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Awkwafina to Star in Disney’s Animated ‘Raya and the Last

Disney handled followers at D23 Expo Saturday to their first take a look at “Raya and the Last Dragon,” a brand new animated movie starring Awkwafina and written by Adele Lim, co-writer of “Crazy Rich Asians.”

Onstage on the expo in Anaheim, California, Awkwafuna, co-star Cassie Steele (“Degrassi: The Next Generation”), producer Osnat Shurer and Lim, defined that the movie is impressed by Hong Kong motion movies with a setting impressed by Southeast Asia.

Set in Kumandra, a fantasy world with 5 lands and a sea formed like a dragon, the movie follows Raya (Steele), a lone warrior on a quest to search out the final dragon, whom she believes can save Kumandra from a so-far unrevealed evil pressure. Awkwafina, in the meantime, performs Sisu, the final dragon, who has turn out to be trapped in a human physique and desires Raya’s assist to search out the ability to return to her dragon type.

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The movie remains to be in growth, so there wasn’t a lot to carry to Anaheim, however Disney did showcase some idea artwork, which it later shared on Twitter. Check it out beneath:

Just Announced: Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon, starring @cassandrasteele (Raya) and @Awkwafina (Sisu, the Last Dragon). Check out all-new idea artwork, and see the movie in theaters November 2020. #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/V40bv64IIp

— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) August 24, 2019

Directed by Paul Briggs and Dean Wellins, “Raya and the Last Dragon” is ready for launch in November 2020.

Disney+: All the Original TV Shows and Movies Set for Upcoming Streaming Platform (Photos)

In case you have not heard, Disney is making ready the launch of Disney+, its personal streaming competitor to problem Netflix and Amazon. The upcoming platform might be obtainable starting Nov. 12 for $6.99 a month (or as a part of a $12.99 bundle with Hulu and ESPN+).

Along with housing its personal huge library of content material, Disney+ will function unique “Star Wars,” Marvel Studios, Pixar, National Geographic and, after all, Disney productions. Here’s each unique TV present and movie within the works for the upcoming streaming platform. (Note: Year One means inside the first 12 months of Disney+’s launch.)

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“Forky Asks a Question” (Short-Form Series) — In a brand new assortment of 10 Pixar animated shorts, “Toy Story 4” character Forky explores necessary questions on how the world works, equivalent to: What is love? What is time?

Premiere Date: Nov. 12

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“Encore” (TV) — Executive produced by Kristen Bell this present brings collectively former castmates of highschool musicals, tasking them with re-creating their unique efficiency years after they final carried out it, in a highschool reunion like no different.

Premiere Date: Nov. 12

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“Noelle” (Film) — Nick Kringle (Bill Hader) is first in line to turn out to be Santa Claus, however he struggles at each step of the best way. His youthful sister Noelle (Anna Kendrick) enjoys all of the perks of being a Kringle with none of the expectations or accountability. As the vacation attracts close to, the pressures of being Santa turn out to be all an excessive amount of for Nick, who disappears simply weeks earlier than the large day. Now it’s as much as Noelle to scour the globe to search out him, carry him house, and save the Christmas season….