Luca (2021)
Luca was the link movie connecting Doctor Sleep and It Chapter Two.
Linked through Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer.
Both Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer appeared in Luca.
About Luca
"Prepare for an unforgettable trip."
Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
Directed by Enrico Casarosa
Written by Enrico Casarosa, Jesse Andrews, Simon Stephenson, Mike Jones
Where to watch
Disney Plus
Fandango At Home
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Powered by JustWatch
Top cast
Behind the camera
Box office
Awards
The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 79th Golden Globe Awards and for Best Animated Feature at the 94th Academy Awards.
Soundtrack
Score by Dan Romer
Dan Romer composed the film's musical score. Casarosa said the film's music and designs were inspired by the 1950s and 60s to capture a timeless summer feeling.
Movie trivia
-
1
Enrico Casarosa drew Luca from his childhood in Genoa, basing the title character on himself and Alberto on his friend Alberto Surace, who voices a fisherman in the Italian dub.
-
2
Development on Luca lasted five years and it is Casarosa's feature-length directorial debut.
-
3
Luca became the first Pixar feature made almost exclusively at crew members' homes after Pixar's Emeryville campus closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
-
4
Pixar sent several artists to the Italian Riviera to photograph landscapes and people as research; the film is set in the 1950s and its music and designs were inspired by the 1950s and 60s.
-
5
The sea monsters were pulled from Italian regional myths, including the Tellaro octopus, and old sea maps informed design details like fin shapes, decorative scales, and tail curves; Casarosa described them as a metaphor for feeling different.
-
6
Emma Berman prepared for Giulia by visiting an Italian restaurant in San Francisco and learning Italian through Zoom sessions with a waiter; Saverio Raimondo partly modeled Ercole on Giuseppe Anatrelli and reprised the role in the Italian-language dub.
Themes
Videos
If you liked this, try…
Or browse the full puzzle archive →