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Onward   is a 2020 American   computer-animated   urban fantasy - adventure film   produced by   Pixar Animation Studios   and released by   Walt Disney Pictures . The film is directed by   Dan Scanlon , produced by   Kori Rae   and written by Scanlon, Jason Headley, and   Keith Bunin , and stars the voices of   Tom Holland ,   Chris Pratt ,   Julia Louis-Dreyfus , and   Octavia Spencer . Set in a suburban fantasy world, the film follows two elf brothers who set out on a quest to find an artifact that will temporarily bring back their dead father. Onward premiered at the  70th Berlin International Film Festival  on February 21, 2020 and was theatrically released on March 6, 2020. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $141 million worldwide. The film's financial shortcomings were a result of the  COVID-19 pandemic , which led to widespread closure of movie theaters, m...

Barley Lightfoot is an elf and the deuteragonist of the 2020 Disney / Pixar animated feature film, Onward . He is the older brother of Ian who serves as a mentor, protector, and best friend. Barley Lightfoot is introduced when Ian discovers his board game Quests of Yore , thinking his brother Ian is interrupting his gameplay. He then tells Ian that there is "a mighty warrior that he has to take out". After playing with his mother Laurel Lightfoot , she tells him to take out the trash. While planning to take out the trash, Barley overhears a dispatcher warning Officer Colt Bronco to be on the lookout for a runaway griffin. Colt stares at him giving him a warning that whenever the city attempts to tear down the fountain, he always catches him. Looking at the footage of Barley attempting to stop a construction site from demolishing the fountain, Laurel tells him that the world has to change even when the fountain he tried to stop has been in the land of mythical creatures. ...