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EXCLUSIVE: The No. 3 U.S. exhibitor Cinemark will not be playing Raya and the Last Dragon this coming weekend as Disney makes the title available both in theaters and as a $30 purchase on Disney+ on March 5. As the major studios experiment widely with theatrical windows during the pandemic, Raya is a clear case that…

I suppose it’s not fair to compare CGI animated movies about a boy — or girl — and their dragon, but if I must, let me just say this right off the top: I really prefer DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon and both of its sequels to the latest entry from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Raya and the Last Dragon. It had…

With News of the World, composer James Newton Howard returned to the Western genre for the first time in many years. In concert with director Paul Greengrass, he'd craft a more somber, inward-looking score than is often heard in the genre—"broken" music for a broken nation. The Universal Pictures title centers on…

Disney Animation is set to release their first animated short in five years with the Zach Parrish-directed Us Again, which will debut in theaters alongside Raya and the Last Dragon on March 5. The short is set to drop on Disney+ in June. True to the form of Disney’s past shorts, Parrish’s Us Again brings together…

While Disney CEO Bob Chapek remains flexible about release strategies for movies between the big screen and the studio’s streaming service Disney+, he said today that Marvel’s long-awaited feature Black Widow is still set to be a pure theatrical release as mentioned back at the company’s December investor…

Disney’s upcoming heroine epic Raya and The Last Dragon scored a spot in the Super Bowl limelight on Sunday. Dropping a trailer during the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Disney gave viewers another look at its historic warrior flick featuring Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan…

In the first sign today on Disney Investor Day that the studio might be going the way of WarnerMedia-HBO Max in their simultaneous theatrical-streaming strategy, the studio will release their upcoming animated feature Raya And the Last Dragon both in theaters and on Disney+ premiere access (ala Mulan over Labor Day…

Disney released the first trailer for Raya and the Last Dragon, the Don Hall/Carlos López Estrada-directed tentpole animated film that the studio is releasing on March 12, 2021. “This world has changed,” says Raya, the warrior heroine voiced by Kelly Marie Tran, “and its people are divided. Now to restore peace I must…

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…

Disney is pushing their Pixar feature Soul from June 19 to Nov. 20, the Thanksgiving holiday period where their animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon was originally scheduled to open. Technically that pic was to go on Nov. 25, and now Raya and the Last Dragon moves to March 12, 2021. That early March period is…

Walt Disney Animation Studios has taken the wraps off its next project, unveiling at the D23 Expo on Saturday Raya and the Last Dragon, which will star Cassie Steele and Crazy Rich Asians standout Awkwafina. A November 25, 2020 release date has been set. Awkwafina adds to her Disney credits that soon will include Shang…