Vivo

 is an upcoming American animated musical adventure film directed Tony Leondis and Kirk DeMicco from a script by Kirk DeMicco and Quiara Alegría Hudes. The movie follows VIVO, a one-of-kind kinkajou, who must find his way from Havana to Miami in order to deliver a song on behalf of his beloved owner and mentor Andres.

The film was initially scheduled to release in theaters on June 4, 2021. But Sony Pictures all global rights, sans China, to Netflix. Sony retained home entertainment and linear TV rights to all other territories, including China theatrical, after the pic’s exclusive run on the streamer. Licensing of Sony’s Vivo by Netflix is in select theaters on December 24, 2021 outside the streamer’s new multi-year $1 billion deal with the Culver City studio which commences in 2022.

The film features original songs by Miranda, a score by Alex Lacamoire, and a screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes and director Tony Leondis & Kirk DeMicco. Vivo is also co-directed by Brandon Jeffords, and executive producers Louis Koo-Tin-Lok, Brian Henson, Lisa Henson, and Chris Columbus.

Summary
"From Sony Pictures Animation comes VIVO, an animated musical adventure that follows Vivo, a musically gifted kinkajou (aka a rainforest “honey bear”) who must find his way from Havana to Miami in order to deliver a song to his cherished owner’s long-lost love."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Cast and Characters

 * Lin-Manuel Miranda as Vivo
 * Ynairaly Simo as Gabi
 * Zoe Saldana as Rosa
 * Juan de Marcos González
 * Brian Tyree Henry
 * Gloria Estefan as Marta
 * Nicole Byer
 * Michael Rooker as Lutador
 * Leslie David Baker as a Florida bus driver
 * Katie Lowes
 * Olivia Trujillo
 * Lidya Jewett