At first, Disney-Pixar’s latest, “Coco,” sounds a lot like the 2014 Fox film “The Book of Life.” Both are animated features steeped in the aesthetics and customs of Day of the Dead: the Mexican ...

Conceived as a vibrant celebration of Mexican culture, writer-director Lee Unkrich’s Coco is the 19th feature from Pixar Animation Studios and the first to seriously deal with the deficit of nonwhite ...

Plenty of colors appear throughout the land of the living in Coco, but there’s only one plant that makes an appearance in the land of the dead. Here’s why Disney and Pixar filmmakers decided to put a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Coco,” the tear-jerking adventure tale of a Mexican boy who learns the importance of honoring his ancestors after getting stuck in an eye-popping netherworld of the dead, won the ...

Cody Lyon was sitting in Pixar Animation Studios’ theater on Sunday night watching a live-broadcast of the Oscars. He was clad in a “Coco” shirt and hat, feet propped on the seat in front of him, ...

What's getting audiences talking about the new Pixar movie "Coco" isn't just the entertaining story line or the stunning visuals but the thoughtful approach to how families remember and honor their ...

An audience of animation students and assorted cartoon enthusiasts went cuckoo for “Coco,” as representatives of Pixar — co-director Adrian Molina and producer Darla K. Anderson — shared designs, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Acclaimed animation artist Octavio Rodriguez – whose credits include Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Ron's Gone Wrong, Incredibles 2 and Coco – has signed to direct upcoming animated ...

"Coco," the tear-jerking adventure tale of a Mexican boy who learns the importance of honoring his ancestors after getting stuck in an eye-popping netherworld of the dead, won the Oscar for best ...