{"id":363033,"date":"2026-03-09T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=412807"},"modified":"2026-03-11T06:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:24:47","slug":"elio-had-to-cut-an-lgbt-plot-because-pete-docter-felt-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/elio-had-to-cut-an-lgbt-plot-because-pete-docter-felt-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Elio&#039; had to cut an LGBT plot because Pete Docter felt like it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pixar faces a monumental setback with the release of its latest film, Elio, which, despite a budget of 150 million dollars, <strong>managed to gross only 154 million worldwide, becoming <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-pixar-movie-was-a-box-office-failure-but-it-wants-to-prove-that-it-can-be-a-success-on-streaming\">the studio&#8217;s biggest box office failure<\/a>, excluding those produced exclusively for Disney+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This meager result has sparked an intense debate about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/disney-announces-a-new-original-movie-although-you-will-still-have-to-wait-to-see-it\">the creative decisions that have led the film<\/a> to this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gay characters? They don&#8217;t exist!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most controversial decisions was <strong>the removal of a subplot about the protagonist&#8217;s sexual identity<\/strong>, a fact that has been corroborated by Pixar director Pete Docter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to his statements, the studio wanted to avoid exposing younger viewers to topics that, in their opinion, they were not ready to face. <strong>Instead, Docter considered that addressing issues like death was perfectly acceptable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elio | Official Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ETVi5_cnnaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Audience testing indicated that the bolder parts of &#8216;Elio&#8217; did not resonate well with the public, leading Pixar to modify the original narrative. Despite the decision to cut these scenes, <strong>the studio remains confident in its future, with projects like Toy Story 5 and Hoppers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Docter seems to shield himself with the belief that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/valve-rejects-the-distribution-of-this-controversial-game-on-steam\" title=\"Pixar can face the controversy\">Pixar can face the controversy<\/a> created by Elio without it affecting its reputation, while waiting for better times at the box office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The criticism of Elio is not only focused on its financial performance but also on <strong>the creative decisions that have limited its narrative<\/strong>. There is still doubt about whether the film would have been successful if the director&#8217;s initial vision had been maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/monsters-inc-3-is-a-reality-pixar-will-continue-to-combine-sequels-with-original-movies\" title=\"However, both critics and experts agree that this is a critical moment for the studio\">However, both critics and experts agree that this is a critical moment for the studio<\/a>, which will need to reevaluate its approach to inclusion and representation in future projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pixar faces a monumental setback with the release of its latest film, Elio, which, despite a budget of 150 million dollars, managed to gross only 154 million worldwide, becoming the studio&#8217;s biggest box office failure, excluding those produced exclusively for Disney+. This meager result has sparked an intense debate about the creative decisions that have led the film to this point. Gay characters? They don&#8217;t exist! One of the most controversial decisions was the removal of a subplot about the protagonist&#8217;s sexual identity, a fact that has been corroborated by [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":363034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[16496,11455],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-363033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-elio","tag-pixar"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363033"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363083,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363033\/revisions\/363083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363033"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=363033"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=363033"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=363033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}