12 Disney Films & TV Shows Coming 2021 & Beyond

4. Encanto

Lin Manuel-Miranda returns to Disney with Encanto. The film, set in Columbia, will feature elements of magical realism and explore 'the dangerously wonderful chaos of family'.

The film is centered on a young girl and her family in Colombia, who all have magical powers, sadly, the young girl has no powers.

The film is from the team of by Byron Howard (Zootopia), Jared Bush (Zootopia), and Charise Castro Smith (The Haunting of Hill House)

It is the fifth Walt Disney Animation Studios/Pixar film to explore Latin American culture, after Saludos Amigos, The Three Cabelleros, The Emperor's New Groove and Coco.

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