{"id":166155,"date":"2021-12-29T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/?p=166155"},"modified":"2024-08-20T22:02:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T22:02:19","slug":"back-to-the-outback-the-netflix-animated-feature-embraces-the-beauty-of-our-differences-indiewire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/back-to-the-outback-the-netflix-animated-feature-embraces-the-beauty-of-our-differences-indiewire\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Back to the Outback\u2019: The Netflix Animated Feature Embraces the Beauty of Our Differences | IndieWire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2018Back to the Outback\u2019: The Netflix Animated Feature Embraces the Beauty of Our Differences<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A band of misfits come together to find a home where they\u2019ll be accepted in Netflix<\/a>\u2019s latest CG-animated adventure, \u201cBack to the Outback.\u201d Except the lovable outcasts here happen to be among the world\u2019s deadliest creatures, all of whom \u2014 along with a cute but completely obnoxious koala bear (voiced by Broadway\u2019s Tim Minchin) \u2014 escape from a Sydney zoo to find a home in the Australian Outback, where they\u2019ll be loved for who they are and not feared for what they look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First-time feature directors Clare Knight and Harry Cripps previously worked together on \u201cLarrikins,\u201d the Outback-themed feature from DreamWorks Animation that was scuttled in the wake of the studio\u2019s acquisition by NBCUniversal in 2016. Cripps was set to co-direct the film alongside \u201cPuss in Boots\u201d director Chris Miller, while Knight, a DWA veteran who had worked on the \u201cKung Fu Panda\u201d trilogy, was to serve as editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2019Larrikins\u2019 had focused on the cute animals, and so I didn\u2019t want to go back down that same road,\u201d Cripps said. \u201cI went to the dark side.\u201d (Read full story…<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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