Around that time, Pixar’s leadership showed an in-progress film called “Be Fri,” short for “best friends,” to Iger and other Disney executives. Soon after, Docter canceled the project, which was based on its director’s adolescent experience with a platonic breakup. Employees were stunned when a project three years in the works with roughly 50 people involved was scrapped. “It’s super hard to make sure we’re not just settling for a film getting better, but ensuring it’s great,” said Lindsey Collins, Pixar’s senior vice president of development.
Ben Fritz wrote:One of the girls would have connected to some fantastical characters. One source described to me as "like superheroes" and another as "Sailor Moon-esque."
