Pixar’s Turning Red asks “What if Hulk turns into an adorable giant red panda instead?”

Mei Lee is a 13-year-old regular girl in the first trailer for Turn red, Pixar’s next film – unless she’s stressed out or over-excited. Then she transforms into a gigantic red panda talking in a huge explosion of pink smoke, much like an adorable version of The Incredible Hulk.

Mei’s (Rosalie Chiang) overprotective mother Ming (voiced by Sandra Oh), who is seen in the trailer sneaking around to watch her at school, causes an altercation with a security guard that leads to one of Mei pandas. incidents.

While the initial teaser doesn’t offer too many details on the type of misadventures Mei will have (both teenage and giant panda), it does have the distinction of being the first Disney animated feature to unfold for good. Canada.

Turn red is also the feature debut of director and screenwriter Domee Shi, who previously worked for years as a screenwriter at Pixar before gaining attention with her Oscar-winning short Bao in 2018.

Turn red is set to hit theaters on March 11, 2022, and as recently teased Charm (sourced from Walt Disney Animation Studios), it represents a restored confidence in Disney that families, in particular, will be returning to the movies soon. The company had already moved its final year and a half of animated films, including Luca, Soul, and Raya and the last dragon – to exclusive or hybrid releases on Disney Plus due to the closure of cinemas during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.