First Look: Meet Miguel from Pixar's Day of the Dead Musical 'Coco'

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Is this Pixar’s first musical? Yes, but not quite. EW.com has debuted a first look photo from Pixar’s Coco, their next big original movie coming out in 2017 (the other one Pixar is releasing is Cars 3). Coco is a film set around the Mexican holiday the Day of the Dead (or Dia de Muertos), and is about a young boy. In the photo, we can see him holding a guitar playing a song while some colorful confetti kicks up around him. Anthony Gonzalez voices Miguel, and the all-Latino voice cast includes Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt and Renee Victor. Coco isn’t exactly “a break-out-into-song musical,” but rather, one “set against the backdrop of musical performance.” Reminds me of the fantastic Kubo and the Two Strings. See below. ›››

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