Turning Red is a 2022 animated coming-of-age fantasy comedy film directed by Academy Award® winner Domee Shi (Pixar short “Bao”), and produced by Lindsey Collins. It is Shi’s feature directorial debut, from a screenplay written by Shi and Julia Cho.
Disney and Pixar’s latest introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter—an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a giant red panda
The film stars the voices of Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Orion Lee, Wai Ching Ho, Tristan Allerick Chen, and James Hong. It is the first Pixar film to be solely directed by a woman, the first to take place in Canada, and the second to feature an Asian lead character after Up.
Turning Red is set to debut on Disney+ March 11th. Watch the official trailer below.