‘Crazy Rich Asians’ screenwriter on penning ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’

Screenwriter-producer Adele Lim shot to international fame writing Crazy Rich Asians in 2018 and is again penning the story of Disneys new CGI fantasy journey, Raya And The Last Dragon. She says the makers wished her to anchor the story in love, given the fantastical tone of her newest effort.

“The tone we wished to guide with was considered one of love for our world, our household and pleasure. With a venture like this that’s so fantastical, we wished to seek out emotional anchors for our character and her journey, grounded in one thing true and relatable,” stated Lim.

She added that they wished to discover feelings.

“So, once you take a look at (the first character) Raya and her journey, she loses her relationship together with her father, she loses this world she grew up in, and there is this must combat for the possibility to revive her world, and maybe see her father once more, sooner or later. And so we wished to discover all these feelings, however on the similar time, have the movie be joyful, enjoyable and an journey,” Lim stated.

The animated movie tells the story of the fantasy world of Kumandra, the place people and dragons as soon as lived in concord. When an evil power threatens the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save lots of humanity. Now, 500 years later, the identical evil returns and it’s as much as lone warrior Raya to seek out the legendary final dragon and restore the fractured land and its divided folks.

The movie releases in theatres throughout India on March 5. Its voice solid includes Kelly Marie Tran as Raya and Awkwafina because the legendary dragon Sisu.