Bob Petersen Removed From Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’

Trouble in Paradise? There are significant problems behind-the-scenes at Pixar once again after the Oscar-winning co-director of UP, Bob Petersen, has officially been removed from their forthcoming adventure, THE GOOD DINOSAUR. It’s not uncommon for the acclaimed studio to replace a filmmaker – it’s actually happened four times in their last eight films – but this appears to have the same controversial circumstances as BRAVE. Brenda Chapman lost her creative control and was replaced by Mark Andrews after working on the project for over two years.

The LA Times reports that Petersen (who has also provided voices in number of their pictures) will remain with Pixar, but will have his duties spread amongst various staff until an official replacement is named. These include CCO John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Peter Sohn and the aforementioned Andrews.

Pixar President Ed Catmull added:

All directors get really deep in their films. Sometimes you just need a different perspective to get the idea out. Sometimes directors … are so deeply embedded in their ideas it actually takes someone else to finish it up. I would go so far as to argue that a lot of live-action films would be better off with that same process.

We’ll keep you posted as a new named is sought. THE GOOD DINOSAUR features the voices of Lucas Neff, John Lithgow, Frances McDormand, Neil Patrick Harris, Judy Greer, Bill Hader and is scheduled to hit cinemas on the 30th May 30 2014.

Source: The LA Times