Pixar has been the focus of headlines over the past month as its original comedy Hoppers made a splash with a great critical response and pleasing box office results, offering optimism for the Disney-owned animated studio’s ability to launch an original property on the cusp of Toy Story 5 becoming a likely behemoth this summer.
But Pixar has also been the subject of recent debate surrounding the revelation of a planned movie that is unlikely to ever come to life. On the day Hoppers opened last month, the Wall Street Journal published a story looking at the future of the company and confirmed that a feature called Be Fri (styled as BeFri) had been in development for years until it was scrapped in late 2023. The article noted that Pixar employees were stunned that a project that was three years in the making and involved 50 people would
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