Pixar’s ‘Soul,’ ‘Turning Red’ and ‘Luca’ Coming to Theaters After Disney+ Debuts During Pandemic

variety.com:

Jordan Moreau Pixar‘s “Soul,” “Turning Red” and “Luca” are coming to theaters after they originally had streaming-only releases on Disney+ during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The three movies will come to theaters nationwide in 2024, with tickets going on sale Jan. 2. “Soul” is coming to theaters on Jan.

12, “Turning Red” will be on Feb. 9 and “Luca” arrives on March 22. They will be accompanied by the short films “Burrow,” “Kitbull” and “For the Birds,” respectively. “Soul” (2020) was the first Pixar movie to release exclusively on Disney+ amid the pandemic while most theaters were closed. “Luca” (2021) and “Turning Red” (2022) also debuted on Disney+ the following years.

Pete Docter, Pixar‘s creative chief officer, spoke to Variety before the release of the studio’s unexpected hit “Elemental” earlier this year and said that the Disney+ rollouts “trained” families to watch the movies on streaming. “In the long run, there’s been a bit of a mixed blessing because we’ve trained audiences that these films will be available for you on Disney+,” Docter said. “And it’s more expensive for a family of four to go to a theater when they know they can wait and it’ll come out on the platform.