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Image: Disney Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon is a film that’s so different from most other movies of its kind, it didn’t even have to be fully formed for writers and actors to jump at the chance to be part of it. Advertisement “It was one of those things where I heard ‘Strong female protagonist,’ ‘Asian inspired dragon’ and I was like, ‘I’m your chick for this. Like a thousand percent,’” co-writer Adele Lim, best known for adapting Crazy Rich Asians, told io9. Lim w...

Raya and the Last Dragon’s dragon Sisu, voiced by Awkwafina, reminds many of Elsa from Frozen. But screenwriters Qui Nguyen and Adele Lim, along with Kelly Marie Tran, weigh in on the little details that the character unique and the film feel authentically Southeast Asian. The newest Disney animated feature is out on Disney Plus with Premier Access on March 5.

Advertisement Though it was in production years before the pandemic changed everyone’s way of life, Raya And The Last Dragon truly feels like the first Disney blockbuster of the COVID era. Accidentally or not, this lavish animated production resonates with the collective grief of the world it’s being released into, inviting everyone to sit with that pain, even as it hints at brighter days to come. Helmed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, together with co-directors Paul Briggs and John...

‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Review: A Disney Fantasy Fairy Tale Moana — including a regal father, an impulsive and brave princess, a smirking sidekick with godly powers, a quest for a faraway MacGuffin, and a fixation on water’s mystical powers — and places them in a  Lord of the Rings-esque fantasy world, complete with magical objects, a race of unstoppable evildoers, and a “fellowship” that bands together to restore the utopia that was broken centuries before. There are ma...

Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina and Gemma Chan lead the voice cast for 'Raya and the Last Dragon,' which breaks new ground in the Disney princess canon.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The first major animated feature for a post-Trump era, “Raya and the Last Dragon” is as leftie a toon as Disney has ever made,…

Raya and the Last Dragon Is an Exhilarating, Poignant, Animated Adventure Share Raya and the Last Dragon is great. (Image: Disney) To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Adventure has a new name and that name is Raya. Raya and the Last Dragon is the latest film from Walt Disney Animated...