Can there feasibly be a more truly joyous way to top off a miserable Wednesday at work than Pixar suddenly dropping a short that features a dog?
The answer is clearly and unreservedly no, and those fantastic wizards of animation have treated us to exactly that.
Dante's Lunch introduces us to a dog (Dante, we're guessing) that, like most dogs, is quite partial to a bone. Unfortunately for him, this particular bone has a mind of its own, and the roughly two-minute-long clip shows the hungry doggo frantically chasing it through town, leaving a path of destruction in his wake.
Dante is a supporting character in Coco, Pixar's highly-anticipated upcoming feature. It follows a young Mexican boy named Miguel, who embarks on a journey into the Land of the Dead to uncover the mystery of his family history. The film is released in cinemas on 8 December in the UK.
Here’s the short:
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Matt Tate is a freelance journalist and contributor at for Shortlist. Formerly Stuff Magazine’s news editor and based in the UK, he’s been writing about consumer tech for around eight years, with a particular focus on gaming.
For his sins, Matt is a huge Tottenham Hotspur fan and unfortunately spends a lot of his time scanning his published work for Spurs-related digs that may have been slyly inserted by editors. Otherwise, he’s often buying Lego sets he can no longer accommodate and trying to perfect his carbonara recipe. He can be found tweeting (mostly about football and video games) at @MattWTate.