Coco - Pixar movie about Dia de Los Muertos

[NinjaPug]

Pixar finally released a title and some details about this movie.


The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dia De Los Muertos, as it’s been called, finally has a real title. Pixar revealed at today’s D23 presentation that the movie is officially named Coco, after one of the major characters in the story. Lee Unkrich is directing and Darla Anderson is producing. The pair last teamed up on Toy Story 3.

Unkrich explained that he’d discovered Dia De Los Muertos through the artwork. His appreciation of the colorful skeleton folk art led to his emotional investment in the holiday, which Unkrich described as a sort of “big family reunion between the living and the dead.”

The premise of the story comes from a simple question: “What if you could meet your long dead family members?” For research, Unkrich traveled to Mexico to see how the holiday was celebrated in different places, meeting many families and experiencing the traditions with them.

Described by John Lasseter as “breathtaking, beautiful, and fun” and by Unkrich as “emotional,” Coco follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who sets off a chain of events relating to a century-old mystery.

While further plot details are being kept under wraps for now, D23 attendees were shown a diorama, not originally intended for public viewing, that offered a taste of the general mood and tone. Here’s a description of what they saw:

A character lights a candle in a cemetary, as fireworks go off in the sky. An old woman drops flower pedals as she limps toward a colorfully decorated grave.

Cut to colorfully dressed skeletons dancing and playing music in a long, store-lined alley way. The skeletons detach their heads and legs during the course of the dance.

A mariachi band is playing. A boy drops his skull mask and the music stops for a second. Then the music resumes, and as fireworks go off, we see an aerial view revealing that the block is shaped like a skull.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMaeP2OUwAE3Qb1.jpg

http://www.slashfilm.com/pixar-coco-d23-expo/

[drgon78]

Sounds interesting.

[Wildcat]

Sounds grim for a Disney movie.

[Cure]

So it's the Book of Life.

[drgon78]

It does sound like the book of life but better.

[TigerClaw]

Pixar finally released a title and some details about this movie.



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMaeP2OUwAE3Qb1.jpg

http://www.slashfilm.com/pixar-coco-d23-expo/
I remember reading that Disney tried to trademark the term Dia De Los Muertos, but they couldn't cause Mexico came in, and stopped them from trying to trademark there Holiday.

[NinjaPug]

So it's the Book of Life.

I wondered if this project had been scrapped due to Book of Life since we hadn't heard anything about it since it was announced in 2012.

I gotta think it'll be a different take or Pixar would've scrapped it like they did with Newt since the story was too similar to Rio.

[The Stryker]

I wondered if this project had been scrapped due to Book of Life since we hadn't heard anything about it since it was announced in 2012.

I gotta think it'll be a different take or Pixar would've scrapped it like they did with Newt since the story was too similar to Rio.

Or they just figure Book of Life faded away quick enough that they could slip in and do the same thing.

I liked Book of Life but it wasn't the hit that Rio was.

[NinjaPug]

Details on the story and voice cast:


Without further ado, we present the plot of Coco, along with its leading voice cast:

Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector (voice of Gael García Bernal), and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history. Character actress Renée Victor also joins the cast as Abuelita, Miguel’s grandmother.

“It was important to us from day one that we had an all-Latino cast,” Unkrich told EW. “It focused us, and we ended up with a fantastic mix of people — some from Mexico and some from Los Angeles.”

According to EW, “Bratt was cast relatively early on — Unkrich says he was the first, in fact — but Bernal took some more internal legwork. ‘Gael was someone we were considering early on, but I didn’t know if I’d be able to sell him [to Pixar chief John Lasseter] because he’s done so many films I’ve loved through the years, but he hadn’t really done comedy … Thankfully, our casting director said, ‘Have you seen this new show that Gael’s in?’ And it was Mozart in the Jungle, and I started watching and thought, ‘Oh my God, he’s so funny, he’s so charming, and he’s perfect.’ So, thank God for Mozart. It didn’t take any convincing on John’s part.’”

Newcomer Anthony Gonzalez is described as a “triple-threat who does all his own singing in the movie and came to the filmmakers’ attention during a nationwide search for Miguel — and not just as the character’s final voice, but his scratch (or temporary) one. ‘We actually had another kid doing scratch for Miguel who’s now 17 or 18, which should tell you how long we’ve been working on the movie, but his voice changed long ago, and it was actually in trying to find a new voice for the scratch that we found Anthony,’ says Unkrich.”



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[TheSkeletonMan939]

I can only imagine how frickin' gorgeous the animation will be.

[drgon78]

Nice art work, can't wait to see the finished product.

[NinjaPug]

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[TheSkeletonMan939]

Has Pixar ever ventured into this sort of high fantasy before? I think this is a first for them.

[sdp]

In recent years the US has totally Americanized Dia de Muertos and transformed it into something it really isn't and Mexico has embraced it and welcomed it with open arms. It's rather odd. Mexico also made a Dia de Muertos CG movie that came out like 2 years ago or so, didn't watch it but the style seems pretty much the same albeit coco has a much larger production budget.

[Utrommaniac]

There is really too much similarity to Book of Life for my taste - especially since Book of Life was originally pitched to Pixar at the first place...and was rejected.

[BubblyShell22]

Sounds interesting. I might have to check it out.

[ToTheNines]

God ****ing dammit. Why is Pixar so good?

[Shark_Blade]

There is really too much similarity to Book of Life for my taste - especially since Book of Life was originally pitched to Pixar at the first place...and was rejected.

Book of Life looks terrible though. I'd reject it too.

[plastroncafe]

Aside from being about the same holiday, I'm really not seeing a whole hell of a lot to compare Coco with Book of Life.

Do people also say this about Christmas movies?
"Oh I can't watch this one, it looks too much like that other one!"

[Allio]

In recent years the US has totally Americanized Dia de Muertos and transformed it into something it really isn't and Mexico has embraced it and welcomed it with open arms. It's rather odd. Mexico also made a Dia de Muertos CG movie that came out like 2 years ago or so, didn't watch it but the style seems pretty much the same albeit coco has a much larger production budget.

Stories in general change with the generations and some are forgotten

[Utrommaniac]

I liked Book of Life a little bit. If only just for the fact that it it switched gears from being a man going to hell and back for the woman he loved, to gods in an estranged marriage making a bet on the love lives of children.

And really, Xibalba and La Muerta are the best part of the movie besides the style. And the plethora of lore Jorge R. Gutierrez has revealed about them on Twitter. As well as the Word of God that it takes place in the same universe as El Tigre - one of their daughters is the main antagonist of El Tigre and was the "difficult" child.

[NinjaPug]

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[drgon78]

Well it is starting to look more interesting now.

[Donatello19]

From what we've seen, this doesn't feel like a Pixar movie at all, really. Anyone else feel like Pixar is going through that stage that Disney went through in the early 2000's with their movies? With the exception of Inside Out, every Pixar movie hasn't been great or a real big "Pixar movie", if you know what I mean. Cars 2, Brave, Monsters University and Finding Dory, were all disappointing to me and not even worth rewatching...and their next movie, Cars 3, doesn't look any more promising. I can only hope this will be better, but for some reason it feels like a Dreamworks movie that's trying to be a Disney movie just based on the trailer.

The only thing I'm slightly looking forward to from Pixar is The Incredibles 2. And don't even get me started on Toy Story 4...

EDIT: Oh, and the Good Dinosaur. That movie was so forgettable.

[drgon78]

I love Brave, Inside out was good, Monsters University was fun but should have been a sequel, not a prequel. Never liked Cars or Finding Nemo or care about their sequels.

[ToTheNines]

Looks so amazing. Justice League should be worried lol.

[ranger_scout]

Pixar has certainly done it again. Coco was not only a visual treat, but it had plenty of heart as well. I also thought the opening narrative was quite clever and very well-animated. The message of family was done exceptionally well in the film. It's really nice that both this movie and Moana have amazing elderly relatives of the main characters.

At first I thought there was a slight possibility that Hector was really Miguel's great-great grandfather instead of Ernesto, but it wasn't until I noticed that the flower petal that Ernesto was trying to use to send Miguel home didn't glow like Mamá Imelda's that my initial thoughts were true.

[Shark_Blade]

Eh, I'm still not feeling this movie. I usually watch Disney/Pixar movie all the time but this one...I picked to watch Justice League again at the theater.

[NinjaPug]

Thought Coco was pretty damn good. Not top tier Pixar but really solid and better than anything else from Pixar the past 6-7 years except Inside Out.

For those that have seen both, how did this compare to Book of Life? I'm assuming Coco was different enough to continue with it after BoL was released.

[ProphetofGanja]

I think I'm gonna try to catch this in theaters

[sdp]

The movie was a big success in Mexico and well received, it premiered just before Dia De Muertos

[drgon78]

I saw it today, is is good, but not on the top tier for me.

The only similarities it has to The Book of Life is that they both are related to the same holiday and the importance of family.

[Shark_Blade]

Welp I suddenly have the urge to watch this movie today and... wow, I didn't think it would have an impact to me but it did. There's a heartfelt scene at the end that got me teary eyed too surprisingly. Another gem among the Disney film, I was so wrong to dismiss it earlier. Glad I did check this one out.

And the Frozen short was fine, those people complaining about it are crazy boring adults tbh.

An 8.8/10 tbh. Such a beautiful movie and the music is amazing too. Hope this movie will do well globally.

[Shark_Blade]

#PixarCoco* has been nominated for 2 #CriticsChoiceAwards: Best Animated Feature & Best Song (“Remember Me”)!

https://twitter.com/pixarcoco/status/938456019855851520

[Shark_Blade]

Congrats Coco on winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature! :D

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/oscars-2018-full-winners-list/1100-6457144/

The runner ups:
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent

[Roseangelo]

Super glad Coco won best animated picture. 100% deserved. But ugh, kinda disappointed "Remember Me" won best song. It really only has one verse that just gets repeated over and over and over. It worked perfect for the movie, but far from a great stand alone song. "This Is Me" should have won, IMO.

[ZariusTwo]

Coco 2 pencilled in for 2029

https://www.awn.com/news/lee-unkrich-helm-coco-2-pixar