Wish

[Prince Kido]

Although it's not specified that those registered names are attached to Wish, Sabino might not be a prince or a human guy as Sabino is also the name of a color's horse, so...

[D82]

Yes, Sabino is a Spanish name meaning wise. It comes from the Latin root sapiens which in Spanish is sabio.

The feminine form is Sabina.

Thanks for the info. There are still lots of words from my own language I still don't know. The feminine form sounds familiar to me, though. There's a famous Spanish singer whose surname is Sabina, and I think it's also the name of a tree.

At least from the pictures we have of Asha, she doesn't strike me at first as a natural born princess even though she's living in a kingdom (where there has to be a ruler of some kind).

She doesn't strike me as a princess either. Her outfit is not luxurious enough and I don't see a princess having a goat as a pet.

Although it's not specified that those registered names are attached to Wish, Sabino might not be a prince or a human guy as Sabino is also the name of a color's horse, so...

It's true; apparently it's a horse that has white, black and brown hair:

Said of an animal, especially a cavalry: That has mixed white, black and brown hair.

Source: https://dle.rae.es/sabino

I think it's quite likely it's the name of a horse in the movie. Plus, Asha is just seventeen. I don't think they'll give her a love interest.

[Disney's Divinity]

Good point about the goat being her "sidekick." That's more a sign Asha is a commoner (at least at the beginning of the story).

[blackcauldron85]

On Twitter, Laughing Place (https://mobile.twitter.com/laughing_pla ... 0774940675) says that Dua Lipa is writing the songs with Julia Michaels.

Laughing Place seems to be the only ones mentioning Dua; I think Julia worked with Dua previously so maybe LP is mistaken.

Disney's Twitter just mentions Julia so LP must've been mistaken.

On September 10th, Laughing Place did correct themselves on Twitter:

Correction: Dua Lipa is not cowriting the songs for #Wish, but the songwriter for Wish has previously cowritten songs with Dua Lipa. We misunderstood the announcement. Apologies.

I noticed that too about the animation and I don't believe the footage shown was unfinished. I think it looks that way because of the non-photorealistic rendering. There's nothing 2D about it, by the way. An artist who's working on it confirmed this is stylized CG and that they are using Hyperion, which is their usual rendering software, not Maender. I'm certain the final product will have no drawing involved whatsoever.

The artist in that tweet said "BTW, this first look image is rendered entirely with Disney’s Hyperion Renderer." So just the first look image= Hyperion?

https://www.laughingplace.com/w/article ... roy-conli/

Utilizing all of the technological advancements from the most recent films, Roy Conli shared that a major systems change at the studio will help make the next film, Wish, look more incredible than any before it.

[Farerb]

The star from Wish at the end credits from Strange World:

[blackcauldron85]

Kelly Marie Tran, ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Director Carlos López Estrada Launch Antigravity Academy Banner
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235270011/

The pair have launched production company Antigravity Academy, which will develop and produce movies, television, theater and short-form content from and about people from historically excluded communities.

[Farerb]

I now realize that while the videos of the song were posted (though I don't think they're available now), we never posted a screenshot of the animated part:



In addition, this image of Valentino looks like its his final rendered model:



Hand drawn animation is about the lines, about drawings coming to life, and both of these suggest to me that this is a CGI film, probably a more stylized CGI which might look gorgeous but a CGI nonetheless.
However, perhaps there might be hand drawn sequences in it, who knows?

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

Erm, I actually saw the animation tests for Wish at D23 and they looked similar to the movements of the characters in a movie known as The Bad Guys.

[Farerb]

Skye Roberts says that in an even with the filmmakers in Singapore, they said that Asha is a princess and that she will journey through various worlds in order to save her people.
It seems that my theory that she'll visit places from previous Disney films and meet other known characters might be correct:

https://youtu.be/nJycBm9XE1s

[blackcauldron85]

How do we know that "various worlds" = through existing Disney worlds? If it's true, it's slightly reminiscent of In Search of Mickey Mouse, except worlds vs. characters.

[PatrickvD]

They’ve been wanting to do this forever. Isn’t that what they had planned for Fantasia 2000? All the Royals together. Until they realized it was stupid.

Also it’s essentially just ‘into the Spiderverse’ with Disney Princess movies. Down to the animation style.

Nobody. Wants. This.

[Patricier21]

They’ve been wanting to do this forever. Isn’t that what they had planned for Fantasia 2000? All the Royals together. Until they realized it was stupid.

Also it’s essentially just ‘into the Spiderverse’ with Disney Princess movies. Down to the animation style.

Nobody. Wants. This.

I. Would. Not. Mind. It. What‘s. The.Difference. Between. This. And. Kingdom. Hearts.?. .

[Farerb]

How do we know that "various worlds" = through existing Disney worlds? If it's true, it's slightly reminiscent of In Search of Mickey Mouse, except worlds vs. characters.

We don't. It's just my (and probably others') theory.

[Farerb]

They’ve been wanting to do this forever. Isn’t that what they had planned for Fantasia 2000? All the Royals together. Until they realized it was stupid.

Also it’s essentially just ‘into the Spiderverse’ with Disney Princess movies. Down to the animation style.

Nobody. Wants. This.

Multiverses are very popular right now, I wouldn't be surprised if Disney wanted to do something similar.

[Sotiris]

They said that Asha is a princess and that she will journey through various worlds in order to save her people. It seems that my theory that she'll visit places from previous Disney films and meet other known characters might be correct.

I think she was referred to as a princess because of the expectation she'll join the Disney Princess franchise. Besides, people tend to call Disney female characters princesses regardless if they are royalty in their respective films or not. I highly doubt she will actually be a princess in the film itself. As for the possibility of her visiting various Disney movies or meeting other Disney characters, I really hope it's not true. Such a thing would tarnish WDAS' legacy worse than Ralph Breaks the Internet.

They’ve been wanting to do this forever. Isn’t that what they had planned for Fantasia 2000? All the Royals together. Until they realized it was stupid. Also it’s essentially just ‘into the Spiderverse’ with Disney Princess movies. Down to the animation style. Nobody. Wants. This.

It's a really bad idea, for sure. Chasing trends and engaging in fanservice is a recipe for disaster. Personally, I'm not going to support the movie, if that turns out to be the case.

[Disney's Divinity]

I feel like Lasseter being a micromanager and forcing Kingdom Hearts 3 crew to work much more closely with the people who made the new 3D films while he was in the studio (because he wanted the films to be re-created entirely rather than there be any creativity with the properties in Kingdom Hearts 3) caused a lot of story ideas from KH to end up on the radar of WDAS animators. Raya's plot feels inspired by it a great deal, with dark creatures (like the Darkness and Heartless) and the fighting over the light having caused it all (re-created literally in Raya with people fighting over an orb of light). Of course, the only thing in Encanto that made me think of KH was the color of Mirabel's dress being like the Dream Eaters. But now this story idea for Wish sounds a great deal like Sora going through "worlds" (ie, Disney movies).

Personally, I have always liked when Disney characters are combined together. Two things though--execution matters a great deal, the first KH game did it right as far as giving appropriate gravity and seriousness to certain characters (the Disney Princess characters and the Disney Villains) and not goofing around with them whereas a lot of the other games in the series are a mess. Also--I dread them involving anything PIXAR or Star Wars, that is not Disney, I don't care if Disney technically owns them now. I would be fine if they involved Anastasia though (if they intend to include her in the Princess line eventually); that would be kind of funny to me. If they borrow any idea directly from KH, I hope it's the stained glass artwork idea. I'd love if they did something similar to those pieces from KH1 they have for Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, and Aurora for the other princesses. <3

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

They’ve been wanting to do this forever. Isn’t that what they had planned for Fantasia 2000? All the Royals together. Until they realized it was stupid.

Also it’s essentially just ‘into the Spiderverse’ with Disney Princess movies. Down to the animation style.

Nobody. Wants. This.

I want it.

[Disney Duster]

Yeah I want it to.

[D82]

Skye Roberts says that in an even with the filmmakers in Singapore, they said that Asha is a princess and that she will journey through various worlds in order to save her people.
It seems that my theory that she'll visit places from previous Disney films and meet other known characters might be correct:

https://youtu.be/nJycBm9XE1s

I've searched the quote featured in her video and it's actually older, from the time the film was presented at D23. I'm not sure where it originated. It was used as a synopsis for the film on Comic Book.com and on the description of a video by Screen Rant, but I don't think it's an official synopsis since it's featured in very few places. Plus, neither the filmmakers nor the cast have referred to Asha as a princess, so I don't think Disney would reveal that detail yet if she was indeed a princess. But it could've been written originally by someone who attended the presentation, so the info could still be at least partially accurate.

I wouldn't be surprised if the film actually featured pre-existent Disney characters or places, since the filmmakers have mentioned more than once there'll be lots of Easter eggs. Like, for example, at the end of this recent article from Total Film I hadn't posted because it didn't have much new info:

A STAR IS BORN
Disney looks upwards…

Wishing is such a big part of Disney’s past, so we wanted to do a film that celebrates that,” says director Chris Buck. “The story basically revolves around a young woman’s wish.” Buck’s fellow director Fawn Veerasunthorn elaborates further: “She makes a wish that is so generous and powerful that it pulls down an actual star from the sky. This is an all-new original story, and it’s a musical.”

Landing in Disney’s centenary year, Wish draws on a classic Disney trope, as well as using a pioneering watercolour-style CG animation, which points to both the past and future of animation. “We looked for the art style that inspired Walt himself, and what brought him to create Snow White,” says Veerasunthorn. “We tried to adapt that into the technology that we have now.”

West Side Story Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose voices Asha, while Disney regular Alan Tudyk voices her pet goat, and the star is also a character itself. “Star’s this little ball of energy,” says Buck. “Star doesn’t talk. It’s all going to be pantomime animation, which, for me, is just kind of animation gold.”

And the directors promise plenty to delight Disney nerds. “If any film is perfect for Easter eggs, it’s this one,” teases Buck.

Or here:

Time and time again it was mentioned that the movie was specifically designed for the movie’s 100th anniversary and Buck alluded to the movie being positively littered with inside jokes and references to the studio’s animated history. “This will take the concept of Easter Eggs to a whole new level,” Buck teased.

Source: https://www.thewrap.com/disney-movie-wi ... ndow-cast/

I've also seen people speculate that the villain could be a past Disney one like Chernabog from Fantasia based on this quote:

They'll face a villain described as one of most formidable foes in Disney history.

Source: https://deadline.com/2022/09/wish-disne ... 235113523/

This other quote by Jennifer Lee makes me think it could be true, but we'll see:

And there's so much more to come. We teased a villain; I can't wait to announce you who that villain is.

Source: https://youtu.be/Xm1kNfeZcUM?t=177

Personally, I'm with the ones who are against interconnecting different Disney films and characters, so I hope it's no true.

[Farerb]

Personally, I'm with the ones who are against interconnecting different Disney films and characters, so I hope it's no true.

Something like that would feel like a fanfic in my opinion. Disney Animation should be above that, but these days they aren't unfortunately.