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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for , now available on Disney+.Pixar famously has a tradition of including Easter eggs in&nbsp;its films that set up&nbsp;the studio's&nbsp;next movie, like when a toy version of Nemo from Finding Nemo popped up in Boo's bedroom in Monsters, Inc.&nbsp;and&nbsp;Toy Story 3 villain Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear appeared in a child's bedroom in Up. The studio's latest film,&nbsp;Soul, is no exception, including an Easter egg for 2021's&nbsp;.The Luca Easter egg shows up at about 57:39 into Soul, at which point 22 has accidentally entered Joe Gardner's body&nbsp;while he's put into&nbsp;the body of a therapy cat named Mr. Mittens. As the pair walk down a street in New York City, as part of Joe's larger plan to set things right and restore himself to his actual body, the duo pass by a travel agency, which in itself feels a bit quaint (particularly for a film released in 2020).&nbsp;There's a poster in the window that reads&nbsp;"Visit Portorosso," a reference to Luca's last name in Pixar's upcoming movie.CBR VIDEO OF THE DAYAnnounced in July 2020, Luca takes place in a scenic seaside town on the Italian Riviera, where a young boy named Luca Portorosso spends his summer getting up to all sorts of adventures with his newfound best friend Alberto. However, Alberto is really a sea monster from a world deep beneath the ocean and only appears human while on-land. Episode 2 of the docuseries Inside Pixar on Disney+&nbsp;offered a sneak peek at , which appears to have been inspired by the Creature From the Black Lagoon and The Shape of Water's Amphibian Man.Pixar's 24th film, Luca was written by Jesse Andrews (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and Soul co-writer Mike Jones. It also marks the feature directorial debut for Enrico Casarosa, who served as a storyboard artist on Pixar's Ratatouille and Up before helming the studio's Oscar-nominated 2011 short La Luna. Casarosa actually grew up on the Italian Riviera and has &nbsp;as well as a tale about the meaning of childhood friendships and how they "often set the course of who we want to become," as the filmmaker put it.Friendships, like that between Luca and Alberto, have been a core element of Pixar's movies since Woody met Buzz in the first Toy Story and have continued to appear throughout&nbsp;the studio's films since then, whether it's Mike and Sulley in Monsters, Inc., Carl and Russell in Up, or even Joy and Sadness in Inside Out. , which pairs 22 with Joe on an adventure that leads to them learning more about not just themselves, but the very meaning of existence. It would've only been fitting, then, for Soul to tease Luca and its own tale of surprising buddies, even if it hadn't been in keeping with&nbsp;a Pixar custom.Directed by Enrico Casarosa and produced by Andrea Warren, Luca arrives in U.S. theaters June 18, 2021.

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for , now available on Disney+.Pixar famously has a tradition of including Easter eggs in&nbsp;its films that set up&nbsp;the studio's&nbsp;next movie, like when a toy version of Nemo from Finding Nemo popped up in Boo's bedroom in Monsters, Inc.&nbsp;and&nbsp;Toy Story 3 villain Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear appeared in a child's bedroom in Up. The studio's latest film,&nbsp;Soul, is no exception, including an Easter egg for 2021's&nbsp;.The Luca Easter egg shows up at about 57:39 into Soul, at which point 22 has accidentally entered Joe Gardner's...

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