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Directors Don Hall And Carlos López Estrada On Oscar Nom For ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ And AAPI Families “Seeing Their Cultures Depicted In A Disney Movie”
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…
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‘Raya And The Last Dragon’: Read The Screenplay For Disney’s Animated Adventure Exploring Themes Of Unity And Trust
Editors note: Deadline's Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year's movie awards race.
In Raya and the Last Dragon, the kingdom of Kumandra splits apart when the gem protecting the realm from the Druun breaks into five pieces. The film itself almost went…
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Annie Awards Nominations: ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ & ‘Encanto’ Lead Field For Animation Prizes
Disney films are the ones to beat at the 49th annual Annie Awards, whose nominations were announced Tuesday morning. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Raya and the Last Dragon and Encanto scored a leading 10 and nine noms, respectively, followed by Pixar’s Luca with eight.
Sony & Netflix’s The Mitchells vs. the…
‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ Directors Don Hall And Carlos López Estrada & Writer Qui Nguyen On Creating Kumandra And Creating A Southeast Asian Hero
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…
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‘Lucifer’ Repeats Atop Nielsen U.S. Streaming Chart, Beating Out Disney Feature ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’
Lucifer posted a repeat win atop Nielsen’s weekly U.S. streaming rankings, with viewership rising almost 40% as the show wrapped its fifth season.
The supernatural drama series, which began on Fox before shifting to Netflix, racked up more than 1.8 billion minutes of total viewing from May 31 to June 6. That tally…
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By Dade Hayes
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Disney Streaming Growth Slows As Company Has Mixed Quarterly Report
Disney revenue slid 13% in the fiscal second quarter, the company reported Thursday, but earnings per share nearly doubled, beating Wall Street expectations.
Streaming once again was the main highlight of the financial report, but growth of Disney+ moderated significantly during the period. It reached 103.6 million…
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L.A. Box Office Blasts Off To $1.55M; Kelly Marie Tran & Carlos Lopez Estrada Welcome ‘Raya’ Fans As Pic Ranks No. 1 Again – Update
Monday Update: Updated weekend box office figures for how spectacular Los Angeles did in its first weekend back after a year of shutdown during Covid: $1.55M from 75 theaters, which reps 8.8% of the $17.6M weekend box office. That figure is based off 75 theaters polled in Comscore, and reps a 743% explosion from the…
‘Avatar’ China Reissue Retains Crown In 2nd Weekend; Is Middle Kingdom Ready To Embrace Fresh Hollywood Product? – International Box Office
UPDATE, writethru: James Cameron's Avatar held the top spot at the global and international box office this weekend with $14.1M in China for the Friday-Sunday frame. The 2009 sci-fi epic re-released in the Middle Kingdom last weekend — when it reclaimed the title of all-time highest-grossing movie worldwide from Avenge…
‘Avatar’ Is King Of The Weekend With $21M In China; All-Time Global Record Now $2.81B – International Box Office
UPDATE, writethru: As we first reported yesterday, James Cameron's Avatar is again king of the all-time worldwide box office, having snapped the title back from Avengers: Endgame thanks to a very robust China reissue this session. The full three-day frame in the Middle Kingdom is estimated at $21.1M, also giving the…
‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ Takes $5.5M Second Weekend B.O. As Exhibition Slowly Repairs – Sunday Update
Sunday AM Writethru: Following Saturday post, The Father figures have been updated with Monday’s numbers. There’s lots of good news ahead at the box office, but we’re not quite there yet.
The No. 1 box office market, Los Angeles (over $900M in 2019), won’t begin to really wake up until next weekend. Then the…
How Will Theatrical Windows Look Post-Pandemic? AMC Boss Adam Aron Provides Idea During Year-End Earnings Call
While the No. 1 exhibitor AMC has traditionally been flexible about theatrical windows despite their pubic uproar against Universal last year, the chain’s CEO Adam Aron speculated today what the landscape would look like when we come out of this pandemic.
“What we learned from the Universal agreement, is that every…
Girl Scout To Disney CEO: Why Can’t We Rent A Theater To Watch ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ With Our Cookie Dough?
With Disney and key exhibitors at loggerheads over the rental terms for the studio’s latest theatrical day and date Disney+ PVOD of Raya and the Last Dragon, leave it to a Girl Scout to call Disney CEO Bob Chapek to the carpet on why her local theater wasn’t playing the movie.
During the Q&A at Disney’s annual share…
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