One of Asha’s friends, Simon, is revealed to be the one who sold her out to Magnifico, in hopes that his wish to become a knight would be granted. Despite Amaya’s pleas, he turns to a book of forbidden dark magic to maintain his position of power as his subjects begin to doubt his way of ruling. Distraught, she makes her own wish on a star, and to her surprise, the star descends from the sky in the form of an anthropomorphic star of light, which Asha names Star. Asha realizes Magnifico never intends to return the ungranted wishes to their owners, and when she questions his methods, Magnifico refuses to accept her apprenticeship. Having studied sorcery, Magnifico is able to grant the greatest desires of his subjects, but they have to give up the memory of their wishes to be sealed away and protected by the king until he can grant them.
Wish was re-released theatrically between October 30 to November 5, 2026 in RealD 3D. In July 2023, it was reported that Disney was considering postponing some Barclays Slots of their 2023 releases, including Wish, due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes. On October 18, 2023, it was revealed that JP Saxe had also joined the songwriting team to make additional music for the song “This Wish”. On September 18, 2023, Angelique Cabral was announced as the voice of King Magnifico’s wife, Queen Amaya. On April 26, 2023, at CinemaCon, it was announced that Chris Pine would voice King Magnifico. On September 9, 2022, during the 2022 D23 Expo, Ariana DeBose and Alan Tudyk were announced to have been cast in the leading roles of Asha and Valentino, respectively.
On the April 27, 2023 episode of Good Morning America, Make-A-Wish recipient Jazz Smith met the film’s star Ariana DeBose; it was later revealed she would attend the Hollywood premiere of Wish with a friend and visit Disneyland Resort. Star gifts Asha with a magic wand so that she can inspire people to keep dreaming before returning to the sky among the other stars. Star’s magic gives the forest animals, including Asha’s pet goat Valentino, the ability to talk, and they tell her that all life is made of stardust. The story follows a 17-year-old girl named Asha (DeBose) living in the kingdom of Rosas, where she makes a passionate plea to the stars in a moment of need. It was directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn and written by Jennifer Lee and Allison Moore, and stars the voices of Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, and Natasha Rothwell.
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