With just one week before the first two episodes of Pixar Animation Studios’ Win or Lose launch on Disney+, the streamer has dropped two new clips and key art to get fans pumped for the big game! The show will roll out starting February 19.
Pixar’s first-ever original series features the intertwined stories of eight different characters as they each prepare for their big championship softball game — the insecure kids, their helicopter parents and even a lovesick umpire.
The clips highlight characters from two upcoming episodes:
“Meet Sweaty” – The first episode introduces Laurie (voice of Rosie Foss), a 12-year-old softball player whose insecurity manifests into an ever-growing anxiety blob called Sweaty (voice of Jo Firestone) that only she can see.
“Cheating” – Episode four stars bubbly mom Vanessa (voice of Rosa Salazar), whose daughter Rochelle (voice of Milan Elizabeth Ray; The Wonder Years 2021) — a talented player on the team — is accused of cheating on a test at school. Vanessa insists it didn’t happen — or did it?
Win or Lose also features the voices of Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth) as Coach Dan, Josh Thomson (The Office), Dorien Watson, Izaac Wang (Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai), Chanel Stewart, Lil Rel Howery (Dog Man), Melissa Villaseñor (Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight), Flula Borg, Kyleigh Curran (Secrets of Sulphur Springs), Jaylin Fletcher (Snowpiercer), Erin Keif (Hello from the Magic Tavern), Tom Law, Beck Nolan (Good Guy with a Gun), Orion Tran and Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul).
Directed and written by Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates, and produced by David Lally, Win or Lose features music by two-time Emmy-winning composer Ramin Djawadi and original songs by CAMPFIRE and Djawadi.
Read more about the making of Win or Lose in Animation Magazine‘s interview with Hobson and Yates here!