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Raya and the Last Dragon is one of three Disney films nominated today for an Oscar in the Best Animated Feature category. Directors Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada spoke to Deadline after their nomination was announced. Raya is the first Southeast Asian Disney princess, who is also voiced by a Southeast Asian…

For Raya and the Last Dragon, the influences of a multitude of Southeast Asian cultures are apparent. For directors Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, and writer Qui Nguyen, it was important to bring to light a culture that is often unseen at on a large scale. From the use of Thai martial arts to Filipino weapons such…

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Marie Tran has come aboard as an executive producer on Summertime, reuniting her with her Raya and the Last Dragon director Carlos López Estrada on his spoken-word poetry feature film that world premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Good Deed Entertainment has distribution rights to the pic…

UPDATED with first-look image of the movie. Kelly Marie Tran is making history. Deadline has confirmed that the Star Wars alum has joined Walt Disney Animation Studios’ forthcoming animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon as the titular heroine, marking the first Southeast Asian to lead a Disney animated film. Tran…

Blindspotting director Carlos López Estrada debuted his second feature, Summertime, at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s a Slacker-inspired piece that centers the lives of 25 high school Los Angeles performers, all of whom served as co-writers on this film. It takes place over the course of a hot summer day in LA where…