But before that, the Broadway composer dipped his toes into the Disney waters by penning the instant-hit songs for Moana, including “How Far I’ll Go,” which was nominated for Best Original Song for the 89th Academy Awards.Ĭorrection: The original version of this story said that Miranda won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “How Far I’ll Go.” Miranda was nominated, but the song lost to “City of Stars” from La La Land. Miranda was last involved in a Disney movie for 2019’s Mary Poppins Returns. The film is from the team of Byron Howard ( Zootopia), Jared Bush ( Zootopia), and Charise Castro Smith ( The Haunting of Hill House). Like theater in the time of Bertolt Brecht or the WPA, Ishmael Reeds new work (under the direction of multiple AUDELCO winner Rome Neal) challenges the narrative of commercial theater and mainstream historical accounts. The new animated film is set in Colombia, is about “the dangerously wonderful chaos of family,” and contains elements of “magical realism.” The name of the film seems derived from the Spanish word for “charm” or “spell.” Lin-Manuel Miranda (LinManuel) Miranda was forced to apologize this week after the release of the movie version of his other musical, In The Heights, was marred with a colorism. After the success of Pixar’s Coco, Disney is returning to the well of animated musicals built around magic and Latino culture and families - but this time with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.ĭetails on Encanto, which will hit theaters in 2022, were revealed in Disney’s Investor Day event this Thursday.
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