I guess Pixar intends to follow through their
plans to tell more stories featuring “female and ethnic characters” as Lasseter so awkwardly put it. After Sanjay's Super Team, and Coco, we may get a story inspired by Indonesian folklore.
Update: It turns out this research trip to Indonesia was for Dragon Empire, not for a Pixar film.
The head of the Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf), Triawan Munaf, said he and other representatives of Bekraf met with representatives from Pixar in the US last Thursday who were interested in getting some expert insight into Indonesian stories.
"I conveyed to President [Joko Widodo] an interest from Pixar, delivered by John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, to explore and curate stories of the Indonesian people to be adapted and produced by Pixar," said Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) head Triawan Munaf in Jakarta on Monday.
He said a team from Bekraf took on the assignment and compiled information on a number of Indonesian folktales they considered worthy of being adapted into a movie and then recommended them to Pixar. "We then curated and compiled Indonesian folklore for Pixar and are now determining the next steps. We plan to not only involve Indonesian animators but also cultivate the industry as a whole," Triawan said.
However, he also tried to keep people’s expectations realistic by noting that Pixar movies take a long time to make. "Keep in mind, every Pixar animated film production takes three to five years to produce. But this project is important to show the world that Indonesia is rich with local wisdom and culture."
Source:
http://jakarta.coconuts.co/2015/11/03/p ... tale-movie
During his recent visit to the US on Oct. 29, Triawan and his team visited Pixar Studios and met with John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios.
“In his presentation, he talked about the studio’s creativity philosophy and at the end he asked, ‘please send me folktales from Indonesia, I will look at them and let’s make something out of it,’” Triawan told the Post on Thursday.
Lasseter, Triawan said, did not set any criteria for the desired tales. After submitting the stories, Triawan said he would visit Pixar in February for further talks.
Source:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015 ... pixar.html