With "Up" nominated for the Best Picture award at the Oscars this year and an almost certain victory in the Best Animated Feature category, Pixar is clearly at the top of its game — which is exactly why a Pixar alumnus is looking to tip the scale by spinning a "Little White Lie."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chris McCoy and Jan Pinkava are teaming together to co-write "Little White Lie" for Laika Entertainment, the same company responsible for "Coraline."
Details of the film's story are currently under wraps, though the plot for "Lie" stems from "an original idea" by Pinkava. In addition to his work on the screenplay, Pinkava will direct the film.
Neither McCoy nor Pinkava are exactly household names, but the latter talent's work has been seen across a variety of Pixar movies including "Monsters, Inc.," "Toy Story 2" and "A Bug's Life." He also co-directed "Ratatouille" and has two other projects in development called "Here Be Monsters!" and "Paranorman."
It's hard to speculate too much on "Little White Lie" until more is known about the premise. Based on the title alone, I'm going to guess that the film is about how one little white lie causes a whole lot of trouble. That certainly has an animated film vibe. But again, not much is known just yet, so I'm keeping the speculation at a minimum.
That doesn't mean I'm not curious about the project. I loved "Ratatouille," so the idea of Pinkava bringing those same sensibilities to an animation studio other than Pixar is exciting, especially when that studio is the same company that brought us "Coraline."
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