(courtesy IMP Awards)
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In Disney Animation’s Wish, Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force—a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe—the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico—to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen. Wish is co-directed by Oscar-winning animation filmmaker Chris Buck (director on Tarzan, Surf’s Up, Frozen, Frozen II, and other Frozen-related spin-offs) & story artist Fawn Veerasunthorn (making her directorial debut after working as head of story on Raya and the Last Dragon). The screenplay is written by Jennifer Lee and Allison Moore, along with Chris Buck. Produced by Peter Del Vecho and co-produced by Juan Pablo Reyes. Made by Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank. (courtesy First Showing)
If you have been living under a rock, and let’s hope you haven’t because damp and cramped, then you may have missed the fact that Disney has turned 100.
That’s right – it is rightly celebrating a century of serving wonderful animation full of great characters, lots of great music and a sense of cosy surety that has made them a go-to for people wanting to feel like feel can be every bit as good as we dream it is.
Amidst all the celebrations, it’s exciting to see that Disney is releasing a film called Wish which is pretty much everything you want and need is its animated feature films from captivating songs, a heroine of a quest and a cast of quirky but emotionally meaningful characters to make it all happen.
It looks like it will give some wonderful reassurance that our lives can be turned around, all delivered with the wish fulfillment wonder that has characterised Disney through the years and which, if this film is any guide, looks set to continue well into a promising future.
Wish premieres in US cinemas on 22 November and in Australia on 26 December aka Boxing Day.
Featurette celebrating one hundred years of Disney animation
The making of “Welcome to Rosas”, the first song you hear in the movie