For director and storyboard artist Enrico Casarosa, part of the fun of developing ideas at Pixar, where he has worked since 2012, is figuring out how to blend the personal with the fantastical. Like ...

Luca, Pixar’s newest film, tells the tale of a young sea monster whose restrictive family won’t allow him to go ashore. But his world opens up when he discovers he is able to transform into a human ...

For Pixar director Enrico Casarosa, “Luca” (streaming June 18 on Disney+) became an opportunity to explore the topical theme of inclusion in his 2D-inspired bromance between two sea monsters on the ...

At a time when the mortality rate for distant maritime voyages was 50 percent, the Bible, legend, and lore gave birth to a sea full of extraordinary danger. The original "Carta Marina" was 23 square ...

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, he ...

In novels like “Moby Dick” or “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” monsters exist to aggravate and impinge on human life. Science, folklore, and fiction have villainized deep sea creatures for centuries, ...