The search for Pixar's perfect "Luca" sea monster started with ancient maps. When director Enrico Casarosa formulated the coming-of-age story, inspired by his own childhood on the Italian Riviera ...

The hardest part, though, was the crucial transformation between sea monster and human, which occurs throughout the movie whenever Luca and Alberto go swimming or unexpectedly come into contact ...

Pixar's Luca: Bringing Sea Monsters to Life in the Italian Riviera of the 1950s ‘La Luna’ director Enrico Casarosa and his team looked to 2D animation and hand-drawn techniques to help create ...

The sea monsters required special attention and lots of retooling, especially for the crucial transformations, which became an animated sleight of hand. For Pixar director Enrico Casarosa, “Luca ...

Pixar brings sea monsters to life in 'Luca,' but at its heart the film is about director Enrico Casarosa's childhood.

References to "fish-out-of-water stories" are usually metaphoric but "Luca" is literally a fish out of the water. Tween-age sea monster Luca lives with his overprotective parents on the Italian ...

"Luca" director Enrico Casarosa talks the slightly fearsome, entirely splendid sea monsters at the story's core (and the one boy who was cut).

"Luca" director Enrico Casarosa and character art director Deanna Marsigliese on sea monster inspiration, design, transformation and more. The Pixar film hits Disney+ on June 18.

“Luca” star Jacob Tremblay is ready for Disney and Pixar’s new movie about friendly sea monsters to make a major splash. The 14-year-old actor voices the character of Luca, who fantasizes ...

‘Luca’ Review: A Friendly Pixar Trifle About a Sea Monster Out of Water It's a gentle formula fairy tale infused with an honest nostalgia for '50s small-town Italy. But for Pixar that's pretty ...

Here's what you need to know about the shimmery monster stars, Alberto and Luca (voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer and Jacob Tremblay). Review: Pixar's 'Luca' delivers an Italian-flavored Disney+ delight ...