In July 2020, Pixar announced a new film titled Luca, with Enrico Casarosa directing and Andrea Warren producing.[8] The director, Enrico Casarosa, stated that the film will be inspired by his childhood in Genoa and combine elements of directors Federico Fellini and Hayao Miyazaki.[2] To prepare for the film Pixar sent several of the film's artists to the Italian Riviera for a research trip, during which they took photographs of the landscape and peoples of the area.[9]