2. It Began With Balloons
Even before Wall-E was developing, Pete Docter had a notion of escaping from the annoyances of everyday life by somehow just... floating away.
Docter had always been a socially awkward child and, as an animator, preferred to work rather than attend lots of meetings. But sadly for him, producing big films like Toy Story and Monsters Inc. led to plenty of intense conference room sessions.
His need for alone time expressed itself in a whimsical, Miyazaki-like image which Docter sketched in 2004 - a flying house strung with hundreds of balloons.
From there, Docter and co-writer/co-director Bob Peterson began to flesh out the concept, with a little help from The Station Agent writer/director Thomas McCarthy.
What they settled on was an old, grouchy, set-in-his-ways codger with an oddl adventurous side.
Carl Frederickson was born…
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