Pixar Animation Studios is an American CGI film production company based in Emeryville, California, United States.
The following is a list of all the television series or specials that Pixar has released or plan on releasing. Some of the television productions are produced by Pixar, while others are just based on the studio's films.
Title | Seasons | Episodes | Year(s) | Franchise | Network | Ref(s) | |
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Premiere date | End date | ||||||
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | 1 | 62 | October 2, 2000 | January 13, 2001 | Toy Story | UPN / ABC | [1] [2] |
Cars Toons | 2 | 15 | October 27, 2008 | May 20, 2014 | Cars | Toon Disney (season 1) / Disney Channel (season 1–2) | [3] [4] |
SparkShorts | 1 | 11 | January 18, 2019 | Present | N/A | YouTube (season 1) / Disney+ (season 1–present) | [5] |
Forky Asks a Question | 1 | 10 | November 12, 2019 | January 10, 2020 | Toy Story | Disney+ | [6] |
Pixar In Real Life | 1 | 11 | November 12, 2019 | September 4, 2020 | Various | [7] | |
Inside Pixar | 1 | 20 | November 13, 2020 | May 21, 2021 | [8] | ||
Monsters at Work | 2 | 20 | July 7, 2021 | Present | Monsters, Inc. | Disney+ (season 1) / Disney Channel (season 2–present) | [9] [10] |
Dug Days | 1 | 6 | September 1, 2021 | June 16, 2023 | Up | Disney+ | [11] |
Cars on the Road | 1 | 9 | September 8, 2022 | Cars | [12] [13] | ||
Lego Pixar: BrickToons | 1 | 5 | September 4, 2024 | Various | [14] | ||
Dream Productions | 1 | 4 | December 11, 2024 | Inside Out | [15] |
Title | Seasons | Episodes | Year(s) | Franchise | Network | Ref(s) |
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Premiere date | ||||||
Win or Lose | 1 | 8 | February 19, 2025 | N/A | Disney+ | [16] |
Title | Premiere date | Franchise | Network | Ref(s) |
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Toy Story of Terror! | October 16, 2013 | Toy Story | ABC | [17] |
Toy Story That Time Forgot | December 2, 2014 | [18] |
A half-hour television special, serving as a sequel to the short Tin Toy (1988) was considered, but Pixar felt convinced they could produce a feature film instead. [19] The project later became Toy Story (1995).
In 2005, Brad Bird was collaborating with Pixar, Disney, and Warner Bros. on a live-action film and television series adaptation of James Dalessandro's novel 1906 . [20] [21] In 2010, Disney and Pixar left the project due to script problems and an estimated budget of $200 million. [22]
At the 2013 Disney D23 Expo, it was announced that a fifth episode of the television series Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs, entitled To Protect and Serve, was in production. [23] [24]
A follow-up television series of Win or Lose was in development, but it was quietly cancelled. [25] [26] [27]
Pixar Animation Studios, known simply as Pixar, is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its critically and commercially successful computer-animated feature films. Pixar is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, a segment of The Walt Disney Company.
Walt Disney Studios Park is the second of two theme parks built at Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France. The park opened on 16 March 2002, and it is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Experiences division. Upon opening, it was dedicated to show business, movie themes, production, and behind-the-scenes, but in the 2010s, in a similar manner to Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Florida, it began to distance itself from the original studio backlot theming and entered a new direction of attraction development inspired by iconic Disney stories. The park is represented by the Earffel Tower, a water tower with Mickey Mouse ears similar to the one formerly located at Disney's Hollywood Studios, which in turn was inspired by the water tower at the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California.
Philip Bradley Bird is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He has had a career spanning over four decades in both animation and live-action.
John Alan Lasseter is an American film director, producer, and animator. He has served as the head of animation at Skydance Animation since 2019. Previously, he acted as the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios, as well as the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Peter Hans Docter is an American filmmaker and animator, who has served as chief creative officer (CCO) of Pixar since 2018. He has directed the company's animated films Monsters, Inc. (2001), Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and Soul (2020). From his nine Academy Award nominations, he is a record-three time recipient of Best Animated Feature for Up, Inside Out and Soul. Docter has also won six Annie Awards from nine nominations, a BAFTA Children's Film Award and a Hochi Film Award. He describes himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cartoons".
Andrew Ayers Stanton is an American filmmaker and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. His film work includes co-writing and co-directing Pixar's A Bug's Life (1998), directing Finding Nemo (2003) and its sequel Finding Dory (2016), WALL-E (2008), and the live-action film, Disney's John Carter (2012), and co-writing all five and directing the upcoming latter in Toy Story films (1995–2026) and Monsters, Inc. (2001).
Joseph Henry Ranft was an American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor. He worked for Pixar Animation Studios and Disney at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation. His younger brother Jerome Ranft is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar films.
Lightning McQueen is a fictional anthropomorphic stock car and the protagonist of the Disney/Pixar Cars franchise. He was developed by John Lasseter and co-director Joe Ranft from a story concept by Jorgen Klubien. McQueen's appearances include the feature films Cars, Cars 2, and Cars 3, as well as the animated series Cars Toons and Cars on the Road. He is also a playable character in each of the Cars video game installments. Lightning is recognizable by his red body with yellow and orange lightning bolt stickers featuring his racing number on his sides. He is primarily voiced by Owen Wilson.
Cars Toons is an American animated short series based on the Cars franchise. It features Lightning McQueen, Mater, and their friends in comedic antics and adventures canonical to the films. Larry the Cable Guy reprises his role as Mater while Keith Ferguson replaces Owen Wilson as the voice of Lightning McQueen until "The Radiator Springs 500 ½", when Wilson reprises his role.
Toy Story is an American media franchise created by Pixar Animation Studios and owned by The Walt Disney Company. It centers on toys that, unknown to humans, are secretly living, sentient creatures. It began in 1995 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, which focuses on a diverse group of toys featuring a classic cowboy doll named Sheriff Woody and a modern spaceman action figure named Buzz Lightyear.
Cars is an American animated film series and media franchise set in a world populated by anthropomorphic vehicles created by John Lasseter, Joe Ranft and Jorgen Klubien. The franchise began with the 2006 film, Cars, produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was followed by the sequels Cars 2 (2011) and Cars 3 (2017). The now-defunct Disneytoon Studios produced the two spin-off films Planes (2013) and Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014).
Forky Asks a Question is an American animated television series of short films produced by Pixar Animation Studios based on the Toy Story franchise, and is set after the events of Toy Story 4. It is the third Pixar short series, following the Cars Toons and Toy Story Toons. The series focuses on the character of Forky as he asks his friends different questions about life.
Win or Lose is an upcoming American animated television series produced by Pixar Animation Studios for the streaming service Disney+. It was created, written, and directed by Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates, who also served as executive producers with David Lally, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, and Lindsey Collins. The series revolves around a co-ed softball team at middle school named the Pickles in the week leading up to their big championship game, with each episode showing the perspective of each member in the same events, each reflected in a unique visual style.