Director Enrico Casarosa And Producer Andrea Warren On How The “Sense Of Curiosity That ‘Luca’ Represents” Got ‘Luca’ An Oscar Nom

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Luca was nominated today for an Oscar in the Best Animated Feature category. While the film is one of three Disney features nominated this year, but Luca is the only Pixar movie.Speaking with Deadline after their nomination was announced, director Enrico Casarosa and producer Andrea Warren shared why they believe Luca was nominated.While the story of Luca is deeply rooted in Casarosa’s childhood, the theme of friendship was universal for the everyone working on the film. “I think that we all related to those friends that make that difference in your life,” says Warren. “For me, it was a friend where you just connect over things and you laugh at each other’s jokes and it’s that beginning of growing up and building confidence, and how meaningful that is to all of us.”“For me, it’s really about people feeling that emotion at the end of the movie,” says Casarosa, “both the tears of a goodbye mixed with hope for the future.

That was a big goal of kind of punching the heart of the audience at the end to really feel those emotions. And when you hear people really being affected by that, it was such a wonderful thing for me.”“We have a lot of different people say they really got the theme of Luca,” says Warren. “I feel other in this personal way, you know, and for every single person, that’s a different thing.

But that sense of curiosity that Luca represents bridges those differences, you know, and those connections and friendships are what can bridge any version of difference.”New and returning series on broadcast, cable and streamingSeries that made it or didn’t make it in 2020-21Broadcast networks’ fall lineups and schedules