teenage sea monster and Luca's best friend who is enthusiastic to explore the human world.[8] He is a free-spirited, expressive and gregarious boy who is "all about having fun".[9]
- Emma Berman as Giulia Marcovaldo, a human Italian girl who befriends Luca and Alberto.[8] She is an "outgoing and charming adventurer with a love of books and learning".[9]
- Marco Barricelli as Massimo Marcovaldo, an Italian fisherman, cook, and Giulia's father.[8] He is an imposing and tattooed man born with only one arm. Despite Luca and Alberto being intimidated by his big size and skill with a knife, Massimo has a soft heart, especially for his daughter.[9]
- Saverio Raimondo as Ercole Visconti, the local bully of Portorosso.[10] A repeat champion of the town's Portorosso Cup race, he is "a Vespa-owning, pompadoured blowhard who believes that everyone loves him and enjoys watching him eat sandwiches".[9] He has two followers, Ciccio and Guido, who are ready to do his bidding.[9]
- Maya Rudolph as Daniela Paguro, a sea monster and Luca's mother who's determined to keep her son safe.[8][9]
- Jim Gaffigan as Lorenzo Paguro, a sea monster and Luca's father,[8] a "well-meaning, but sometimes distracted dad who's very passionate about raising his prize-winning crabs."[9]
- Sandy Martin as a sea monster and Luca's grandmother.[11] Grandma knows that breaking a rule or two is part of growing up, and she's a little too happy to look the other way if Luca's rebellious side should emerge.[9]
- Giacomo Gianniotti as a local fisherman.[11]
Production
Development
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On July 30, 2020, Pixar announced a new film titled Luca as a "Italy-set coming-of-age story", with Casarosa directing and Warren producing.[12] It is the feature-length directorial debut of Casarosa, who has previously directed the 2011 Academy Award-nominated short film La Luna.[13] It is the first Pixar film to be made almost completely at home because of the closing of Pixar campus in Emeryville, California due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]
Casarosa has described Luca as a "deeply personal story", being inspired by his childhood in Genoa, Italy, with the title character based on himself and Alberto on his best friend of the same name.[15] Casarosa has stated: "my summers were spent on beaches ... I met my best friend when I was 11. I was really shy and I found this troublemaker of a kid who had a completely different life. I wanted to make a movie about those kinds of friendships that help you grow up."[16]
He also declared that the film's core is a celebration of friendship:
"Childhood friendships often set the course of who we want to become, and it is those bonds that are at the heart of our story in Luca. So, in addition to the beauty and charm of the Italian seaside, our film will feature an unforgettable summer adventure that will fundamentally change Luca".[5]
According to Casarosa, the result is a film that "pays homage to Federico Fellini and other classic Italian filmmakers, with a dash of Miyazaki in the mix too".[16] In addition of Fellini and Miyazaki's works, the films La Terra Trema (1948), Stromboli (1950) and Stand by Me (1986) were also cited as source of inspiration,[17] and Aardman Animations and Wes Anderson's stop-motion movies influenced Casarosa's artistic sensibilities.[18]
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To prepare for the film, Pixar sent several of the film's artists to the Italian Riviera for a research trip, during which they took photos of the area's landscape and peoples.[19] The film is rooted in the 50s and 60s, that Casarosa has described as a "golden age that feels timeless", with the music and designs inspired from that period "to capture a little bit of this timelessness of summer."[15]
The sea monsters featured in the film were pulled from Italian myths and regional folklore,[10] including local "little legends about sea dragons, creatures that either come to help or get into trouble".[20] Casarosa said: "I always found the old sea monsters on maps really fascinating. The mystery of the sea was so represented in the weird creatures that we used to draw. And that area has a lot of wonderful myths".[10] He also stated that the sea monster is a "metaphor for feeling different".[20]
Disney filed for copyright register the names "Portorosso" and "Isola del mare" ("Sea island").[21] The DisInsider initially reported that Portorosso, a reference and wordplay to Miyazaki's film Porco Rosso (1992), was going to be the title character's surname.[21] In the final film, Luca's surname is Paguro (Italian for "Hermit crab"), while Portorosso is the name of the village in which the film is set.
Casting
On February 25, 2021, with the release of the teaser trailer and poster, Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Maya Rudolph, Marco Barricelli, Saverio Raimondo (it) and Jim Gaffigan were announced as part of the cast.[10] Sandy Martin and Giacomo Gianniotti were announced on April 28 after the official trailer and poster were released.[11]
Tremblay voices the title character; Casarosa stated that working with him was "such a pleasure",[15] and "I love how earnest and innocent he is naturally. And he's playful and he's not afraid to try stuff so it was so much fun to improvise with him ... he's actually one of the few actors we had time to work with before the pandemic, so there it was so much fun."[15] According to Tremblay: "[Luca] really wants to explore the world and I can really relate to that, especially now. I really want to get back out there and just learn about different cultures, just like Luca. He really wants to go to this town in Italy and learn about their culture and become part of it."[22]
Casarosa stated that Grazer, who voiced Alberto, brings "a natural confidence and vulnerability" to the character, "who's a free-spirited teen sea monster with unbridled enthusiasm for the human world."[22] Giulia, an "outsider, misfit girl", is voiced by newcomer Berman.[22] Rudolph and Gaffigan, playing Daniela and Lorenzo, did get the chance to improv, with Casarosa highlighting the depth and warmth they bring to the roles: "She's a stern mother. She's a difficult and very controlling mother, but there's this other warmth to her that balances it."[22] Luca supporting cast includes actual Italian actors: stand-up comedian Raimondo voices Ercole; theater actor and director Barricelli, who has a "booming voice", voices Massimo;[10][22] Gianniotti voices a local fisherman.[11]
Tremblay stated that the relationship between Luca and Alberto "is gonna bring back a lot of memories when people watch this and I'm hoping that when people watch this, they'll be able to forget about COVID [...] It's so cool I get to be part of someone else's childhood. I think especially now the story is really special because, for me, I haven't really been able to see my friends because of COVID, of course, and this movie is all about friendship. So, when people see it in theaters, I hope they'll be able to remember hanging out with friends during summer vacation and just having a blast."[10][22]
Writing
On July 30, 2020, Jones announced that he would co-write the screenplay with Andrews, and that he was proud of it.[23]
It is the first Pixar film to involve Andrews, while Jones had previously co-written Soul (2020) and is also credited as a Senior Story and Creative Artist at Pixar.[24]
Jones stated: "To force a writing partnership is not an easy thing. Jesse and I ended up having a really great meeting of the minds about what we really wanted to say with this movie. Jesse had been on it for two years before me. He had really put in the time. This is about the greatest summer in these two boys lives and Jesse's voice with both of those boys was just so wonderful and hilarious and special and emotional. I felt in many ways that I'm just helping Jesse 'plus' that by trying to kind of apply a little bit more of story foundation."[25]
Animation
To prepare for the film, Pixar sent several of the film's artists to the Italian Riviera for a research trip, during which they took photos of the area's landscape and peoples.[19] During the research trip, Deanna Marsigliese, the film's art director, noted that they were watched by curious onlookers and chose to incorporate that into the character designs.[19] According to production designer Daniela Strijleva, it took a year to design Luca because they wanted to get to know him: "Enrico always wanted Luca to be a bit of an introvert and someone who was curious, but it took us a bit longer to figure out that Luca is a dreamer. He has a strong imagination and a really evolved inner life. That's when the character came to life for me."[9] A clay figure of sea monster Luca was sculpted to assist with the design process for the character.[19]
Casarosa described the characters' transformation scenes as "a big effort" due to the many iterations done.[15] He also stated that another big effort was finding a different look: "So, you're using the same tools roughly and you're not completely reinventing, but you're trying to bring some warmth, some texture, some imperfection. The computer naturally kind of wants to be a little bit realistic and perfect. So, for me, it was like, why don't we bring some painterly vibes to our pictures? How do we bring texture so that it’s a little more imperfect? And watercolor paper. I love to draw and I love to see the hand of the artist showing through and being a little bit expressive - in the world, because we were also wanting to take people to [see] Italy in this wonderfully enhanced and stylized way, but also in performances and the characters, wanting to make them feel a little bit handmade".[15]
Animation supervisor Mike Venturini stated: "Enrico, as a director and as an artist, was inspired in his youth largely by Miyazaki's film library, starting with one of his first projects … Future Boy Conan. That was one of Enrico's favorite things as a kid. So, initially, we watched a lot of episodes of that show. And they use a multi-limb style; it's boys being silly with a really broad physicality. He really liked that and hoped we could be influenced by that in some way. Then we kind of expanded our universe into the rest of Miyazaki's film library, which a lot of the animators on the show were already familiar with. So, on a larger feature film scale, we were looking at what were some of Miyazaki’s characteristics. That's what inspired us to try things."[18] In addition of Miyazaki's works, Casarosa stated that Aardman Animations and Wes Anderson's stop-motion movies also influenced his artistic sensibilities: "Some of that ends up in my drawings, that sketchy and expressive style. We wanted to bring that to the film because it felt like this is a kid's world. This is a playful world. And it felt true to the story to go in that direction. I love the immersion of 3D, but I sometimes I feel it can go towards coldness. So, I wanted to bring the warmth of imperfection. That's why some of the silly drawings made us laugh when we started boarding them and then put them on a screen."[18]
Casarosa and the team began testing new animation concepts, hoping to bring playful silliness to the characters by taking away some of the typically large amount of detail.[18] Areas of immediate focus were using a more 2D pose style, wider mouths with rounded, rather than angled corners, and multi-limb motions that brought a sillier feel to character movement.[18] Referring to the multi-limb motion, Casarosa said: "It’s an old-fashion cartoon technique in some ways ... It came out of the drawings, the essence of someone running extremely fast. We wanted to use the multi-limb technique in areas of the film where the characters were doing extreme physicality, where it would add to the personality of the silliness of the moment. There were only so many chances to use it. I wish there were more. But it was so much fun to use it when we could."[18]
Music
Originally, Casarosa wanted popular Italian film composer Ennio Morricone to score the film, but he died on July 6, 2020 before he could ask him to do so. The film will be dedicated to his memory.[26]
On April 1, 2021, Dan Romer was revealed to be the film's new composer.[27]
Release
Luca was originally set to be theatrically released in the United States on June 18, 2021 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.[5] However, on March 23, 2021, Disney announced the cancellation of the film's theatrical release, and that it will instead stream worldwide on Disney+ in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In international markets where Disney+ is not available, it will be released theatrically, with release dates yet to be announced.[3]
In November 2020, some concept arts of the film and the clay figure of sea monster Luca were shown in the second episode of Inside Pixar.[19] In December 2020, an early look to the film was screened at Disney Investor Day, and the clips and some screenshots were later leaked online.[28] On January 18, 2021, the first official image from the film was released by Empire.[29] On January 19, a promotional still was released on the cover of Italian magazine Il Venerdì di Repubblica, featuring Luca, Alberto and Giulia on a Vespa in one of the scenic backdrops from the film.[30]
Themes
Director Enrico Casarosa stated that the movie is a celebration of friendship, and "a love letter to the summers of our youth - those formative years when you’re finding yourself",[31] inspired by his childhood in Genoa, with Luca based on himself and Alberto on his best friend of the same name.[15] Casarosa stated: "My best friend Alberto was a bit of a troublemaker, [while] I was very timid and had a bit of a sheltered life — we couldn’t have been more different ... Alberto pushed me out of my comfort zone, and pushed me off many cliffs, metaphorically and not. I probably would not be here if I didn't learn to chase my dreams from him. It's these types of deep friendships that I wanted to talk about in Luca, and that is what's at the heart of this film."[31]
The sea monsters, based on old Italian myths and regional folklore, were defined by Casarosa as a "metaphor for feeling different",[20] explaining: "We were also a bit of 'outsiders', so it felt right to use sea monsters to express the idea that we felt a little different and not cool as kids".[31] Producer Andrea Warren expanded: "We always liked the idea that the metaphor of being a sea monster can apply to so many different things. There is a theme of openness, showing oneself and self-acceptance, as well as community acceptance. Confronting the idea that there's more to sea monsters than they realized. You know that they've only seen it through one perspective, one lens, and so I think that that's a wonderful theme in the film, which is that those ideas weren't right and that there's more to learn."[31] Casarosa agreed: "We hope that ‘sea monster’ could be a metaphor for all [manners] of feeling different — like being a teen or even pre-teen — any moment where you feel odd. It felt like a wonderful way to talk about that and having to accept ourselves first, whatever way we feel different."[31]
Some have seen Luca and Alberto hiding their true sea monster identities as an allegory for people who are members of the LGBTQ+ community, feeling as though they need to hide their true selves in order to be accepted.[32] Similarities and parallels to director Luca Guadagnino's film Call Me by Your Name, which centers on a romantic relationship between two boys in Italy, were also pointed out.[33] These prompted the question whether Luca and Alberto are gay;[32] however, Casarosa said that the characters were just friends and that the parallels to Guadagnino's film were only a coincidence, stating: "I love Luca's movies and he's such a talent, but it truly goes without saying that we really willfully went for a pre-pubescent story ... This is all about platonic friendships."[17]
Legacy
Books
On March 2021, it was announced that a series of books based on the film would be published on May 14:
- Luca Little Golden Book[34]
- Luca Deluxe Junior Novelization[34]
- Luca Read-Along Storybook with CD;[34]
- Luca Movie Theater Book and Projector storybook with discs and hand-held projector;[34]
- Step into Reading series: A Sea Monster Story and Friends are Forever[34]
- How to be a Land Monster[34]
- Luca Junior Novelization[34]
- Luca: Silenzio, Bruno!: When in Doubt, Shout It Out!'[34]
A The Art of... book and a Ultimate Sticker Book will be also released on May 18 and June 15, 2021 respectively.[34]
Merchandising
Funko produced a line of Funko Pop based on the characters of the film.[35]
A line of action figures and toy packs by Mattel based on the movie's characters will be available on July 1, 2021.[36] The toys packs include Luca & Alberto's Adventure Pack, the Luca Scooter Build & Crash Pack, and the Luca Stargazers Pack, with action figures of Luca and Alberto in both their sea monster and human forms (the head, torso, arms, and legs are removable and can be swapped out with the other form's pieces), Giulia, and several accessories, including Luca's shepherd's crook, crab, and two goatfish, Alberto's diving helmet, boots, and an old-school gramophone Giulia's telescope and astronomy book, and six interchangeable pieces that allow to build a scooter and swapping out pieces for a different formation.[36]
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