Pyoro

Pyoro is an upcoming computer-animated adventure fantasy musical comedy film directed by Brad Bird, Lee Unkrich and Enrico Casarosa, and co-directed by Jan Pinkava, Pete Docter and Carlos Saldanha (Bird, Unkrich, Casarosa, Pinkava, Docter and Saldanha revealed that he had left Disney, Pixar, 20th Century Animation and Blue Sky Studios to join Illumination), and written by Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath. Produced by Illumination, Nintendo and Little Witch Pictures, and distributed by Universal Pictures. the second Illumination and Nintendo animated film since The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Character designs took inspiration from a mix of styles from directors such as Disney's The Princess and the Frog, Pixar's three films such as Ratatouille, Coco and Luca, Blue Sky Studios' Rio, and Illumination's Migration. The film was also inspired by Disney, Pixar and Blue Sky Studios animated films as well as the Nintendo animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie, due to how it influenced the approach to the characters. studio heads and producers Chris Meledandri by Illumination, Shigeru Miyamoto by Nintendo and Zack Isaac by Little Witch Pictures sought to focus on a filmmaker's vision for the project in comparison with Illumination and Nintendo's recent films. Randy Newman will compose the score, marking his collaboration with Disney and Pixar following Toy Story (1995).

Premise
The film follows Pyoro stars in a series of successful video games and is the inspiration for Wario getting into game development as they attempt to migrate from New Orleans, through Baton Rouge, and ultimately down to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Voice cast

 * Gabriel Bateman as Pyoro, a small red bird.
 * Jamie Foxx as Dr. Samedi, a witch doctor and he based on Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog and Baron Samedi from Voodoo lwa.
 * Kumail Nanjiani as Kyoro, Pyoro's father
 * Elizabeth Banks as Tori, Pyoro's mother
 * Alice Isaaz as the leader of New Orleans bird gang
 * Jordan Peele as Oiseau, a homestick Haitian Creole and French Louisiana-accent bird locked away away in New Orleans restaurant.
 * Kevin Hart as Anthony Samedi, a local bully and Dr. Samedi's first son he based on Ercole Visconti from Luca.
 * Daveed Diggs as Chef Samedi, a local chef, owner in the restaurant at Mona's, Samedi and Ernest's father, Anthony and Marcus' grandfather, he based on Chef Skinner from Ratatouille.
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Ernest Samedi, a musician, a singer, Dr. Samedi's brother and Anthony and Marcus' uncle he based on Ernesto de la Cruz from Coco.
 * Snoop Dogg as Marcus Samedi, a exotic bird smuggler, Anthony's brother and Dr. Samedi's second son he based on Marcel from Rio
 * Jaden Smith and Jaboukie Young-White as Clyde and Kyle, Anthony's henchmen and they based on Ciccio and Guido from Luca.
 * Don Cheadle and Mahershala Ali as Tuck and Dale, Marcus' henchmen and they based on Armando and Tipa from Rio.
 * Ving Rhames as Pierre Renaud, He based on Nadar Kessard the Health Inspector from Ratatouille.
 * Cedric Joe as Luke Hermittkrab, He based on Luca Paguro from Luca.
 * Shameik Moore as Alfred Lewis, He based on Alfred Linguini from Ratatouille.
 * Tamara Smart as Julie McWald, She based on Giulia Marcovaldo fom Luca.
 * Gabrielle Dennis as Chloe Thomson, She based on Colette Tatou from Ratatouille.
 * Justice Smith as Frankie, He based on Fernando from Rio.
 * Tex Hammond as Michael Robinson, He based on Miguel Rivera from Coco.
 * LeBron James as Edwin, a jazz trumpeter alligator and he based on Louis the Alligator from The Princess and the Frog and Louis Armstrong.
 * Shia LaBeouf as Ty, He based on Ray the Firefly from The Princess and the Frog.
 * Pedro Pascal as Wario
 * Charles Martinet as Giuseppe
 * Sebastian Maniscalco as Foreman Spike
 * Juliet Jelenic as Lumalee
 * Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Crygor
 * Ellie Kemper as 5-Volt
 * Henry Lynch as 9-Volt
 * Pharrell Williams as Young Cricket
 * John Ratzenberger as Master Mantis
 * Patton Oswalt as 18-Volt
 * Dana Gaier as Penny Crygor
 * Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson as Kat and Ana
 * John C. Reilly and Matthew McConaughey as Dribble and Spitz
 * Brad Bird as Orbulon
 * Victoria Justice as Ashley
 * Jenny Slate as Mona

Production
On April 2023, Illumination, Nintendo and Amblin Partners announced a new film titled Pyoro, with Brad Bird, Lee Unkrich, Enrico Casarosa, Pete Docter and Carlos Saldanha set to direct, and Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath set to pen the script, Bird, Unkrich, Casarosa, Docter and Saldanha previously directed by Pixar and Blue Sky Studios animated films Ratatouille, Coco, Luca and Rio.

Marketing
A teaser trailer for the film was released on April 2023, and was attached to screenings of Migration.