Disney delighted thousands of fans on Friday at its "
D23 Expo
" festival near Los Angeles by announcing a sequel to its hit animated film
Vice Versa
and introducing a new feature film,
Wish
, which will be released for its 100 years next year.
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The Anaheim Convention Center in California has seen stars such as Jude Law or Jamie Lee Curtis and admirers of fantastic creatures from the Disney universe parade for the return of this biennial gathering, suspended due to the pandemic.
The Mickey Mouse studio took the opportunity to announce
Vice Versa 2
, which is scheduled for release in the summer of 2024, almost ten years after the first part, which had met with immense success.
The feature film, awarded the Oscar for best animated film in 2016, tells the complex coexistence of emotions (anger, joy, fear, sadness, disgust) in the head of an introverted little girl, Riley.
Amy Poehler will once again voice the role of Joy, while Kelsey Mann will direct.
"
I read the script and it's incredible
," promised Amy Poehler without revealing too much.
She just explained that the plot was taking place again in the consciousness of Riley, who had become a teenager, evoking in passing the appearance of a “
new emotion
”.
Great classics
Another major surprise was the announcement of the film
Elio
, from Pixar studios, part of the Disney galaxy, which relates the adventures of an eleven-year-old child, accidentally propelled into an Earth ambassador when he finds himself transported through the galaxy.
Yonas Kibreab will play the role of the young boy, alongside America Ferrera (from the
Ugly Betty
series ), who will play his mother, Olga.
Disney also showed footage of
Wish
, which is set in an enchanted kingdom and explores the origins of magic and the band's iconic shooting star.
Ariana DeBose, who triumphed at the 2022 Oscars for her role in
West Side Story
, has joined the cast of this production which will be released in 2023, for the hundred years of the animation giant.
Fans of the brand's great classics were also served, with the first images of
Mufasa
, the prequel to the mythical
Lion King
, as well as the adaptation of
The Little Mermaid
with so-called live-action techniques.
