The stratospheric success of Inside Out 2 suggests the concrete possibility that a further sequel to the franchise will be made. But what are they, at this moment, Disney and Pixar’s intentions regarding Inside Out 3?
Although, for the moment, Disney and Pixar have not announced Inside Out 3 – perhaps because it is still too early: let us remember, for the record, that 9 years passed between the release of the first and second films – from the recent statements of director Kelsey Mann emerges the clear desire to continue the franchise.There is something about the world of Inside Out that is welcomed with open arms. Everyone is wondering, ‘how old is Riley? I can’t wait to see where he’s at in his life.”“, Mann told USA Today, assuring that he already had “a whole supply of ideas” excluded from Inside Out 2 and valid for a third chapter. “They’re too good, too funny, too interesting not to be exploited. So I have no idea what’s going to happen in the future, but the story should continue because I think it’s something that the audience really wants.”, he concluded.
To understand the potential of the franchise it would be enough to think of a simple fact: of the 27 emotions that, according to scholars, exist in human beings, the two Inside Out films addressed “only” 9. In fact, then, Inside Out 2 leaves more than one door open for a sequel in which to further explore Riley’s interiority, which will become increasingly complex and multifaceted as the years pass. Let’s think, for example, of “Nostalgia”, which appears in the film without being really explored in depth and – obviously – of the ending itself of Inside Out 2, which could hide the premises of the next feature film.
