Wish Will Celebrate Disney's 100 Years With 'Dozens of Legacy Nods' to Classics

The upcoming animated film Wish will pay homages to various animated Disney film since 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

The upcoming Disney animated film, Wish, will include subtle nods to the studio's various fan-favorite films of the last 100 years.

Wish is directed by Chris Buck known for co-directing the studio's hit films Tarzan, Frozen, and Frozen 2, and Fawn Veerasunthorn, who served as the head of story on Raya and the Last Dragon. In an interview with Entertainnment Weekly, Buck and Fawn revealed that akin to Easter eggs, the movie will throughout be paying subtle nods to classic Disney films, to celebrate Disney's 100th Anniversary.

Buck and Veerasunthorn expressed their delight at finding these hidden references. "They're all over the movie," Buck said. "We are compiling a list, and I couldn't tell you how long it is now. " "There's some that we don't even know are there yet, and we may not know until they tell us," he said citing various departments' surprising contributions.

Wish adopts the wide aspect ratio of 1959's Sleeping Beauty, a technique not used by Disney since that film. Buck emphasizes that this choice gives an epic feel to the narrative, aligning it with the broader legacy. "The way things are framed, it's purposeful," Veerasunthorn claimed. The film's creation involved collaboration with fellow Disney enthusiasts across the studio, aiming to create a movie that resonates with fans and pays tribute to the magic of Disney.