In a move that hopefully won’t land the movie in a vault like Song of the South, Disney has announced it’s next Latino surprise and new animated feature titled “South of the Border”. The movie is about a little Chihuahua from Beverly Hills that gets lost while traveling south of the Rio Grande set to star none other than Drew Barrymore.

Its Latino counterparts include another Chihuahua played by comedian George Lopez; a ‘spirit guide’ that helps Barrymore’s character find her Latino roots played by Salma Hayek; an ex K-9 german sheperd played by Andy Garcia, and other unidentified breeds played by Cheech Marin, opera singer Plácido Domingo among others. Some already holding Disney contracts…others, like Lopez, having just lost one.

A very eclectic mix of Latino pride if you ask me. The movie should be out in a few years…just in time for congress to finally approve some sort of immigration policy. For more on this announcement, check out this link.

Here is an image of Disney’s last effort to create a culturally relevant movie for Hispanics…in 1943.

- Miamiadguy