Wish

Wish is a 2023 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It was directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn (in her feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Jennifer Lee and Allison Moore, based on a story conceived by Lee, Buck, Veerasunthorn, and Moore, and produced by Peter Del Vecho and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones, with Lee and Don Hall serving as executive producers. The art style combines computer animation with the look of traditional animation. The film stars the voices of Ariana DeBose, Zeno Robinson, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral, Javier Bardem, Angie Cepeda, Victor Garber, Natasha Rothwell, Jennifer Kumiyama, Harvey Guillén, Evan Peters, Ramy Youssef, Jon Rudnitsky and Simone Ashley. The story focuses on a 17-year-old girl named Asha (DeBose) in the Kingdom of Rosas, who makes a passionate plea to the stars in a moment of need, which leads her to meet a living, magic starboy named Astra (Robinson) fallen from the sky, something that attracts the attention of Rosas' evil ruler Magnifico (Pine) as well.
== Plot==
King Magnifico and his wife Queen Amaya establish the kingdom of Rosas on an island in the Mediterranean Sea. Having studied sorcery, Magnifico is able to grant the greatest desires of his subjects; each of them give up the memory of their wishes to be sealed and protected by the king until he can grant them. Once a month, as a ceremonial event, Magnifico chooses one wish to be granted.
17-year-old Asha prepares to interview for the job of Magnifico's apprentice on the day of her grandfather Sabino's 100th birthday, hoping Magnifico will grant Sabino's wish to inspire people. The interview goes well until Asha requests for Sabino's wish to be granted, which Magnifico declines, seeing the wish's elusiveness as a potential threat of safety of Rosas as during his time studied sorcery, he unknowingly angered the sky people, forcing him and his family to escape their wrath, however, his father was killed. 
Asha then realizes Magnifico never intends to return the ungranted wishes to their owners, and even if she questions his methods, Magnifico accept her apprenticeship and grant Sabino's wish, anyway as he intends to retire. 
Asha tries but fails to convince Sabino and her mother Sakina that Magnifico is deceiving them. Distraught, she makes her own wish on a star. To her surprise, the star descends from the sky in a form of an teenage boy named Astra, Astra's magic gives the forest animals, including Asha's pet goat Valentino, the ability to talk, prompting Asha to enlist his help, Astra's presence is sensed by everyone in the kingdom, and Magnifico feels threatened by it. Despite his famliy's pleas, he turns to forbidden dark magic to maintain his position of power as his subjects begin to doubt his way of ruling.
Asha and Astra spend time together in the city and learn more about each other as Astra is fascinated with the human world despite never having seen it, as his mother forbids all sky people from interacting with humanity after Astra's father was killed by a human. In the process, Asha gets to do magic from both Magnifico and Astra, however, she hides her relationship with Astra from him and her family, but only her friends and Valentino know about him. 
However, Astra is discovered by Amaya as she invites Asha and her family to dinner, at dinner, Astra is amused by Asha's family and they in turn immediately love Astra, While exploring the castle, Astra and Asha leaned that Magnifico was the one responsible for Astra's father's death. Magnifico arrives to arrest them, having been informed that Asha was responsible for Astra's summoning. Corrupted by the dark magic, Magnifico intends to use Astra and his mother, The Second Star to the Right's magic and Rosas' wishes to increase his own powers, forcing Sabino and Sakina to flee to a nearby island, while Asha, Astra, and Valentino stay behind to free the other citizens' wishes. 
One of Asha's friends, Simon, is revealed to be the one who sold Asha out to Magnifico in the hope that his wish to become a knight would be granted. Magnifico grants the wish, but additionally bewitches Simon into being his henchman in capturing Asha and Astra.
Asha rallies her other friends, Dahlia, Bazeema, Dario, Gabo, Hal, and Safi. Amaya, Alzir and his famliy also joins them, having discovered Magnifico's corruption. While her friends and Astra infiltrate Magnifico's study and open up the ceiling to free the wishes, Asha tries to distract Magnifico, only to be tricked by a disguised Simon, whom she defeats with the animals' help. Magnifico ascends the castle's tower, absorbing the power of every wish and killed Astra by absorbing his life force, Asha attempts to stop him but is easily overpowered as Magnifico blocks the sky and immobilizes the citizens, preventing them from wishing on stars.
Unwilling to give up, Asha encourages the citizens to make a wish about changing Rosas' future. The strength of their collective desire eventually overpowers Magnifico, whose magic turns against him and falls comatose, while the citizens reobtain their sealed wishes with a newfound appreciation of pursuing them.
Afterwards, Astra's mother arrive to retrieve Astra but Astra, having to fall in love with Asha and wanting to helping the citizens make their wishes come true on their own, wishes to being human and convinces her to use her magic to revive Magnifico. 
Magnifico awakens, and he and his family make amends, all the while, a regretful Simon is forgiven by Asha and her friends. Months later, Magnifico has retired and Alzir and Estrella becomes the sole rulers of Rosas, Astra's mother gifts Asha with a magic wand so that she can continue inspiring people to keep dreaming before returning to the sky among the other stars.
==Voice cast==
* Ariana DeBose as Asha: a 17-year-old girl who wishes upon a star to help save Rosas after sensing a coming darkness.
*Zeno Robinson as Astra: a 17-year-old starboy who is the youngest son of The Second Star to the Right. When he gets to Earth, he’s very excited to help Asha.
*Chris Pine as King Magnifico: the king of Rosas who is the sole keeper of peoples' wishes.
*Alan Tudyk as Valentino: a goat whose wish to communicate comes true after Star's magic grants him the ability to talk.
* Angelique Cabral as Queen Amaya: King Magnifico's wife, Lord Alzir's sister-in-law and the queen of Rosas.
*Javier Bardem as Lord Alzir: King Magnifico's older brother, Queen Amaya's brother-in-law who is the lord of the port, outside of Rosas.
*Angie Cepeda as Lady Estrella: King Magnifico's sister-in-law and Lord Alzir's wife
*Renée Victor as Lady Samaira: King Magnifico and Lord Alzir's mother and Queen Amaya's mother-in-law. 
*Victor Garber as Sabino: Asha's 100-year-old grandfather who is waiting to be granted his wish.
* Natasha Rothwell as Sakina: Asha's mother.
*Jennifer Kumiyama as Dahlia: Asha's best friend who is the royal baker and the unofficial leader of the group known as "The Teens". She was inspired by Doc from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
*Harvey Guillén as Gabo: a boy who is cynical but has a heart of gold, and part of the group of The Teens. He was inspired by Grumpy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
*Niko Vargas as Hal: a joyful girl, part of the group of The Teens. She was inspired by Happy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
*Evan Peters as Simon: a strong boy with a big heart, and part of the group of The Teens. He was inspired by Sleepy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
*Ramy Youssef as Safi: a boy who is plagued with allergies, and part of the group of The Teens. He was inspired by Sneezy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
*Jon Rudnitsky as Dario: Asha's rosy-cheeked and wiggly-eared friend, and a member of the group of The Teens. He was inspired by Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
*Della Saba as Bazeema: a shy girl of the group of The Teens. She was inspired by Bashful from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
*Simone Ashley as Cecelia: Alzir and Estrella's 21 year-old daughter, King Magnifico and Queen Amaya's niece, she was inspired by Cinderella from Cinderella.
*Aveline Leon as Adora: Alzir and Estrella's 15 year-old daughter, King Magnifico and Queen Amaya's niece, she was inspired by Aurora from Sleeping Beauty.
*Laiha Masri as Bianca: Alzir and Estrella's 5 year-old daughter, King Magnifico and Queen Amaya's niece, she was inspired by Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
==Soundtrack==
#Welcome to Rosas – Ariana DeBose & Wish Cast
#We don't talk about them - Chris Pine, Aveline Leon, Ariana DeBose and Wish Cast. 
#This Wish – Ariana DeBose
#I'm a Star – Wish Cast
#This Is The Thanks I Get?! – Chris Pine
#This Wish (Version 2) - Zeno Robinson 
#At All Costs - Zeno Robinson and Ariana DeBose
#Knowing What I Know Now" – Ariana DeBose, Angelique Cabral, Javier Bardem, & Wish Cast
#This Wish (Reprise) – Ariana DeBose & Wish Cast
#A Wish Worth Making – Julia Michaels
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