Win Or Lose’ Creators On Making Pixar’s First Long-Form Series (Video Interview)

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The series is directed by two first-time directors Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates, who also co-created and executive produce the show together. The series follows the intertwined stories of eight different characters as they each prepare for their big championship softball game. The show, according to the studio’s official synopsis, “reveals what it actually feels like to be in the shoes of each character—the insecure kids, their helicopter parents, even a lovesick umpire—with incredibly funny, very emotional, and uniquely animated perspectives.”

Cartoon Brew spoke with Yates and Hobson and their producer David Lally at Annecy in June, where the trio sneak-peeked an episode of the nearly finished series. Watch the interview below: …

Yates and Hobson have both worked on the studio’s features and it was while they were working together on one of the company’s films that the foundation of Win or Lose was laid.

Yates recalled, “Me and Carrie were officemates on Toy Story 4 and a lot of times we would come out of a meeting with different impressions of how that meeting went. That was something that really fascinated us. It’s interesting that you can both be in the same room and experience something completely different.”

Hobson added, “[We] wanted to explore the idea that everyone has a different perspective in life, so what if you could walk in someone else’s shoes?”