John Lasseter was hired to the Lucasfilm team for a week in late 1983 with the title "interface designer"; he animated the short film The Adventures of André & Wally B. [16] In the next few years, a designer suggested naming a new digital compositing computer the "Picture Maker". Smith suggested that the laser-based device have a catchier name, and came up with "Pixer", which after a meeting was changed to "Pixar". [17] According to Michael Rubin, the author of Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution, Smith and three other employees came up with the name during a restaurant visit in 1981, but when interviewing them he got four different versions about the origin of the name. [18] Shuler, Skyler ( June 2, 2023). " Multi-Platinum Singer-Songwriter Lauv Performs, Co-Writes “Steal the Show” for ‘Elemental’". The DisInsider. The is the third Pixar movie of the 2020s to not have a post-credits scene, after Onward and Soul. It is also the second to not have any sort of post-credits scene before or after the closing logos.

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