Encanto 2: A New Generation

Encanto 2: A New Generation is an American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and is the sequel to the 2021 film Encanto. It will be released on August 25, 2024 in the United States and is the 63rd animated feature in the entire Disney Animated Canon. The film was directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush, and written by Bush and Charise Castro Smith.
==Synopsis==
After the events of the movie, the Madrigal family learn of Isabela's secret relationship with a US citizen named Dwight Lawton, and has been with him for three years. However, the new problem the family faces isn't Dwight, but a woman who's seeking revenge against him for untentionally ruining her life.
==Plot==
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==Cast==
*Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel Madrigal
==Production==
===Development===
Talks about an Encanto sequel began in mid-2022. The original idea began with the same cast as the first movie, but overtime, the concept of exploring future generations of the Madrigal family came into play, and it was eventually decided that the sequel would continue the story of Encanto by showing the next generation of Madrigals, with Mirabel as the new matriarch of the family.
On November 24, 2022 (The 1 year anniversary of the first film), the film was announced, and was confirmed to have most of the same people who worked on the first film working on the sequel. It was also reported that the film would center on an entirely new set of characters.
In April of 2023, Lin-Manuel Miranda was called in to work on the sequel's music, and he was quick to agree. According to Jason Hand: "Once Lin learned that one of the characters had the gift of making music everywhere she went, he got straight to work on writing her song. With how many lyrics he wrote into it, the song would've taken up a fourth of the movie if everything was kept in!"
Later on June 13, 2023, Joseph Leanos revealed that he would be starring in his first ever movie role as the new main character, José, while also revealing the rest of the cast and who they'd play. He also stated that the film was set to release next year.
===Music===
By April 2023, Lin-Manuel Miranda had begun writing the film's music, which would have eight original songs in both Spanish and English. On August 14, 2023, Germaine Franco, co-composer of the songs from Coco, who also worked on the original movie, began to score the film. The soundtrack for the film was released on streaming on August 27, 2024, and also in physical form on September 27.
==Release==
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===Home Media===
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==Reception==
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==Trivia==
*With a run time of 115 minutes, it's the second longest Disney animated film behind Fantasia at 125 minutes.
*Stephanie Beatriz, who voiced Mirabel in the first film, returns in an opening flashback to reprise her role. In the rest of the film as an elder, Gloria Estefan replaces her.
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