(Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)Seven years ago, actress Emma Thompson and producer John Lasseter worked together on the Oscar-winning Pixar film “Brave.” Now, Thompson is reportedly exiting an animated film because its studio hired Lasseter. Thompson was set to record a voice for “Luck,” a Skydance Animation movie scheduled for release in 2021. But she has left the project over “concerns about working with Lasseter,” according to the Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news. Yet that announcement quickly led to a long town hall meeting between concerned Skydance employees and Lasseter, who reportedly fielded tough questions. Skydance Animation announced in 2017 that it had hired Alessandro Carloni (“Kung Fu Panda”) to direct “Luck.” No full voice cast has been announced.

Source: Washington Post February 20, 2019 21:45 UTC