Jurassic World won’t be the only dinosaur-centered adventure this year. Following up their excellent Inside Out, Pixar will be delivering another animation in time for Thanksgiving. The Good Dinosaur takes place in a future that imagines if the asteroids never destroyed dinosaurs, following an Apatosaurus named Arlo and his family. They are farmers and they need to get rid of “bugs” on their land, but it’s revealed it’s actually human cavemen.
We now have the first teaser, which sets up the basic story. “The heart of it has always remained the same in terms of the boy and the dog,” helmer Pete Sohn tells Yahoo!, speaking about the behind-the-scenes changes when Bob Peterson was removed the director’s chair. “I’ve been very diligent with the story team to kind of protect that and focus on that more. In terms of the world, it has kind of changed a bit here and there, and some of the characters have gone out and new ones have come in.”
Speaking to the changes of adding nature as the main antagonist, he adds, “We’ve been trying to find physical obstacles and and emotional obstacles for our main character, and nature can represent both. In a lot of the research that we’ve done, going out into the Northwest and out into the wilderness, I cannot tell you how beautiful and scary it can be, and how quickly nature can just turn on you. And we’re trying to finding the truth in that in terms of Arlo’s growth.”
Featuring the voices of Lucas Neff, Neil Patrick Harris, Frances McDormand, Bill Hader, Judy Greer and John Lithgow, check out the trailer and teaser poster below.
“The Good Dinosaur” asks the generations-old question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In theaters November 25, 2015, the film is a humorous and exciting original story about Arlo, a lively Apatosaurus with a big heart. After a traumatic event unsettles Arlo’s family, he sets out on a remarkable journey, gaining an unlikely companion along the way – a human boy. “The Good Dinosaur” is an extraordinary journey of self-discovery full of thrilling adventure, hilarious characters and poignant heart.
The Good Dinosaur opens on November 25th.