Hosts Demetri Panos (@DMovies1701), Marisa Serafini (@SerafiniTV) and Phil Svitek (@PhilSvitek) discuss Coco! Coco is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.[9] Based on an original idea by Lee Unkrich, it is directed by Unkrich and co-directed by Adrian Molina.[10] The story follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel Rivera who is accidentally transported to the land of the dead, where he seeks the help of his musician great-great-grandfather to return him to his family among the living. The concept of the film is based on the Mexican holiday of Día de Muertos. The film was scripted by Molina and Matthew Aldrich from a story by Unkrich, Molina, Jason Katz and Aldrich. Pixar began developing the animation in 2016; Unkrich and some of the film's crew visited Mexico for inspiration. Composer Michael Giacchino, who had worked on prior Pixar animated features, composed the scor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices