When it came to crafting the look of Luca, Casarosa deliberately veered away from photorealism. Part of it stemmed from creating a playful world as seen by a child on summer vacation, but also the ...

"Luca" ushered in a new trend under Pete Docter of quirky, personal storytelling and more experimental, 2D-inspired stylization. To be sure, director Enrico Casarosa’s coming-of-age story ...

In fact, celebrating the Italian dolce vita could well be the cartoon's main purpose. A gelato-sweet coming-of-age fantasy, Luca is inspired in part by The Little Mermaid, but mostly by the ...

Luca’s parents discover their son’s secret ... Other animation studios have featured queer protagonists to great success. Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe includes multiple queer characters ...

Petrana Radulovic is an entertainment reporter specializing in animation, fandom culture, theme parks, Disney, and young adult fantasy franchises. A third of the way into Luca, Pixar’s latest ...

Sea monsters lurk in the waters of Portorosso, the fictional Italian village in Enrico Casarosa’s radiant ode to young friendship, Luca. But they are friendly, and just as terrified of the ...

The studio’s next feature, Luca, is set on the Italian coast. The balmy setting is explored in the film’s first teaser, which dropped today. Luca is about the relationship between the title ...

Luca’s parents discover their son’s secret ... Other animation studios have featured queer protagonists to great success. Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe includes multiple queer characters ...