Encanto

Encanto
Directed by	Byron Howard Jared Bush Chasire Castro Smith (co-director)
Produced by	Clark Spencer Yvett Merino Flores
Written by	Jared Bush Charise Castro Smith
Music by	Lin-Manuel Miranda (songs)
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Distributor	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Released	November 24, 2021
Language	English
Preceded by	Raya and the Last Dragon
External links
IMDb page

Encanto is an upcoming musical fantasy animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It is scheduled to be released on November 24, 2021 and will be the 60th animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon. Directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush, the film will be written by Bush and Charise Castro Smith.

Synopsis

Encanto will center on a Colombian girl who, in spite of coming from a magical family, lacks magical powers.

Production

Development

In 2016, Lin-Manuel Miranda was offered by then-chief creative officer John Lasseter an animated film alongside Zootopia director Byron Howard. By November 2016, Miranda said that he and Howard had begun early work on the project, though Miranda noted that it could take years for the project to come to fruition.

In January 2020, it was reported that Howard and Zootopia co-director Jared Bush were working on a film centered on a Latino family. Zootopia producer Clark Spencer will produce the film alongside Yvett Merino Flores, while Bush will co-write the film's screenplay alongside Charise Castro Smith.

In June 2020, the film was reported to have the working title Encanto, and was confirmed to be the project Miranda and Howard were working on since 2016, with Miranda writing songs for the film. It was also reported that the film will center on a magical Brazilian family. However, in June 22, 2020, Miranda stated that the film will be set in Colombia. He also revealed that he has started working on the film's songs. It was also reported that Castro Smith will co-direct the film.

Trivia

• This is the second time Lin-Manuel Miranda worked on an Walt Disney Animation Studios film, after Moana (2016).
• This is the first WDAS film to be produced by more than one person since Big Hero 6 (2014).
• This is WDAS fourth film to explore Latin American culture, after Saludos Amigos (1942), The Three Caballeros (1944) and The Emperor's New Groove (2000).
  • This is also the first WDAS to center on one specific Latin American culture, as Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros were package films with shorts taking place in multiple Latin American countries and The Emperor's New Groove never made its exact location clear.
• This is the first time Chesire Castro Smith worked on a film.

References

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