'The Good Dinosaur' trivia and fun facts

Thomas Newman was chosen to compose the music for 'The Good Dinosaur' but he was replaced by Academy Award winner composer Mychael Danna

Pixar Animation Studios' sixteenth feature film.

It took 6 years of production to get 'The Good Dinosaur' done due to all the changes on the main plot, creative differences and the quality slump that Pixar suffered.

The original director of 'The Good Dinosaur', Bob Peterson, found the inspiration for this film of a dinosaur animatronics he saw in the 1964 New York World's Fair

The song featured in the first official trailer is Crystals by Of Monsters And Men.

The dinosaur statues that appear in 'Inside Out' were used as real characters in 'The Good Dinosaur'

The original cast of 'The Good Dinosaur' included the voices of John Lithgow, Judy Greer, Bill Hader and Neil Patrick Harris but after major plot changes they were replaced.

This film marks the first time Pixar has released two films in one year, following the release of 'Inside Out' in June (2015).