LEGO Disney 43217 ‘Up’ House will return to the big screen

LEGO Disney 43217 ‘Up’ House will return to the big screen one last time, recorded just before the passing of Ed Asner.

Originally created for streaming, the Pixar short, Carl’s Date, sees Up’s Carl go on his first date since the death of his wife, Ellie. While it was first intended to be released directly onto Disney+, it will now feature exclusively at the beginning of Elemental in cinemas from June 16.

“As we worked on it and it just sort of felt like, ‘Wait a minute, there is this tradition of putting a short in front of films’—this would play well with [Elemental’s] themes of love and loss,” explained the film’s director Bob Peterson in a screening Q&A. “Pete Doctor came to us and [said], let’s at least try out the idea.”

The short film takes place after the events of Up, meaning that the house will look much like it does in LEGO. Disney 43217 ‘Up’ House, in all its colourful glory. Whether the balloons will play a role, or which characters will return for Carl’s return to romance remains to be seen.

What we do now is that this will likely be the house’s last on-screen appearance, as the voice actor for Carl and industry legend, Ed Asner, passed away at the age of 91 just after recording his last words for the Up character. From now on, the only new scenes anyone will be able to create from the gravity-defying house. will be those you can cook up using the LEGO Disney set, available to buy for £49.99. from April 1, as well as a flurry of other Disney 100th anniversary sets.

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