STORM BLOOM 1,739 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Fans of Disney’s Moana and Lin-Manuel Miranda might have their wildest dreams come true. There are rumors that the proposed Moana sequel might feature Disney’s first motion picture Latina princess! In the past few years, Disney has finally recognized the market potential of the Latino demographic that is 18 percent of the US population per a 2017 Pew poll and growing 2 percent each year. Disney has taken steps in the right direction with Latino representation by debuting a Latina princess with the TV show Elena and the Secret of Avalor in 2016. Then there was the immensely popular Coco (2016) that Deadline reported made $500 million worldwide and the biggest blockbuster in Mexico per Slate. Moreover, Deadline reported that Coco “grossed $167.5M to date†in China, making it the biggest Pixar film in the country so far. It seems only natural that Disney would add a Latina princess to its Disney movie Princess roster even if it’s a bit overdue. Over the past 25 years, Disney has been slowly diversifying its princesses, starting with Pocahontas (1995), and gaining some recent speed with Tiana from the Princess and the Frog (2009) and recently with Moana (2016.) Entertainment companies have been learning with the successes of movies like Black Panther (2018), diversity pays and pays well. Moana, of course, made over $600 million worldwide in its own right. Now there’s the added bonus that rumors are swirling that Lin-Manuel Miranda may be writing the character. Miranda has done extremely well with Disney movies thus far between his work on the soundtrack on Moana and his stellar performance in the recent Mary Poppins Returns. So far, however, Miranda’s father has been the only one to confirm this news, according to a report by Page Six. While this gives Disney fans hope, the confirmation hasn’t come from Disney nor Miranda himself… yet. Now, these rumors do beg the question of why Disney is possibly considering using the Moana franchise to create a Latina princess when they could create two separate movies. There’s no doubt that fans will revel in Moana’s new adventures as well as flock to a movie about a Latina princess in her own world, apart from Moana’s. Or are there plans to have other princesses meet up? After all, the princess scenes in Ralph Breaks the Internet are quite delightful and tongue in cheek for a Disney movie. One can only hope that these rumors are evidence that Disney executives are considering a Latina princess and heroine as well as a Moana sequel. While we love to see princesses working together, we easily think Disney’s first Latina princess could carry her own film from the start. read more at: https://culturess.com/2019/01/29/disney-fans-may-see-the-first-latina-disney-princess-in-moana-sequel/ We love a Polynesian and Latina Kweens Excellency! The ROYAL TACO SLAYAGE is upon us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliens-United 19,785 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Moana’s getting a sequel? Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttered Sone 5,552 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 It's kinda surprising that it's taken this long, considering how Disney studios is mostly US based and the Latinx demo is huge here. 'Finally realized' is right lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Pickle 3,725 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 isn't elena of avalor a series on disney already though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JihyoStoleMyHeartAYAYAY 22,189 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 interesting .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STORM BLOOM 1,739 Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 isn't elena of avalor a series on disney already though She's not part of the official Disney Princess Franchise Line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Juan and only 5,432 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 wouldnt she be indigenous/native and not latina since the term came after the colonization, and the spoken language wasnt Spanish or Portuguese, natives spoke their own language. also agree they should each have their own film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gin-iri 984 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 wouldnt she be indigenous/native and not latina since the term came after the colonization, and the spoken language wasnt Spanish or Portuguese, natives spoke their own language. this ^^^^ I'm not certain of the time periods but there have been traces (more like theories) of Polynesians having made their way over to South America at some point hundreds of years ago. The theory comes from the fact that there are a few plants and vegetables native to South America that have been growing in New Zealand since the Maori first settled there, but people have found no traces of the plants growing in the country before then. So at some point Polynesians might've made a round trip to South America and traded with the Natives. That could be one way of explaining Moana meeting up with a South American Native princess on one of her voyages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STORM BLOOM 1,739 Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 wouldnt she be indigenous/native and not latina since the term came after the colonization, and the spoken language wasnt Spanish or Portuguese, natives spoke their own language. also agree they should each have their own film. I think the idea behind is just basically introducing this princess in the sequel ( if that would actually happen ) like I'm picturing she'll appear at the end of the credits or a short cameo somewhere in the last scenes. Moana is gonna like pass the torch or something to her as the next Disney Princess. That would be interesting to watch tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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