--- description: Pixar's upcoming film "Coco," will feature an an exclusively Latino cast, including Benjamin Bratt and Anthony Gonzalez. title: Pixar's New Movie 'Coco' Will Have an All-Latino Cast image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34e394569fa78480/6988b1f0cd1bba9771703504/coco-pixar-all-latino-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pixar's Upcoming Music-Packed Film _Coco_ Will Feature an All-Latino Cast  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 6, 2016 10:28 PM CUT  Producer Darla K. Anderson (L) and director Lee Unkrich of COCO took part today in "Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Upcoming Films" presentation at Disney's D23 EXPO 2015 in Anaheim, Calif. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney) Producer Darla K. Anderson (L) and director Lee Unkrich of COCO took part today in "Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Upcoming Films" presentation at Disney's D23 EXPO 2015 in Anaheim, Calif. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)Jesse Grant—Getty Images for Disney  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 6, 2016 10:28 PM CUT [Pixar’s upcoming original film](http://time.com/4561217/pixar-piper-short-film/ "undefined"), _Coco_, is set in Mexico during [the annual Dia de los Muertos holiday](http://time.com/4551366/dia-de-los-muertos-day-dead-halloween/ "undefined") and centers around twelve-year-old Miguel, an aspiring musician who ends up in the Land of the Dead. The film, which is being described as “music-packed-but-not-quite-musical” will also feature an all-Latino cast. In an interview with [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/06/pixar-coco-cast-plot "undefined") on Tuesday, director Lee Unkrich (who helmed Pixar classics like the Oscar-winning _Toy Story 3_ and _Monsters Inc._) said that choosing to have an exclusively Latino cast was an initiative from the beginning. “It was important to us from day one that we had an all-Latino cast,” Unkrich said. “It focused us, and we ended up with a fantastic mix of people—some from Mexico and some from Los Angeles.” The cast so far includes newcomer Anthony Gonzalez, as well as veterans Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal, and Renée Victor; while there’s no official trailer for the movie yet, Disney Pixar tweeted about the characters on Tuesday. > [](https://twitter.com/DisneyPixar/status/806166344035168257) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4592610/pixar-coco-movie-all-latino-cast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4592610/pixar-coco-movie-all-latino-cast/"},"headline":"Pixar's Upcoming Music-Packed Film Coco Will Feature an All-Latino Cast","datePublished":"2016-12-06T22:28:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:13.904Z","description":"\"It was important to us from day one that we had an all-Latino cast\"","url":"https://time.com/4592610/pixar-coco-movie-all-latino-cast/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","movies","Disney","Pixar","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34e394569fa78480/6988b1f0cd1bba9771703504/coco-pixar-all-latino-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34e394569fa78480/6988b1f0cd1bba9771703504/coco-pixar-all-latino-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Pixar And Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Upcoming Films\" Presentation At Disney's D23 EXPO 2015","caption":"\"Pixar And Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Upcoming Films\" Presentation At Disney's D23 EXPO 2015","creditText":"Jesse Grant—Getty Images for Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4592610/pixar-coco-movie-all-latino-cast/","name":"Pixar's Upcoming Music-Packed Film Coco Will Feature an All-Latino Cast"}}]}] ```