Encanto Sequel Potentialities Mentioned by Director 5 Years Later

Encanto broke information, there is not any doubt about it. However it additionally cemented itself as a particular a part of Disney historical past, and left followers wanting extra. Whereas it has been 5 years because the movie hit theaters in November 2021, the fervor for a second movie is as robust as ever.

Encanto tells the story of the Madrigals, a Colombian household who reside in a magical house referred to as the Encanto, the place every little one is blessed with a particular reward — aside from Mirabel. When the household’s magic begins to weaken, Mirabel realizes she would be the key to saving their house and bringing her household again collectively, in the end studying to worth her personal price.

ScreenRant‘s Tatiana Hulledner spoke to the movie’s director, Byron Howard, at a press occasion for the house launch of Zootopia 2, the place he mentioned the opportunity of a sequel to the beloved Disney film, and bringing that magic again to the followers.

Byron Howard: The wonderful factor about films, is they typically take about 5 years to make. And sometimes, like Yvette [Merino], and Jared [Brown], and myself and quite a lot of our crew who participated in each films, there’s quite a lot of overlap with who works on what movie. So, then it is only a technique of how do you overlap the initiatives as they get finished? Encanto was this wonderful expertise. Our forged and crew grew to become our household on that present, our Colombian household as properly — that was simply an unbelievable, wonderful, enlightening expertise.

The movie additionally served as an ideal outlet for the forged and crew after they have been all shut away from one another in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Byron Howard: To be making a film a couple of dozen individuals in a home collectively, was unbelievable, and I might like to see an Encanto movie exit into the world, into theaters in a time that wasn’t burdened by pandemic, and quarantine, and stuff like that. However we’ve a deep, deep love for Encanto.

Calling it an “wonderful expertise” to leap into the musical house after engaged on the Zootopia franchise, whereas Howard’s feedback spark some hope for a second movie, the rumors surrounding an Encanto sequel are nothing new. In truth, it has been mentioned as just lately as March 2025, with voice actor John Leguizamo telling Folks, they’re “working” on a storyline. Whereas not formally introduced, it has been reported that producers are exploring methods to increase the magical world, with potential focuses on Bruno and the evolution of the household’s presents.

Stephanie Beatriz who voiced Mirabel within the movie, additionally gave an replace on Encanto 2 again in 2023, telling ScreenRant that she hasn’t “heard jack s–t” with regards to a possible sequel. She went on to counsel that the busy schedule of the movie’s administrators might be the explanation, including that issues would possibly progress when they’re completed with different initiatives.

Stephanie Beatriz: I’d like to work with them once more. That crew on that movie was so unbelievable to work with. I feel quite a lot of [Jared Bush and Byron Howard’s] time proper now’s being taken up by different stuff… However I’d like to work with them once more. I’m going to the parks so much and each time individuals acknowledge me they ask about that too. So I do know followers of the movie are actually, actually desperate to know if it is gonna get a sequel. I’d love to do this… I feel there is a ton of story to be informed and there is so many individuals that will like to see that, however I haven’t heard jack s–t.

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