‘Encanto’ Review: Disney’s Lush and Lovely Animated Fairy Tale, Fueled by a Tasty Batch of Lin-Manuel Miranda Songs

Jamie Lang Lucy Animation Studio’s Colombian cartoon “Halloween” was one of two feature films, alongside Star Toons Animation’s “Chaskis – Mensajeros del sol,” honored with the MIFA/Annecy Award from this year’s Ventana Sur Animation! sidebar.

Clayton Davis By his own admission, Lin-Manuel Miranda went back to school this year. The Latino actor, director, writer, songwriter and composer had so many projects and commitments to juggle at once this year that the only way he made it through was to pretend he was back in college.The multi-hyphenate behind “Hamilton” saw the release of “In the Heights” (Warner Bros) the film adaptation of his first Broadway musical, which he co-wrote and produced with director Jon M.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThis year, a who’s who of Grammy-nominated artists and household names lead the original song Oscar race. But it’s still early days so anything can happen.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is opening up about the effect that the pro-shot version of Hamilton, which is streaming now on Disney+, is having on Broadway ticket sales.

Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Many of Broadway’s biggest stars gathered in Times Square on Sunday (November 28) to honor the life and legacy of late composer Stephen Sondheim, two days after his death.

widely panned by critics, pulled in $3.39 million at the box office on the lightly attended holiday, Deadline.com reported. The flick is expected to earn $23 million before the holiday weekend is out.

Jon Burlingame editorOne expects a Disney animated film to have great music. But when the setting is outside the United States, it’s especially crucial that the musical backdrop be true to the locale.

Starring out, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “In the Heights” alum Stephanie Beatriz and featuring a character that the internet has affectionately dubbed a new lesbian icon, Disney’s latest animated film “Encanto” is a charming musical tale of a magical family in Colombia who use their powers to help their community flourish and thrive! 

Sebastián Yatra was asked to be part of he immediately replied, «Yes!»The 27-year-old Colombian artist sings the Spanish and English version of «Dos Oruguitas» for the Disney animated movie. Yatra worked alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote and composed eight original songs for Encanto, to bring the song to life.«When I heard Lin-Manuel was involved in the movie, it was pretty shocking in a cool way because I admire Lin-Manuel so much.

Wilmer Valderrama and Stephanie Beatriz, is not only a movie they're proud of being a part of, it's also one they hope will be extra special to their children.The first-time parents form part of the new animated Disney movie, which follows the Madrigal family, who live in a magical home in a magical town called Encanto in Colombia. Each member of the family has their own unique magical ability, except for Mirabel (Beatriz), who goes on a journey to save her family's special powers.

Disney's latest animated film centers around the Madrigal family, who live in an enchanted town in the mountains of Colombia. While each family member has their own unique magical powers, Maribel (Stephanie Beatriz) is the only one without a special power.

Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton”) in both English and Spanish, the animated film is set in Colombia in Disney’s latest expansion of representation and diversity. The musical comedy promises a bright, colorful and beautiful new animated story about family.

It’s a big Thanksgiving week for multihyphenate Lin-Manuel Miranda: His feature directorial debut, Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…Boom! dropped Friday on Netflix and today the Disney animated musical, Encanto, which he wrote all the songs and has a story by credit on, hits movie theaters.

Disney Plus Dec. 24. OK, it’s no “Frozen” — a “Let It Go” only comes around once every couple of ice ages — but it’s nonetheless a heartfelt and joyful take on a good old dysfunctional family. This clan, the Madrigals, happens to be magical.

Netflix released a music video of students from performing arts public high schools in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas and New York performing “Louder than Words” from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” the film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s musical of the same name. The four participating public high schools and one non-profit youth theater include the Baltimore School for the Arts, Booker T.

trailer starring Jennifer Lopez, Maluma and Owen Wilson officially dropped on Thursday. After a number of delays amid the pandemic, the film is finally set to be released in February 2022.The first look shows J.Lo as superstar Katalina «Kat» Valdez, who is engaged to the equally successful Bastian, played by the Colombian crooner.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is hitting the red carpet for the premiere of his new movie!