Giving a fun and musical spin to 'Day of the Dead,' 'Coco' will try to cash in at the Thanksgiving box office later this year.
Disney Pixar unveiled the new poster and all-Latino cast of their upcoming animation movie Coco, on Tuesday.
Coco is a story of a teenaged boy Miguel. He dreams of being a performer and adores his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. The boy visits the resting place of Cruz, touches the guitar hanging above the grave and gets sent to the Land of the Dead because anything can happen on Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). In this otherworldly land, Miguel will meet a trickster, Hector, and together they will meet his deceased relatives and solve the mystery of his family.
The movie is co-directed by Lee Unkrich of Toy Story 3 and Adrian Molina of Monsters University. Unkrich said in a statement, "These parallel worlds couldn’t be more different. One is the Rivera family’s charming and hardworking hometown of Santa Cecilia, and the other is the vibrant, rich land where loved ones go when they’ve passed. Coco introduces characters from both worlds on the eve of Día de Los Muertos—one extraordinary night when a living boy named Miguel gets a glimpse of the other side."
Newcomer Anthony Gonzalez is the voice of Miguel. Renee Victor voices Abuelita, Miguel's grandmother and the ultimate enforcer of the Rivera family’s ban on music. Ana Ofelia Murguia voices Mama Coco, Miguel's great-grandmother and his confidant.
Jamie Camil, Sofia Espinosa, and Luis Valdez are the voices of Miguel's parents and uncle, respectively.
For the characters from the land of the dead, Golden Globe winner Gael Garcia Bernal lead the cast by voicing Hector the charming trickster. Bernal is joined by Benjamin Bratt giving voice over for Ernesto de la Cruz. He is Miguel's idol and the most famous musician in the history of Mexico.
Edward James Olmos voices Chicharron. He is Hector's friend and is sadly being forgotten, a sad condition in the Land of the dead. Alana Ubach, Selene Luna, Alfonso Arau, herbert Siguenza, Octavio Solis, Gabriel Iglesias, Cheech Marin, and Blanca Araceli make for the rest of the voiceover cast.
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"Our voice cast is incredibly talented, helping to shape our eclectic group of characters. Each actor has told us they find something relatable in this film, so they’re finding it easy to capture the heart of this story—it’s all about family, so we hope that these characters will resonate with everyone," said Adrian Molina in a statement.
Coco is set to release on November 22, 2017.
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