Director Pete Docter reveals original story for ‘Monsters Inc.’

Monsters Inc. director Pete Docter revealed via the Creative Screenwriting podcast that the original pitch for his popular Disney Pixar movie was completely different from the version that has entertained millions of kids.

“My idea was that it was about was about a 30 year old man who is an accountant or something. He hates his job. And one day he gets a book with some drawings, that he did when he was a kid, from his mom,” says Docter. “He doesn’t think anything of it, he puts it on the shelf and that night, monsters show up. And nobody else can see them.”

Docter adds: “He thinks he’s starting to go crazy. They follow him to his job, and on his dates, and it turns out that these monsters are fears that he never dealt with as a kid. And each one of them represents a different kind of fear. As he conquers those fears, the guys who he slowly becomes friends with, they disappear as he conquers those fears. It’s this bittersweet ending where they go away.”

This version sounds more like a DreamWorks product…

Source: CSM