Co-directing with Andrews and Purcell, Chapman became Pixar's first female director of a feature-length film. Chapman drew inspiration for the film's story from her relationship with her own daughter. Originally titled The Bear and the Bow, the film was first announced in April 2008 alongside Up and Cars 2.

The film is also dedicated to Pixar chairman and Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who died before the film's release.īrave is Pixar's first film with a female protagonist, and the first one animated with a new proprietary animation system, called Presto. Merida is the first Disney Princess created by Pixar. When Queen Elinor (Thompson), her mother, falls victim to a beastly curse and turns into a bear, Merida must look within herself and find the key to saving the kingdom. Set in the Scottish Highlands, the film tells the story of Princess Merida of DunBroch (Macdonald) who defies an age-old custom, causing chaos in the kingdom by expressing the desire not to be betrothed. The film stars the voices of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd, and Craig Ferguson. The story was written by Chapman, who also wrote the film's screenplay with Andrews, Purcell, and Irene Mecchi. The film was directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (in the former's feature directorial debut), co-directed by Steve Purcell, and produced by Katherine Sarafian, with John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Pete Docter serving as executive producers. Brave is a 2012 American computer-animated fantasy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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