Pixar’s first-ever original series, Win or Lose, premieres Wednesday, February 19, on Disney+. The series follows the intertwined stories of eight characters—kids, parents, and even a lovesick umpire—as they gear up for their championship softball game. Today, Pixar unveiled the official trailer and key art for the series.
“I played softball growing up,” said Carrie Hobson, who wrote, directed, and executive produced the series with Michael Yates. “Inspired by that experience, we felt fast-pitch softball was the perfect backdrop for the show. There are so many facets to playing sports that I love — it can bring out the best and worst of a person, the calmest person can lose their temper. And when it comes to winning and losing — the consequences are nothing, and yet, they’re everything. We really felt like it was the best arena for the themes we loved.”
Yates shared that everyday life at Pixar inspired the concept of highlighting different perspectives. “Carrie and I were officemates on Toy Story 4,” he said. “We were both story artists on the film, and we would talk about a lot of things going on in the film, as well as things going on in the world — current events, news. We would always have different reactions or different interpretations of the same meeting. One of us would say, ‘That went great!’ and the other would say, ‘No! It was terrible, what are you talking about?’ We realized that our own experiences that we bring to the table change our perception of an event. We wanted to tell a story that illustrated all of that.”
