Lovebirds

Lovebirds is an upcoming Disney/Pixar animated film centered around the Qixi Festival. It was written by Jewels. It is set to be released sometime in 2022, however, segments of the script have been released in 2018 by the creators.

Synopsis
On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, many families will celebrate the Qixi Festival and pray. All the families in Hui'er's neighborhood celebrates the holiday, including hers. However, Hui'er never takes part in it because she claims the holiday is "completely made-up." Little does she know, however, that what she said will completely change the way she sees the holiday.

"Hui'er's family celebrates a festival she believes is just originated from a myth. Little does she know that she will soon meet the magpies of the Milky Way."

- IMDb

"Despite what her family believes, Song Hui'er (Xana Tang) disregards the Qixi Festival as 'just a myth.' Later on, though, she finds out they are completely true when she meets the people in the 'folktale,' Zhinü (Katie Leung) and Niulang (Donnie Yen)."

- AMC Theatres

Cast

 * Xana Tang as Song Hui'er (宋慧儿), the eldest daughter of the Song family
 * Katie Leung as Zhinü (织女), the Weaver Girl
 * Donnie Yen as Niulang (牛郎), the Cowherd
 * Jet Li as Song Gao, Hui'er's father
 * Gong Li as Song-Luo Peili, Hui'er's mother
 * Liu Yifei as Song Lian'er (宋莲儿), Hui'er's younger sister

History
The concept artist working on Lovebirds has confirmed its existence by releasing promotional artwork of the film with the caption, "Who's excited for the Qixi Festival? 😜." The scriptwriter, director and executive producer added on by announcing the film's name: "It'll be called Lovebirds 'cause it's gonna be about the Qixi Festival. Like, the magpies for the Cowherd and Weaver Girl's love"—and later, short synopsis—"the main character is gonna meet the Weaver Girl and Cowherd after saying the festival is nothing important."

Parts of the script was also released after a few months along with the concept designs of the characters, in parts. The names were officially confirmed with some parts of the script, as well as the writer's personal blog.

Trivia

 * The staff released some deleted scenes and concepts for the film.
 * People dressed in Han Dynasty clothing
 * After the scrapping of the previous scene/concept, the staff wanted to include someone selling Han Dynasty clothing in the background
 * The younger versions of Zhinü and Niulang
 * Hui'er being the only child
 * According to the writer, the film was supposed to be "very loosely based off of Coco."