So it should come as no surprise that the studio brought talented director Enrico Casarosa on board. Casarosa was born in Genoa, Italy, and grew up traveling across the rocky terrains of Cinque Terre and its surroundings.
The duo visited every single town in the Cinque Terre and amalgamated elements from everywhere. They then went on to design their fictional town, which was a grueling four-year-long process.
I sometimes feel like [Pontorosso] is a real place. Myself and our art director Don Shank, we’re like, that's a real street, this is a real piazza—but they’re all combinations of real places.
Their relentless passion and hard work reflect beautifully in the trailer and hence in Luca, coming to Disney's proprietary Disney+ streaming platform on June 18, 2021.
