Pixar's Brave Looks to Hit the Target

Cars 2 was the first Pixar film to be perceived by many as a creative misstep " but what I saw today at Disney's D23 Expo from the next Pixar release, Brave, has me pretty confident that the amazing animation studio will be coming back strong next summer with another great film.

Opening up the portion of the Walt Disney Studios panel devoted to Brave, John Lasseter noted that Brave marked many firsts for Pixar, including their first period piece (set in the Highlands of Scotland) and the fact that it is their first film centered on a female character " and was what Lasseter said was their "first sort of fairy tale."