To date, the studio’s only project has been the mystifyingly popular “ Star Wars: The Clone Wars” animated series. While it remains to be seen what Chapman will actually be working on at LucasFilm Animation, we certainly hope it’s something new and at least somewhat original. The resulting film left something to be desired. 'Armageddon Time' Reception Shifts Best Supporting Actor RaceĪfter her version of “Brave” proved too complicated, too dark, and too, er, snowy for Pixar, she was removed from the film and the studio’s vaulted Brain Trust collective, and replaced by storyboard artist Mark Andrews, who simplified things and (at the urging of the Scottish Tourism Board) made the Scottish setting lush and green. 'Cars on the Road': How Pixar's Animated Series Pays Homage to Ray Harryhausen and 'The Shining'ĥ0 Directors' Favorite Horror Movies: Bong Joon Ho, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, and More 'Inside Out 2' Surprises Audiences at D23 Expo Alongside Sneak Peeks of 'Wish' and 'Elio' Quite frankly they’re lucky to have her, as Chapman has had a creative hand in a number of genuine animated classics, among them “ The Lion King,” “ Beauty and the Beast,” “ The Little Mermaid,” and “ Up.” In December she told Pixar Portal that she was still in Pixar’s employ and that she was developing projects for the studio, but anyone with a passing understanding of what was going on behind the scenes of “Brave” knew that the relationship between Chapman and the studio was too fractured to have ever really been repaired.
Oooo mysterious!Īccording to a post on Pixar Portal ( via /Film), she will serve as a consultant on this LucasFilm Animation project. It seems LucasFilm Animation has hired her for an as-yet-unannounced project. Well, this isn’t exactly going to be shocking news to anyone who followed the long, sad history of Disney and Pixar’s “ Brave,” but it looks like Brenda Chapman, the film’s original director (she still wound up with a co-director credit even though she was removed from the film 18 months before the movie opened), has left Pixar for good.
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