![]() And you've got this really, really forward-thinking Sean Bailey and Alan Horn. “You have an amazing executive of color, Tendo Nagenda there. “They are really killing it across the board in terms of the depth of the bench and the commitment to an inclusive slate,” DuVernay told Vanity Fair. (The lack of female filmmakers helming blockbusters is a major, industry-wide problem, one that Disney is working to combat-though the studio doesn't currently have any hard and fast mandates in place when selecting directors for upcoming films, a source tells Vanity Fair.) Meanwhile, Kathleen Kennedy, president of Disney-owned Lucasfilm, recently told Variety that they're looking for a female director to (finally) helm a Star Wars film. Prolific cinematographer Bradford Young has joined the company’s upcoming Han Solo origin story (which will also star Donald Glover), becoming the first black cinematographer in the historic Star Wars franchise. ![]() The majority of Pixar films are co-produced by women, a trend that will continue ( Lindsay Collins produced Finding Dory, for example). Jennifer Lee will return to co-direct the Frozen sequel. Ava DuVernay is reimagining Madeline L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time to center around a biracial girl (newcomer Storm Reid), and the cast also includes Oprah, Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Jordan, Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett and Lupita Nyong’o. Ryan Coogler is helming Black Panther, which has an all-star cast featuring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. In Marvel’s corner, Taika Waititi is directing the next Thor. Things are changing behind the scenes, too. But it’s also one of many examples of how Disney is diversifying its array of upcoming films, presenting more inclusive visions of everything from classic musicals to a galaxy far, far away. It’s an anomaly even in an industry that prides itself on having an imagination. Katwe is a film about a young African girl, with essentially no speaking roles for white characters, directed by an Indian woman. “ is truly one because he made it happen.” “I’ve never had a guardian angel in any film in a studio,” Nair tells Vanity Fair. It took the attention of one particularly dedicated Disney executive, Tendo Nagenda, to introduce Mutesi and Nair, then shepherd through the studio a film: Queen of Katwe, a movie that looked almost nothing like anything else from the company that brings you Avengers, jedis, and pirates. 24, 2021, the film features all-new songs by Emmy®, GRAMMY® and Tony Award® winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton,” “Moana”) and is directed by Byron Howard (“Zootopia,” “Tangled”) and Jared Bush (co-director “Zootopia”), co-directed by Charise Castro Smith (writer “The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez”), and produced by Clark Spencer and Yvett Merino Bush and Castro Smith are screenwriters on the film.Mira Nair didn’t know it, but for years, she lived just 15 minutes away from the subject of her next film-chess champion Phiona Mutesi, a prodigy from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal-every child except one, Mirabel (voice of Stephanie Beatriz). Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Encanto” tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Kids & Family, Musical
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