Pixar's Luca follows Luca Paguro (Jacob Tremblay), a young sea monster child with the ability to appear human when on land. While exploring the town of Portorosso in 1959, he meets fellow sea monster Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer) and human Giulia (Emma Berman), who soon become his best friends. When Luca runs away from his underwater home, he hides out in Portorosso with Alberto and Giulia, sparking the start of an unforgettable summer adventure.
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Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, Disney and Pixar’s original feature film Luca is a coming-of-age story about one young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend Alberto, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface who appear as humans when they're on land.
Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's anime influenced the creation of Luca, and it can be seen in the Pixar movie's setting, visuals, and characters.
Luca and Turning Red are starting a new trend of inclusivity themes for Pixar, something the CGI animation studio has not typically been known for.
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Pixar's Luca movie includes Grey's Anatomy actor Giacomo Gianniotti in a surprisingly on-the-nose role at the very beginning of the film.
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One of Pixar's traditions is adding an Easter egg that teases an upcoming movie. Here's where you can find each of these and what they're teasing.
Each of the main characters in Turning Red and Luca have a counterpart who match in terms of personality, motivation, or character arc.
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Both Encanto and Luca negatively use the name Bruno; however, this shared name between the two animated films may simply be a coincidence.
Luca was the most-streamed movie of 2022, and this success is a key reason why future Pixar movies like Turning Red are heading directly to Disney+
Disney and Pixar's Luca dominated the Nielsen film streaming charts to become the most-streamed film of 2021 with over 10 billion minutes watched.
After Luca, Pixar has Turning Red, Lightyear, and a TBC animated film on the release slate. Here are the details on all the upcoming Pixar movies.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Disney has relegated all of Pixar's theatrical movies to Disney+. Will this become the animation studio's fate?
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The director of Luca reveals how legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki served as inspiration for Pixar's latest animated feature film.
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