Disney’s First Nude Scene???

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Pixar co-founder and Disney Animation Chief Creative Officer John Lassiter was at Cannes this week for the premiere of Pixar's latest film Inside Out. According to The Guardian (link below), at a press conference following the screening, Lassiter talked about some of the films that both Disney and Pixar have in production right now, including something called Zootopia that will feature the "Disney animation's first nude scene."

Disney prospect Zootopia, co-directed by Byron Howard (Bolt, Tangled), Rich Moore (Wreck-It Ralph) and Jared Bush, seems more lively. The trailer, voiced by Jason Bateman, introduces us to an Earth where humans never happened (“so the world is modern and civilised”) and animals are anthropomorphic (“a big, fancy word meaning they stand up straight”).

The clips Lasseter showed suggested Zootopia’s script’s a zinger, full of allusions to grownup left-field cop dramas (LA Confidential, Inherent Vice) and packed with sight gags – the population counter on the sign welcoming visitors to The Burrows, the suburb where the rabbits live, is automated and ticks steadily upward.

Another scene, still unfinished, showed Judy and Nick entering a club where animals have rejected clothes and decided to return to a “natural” way of life. “This is Disney animation’s first nude scene,” said Lasseter as Judy prudishly picked her way through the cavorting pigs, giraffes and bison. “It’s been a long time coming.”

It has been a long time coming. I'll never forget hearing the stories about those deleted scenes from Song of the South where Uncle Remus gets gangbanged by a bunch of woodland creatures. Of the scene, Walt Disney allegedly said, "look, you can keep the outrageously offensive racism or the gangbang, but you can't keep both," prompting his animators to make the smart decision and keep the racism. 

Via The Guardian