Apollo 10 1/2: Jack Black and Zachary Levi in the Linklater film
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The sci-fi film by the filmmaker of the Before Sunrise and Boyhood trilogy is described as an innovative hybrid of hand-drawn and computer-animated images.
Netflix has meanwhile promptly announced the full cast to be led by Jack Black (Jumanji: The Next Level) and the star of Shazam! Zachary Levi, in addition to Glen Powell, Josh Wiggins, Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Bill Wise, Natalie L'Amoreaux, Jessica Brynn Cohen, Sam Chipman and Danielle Guilbot.
Actor Jack Black confirms this, therefore , the partnership that sees him linked to Linklater, after School of Rock and Bernie.
The historical mission of the Apollo in the Moon in 1969 was the backdrop for the film.
Inspired by his childhood in Houston, Texas, the director will try to tell the moon through different intertwining perspectives: on the one hand the vision of the astronaut and the control of the mission, on the other the vision of the event experienced from the perspective of a child how fantastic to be on Apollo, far from the gray suburban life.
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure, written and directed by Richard Linklater, will be a co-production of Linklater's Detour FilmProductions and Submarine with Tommy Pallotta, Mike Blizzard, Femke Wolting and Bruno Felix as a product ri.
Regarding the film, the director released a note:
Years ago, I thought that this was a film that I had to make. I was there, both in chronological and in terms of proximity to the event. At the time I was in the third grade. Our style of animation only allows you to summon a world away now. At the same time, it is proposed that the expression fluid and playful way of memory and imagination. It was a fun trip and creative. We have incorporated various elements, such as 3D graphics and live-action.
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