Lost Ollie creator subverts the show's Toy Story vibe: 'We start to gut punch you'

Lost Ollie creator subverts the show's Toy Story vibe: 'We start to gut punch you'

Entertainment Weekly-TV·2022-08-04 04:00

Shannon Tindle, the writer and creator of Netflix's emotionally wrenching family series Lost Ollie, knew from the start that people would make the obvious comparisons between his work and Toy Story. Lost Ollie, after all, is all about a stuffed toy bunny who becomes separated from his human owner and embarks on a sprawling adventure to return home — and the whole thing manifests as a hybrid of live-action and CG animation. What may have initially seemed like a hurdle, however, turned out to be a springboard.

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