In an interview with /Film, Pixar has revealed plot and casting details for Inside Out.
According to the interview, Inside Out is set inside the mind of an young girl named Riley who moves to San Francisco from the Midwest. Riley and San Francisco are the backdrop, but the film actually focuses on the five emotions that guide Riley in her day-to-day life—anger, joy, sadness, disgust, and fear.
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith)
The interview also explains how the emotions affect Riley’s outlook on life in the greater world.
The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although, Joy, Riley’s main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.
Pixar seems to have chosen the perfect actors to play Riley’s emotions. Lewis Black, in particular, is a great choice for Anger.
Inside Out is one of two different Pixar movies being released in 2015.
