For Raya and the Last Dragon, the influences of a multitude of Southeast Asian cultures are apparent. For directors Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, and writer Qui Nguyen, it was important to bring ...

Using specifics from Southeast Asian culture, Adele Lim and Qui Nguyen crafted the year's most engaging and awards-worthy animated film. When screenwriter Qui Nguyen was a little kid, he always wanted ...

A version of this story about “Raya and the Last Dragon” first appeared in the special animation section of Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. It’s hard to think of another Walt Disney ...

What do Kanye West, Steven Spielberg, and Southeast Asian shadow puppetry have in common? All were on the filmmakers’ minds as they made Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Raya and the Last Dragon, which ...

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. In Raya and the Last Dragon, the kingdom of ...