Dug Days

Dug Days
Official release poster
GenreSlice of life
Comedy
Created byBob Peterson
Written byBob Peterson
Directed byBob Peterson
Starring
Opening theme"Opening (Spirit of Adventure)" by Andrea Datzman and Curtis Green
Composers
  • Andrea Datzman
  • Curtis Green
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
ProducerKim Collins
Cinematography
  • Arjun Rihan
  • Josée Lajoie
EditorTorbin Xan Bullock
Running time6-9 minutes
Production companyPixar Animation Studios
Original release
NetworkDisney+
ReleaseSeptember 1, 2021 (2021-09-01) –
June 16, 2023 (2023-06-16)
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Dug Days (also known as Up: Dug Days) is an American animated series of shorts created, written, and directed by Bob Peterson and produced by Pixar Animation Studios initially for Disney+. The series is set immediately after the 2009 film Up, following its main characters, dog Dug, voiced by Peterson, and his owner, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen, voiced by Ed Asner in one of his last performances before his death.[1][2][3][4]

The series was announced in December 2020, during Disney's Investor Day, with Peterson pitched the series centering on Dug following his work on Forky Asks a Question. The animators created new animation rigging, textures, and hair for the characters in order to update their original designs due to advances in CG animation ever since the original film's release. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, most of the final results from the animating process were done from the crew's homes, and the cast remotely recorded their dialogue.

The first five episodes of Dug Days premiered on September 1, 2021, on Disney+.[1][2] They received generally positive reviews for their voice performances, messages, role models, humor and emotional depth.

Carl's Date, the sixth and final episode, premiered exclusively in theaters as a short film with Pixar's Elemental on June 16, 2023.[5]

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  4. ^ "Ed Asner reprised role as 'Carl' in 'Dug Days' animated shorts streaming soon on Disney+". WLS-TV. August 31, 2021.
  5. ^ Taylor, Drew (March 28, 2023). "Pixar's New Up Short Film Carl's Date to Debut Theatrically With Elemental".