John Leguizamo recently opened up with a new Encanto 2 update, revealing what fans might be able to expect from the sequel to Disney’s hit 2021 musical. What is the latest Encanto 2 update? In a recent interview with People during an appearance at the opening night for Buena Vista Social Club on Broadway, Leguizamo — who played Bruno in the first film — said … Continue reading ‘Encanto 2’: Star John Leguizamo Provides New Update!!
Seems like Disney is ready to talk about Bruno! In 2021 Encanto introduced us to the Madrigal family and the magical place they live in and blew our minds with a heart-wrenching story. While the studio has a penchant for remakes and sequels, with projects like Moana 2, Frozen 3, Zootopia 2, and many more lined up on its slates, Encanto has been the odd … Continue reading ‘Encanto’ Director Teases Possible Sequel!!
Walt Disney wins 2022, at least in terms of box office grosses. It should come as no surprise that Disney had yet another strong year and finished No. 1 among studios at the box office both domestically and globally. Disney ended the year with a grand total of $4.9 billion grossed worldwide and $2 billion domestic across the 16 theatrical releases of last year. This … Continue reading With $4.9 Billion Disney Tops 2022 at the Worldwide BO!!
While plenty of attendees quietly shared their frustration about the 94th Academy Awards cutting the live presentation of eight categories, there were a lot of wins to celebrate tonight. With Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, and Wanda Sykes as the award show’s hosts, there were plenty of laughs (and a few huh moments as well). The Academy Awards kept us entertained with musical performances by four … Continue reading ‘CODA’ Wins Best Picture at Oscars 2022!! Check Out the Full List of Winners!!
In another sign that things are starting to get back to normal, or at least settle into a new normal, the Oscar nominations are here! The 94th Academy Awards will hopefully look a bit different than last year’s ceremony. But one thing is for sure, the nominees will get us talking for the next few weeks as we theorize about who will win the big … Continue reading Oscar Nominations 2022′ Revealed!!! Check Out the Full List!!
So apparently Disney’s Encanto was going to have an after-credits scene. One of the directors and co-writers of the film, Jared Bush, took to Twitter to share an already animated scene of Chispi, the lovable capybara, getting water poured on his head from Casita, the magical house, as he attempts to urinate on one of the house walls. Bush stated that they decided not to … Continue reading ‘Encanto’ Reveals Cut Post-Credits Scene!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A young Colombian girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers. My Take – I think we all know that Disney is a champion of producing animated films. Whether it’s in collaboration with Pixar or when they choose to take the solo route through Walt Disney Animation Studios. Hence, it should not come as a … Continue reading Encanto (2021) Review!!
Comscore has estimated the 2021 domestic box office at $4.55B, which is +100% from last year’s $2.28 billion and off 60% from 2019’s $11.4 billion. While it would be impossible to think we’d come raging back to 2019 norms, it is arguable that the domestic box office recovery isn’t as robust as many expected. No 1 Exhibitor Boss Adam Aron of AMC forecasted 2021 ending … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Becomes 10th Highest-Grosser of All Time at the Domestic BO!!
For all the headlines about Omicron, in many ways the Christmas box office isn’t unlike others pre-pandemic, where one film is driving the majority of business. With the 3-day for all films estimated to ring up around $154M, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home is driving 53% of that figure. It has a 3-day of $81.5M, with only one other event film expected in the long run, … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Continues Domination While ‘Matrix 4’ Struggles at the BO!!
It’s a number befitting of such an epic adventure of multiversal proportions: Spider-Man: No Way Home, the hotly-anticipated latest installment of Tom Holland‘s Spidey adventures, has debuted to an awe-inspiring $253 million, from 4,336 theaters across North America. That figures blows any other domestic open during the pandemic out of the water, the erstwhile greatest hit being Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which scored a … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Stomps With Mighty $253 Million Opening at the BO!!
The opening weekend of Disney/20th Century Studios/Amblin’s West Side Story, the first feature musical from Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg, isn’t anything to shout from the rooftops about. It had a $4.1M Friday, including previews, and a weekend that’s an estimated $10.2M. West Side Story is being released with a theatrical window, and its results are under that of another Broadway Hispanic and Latino feature musical released … Continue reading ‘West Side Story’ Opens to an Underwhelming $10 Million at the BO!!
As is typical, the weekend following the Thanksgiving stretch is a downer. And even duly so over omicron headlines, coupled with a Disney animated movie that isn’t as mass-appealing as its predecessors. Read Encanto, which grossed $12.7M estimated second weekend, -53%. That second weekend is lower than the pre-pandemic second weekend takes of some of Disney’s lowest grossing Thanksgiving titles, i.e. The Good Dinosaur ($15.3M) and Tangled … Continue reading ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Crosses $100M as ‘Encanto’ Leads Post-Holiday Weekend BO!!
Without Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick in the marketplace, the Thanksgiving box office was much lighter than previous holidays, grossing an estimated $141.3M over 5-days, off 46% from 2019’s pre-pandemic holiday over the same period of time. Two family movies, Disney’s animated Encanto, which banked 52% of its $40.3M 5-day gross from Latino and Hispanic audiences, and Sony’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife which delivered $35.3M in its second weekend over Wednesday-Sunday, were … Continue reading ‘Encanto’, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Share Families, While ‘House Of Gucci’ Secures Best Drama Opening in Two Years at the BO!!
There is less than a week left until Disney’s new animated movie Encanto hits theaters, and the production company released a featurette that dissects the heart of the adventure: music. And there’s no one better to talk about Encanto’s music than composer Lin-Manuel Miranda. The Academy Award nominee wrote eight original songs for the movie and talked a little bit about what they represent, and … Continue reading ‘Encanto’: New BTS Featurette Sees Lin-Manuel Miranda Explaining the Importance of the Film’s Music!! Check It Out!!
With only two weeks to go before the release of Encanto in theaters, Disney is building up anticipation for their newest animated feature. The company released a new featurette on the making of the film for their Twitter followers, chronicling the process of bringing the magical Madrigal family to life, as well as the enchanted world of their casita in the Cocora Valley of Colombia. … Continue reading ‘Encanto’ Gets a New Featurette!! Check It Out!!
With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, people around the world are preparing to return home to their families — and Disney wants to introduce you to one of theirs, too. The company has released a new clip from Encanto, Walt Disney Animation’s newest upcoming film, featuring Stephanie Beatriz singing one of a number of new songs from Hamilton writer Lin-Manuel Miranda, “The Family Madrigal.” The new clip, … Continue reading ‘Encanto’ Gets a New Song Clip!! Check It Out!!
Disney fans around the world are being invited into an all-new world of magic with brand new character posters. With less than a month until the theatrical release of their sixtieth animated feature, Encanto, Walt Disney Animation has released a set of new posters for the upcoming film, highlighting the magical Familia Madrigal and their various fantastic abilities…or lack of them. The ten new posters, … Continue reading ‘Encanto’ Gets a New Character Posters!! Check It Out!!
We’re less than a month away from the release of Disney’s new animated film, Encanto, and in order to provide a little more insight into the story and talk about his experience with singing for the movie, Colombian pop star Sebastián Yatra shared a featurette in which he talks about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original song for the movie. The song is called “Dos Orugitas,” which is … Continue reading ‘Encanto’ Gets a New Featurette!! Check It Out!!
Disney has added even more voices to its landmark sixtieth animated feature ahead of its release. The studio announced that Colombian musical superstar Maluma will lend his voice to Encanto, Walt Disney Animation’s newest film hitting theaters this November, featuring original songs from Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-winning songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda. Maluma joins a voice cast including Stephanie Beatriz, John Leguizamo, and Wilmer Valderrama, playing town … Continue reading ‘Encanto’ Adds Colombian Music Star Maluma to Voice Cast!!
Synopsis – A young Colombian girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers. Directed – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith Starring (voices of) – Stephanie Beatriz, Diane Guerrero, Wilmer Valderrama Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Encanto’: New Trailer Expands on the Magic-Filled Story!! Check It Out!!
Disney’s new animated film Encanto will have a 30-day exclusive window of theatrical release before coming to Disney+ on Christmas Eve. Encanto is not the only movie to go to theaters before debuting on Disney+, however, as the House of the Mouse seems to be dropping the simultaneous release for all its most anticipated films. Disney will also apply a 45-days exclusivity window for theaters … Continue reading ‘Encanto’ to Hit Disney+ 30 Days After Theatrical Release!!
Synopsis – A young Colombian girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers. Directed – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith Starring (voices of) – Stephanie Beatriz, Diane Guerrero, Wilmer Valderrama Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Encanto’: First Trailer Reveals Disney’s New Animated Feature!! Check It Out!!
Yesterday during their massive presentation to investors, Disney officially announced their upcoming animated feature Encanto. Directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush who helmed the massive hit Zootopia, Encanto “takes you to Colombia, where a magical family live in a magical home.” Charise Castro Smith co-directs and co-writes the film, which will be Disney Animation Studios’ 60th feature. There were no details on the plot … Continue reading ‘Encanto’: Disney Teases the Studio’s 60th Animated Feature!! Check It Out!!
The lid might have just been pulled back on an upcoming Walt Disney Animation Studios feature. And what’s inside sounds really, really cool. According to The DisInsider, Byron Howard and Jared Bush, two of the filmmakers behind 2015’s Oscar-winning blockbuster Zootopia, are hard at work on their next feature. Tentatively titled Encanto, the report suggests that it concerns “a young girl and her family in … Continue reading ‘Encanto’: ‘Moana’ and ‘Zootopia’ Directors to Helm Disney’s New Animated Movie!!
