New project of Paul McCartney Convene recognized celebrities!
It has been revealed on Monday, May 5 that different music stars and cinema will star High in the Clouds, film based on the homonymous book of the former member of The Beatles.
Among the main names announced by Variety To give life to the characters in the 3D animation history they appear Celine Dion, Ringo Starr e Idris Elba.
However, they are not the only ones, since it was also shared that celebrities such as Hannah Waddingham, Jimmy Fallon, Himesh Patel, Clémence Poés, Pom Clementieff, Lionel Richie y Alain Chabat They will have a participation within the tape.
The papers that each of the stars will interpret has not been revealed, but it is known that Gaumonta prestigious French film company that acquired McCartney’s book in 2012, is now responsible for producing and distributing the film.
High in the Clouds It is a story about The power of family and freedom of expression Through music.
The protagonist of the book is Wirral, a teenage squirrel who lives in Gretschville and embarks on a extraordinary trip To free the music, after accidentally triggers a revolution against Gretsch, the leading owl Bus (and great singer) who has banned all the music in his city.
The tape will have a list of original songs composed of McCartney himselfwho in turn will give voice to one of the main characters and has also maintained his role as a producer.
“I have always liked animation movies and This is a project that I love. I am looking forward to the world, ”McCartney said in 2019 after expressing his happiness to collaborate with Netflix.
“They complement the already incredible Gaumont team and we can’t think of anyone better who to work for Take our film to a world audience“Said the interpreter of” Hey Jude. ”
According to Varietythe animated adventure film has a budget that amounts to The 30 million dollars.
“It is believed that the project is One of the largest and most prestigious animation feature films Produced independently in Europe, without the participation of an American study, ”said the American media.
The film is being directed by the independent animation filmmaker Toby Genkelrecognized for being in charge of the film The Amazing Maurice (2022).
For its part, the script was in charge of Jon Crokerwho wrote Paddington 2 (2017). In parallel the Oscar winner Michael Giacchinorecognized for participating in productions such as Ratatouille (2007), Up (2009), Intensely (2015) y Coco (2017), will be in charge of the soundtrack, which will be edited by Universal Music Group.
In addition, Gaumont already pre-life High in the Clouds To the main distributors From different global areas, including the United Kingdom (Sky UK Ltd.), German -speaking territories (Constantin Film), Eastern Europe, (Vertical/Monolith/Aqs), Latin America (Imagem), CIS (Mint Films), Middle East (Four Star), Southeast Asia/Taiwan/HK (A Really Good Film), Greece (TanWeer) Portugal (Cinemundo), Israel and Baltic (ACME).
