A dozen years after Disney and Pixar’s Coco won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the the team behind the original film, including Oscar®-winning director Lee Unkrich and co-director Adrian Molina are reunitimg for another trip to the Land of the Dead.
During Disney’s annual shareholder meeting, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger announced development on a sequel to the 2017 animated feature that took in more than $800 million at the global box office and won a pair of Academy Awards.
While the film is just in the initial stages, we know it will be full of humor, heart and adventure. And we can’t wait to share more soon.
-Bob Iger
Per Disney:
Disney and Pixar’s Coco introduced Miguel, a 12-year-old with dreams of becoming a musician despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, who ventures to the vibrant Land of the Dead to unlock the real story behind his family history. Coco won two Academy Awards for best animated feature and best original song (“Remember Me”). The film also won a Golden Globe® for best motion picture–animated, a BAFTA for best animated film, and critics’ choice awards for best animated feature and best song (“Remember Me”).
Source: Walt Disney Studios Global Publicity
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