Disney set Coco 2 for a November 2029 release on Friday night and said the sequel will pick up a few years after the first film, with Miguel now a teenager. Benjamin Bratt also returned to the stage to say he will reprise Ernesto de la Cruz, putting the villain back at the center of the story.
The timing matters because Bob Iger had already said last year that Coco 2 was in development and headed for a 2029 theatrical release. The new detail narrows that down to November 2029, giving the Pixar sequel a more specific target and confirming that Disney is moving beyond the earliest stage it described before.
Bratt gave the clearest sign yet of where the story is going. He said Ernesto de la Cruz is back for revenge and sends Miguel on an adventure back to the Land of the Dead, a setup that keeps the sequel tied to the original film’s central world rather than starting over with a new cast or a different premise.
The return of Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina to the sequel, with Mark Nielsen producing, also points to Disney keeping the film close to the team behind the 2017 original. That film followed a 12-year-old Miguel, voiced by Anthony Gonzalez, as he was accidentally transported to the Land of the Dead, where Bratt, Gael García Bernal and Edward James Olmos were among the main voices.
There is still one important gap. Disney has not said how much of that cast will come back beyond Bratt, and it has offered only the first shape of the sequel rather than a full rollout of characters or plot turns. For now, the clearest answer is that Coco 2 is moving ahead with a dated release, a teenage Miguel and a familiar enemy waiting on the other side.
The original Coco won two Academy Awards for best animated feature and best original song, “Remember Me,” and Disney is also planning a Coco attraction for Disney California Adventure. That gives the franchise more than one lane at Disney, but the movie remains the centerpiece, and November 2029 is the first hard marker for when audiences will see where Miguel’s story goes next.
