Mediagazer: Three Pixar movies released solely on Disney+ during the pandemic will come to theaters in 2024: Soul on January 12; Turning Red, February 9; and Luca, March 22 (Jordan Moreau/Variety)

10:30 PM ET, December 5, 2023

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