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Animal-lover Mabel seizes an opportunity to use a new technology to “hop” her consciousness into a lifelike robotic beaver and communicate directly with animals. As she uncovers mysteries in the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined, Mabel must rally the entire animal kingdom to face a major, imminent human threat. A Pixar Animation Studios production and Walt Disney Studios release.
A Q&A with director and producer Daniel Chong immediately follows the screening.
DIRECTOR
Daniel Chong
PRODUCERS
Daniel Chong
Jesse Andrews
WRITER
Jesse Andrews
CAST
Piper Curda
Bobby Moynihan
Jon Hamm
Kathy Najimy
Dave Franco
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Daniel Chong joined Pixar Animation Studios in February 2009 as a story artist and has worked on several short and feature productions, including Cars Toons, Toy Story of Terror!, Cars 2, and Inside Out. Prior to joining Pixar, Chong worked as a story artist for Disney Feature Animation, Blue Sky, Nickelodeon, and Illumination. He was most recently the creator of the Emmy Award- nominated TV series We Bare Bears for Cartoon Network.