What do Kanye West, Steven Spielberg, and Southeast Asian shadow puppetry have in common? All were on the filmmakers’ minds as they made Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Raya and the Last Dragon, which ...

China has set release dates for Warner Bros.’s Tom & Jerry and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon. The films will come out in theaters on February 26 and March 5 respectively — at the same time as in ...

It’s not entirely clear that Raya and the Last Dragon‘s story issues knowingly mirror its actual plot. But they do. Like its five fantasy lands that have become bitterly divided, Raya threads familiar ...

Creatives behind 'Flee', 'Luca', 'The Mitchells vs. The Machines', 'Spirit Untamed' and 'Vivo' also detail how filmmakers are diversifying their stories both on screen and behind the scenes. By ...

Using specifics from Southeast Asian culture, Adele Lim and Qui Nguyen crafted the year's most engaging and awards-worthy animated film. When screenwriter Qui Nguyen was a little kid, he always wanted ...

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Raya and the Last Dragon is finally soaring onto Disney+ — for free. The new animated film recently debuted under the platform’s Premier Access tier, meaning that subscribers had to pay an extra fee ...

Sisu, the dragon in Disney’s newest animated feature, Raya and the Last Dragon, doesn’t breathe fire. She’s snake-like and blue-tinted, more furry than scaly, and more interested in making friends ...