‘Luca’ Featurette Is All About Friendship (And Maya Rudolph Remembering The Joys Of Summer)
This summer, Disney and Pixar are taking audiences to Italy withLuca, their latest animated family film. To celebrate National Streaming Day (which Disney very well could have made up in order to have an excuse to release a bunch of featurettes today), the studio released a newLucafeaturette which focuses on the special friendship at the center of the story.
Come for the beautiful visuals and friendship discussion, but stay forMaya Rudolph, who voices one of the film’s characters and almost goes off the rails as she recalls the glory days of the summers of her youth.
Luca Featurette
If you were Maya Rudolph’s friend as a kid and you went off to camp, I regret to inform you that you were an absolute chump who missed out on the most mind-blowing children’s parties ever thrown. God, she’s the best. Dear Hollywood: please cast this woman in everything – literally every single project moving forward. Thank you very much.
And since we’re on the subject ofLucaactors: I was genuinely shocked to see whatJack Dylan Grazer, who you probably know fromShazam!or Andy Muschietti’sItmovies, looks like in this featurette. I hope he’s filming a 1970s period piece right now, because that incredible mustache and shaggy hair combo would make him fit right in. To steal a joke from /Film’s Chris Evangelista, Grazer has big “Jack Black inNacho Libre” energy in this, and I for one am happy for him.
Here is the film’s official synopsis:
Disney and Pixar’s original feature film “Luca” is a coming-of-age story about one young boy experiencing anunforgettablesummer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface. The voice cast featuresJacob Tremblayas Luca Paguro, Jack Dylan Grazer as Alberto Scorfano,Emma Bermanas Giulia Marcovaldo,Saverio Raimondoas town bully Ercole Visconti, Maya Rudolph as Luca’s mom Daniela,Marco Barricellias Giulia’s dad Massimo,Jim Gaffiganas Luca’s dad Lorenzo,Sandy Martinas Luca’s grandma, andGiacomo Gianniottias a local fisherman. Pixar Animation Studios' 24thfeature film is directed by Academy Award® nomineeEnrico Casarosa(“La Luna”) and produced byAndrea Warren(“Lava,” “Cars 3”). Award-winning composerDan Romer(“Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “Maniac”) created the score.
Lucawill be available to stream on Disney+ (without an extra premier access fee) starting onJune 18,2021.
