Pixar Barcelona Fantasy Film

Synopsis
From the creators of Coco, Inside Out and Toy Story, a new Pixar coming of age and friendship story, set in the charming Spanish city of Barcelona around the mid 90s: Jordi, a 13-years old boy living near the city, wants the life that boys of his age have and does so with his newfound best friend ( and possibly love interest) Martina, a girl of his same age from the city, playing soccer on the beach, competing with her in a paella eating contest and so on... although, actually, he is a mythical creature from Catalan folklore. In all of that, Jordi must keep his nature a secret and watch out for the snobbish city idol Victor.
Cast
* TBA as Jordi, a 13-years old ... ( a fantasy creature from Catalan folklore) and the movie's main protagonist
* Christina Applegate as Mamà Sandra, Jordi's overprotective mother
* Will Forte as Papà Esteban, Jordi's father
* TBA as Abuela Lupe, Sandra's mother and Jordi's grandmother
* Alfred Molina as Abuelo Tino, Sandra's father and Jordi's grandfather
* TBA as Martina Barca, a 13-years old human girl and Jordi's best friend
* TBA as Sofia Barca, Martina's late teens older sister and the movie's tritagonist
* Paz Vega as Manuela Barca, Martina and Sofia's widowed mother
* Mercedes Sampietro as Abuela Teresa Barca, Manuela's mother and Martina and Sofia's grandmother
* Miguel Angel Silvestre as Victor, the snobbish Barcelona local idol and the movie's main antagonist
* Ursula Corberò as Marta, Victor’s main fangirl and the movie’s former secondary antagonist
* Asia Ortega as Carmen, a young librarian and a friend of Martina
* Sergi Lopez as Tonio
* Carlos Cuevas as Street Musician
* Maribel Verdu as Senora Vega
* Constance Marie as Dona Adriana
* Peter Sohn as TBA
* TBA as Padre Benigno, a priest working in a local church
* Javier Bardem as Pablo Barca, Martina and Sofia's deceased father ( only as a memory voice)
* Scott Menville as additional voices
* Grey Griffin as additional voices
* Carlos Alazraqui as additional voices
Trivia:
* This is the fifth Pixar movie of the 2020s to be animated in a 1:85:1 aspect ratio after Luca, Turning Red, Elemental and Elio and the sixth Disney movie in general from the said period after Luca, Encanto, Turning Red, Elemental and Elio;
* This is the first Pixar movie incorporating Spiderverse-style animation similar to the two Spiderverse movies, Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish by DreamWorks and Wish by Disney;
* This movie features a variety of cameos from Catalan and Spanish culture in general:
* In a dream sequence by Jordi, many references to paintings by the famous Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalì are featured, including polygonal humanoid figures, giant bees, fishes, tigers and a giraffe with a flaming mane; also Snowflake the White Gorilla, the only known albino gorilla, who lived for many years in Barcelona Zoo in Parc de la Ciutadella, is featured ( and briefly appears physically during the end credits), as well as Don Quijote fighting windmills;
* Many songs by famous Spanish interpreters, such as Gipsy Kings ( during the Disney and Pixar opening logos), are included; the credits song is performed as a duet by the young Spanish singers Alvaro Soler and Ana Mena;
* Padre Benigno, the local priest, is named after Benigno from Pedro Almodovar's movie Talk to Her
* The guitar of the street musician is closely similar to Héctor's guitar from Coco;
* A poster of the first Toy Story film appears in a street, setting the movie around the mid 1990s;
* The Pizza Planet truck briefly appears as an old Spanish car in one scene;
* The A113 reference is featured as Martina's home address;
* A fish restaurant near the beach is called Restaurante Alberto, named after Alberto Scorfano from Luca;
* A reference to the upcoming Disney movie Benedicta, due out in November 2027, five months after this movie, is included, due to Benedicta also being the name of a... who is Jordi' family pet in the movie ( thus making this the first time a Pixar movie references an upcoming one by Walt Disney Animation Studios)
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