Wendell & Wild And What's Making Us Happy

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🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Director and animator Henry Selick, best-known for films like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline, has teamed up with co-writer Jordan Peele for Wendell & Wild, a new stop-motion animated movie from Netflix. Peele also stars in the film, reuniting with Keegan-Michael Key as a pair of demon brothers who escape the underworld with the help of Kat, a teenager with a tragic past.

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0:00.0	Director and animator Henry Selik is best known for films like The Nightmare Before
0:07.7	Christmas and Coraline.
0:09.7	He's now teamed up with Correta Jordan Peel for a new stop-motion animated movie for
0:13.6	Netflix called Wendell and Wild.
0:15.9	Peel also stars in the film alongside Keegan Michael Key as a pair of demon brothers
0:20.1	who cross over to the land of the living with the help of a rebellious teen with a tragic
0:25.0	past.
0:26.0	I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about Wendell and Wild on pop culture happy
0:29.2	hour from NPR.
0:30.8	Joining me today is I Heart Radio Producer and host Joelle Monique, hey Joelle.
0:34.2	Hi Glenn.
0:35.2	Also with this is Film Critic and writer Carlos Aguilar, hey Carlos.
0:38.4	Thank you for having me.
0:39.4	Great to have you and rounding out our panel is writer Keanu Fitzgerald.
0:42.4	Welcome back Keanu.
0:43.4	Hey thank you so much.
0:44.8	Of course.
0:46.0	So in Wendell and Wild, Lyric Ross voices the Sullen teenager cat.
0:50.3	Her parents died in a car accident years before and she is now relocated to the Rust Bank
0:54.8	Catholic School for Girls.
0:57.0	Rust Bank is her hometown and it's fallen on hard times since the brewery originally owned
1:01.4	by her parents burned down killing much of the population.
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