Wish

[UmbrellaFish]

That description is a very classic Disney scenario. Makes me think of Aladdin before his mother was cut.

I can imagine Chris Pine will make a great villain.

[D82]

So Grace Randolph was right about Chris Pine being in the movie. And it's clear by his appearance his character is the villain, as she said. Though I like Chis Pine, it's a bit weird to me the King has a Spanish name, but isn't voiced by a Spanish or Latin-American actor. Also, the character looks more like Bradley Cooper than him, don't you think? Not that it should resemble his voice actor, but I found that curious.

The animation looks a little better than I expected based on that still. It looks more like the Disney short Far From the Tree than, for example, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Though, as I've said many times, I'm not a fan of this hybrid style. Also, between the blue colors and the balcony, the still immediately made me think of Frozen.

I didn't think we would get a teaser so soon. I'm very curious to see more about the animation in particular. I hope we get some more story details too.

Here are some words by Jennifer Lee about Chris Pine:

“As the most powerful person in the kingdom, King Magnifico needed to be played by someone who could give all the charm, cleverness and charisma to this magnanimous character, and Chris is beautifully bringing all of that and then some,” Lee said.

The song that was screened at CinemaCon is the same we already heard:

The studio previewed a clip in which Asha sings an original song, “More for Us,” as she decides to help others’ wishes come true, while she walks through a forest and around the kingdom.

Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235402303/

[D82]

Here's another description of the footage shown at CinemaCon. Among other things, it reveals Asha's kingdom is located near the Iberian peninsula, i.e., near Spain and Portugal. Maybe that means the north of Africa or a fictitious island.

The footage for Disney's "Wish" introduces us to the land of Rosas, a magical kingdom of wishes located just off the Iberian peninsula. Ruled over by King Magnifico (Chris Pine), Rosas welcomes travelers from all over the world. Among its residents is our main character, Asha, a sharp-witted idealist played by Ariana DeBose. Her long braided hair follows in the footsteps of Disney's "Frozen," it's incredibly textured with the detailing showing just how much the company's 3D animations has developed. Visually, the film shares a lot in common with "Encanto," stylistically calling to mind the recent Disney film — though the song heard from the film has much more in common with the music of "Frozen."

The scene sees Asha singing in the woods, trailed by an adorable young goat. "So I look up at the stars to guide me, and throw caution to every warning sign." As she sings, she eventually finds herself wandering a small village, which sees citizens encircled by bubbles that reveal their wishes being granted. The song speeds up towards the back half, taking a Lin Manuel Miranda-esque turn: though it's not quite rap, the faster lyrics and syncopated rhythm showcase the Disney musician's influence.

Asha sprints out onto the edge of a huge tree branch that leans out over a cavern and stares up into the night sky at a huge star. As the camera spins around her, it becomes an image akin to "Pocahontas": stars and flowers float around as her hair blows in the breeze. The song reaches its peak and she sings the final line: "So I make this wish, for us to have something more than this." Just then, the star blasts a beam of light directly down onto her.

This is where the footage ends, but we know from the synopsis that Asha will later encounter a ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, they will "set out to prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen."

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1268683/disne ... acon-2023/

[Sotiris]

Magnifico is a ridiculous name for a person and he looks more Latino than Iberian which makes the choice of voice actor strange. He looks like he belongs in Elena of Avalor.

[DisneyFan09]

Well, to give my opinion about these news: I`m surprised, but excited that we`re going to get our first teaser tomorrow! Considering how the first teasers for both Encanto and Strange World were released in June, it`s remarkable that we`re getting the teaser of Wish in April already! But as for the image of Chris Pine`s character, I like him (as he looks kinda sexy), despite how he certainly looks more CGI than Hand Drawn. And Chris does have a lot of charisma, so I`ll hope that he`ll be able to give his villain exactly that.
But it`s remarkable that his name is Spanish sounding, as opposed to Asha`s. As for the setting, it wasn`t surprising how it`s location was close to the Iberian peninsula (despite that it looks it will be a fictional mashup who`s a blend of various cultures, just like the settings of Moana and Raya). As for Asha having a mother, I`m glad that she`s going to have one (due to the previous scrutiny of Disney Princesses lacking mothers). But I`ll wonder if Asha is going to have a single parent, as opposed to two parents (as both Rapunzel and Moana had both parents alive).

[Woodrow Pride]

[...] he certainly looks more CGI than Hand Drawn.

I completely agree. It looks about 70% CGI and 30% hand-drawn. I don’t think I realized how CGI this was going to look. It looks like they just slapped a toon-shader on a normal render.

[D82]

Promo for tomorrow's GMA program with Ariana DeBose: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrgfdUQArpy/

The caption of the new still gives some more info about King Magnifico:

Ruler of Rosas: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ‘Wish’ is set in Rosas, a magical kingdom where wishes really do come true. The ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico (voiced by Chris Pine), is the sole keeper of hundreds of wishes entrusted to him by people from all over the world.

It has also been revealed the score will be composed by Dave Metzger, and apparently Julia Michaels will co-write the songs with Benjamin Rice:

The film is helmed by Oscar-winning director Chris Buck (Frozen, Frozen II) and Fawn Veerasunthorn (Raya and the Last Dragon), produced by Peter Del Vecho (Frozen, Frozen II) and co-produced by Juan Pablo Reyes (Encanto). Jennifer Lee (Frozen, Frozen II) executive produces — Lee and Allison Moore (Night Sky, Manhunt) are writers on the project. With original songs by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Julia Michaels and Grammy-winning producer/songwriter/musician Benjamin Rice, plus score by composer Dave Metzger.

Source: https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/ ... neys-wish/

[Disney's Divinity]

I'm still sorting through everything. I'll edit this post most likely.

Magnifico's design reminds me a lot of Jafar, only a little less dramatic and menacing--like if you mixed Jafar with Ratcliffe. Many supposed the villain would be a White male character like a lot of the '90s villains, but I'm glad they didn't turn out to be correct just with all the racebaiting Disney's been doing the past year, it would've stirred more drama online. Interesting to have a villain wearing white rather than dark colors, I always like that (the White Witch in Narnia, Umbridge in pink cardigans and bows, etc.).

Interesting to hear there will be another character with a mother figure after learning Elio is also focused on a relationship between that title character and his mother.

Magnifico is a ridiculous name for a person and he looks more Latino than Iberian which makes the choice of voice actor strange. He looks like he belongs in Elena of Avalor.

I was actually writing something earlier that was the exact same thing, that the design looks a bit like something out of Elena of Avalor, but then I deleted it. Now I scrolled down further and saw you said the same thing already.

[Sotiris]

Many supposed the villain would be a White male character like a lot of the '90s villains, but I'm glad they didn't turn out to be correct just with all the racebaiting Disney's been doing the past year, it would've stirred more drama online.

But he is a white male character. He's Iberian and Iberians are considered to be white. Do you honestly believe that in this day and age if he was supposed to be a character of color, Disney would have hired a white actor to voice him?

[Disney's Divinity]

Oh, interesting! Yes, you're right, they wouldn't have cast Chris Pine otherwise, silly me.

[Farerb]

I wanted to reserve judgement until the teaser in order to see everything with movement, but if they wanted the appearance of Snow White or other classics then this is not it. The character looks like he's from Frozen and then they drew some lines on top of him. It doesn't even look like Paperman.

I remember awhile ago I listened to a podcast with James Baxter and he said he didn't care for the incorporation of CGI in hand drawn films cause then it was creating something that it isn't, and he said that people should embrace that hand drawn is a flat medium.

I really don't see the point of creating characters with volume and then scribble some lines on top of them. I don't think it looks bad, but I just don't really see how this is an improvement over what we saw in the last 15 years. They shouldn't have hyped this up if this is the result.

[D82]

Magnifico is a ridiculous name for a person and he looks more Latino than Iberian which makes the choice of voice actor strange. He looks like he belongs in Elena of Avalor.

I agree about the name; it would make more sense as a nickname. It's true he looks a bit like an Elena of Avalor character, but maybe it's the hair style and facial hair, because I'd say his facial features don't look Latino, plus he has blue eyes.

Well, to give my opinion about these news: I`m surprised, but excited that we`re going to get our first teaser tomorrow! Considering how the first teasers for both Encanto and Strange World were released in June, it`s remarkable that we`re getting the teaser of Wish in April already!

Yeah, it's true. I didn't expect we'd get a teaser so soon either.

But as for the image of Chris Pine`s character, I like him (as he looks kinda sexy), despite how he certainly looks more CGI than Hand Drawn. And Chris does have a lot of charisma, so I`ll hope that he`ll be able to give his villain exactly that.
But it`s remarkable that his name is Spanish sounding, as opposed to Asha`s. As for the setting, it wasn`t surprising how it`s location was close to the Iberian peninsula (despite that it looks it will be a fictional mashup who`s a blend of various cultures, just like the settings of Moana and Raya).

It's true he looks more CGI than hand drawn, but I thought the 2D-looking elements would be even less noticeable, so I'm not surprised by that. Even though it's set near the Iberian Peninsula, I think it will be a fictional mashup of various cultures after all, but we'll see. Speaking of that, I think unprincess or some other member correctly guessed this would be more or less the location of the kingdom.

As for Asha having a mother, I`m glad that she`s going to have one (due to the previous scrutiny of Disney Princesses lacking mothers). But I`ll wonder if Asha is going to have a single parent, as opposed to two parents (as both Rapunzel and Moana had both parents alive).

That would be interesting. It would be the opposite of what used to happen in the '90s. If I'm not mistaken, it would be the first time a female Disney protagonist only has a mother. Well, Tiana is the closest example of that, but both of her parents are alive at the beginning of the movie.

Interesting to have a villain wearing white rather than dark colors, I always like that (the White Witch in Narnia, Umbridge in pink cardigans and bows, etc.).

Yeah, that's interesting. Jennifer Lee said the character needed to be charming and charismatic, so maybe they wanted him to look like "a wolf in sheep's clothing". I wonder if he's a magician or something since he's described as "the sole keeper of hundreds of wishes" and that's why they made him king. Since they said Asha is a leader in the making who doesn't know she is yet, I suspect she'll dethrone him by the end of the movie and become the new ruler. Or, who knows, maybe she'll turn the kingdom into a democracy.

[Farerb]

Wait, when you said this:

Though I like Chis Pine, it's a bit weird to me the King has a Spanish name, but isn't voiced by a Spanish or Latin-American actor.

I thought that Magnifico was a real name in Spain. I also thought the name was ridiculous.

[D82]

Wait, when you said this:

Though I like Chis Pine, it's a bit weird to me the King has a Spanish name, but isn't voiced by a Spanish or Latin-American actor.

I thought that Magnifico was a real name in Spain. I also thought the name was ridiculous.

Oh, sorry. No, what I meant is that it was weird to me that he had a name that sounded Spanish and wasn't voiced by someone of that descent. Magnífico means magnificent in Spanish, so it's an adjective, not a person's name. At least, I don't know anyone called that. I've heard it as a nickname, though. I think a Disney or Pixar artist, whose name I've seen in movie credits, has it as a nickname.

[Disney's Divinity]

That would be interesting. It would be the opposite of what used to happen in the '90s. If I'm not mistaken, it would be the first time a female Disney protagonist only has a mother. Well, Tiana is the closest example of that, but both of her parents are alive at the beginning of the movie.

Yeah, only Tiana's mother isn't well-defined and she plays less of a role than Tiana's father does as far as story importance. I hope the mother is more important here for the female protagonist for once.

Yeah, that's interesting. Jennifer Lee said the character needed to be charming and charismatic, so maybe they wanted him to look like "a wolf in sheep's clothing". I wonder if he's a magician or something since he's described as "the sole keeper of hundreds of wishes" and that's why they made him king. Since they said Asha is a leader in the making who doesn't know she is yet, I suspect she'll dethrone him by the end of the movie and become the new ruler. Or, who knows, maybe she'll turn the kingdom into a democracy.

Something about that "sole keeper of hundreds of wishes" makes me think of King Candy and the way he sort of re-writes history of Vanellope being the princess, as if he's the keeper of her life in her place or something. Maybe there's something to that, and it may be how Asha becomes queen as I suspect based on her design similarities / callbacks to the Queen from Snow White.

I don't love the name, but I sort of don't hate it? Depends how it's pronounced. Magnefique!--O was my initial reading, lol, which like I said, not great, but not horrible for me personally. But I'd like if it's more Mag NEH fee co (spoken really fast, more emphasis on the neh part and not on the fee part, magNEHfeeco). Just from the similarities, I could already tell its meaning was magnificent. Another callback, I guess--Maleficent is also a hybrid of magnificent with "mal" for bad / evil. EDIT: Nevermind, I realized I read it wrong, it's got two i's not an e and an i.

[D82]

Yeah, only Tiana's mother isn't well-defined and she plays less of a role than Tiana's father does as far as story importance. I hope the mother is more important here for the female protagonist for once.

That would be nice for a change.

Something about that "sole keeper of hundreds of wishes" makes me think of King Candy and the way he sort of re-writes history of Vanellope being the princess, as if he's the keeper of her life in her place or something. Maybe there's something to that

I was thinking that it reminded me of another Disney villain, but I couldn't remember who. Yes, that makes him sound a bit like King Candy.

I don't love the name, but I sort of don't hate it? Depends how it's pronounced. Magnefique!--O was my initial reading, lol, which like I said, not great, but not horrible for me personally. But I'd like if it's more Mag NEH fee co (spoken really fast, more emphasis on the neh part and not on the fee part, magNEHfeeco). Just from the similarities, I could already tell its meaning was magnificent. Another callback, I guess--Maleficent is also a hybrid of magnificent with "mal" for bad / evil. EDIT: Nevermind, I realized I read it wrong, it's got two i's not an e and an i.

In Spanish the stressed syllable of the word is "ní": magnífico.

[Clindor]

First Trailer: https://youtu.be/ctlz0R1tSZE

[Farerb]

Teaser:
https://youtu.be/ctlz0R1tSZE

[robster16]

It looks absolutely STUNNING!!! The style is truly gorgeous! Loving the song as well...

First poster:


https://twitter.com/DisneyWishMovie/sta ... 7143078914

[D82]

The video description of the teaser confirms the Kingdom of Rosas is located off the Iberian Peninsula and reveals more info about King Magnifico, which I marked in bold below. It also seems the title of Asha's song has changed from "More For Us" to "This Wish".

Check out the new trailer, plus a poster and new image for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Wish,” which opens exclusively in theaters on Nov. 22. The trailer introduces 17-year-old Asha, the powerful King Magnifico, Asha’s pet goat Valentino, and Star, a celestial ball of boundless energy that Asha’s wish calls down from the sky. It also features a snippet of the song “This Wish,” performed by Ariana DeBose; it’s one of several new songs written by Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice for the film.

The all-new musical-comedy welcomes audiences to Rosas, a fantastical land located off the Iberian Peninsula. “Our heroine, Asha, lives in Rosas, known as the kingdom of wishes,” said director Chris Buck, who helms the film with Fawn Veerasunthorn. “People come from everywhere to give their wishes to a magical king who promises to grant their deepest desires—someday. Only he can decide which wishes will come true and when.”

Added Veerasunthorn, “We have been inspired by so many iconic films over Disney Animation’s 100 years, especially stories where we explore the power of someone with a wish, combined with the conviction to make that wish come true. Being able to honor that legacy with this incredible story and these amazing characters has been a joy for our entire team.”

Three new official stills have also been released:

THIS WISH – Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Wish” introduces Asha, a sharp-witted idealist who 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 set out to prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.


STAR TURN – In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Wish,” Asha makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force—a little ball of boundless energy called Star.


BEST WISHES – Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Wish” is set in Rosas, a magical kingdom where wishes really do come true. The film introduces Asha, a sharp-witted idealist who’s invited to see first-hand where King Magnifico keeps the wishes of those who’ve entrusted him with their deepest desires.

Source: https://www.mousesteps.com/2023/04/27/n ... -released/