Overview
- In Your Dreams, directed by Alex Woo with co-director Erik Benson, is now streaming on Netflix with voice performances from Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Elias Janssen, Simu Liu, Cristin Milioti, Omid Djalili, and Craig Robinson.
- Wo o says the team tested both reconciled and separated outcomes for the parents before choosing an open-ended conclusion that felt more honest to life.
- The creators describe formal rules for entering and exiting dream worlds, late-stage additions like a guiding voiceover, and careful recalibration of nightmare intensity.
- Woo explains that Baloney Tony, voiced by Craig Robinson, embodies the siblings’ shared ‘messiness’ and functions as a symbolic helper within their dream journey.
- Development spanned a decade after Woo left Pixar to found Kuku Studios, drawing on his family experiences and influences ranging from Spielberg and 80s adventure films to Miyazaki and classic anime.