Inside ‘Dream Productions,’ Pixar’s Ambitious Streaming Series Spinoff of the Year’s Biggest Movie

“Dream Productions” is open for business.

The four-episode Disney+ limited series is the very first long-form streaming show from Pixar, the vaulted animation studio behind “Toy Story,” “WALL•E” and “Turning Red,” among others. And what’s more – it serves as a spinoff of the year’s highest-grossing movie, “Inside Out 2.” (Among other things, it is also the highest grossing animated film of all time.)

And it all started with a loose Zoom conversation.

Mike Jones, who...