Coming This November ENCANTO from DISNEY Animation Studios

This new movie features music by the Tony-winning Hamilton mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda, who earned an Academy Award nomination for the song “How Far I’ll Go” from the 2016 animation hit Moana and appeared in the 2018 film “Mary Poppins Returns”.

Set in Colombia, the animated film tells the story of a magical family.

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Encanto,” is the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The all-new original film features the voice of Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel, an ordinary 15-year-old who’s struggling to find her place in her family. “Mirabel is a really funny, loving character who also deeply yearns for something more,” says Beatriz. “She’s also not afraid to stand up for what she knows is right—something I love and relate to very much.

ENCANTO is directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush and co-directed and co-written by Charise Castro Smith.

Susan Saunders 7/12/21