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 ...

“I mean, when it comes to just the martial arts themselves, it was really important that it was the martial arts that come from the region,” Nguyen recently told ComicBook.com. “And being a martial ...

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 ...

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 ...