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Pixar’s Coco gets a charm­ing first trailer

15 Mar 2017

Words by Jack Godwin

The ani­ma­tion studio’s lat­est is inspired by the Mex­i­can Day of the Dead.

Pixar’s upcom­ing fea­ture Coco fol­lows Miguel (Antho­ny Gon­za­lez), a 12-year-old boy who is obsessed with leg­endary Mex­i­can gui­tarist Ernesto de la Cruz (Ben­jamin Bratt).

After touch­ing Ernesto’s gui­tar, he is some­how trans­port­ed to the Land of the Dead, an adven­ture lead­ing to an extra­or­di­nary fam­i­ly reunion’, as the offi­cial syn­op­sis has it.

This new effort from the acclaimed ani­ma­tion stu­dio is inspired by Día de los Muer­tos, the Mex­i­can Day of the Dead, as we see Miguel intro­duced to the wider uni­verse of the after­life. It looks as if there will spot­light Miguel’s own musi­cal aspi­ra­tions too, as a record­ing of his idol implores nev­er under­es­ti­mate the pow­er of music.”

This first trail­er hints at a fresh new direc­tion for the stu­dio, who have shown an increas­ing focus on pro­duc­ing sequels to their most suc­cess­ful prop­er­ties (Cars 3 will also be released this year) in recent years.

Watch the charm­ing teas­er above and let us know your thoughts @LWLies

Coco is released 8 December

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