Wreck It Ralph 2: “We’re All Spices in the Spice Rack”

Wreck It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet premieres on November 21 and this summer, I got a chance to visit Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California for an early press day. After a 3 hour stint in traffic, I arrived at Disney Animation Studios and walked up to the big magician’s hat for the first time, despite having lived in L.A. my entire life. I may have texted my mother a picture. In fact, I texted her a bunch of pictures. Sue me. (Editor’s note: please don’t–we’d have to move the Black Nerd Problems office to Jakku–trust us, NONE of us want to go there)

Behind the Animation Press day at Disney Animation Studios turned out to feature everything I hoped and more. After breakfast, journalists were given a full day of activities. We started in a large group with a footage presentation and Q&A with Director Rich Moore, Director/Writer Phil Johnston, and Producer Clark Spencer. Next, we split into 3 groups and headed into smaller, more specific presentations by various departments. Diversity and Detail The themes of the day seemed to be diversity and detail. At the introduction and footage premiere, we were told that “we are all spices in the spice rack;” that each different type of person is important to the makeup of our world. Matthias Lechner, Larry Wu, and Ernie Petti talked about the daunting task of turning the abstract internet into a thriving metropolis that we see in the film. Cory Loftis, Dave Komorowski, Renato dos Anjos, and Moe El-Ali discussed th…