Wish (2023 Disney Film)

Wish is an upcoming American animated musical film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It is scheduled to be released on November 22, 2023 and will be the 62nd animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon. The film will be written by Jennifer Lee and directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn.

Plot
Wish asks the question: “How did the wishing star, which so many Disney characters wished upon, came to be?” Set in the magical kingdom of Rosas, the story introduces Asha (voice of Ariana DeBose), an optimist with a sharp wit who deeply cares about her community. When Asha turns to the sky in a moment of need and makes a wish, her plea is answered by a cosmic force—a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, they face the most formidable of foes to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

Cast

 * Ariana DeBose as Asha
 * Alan Tudyk as Valentino

Trivia

 * As this film comes out during Disney's 100th anniversary celebration, the fact that the plot is based on a wishing star similar to the one introduced in Pinocchio, and the stars seen in subsequent films such as Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and The Princess and the Frog, which serve as Disney's most iconic symbol, being mainly used in the very first shot of the Disney castle logo since 2006, it can easily be considered a celebration for the company's centennial and possibly a "spiritual prequel" to Pinocchio.
 * The art style of the film will combine traditional hand drawn animation, Disney's original art style, with CG animation.
 * This is the third Walt Disney Animation Studios film to be released on November 22, after Beauty and the Beast and Frozen II.
 * This is also the fifth Disney animated film to be released on the said date, after Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story, Coco, and Frozen II.


 * The film will reportedly have dozens of Easter eggs referencing past Disney Animated Canon films.
 * Star first appears as an Easter egg during the end credits of Strange World, similar to other recent films from Disney Animation foreshadowing the films that'll follow them in their end credits, such as the Ralph Easter egg during Moana 's end credits, the butterflies from Encanto during Raya and the Last Dragon 's end credits, and the Venture ship from Strange World during Encanto 's end credits.