Lou: Pixar’s Next Short Film


Published on 9/29/16 by Craig Smith




Pixar Short Film Director and Animation Supervisor, Dave Mullins, announced on his Instagram account yesterday, his latest project. He will be directing “Lou,” a new Pixar short.

We don’t have much more info than that, but we do have this awesome intro video for Pixar’s Lou. Have a look:

I’m so excited to announce that I’m directing Pixar’s next short film “Lou”! #insidepixar #himom

A video posted by Dave Mullins (@dave.mullins) on

Update 2/2/17: We got more information on Lou today. We now know that the new short will play before the highly-anticipate Cars 3 (in theaters June 16th).

pixar lou short cars 3

Image courtesy Pixar

Update 3/17/17: Here is an interview that Dave Mullins recently did with Engadget in which he discusses his latest project Lou.

Update 6/2/17: We now know that Pixar’s Lou will have its own soundtrack, which will be scored by Christophe Beck.  Beck is a very accomplished composer known for the Disney blockbuster Frozen and last year’s hit animated film Trolls.





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