Lin-Manuel Miranda;Encanto(2021).Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty; WALT DISNEY PICTUREs/Alamy
Lin-Manuel Mirandais ready to takeEncanto’s magic to Disney Parks.
The 42-year-old composer and filmmaker toldInsideron Thursday that while he has been asked about follow-up installments of the hit film, for which he wrote the songs, he has his mind on a shorter-term complement.
“Everyone’s like, ‘Will there be a sequel? Will there be a show?’ and I said, ‘I want a ride before I want any of that,’ " said Miranda.
He also teased thatDisney Parks Imagineers"are on it,” in terms of an attraction.
“I don’t know what they do or where they live, but I know they’re on it,” Miranda quipped.
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The movie earnedthree Oscar nominationstotal: Best Animated Film, Best Original Score and Best Original Song, for “Dos Oruguitas.” It alsowon best animated filmat the 2022 Golden Globes, and its breakout hit song, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” has smashed numerous records.
Miranda told PEOPLE in January about theinspiration behindEncanto, “Our thesis for the film was, ‘Can we tell a story with three generations of family and really give them complexity without them getting winnowed away in the story making process?’ "
“Oftentimes in movies, you cut away unimportant characters, but we wanted to hold on to them. My first salvo in protecting them was writing the opening number, ‘The Family Madrigal,’ where I list everyone in the clearest family tree possible,” he added. “And ‘Bruno’ was the logical next step.”
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Speaking withE! NewsaboutEncanto’s Oscar nominations in February, Miranda said he could envision aBroadwaymusical adaptation of the family movie, telling the outlet, “I thinkit weirdly lends itself well.”
“They don’t always … I can’t picture aMoanaBroadway musical. I don’t know how you’d do the ocean,” he said. “My first draft of the last song in the movie, ‘All of You,’ was like seven minutes long. It was so late in production that they were like, ‘Lin, we won’t make the movie in time. You actually have to cut this down.’ So I’ve got the Broadway finale in the chamber.”
Whether it’s on the stage or in a spin-off movie or series, the creator behindHamiltonandIn the Heightssaid he is down for moreEncanto.
“There’s so many stories in that house, that it would be wonderful to expand on it,” said Miranda.
source: people.com
