Matthew’s vision for this project checked all of these boxes, and is a heartfelt authentic story that rings true to so many in the African American community, especially those of us who are fathers with daughters of our own.”Ĭarl Reed, Lion Forge chief creative officer, added, “As a father of an eight-year-old daughter with 3B hair, I can personally relate so directly to this project, and was therefore drawn to its themes immediately. “With Lion Forge Animation, our goal remains in line with what we accomplished in publishing to showcase a variety of authentic voices and experiences through our work, whether created internally or through partnership with top talent. In a statement, Lion Forge’s David Steward II talked about the reasons why Hair Love was the ideal project to launch the company’s animation division. Both Peter Ramsey ( Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) and Frank Abney (animator, Toy Story 4) serve as executive producers alongside Jordan Peele, Harrison Barnes, Andrew Hawkins, Yara and Keri Shahidi. Young and Lion Forge Animation’s David Steward II and Carl Reed. Cherry, Karen Rupert Toliver, Stacey Newton, Monica A. The final short, created in collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation, features Issa Rae as the voice of the young girl’s mother, and is produced by concept creator Matthew A.
The animated Hair Love short started life as a Kickstarter campaign back in 2017 that massively outperformed its goals instead of the $75,000 target hoped for, it ended up raising almost $300,000 as the story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time went viral. Cherry playing alongside The Angry Birds Movie 2.
This weekend, its first project reaches theaters with Hair Love, a short directed by Matthew A. Louis-based parent company of both Lion Forge Comics and Oni Press - was launching Lion Forge Animation, a new studio intended to widen the diversity of creative voices available in the animated space. Performances by Guillaume, Suzanne Pleshette, and Andy Dick add more personality to the soundtrack, which remains distinctive despite the inclusion of two different versions of "Love Will Find a Way," a standard-issue Disney ballad that doesn't have much to distinguish it from previous incarnations like "A Whole New World." Arguably the best soundtrack in the Lion King series, The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride reissue will doubtlessly please Lion King fans who have had trouble getting this previously hard to find album.In May, it was announced that Polarity - the St. And, aside from the buoyant, Robert Guillaume-sung "Upendi," this soundtrack is also one of Disney's most consistently serious offerings songs such as Lebo M.'s "He Lives in You" and the chorus' "One of Us" seem more in line with the artier, ambitious direction that Julie Taymor took The Lion King in with her stage presentation of the story. However, this album might be the most musically authentic in the Lion King series, featuring Afro-pop stars like Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Angélique Kidjo, as well as African instruments and musical motifs aplenty.
Like the prequel's soundtrack, The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride is on the short side, topping out at eight songs. After being out of print for a number of years, The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride was reissued by Disney in 2004, the same year that the studio released the stopgap story The Lion King 1 1/2 and its soundtrack, which featured music that also appeared in The Lion King 2.
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