Soul (Disney+)
Speaking of movies that have been jumped from release date to release date because of the events of this year, Pixar’s latest offering, Soul, will be forgoing a traditional release and instead premiere on the Disney+ streaming platform on Christmas Day. The movie follows Jamie Foxx’s Joe Gardner, a jazz pianist and school teacher whose soul sets off on a remarkable journey to reconnect with his body after a serious accident. Time is of the essence for Joe’s soul, as he doesn’t have long to escape the Great Beyond before his body is lost forever.
Directed by Peter Docter (Up, Inside Out), the upcoming Pixar production features a star-studded supporting cast made up of Tina Fey, Questlove, Phylicia Rashad, Daveed Diggs, Angela Basset, and a ton others. Yes, even longtime Pixar voice actor John Ratzenbrergerr. Soul will be the first Pixar feature-length film to skip the theaters, which is something even Onward, the studio’s most recent film which moved to Disney+ less than a month after its initial theatrical release, didn’t do.