Like I mentioned above, I think Shanghai’s Pirates was rendered in 8k, or it was upscaled and projected at that resolution. I would give a screencap of the video as my source but I’m on mobile and I always get frustrated with attachments. What I’m referencing is at 4:05:
Like I said I don’t know if it truly is 8k or if it is an upscale but it does make me curious about the resolution of Disney’s screen based projects as of recent. Allegedly it’s a pain in the butt to render at such high resolutions. It’s possible, Pixar said in an interview that they have the possibility to render in 4K but they figured it wasn’t worth the extra money. Same thing with illumination. Seems easier for a 4-minute movie a la Flight of Passage or who knows how many second long clips for Pirates or Ratatouille as opposed to a hundred minute long movie. We often hear Universal brag about how Spider-Man and minion mayhem were at 4K resolution and how Disney is silent on the matter but it is an interesting subject if you’re into this stuff