‘Wish’: From ‘Pinocchio’ and ‘Bambi’ to Villains, All the Disney Nods
variety.comSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points for “Wish,” currently playing in theaters. Disney’s animated feature “Wish” features over 100 nods.
As the animation studio celebrates its centennial year, “Wish” pays homage to classic Disney films from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” to “Peter Pan,” “Sleeping Beauty” and more.
Speaking with Variety, director Chris Buck explained they are “Disney nods” rather than easter eggs. “We wanted to get the story to work first,” Buck says. “Once we had that, and we started going into production, we could start layering in all the nods.” It wasn’t just fellow director Fawn Veerasunthorn and writer and Disney Animation chief creative officer Jennifer Lee helping to incorporate them.
According to Buck, “every artist and every department was saying, ‘What if we tried this?'” While some are more obvious than others, Buck teases, “There are so many that are truly hidden, so it’s going to take a while to find them.” Here are a few that have been spotted.
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