Come Christmas day, we will officially be two Pixar films deep into quarantine.
Way back in March, right before the pandemic made the idea of going to see a movie in the theater as laughable and ill-advised as trying to have a reasonable discussion about politics with your in-laws, Disney released Pixar’s Onward, a very cute movie about two elf brothers on a quest through a modern, monster-filled world in search of a way to bring their dead dad back to life, if only for a day. It underperformed at the box office, which will happen when all the box offices are closed, but served as a nice treat when Disney decided to drop it onto its Disney+ streaming service a few short months later.
With disease levels spiking and theaters still closed, the Mouse has made the no-doubt painful decision to drop its big winter animated release, Pixar’s Soul, straight to Disney+, forgoing theaters (and hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue) entirely. It’s hard to be too happy about the circumstances—but on the other hand, maybe now is exactly the time for a movie with this message.
Soul (premiering Dec. 25) stars Jaimie Foxx as a talented musician who dies suddenly and accidentally winds up not in the afterlife, but in the beforelife—the place where souls hang out until they are born on Earth. There, he has to convince a reluctant soul that its life-to-come will be worth the struggle. (Considering the year we’ve had, I’m not so sure I agree.)
Otherwise, Disney+ is adding a few more original films to its meager content lineup this month, celebrating the holidays with a Frozen-themed Yule Log, and finishing off the second season of The Mandalorian. Here’s the full rundown.
The Mandalorian (Season finale 12/18)
On Pointe (Docu-series premiere 12/18)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Anastasia
Big
Big Sharks Rule
Godmothered (Disney+ Original premiere)
Man vs. Shark
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Sky High
Disney Channel’s Epic Holiday Showdown
Disney Holiday Magic Quest
Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric
High School Musical: The Holiday Special (Disney+ Original premiere)
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Safety (Disney+ Original premiere)
Arendelle Castle Yule Log
Buried Truth of the Maya
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (Season 1)
Disney Channel Holiday House Party
Disney Parks Sunrise Series (Season 1)
Disney Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure (Season 3)
Dory’s Reef Cam
Eddie the Eagle
Into the Woods
Miraculous World: New York, United Heroez
Burrow (Disney+ Original Pixar short film premiere)
Max Keeble’s Big Move
Soul (Film premiere)
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