One of the few hit Pixar films without a sequel is finally getting one.
At its D23 fan event in Anaheim, Disney unveiled that the company is currently working on a sequel to Coco, tentatively titled Coco 2.
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Disney announced that the original Coco director, Lee Unkrich, will be returning to direct alongside co-director Adrian Molina. In addition, Benjamin Bratt will return to reprise the role of Ernesto de la Cruz, which means that Ernesto de la Cruz will be returning in the Coco sequel, too. In fact, it appears that Ernesto de la Cruz will play a major role in the upcoming film.
“To some, Miguel is a little menace who ruined a career and destroyed a legacy,” Bratt said onstage at the event. “Ernesto de la Cruz is back for revenge, sending Miguel on an adventure back to the Land of the Dead. Proving fate has a sense of humor, Miguel must team up with a handsome superstar: me.”
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Based on what Bratt had to say, it seems Coco 2 will take Miguel back to the land of the dead, where he’ll have to join forces with Ernesto de la Cruz, the music superstar who was revealed as a fraud that killed Miguel’s great-great-grandfather Hector in the first film.
Speaking of Miguel, Disney provided a first look at the upcoming Coco 2, which seemingly will star Miguel as a teenager.
Coco was a big success for the company when it was released in 2017. The film grossed more than $800 million worldwide and won two Academy Awards, one for best animated feature and another for best original song, “Remember Me.”
Disney CEO Bob Iger previously shared that a Coco sequel was in the works in March of last year.
Coco 2 is currently scheduled to hit theaters in Nov. 2029.
