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Pixar boss reveals why it cut 'Elio's' LGBTQ storyline, says studio is making a movie, not 'therapy'

The 2025 film underwent a major creative overhaul following a 2023 test screening. Pixar's chief creative officer explained why it cut LGBTQ+ themes out of 2025's Elio. The animated film underwent a ...
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Pixar boss signals pullback on LGBTQ+ storylines: ‘We're making a movie, not … therapy'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pete Docter, shown in 2019 at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, says, "As time's gone on, I realized my job is to make sure ...
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Pete Docter Says Pixar Cut LGBTQ Storyline From ‘Elio’ Because ‘We’re Making a Movie, Not Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Therapy’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pete Docter, chief creative officer at Pixar and director of “Monsters Inc.,” “Up” and “Inside Out,” recently told the Wall Street ...
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Pixar creative chief admits he axed gay content from 2025 film “Elio”

Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter admitted in a recent interview that he ordered the removal of gay content from his studio’s 2025 animated film Elio because “some parents didn’t want ...
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Pixar boss reveals why it cut “Elio”'s LGBTQ storyline, says studio is making a movie, not 'therapy'

Pixar's chief creative officer, Pete Docter, has revealed why the studio axed a queer storyline originally written into last year's Elio. The animated film's major creative overhaul included removing ...
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Pete Docter Says Pixar Cut ‘Elio’ LGBTQ Themes Because “We’re Making a Movie, Not Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Therapy”

The animation company's chief creative officer said they did not want their film to force parents to have conversations they weren't ready to discuss with their children. By McKinley Franklin Pixar‘s ...