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The Monsters, Inc. legacy continues with Sully, Mike and new recruits in Monsters At Work

JUNE IS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY of Monsters, Inc., Pixar’s second theatrical release. Wildly successful, the universe created by directors Pete Docter and David Silverman has never faded from the zeitgeist because of new stories, including prequel Monsters University, several animated shorts, videogames and even theme park rides.

Now with the dawn of Disney+, there’s an original animated series too, Monsters At Work, which reunites the original characters of Mike (Billy Crystal), Sulley (John Goodman), and Celia Mae (Jennifer Tilly), with a new crew responsible for helping to retro-fit the scare floor into the laugh floor.

Steering the series is veteran animation writer and executive producer Roberts “Bobs” Gannaway, who has previously adapted big Disney theatrical hits like 101 Dalmatians and Lilo & Stitch into successful animated TV series. “Monsters, Inc. ends with a switch to laugh-power, and then you cut to much later and some time has passed. Our show takes place the day after they switch from scare to laugh,” Gannaway tells Red Alert, explaining where the series fits. “There’s a big change in the world, and that’s when a lot of great stories happen, when there’s a lot of change in the world. Doing this as a series is great because it really lets us spend time with old friends and make new friends. And the series allows you to really dig into both of those.”