Larrikins (film)
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| Larrikins | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tim Minchin Chris Miller |
| Produced by | Christina Steinberg Gregg Taylor |
| Written by | Harry Cripps |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Tim Minchin[1] |
| Edited by | Michael Andrews |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Larrikins was a cancelled American computer animated musical comedy[3] film directed by Tim Minchin and Chris Miller and starring Margot Robbie and Hugh Jackman, from a script by Harry Cripps. The film was intended to be produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures.[2] It was scheduled for a February 16, 2018 release,[4] before Minchin announced the film's cancellation on March 5, 2017.[5]
Plot[edit]
When an uptight bilby gets kicked out of his sheltered life of his family burrow, he ventures out and finds himself launched on a musical adventure across the mystical Australian outback.[3][1]
Cast[edit]
- Margot Robbie as a dingo[1][6]
- Hugh Jackman[1]
- Naomi Watts[1]
- Rose Byrne[1]
- Ben Mendelsohn[1]
- Jacki Weaver[1]
- Josh Lawson[1]
- Damon Herriman[1]
- Ewen Leslie[1]
Production[edit]
Larrikins was based on an original idea by the Australian screenplay writer, Harry Cripps.[3][7] He started working on the script in 2011, after DreamWorks Animation decided to make a film with an Australian story.[8] Announced in 2013, Tim Minchin was initially only set to write the music and lyrics for the film, with possibility to have additional creative role at the film.[3] Minchin, who liked classical Disney animated musicals like Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, had made a deal with DreamWorks Animation, after he had complained to Will Davies, one of the writers of How to Train Your Dragon, that no one had been doing such animated musical anymore. Waiting for almost four years for the right screenplay, DWA gave him the Cripps' script, which got the Minchin's attention: "...it's a bit Star Wars, a bit Gods Must Be Crazy, a big road journey... It's really funny and cheeky and Australian, without being parochially, nationalistically Australian." Minchin and Cripps then reworked the story with songs, successfully setting the project in motion. By 2014, Minchin's role expanded to directing the film,[7] with Chris Miller joining him by 2016.[9]
Peter de Sève, designer of the Ice Age franchise, was hired as the first designer on the film.[10]
The title itself, Larrikins, is an Australian slang word for maverick or rebel.[1]
In June 2014, 20th Century Fox announced that the film would be released on February 16, 2018.[4] Following NBCUniversal's acquisition of DreamWorks Animation in 2016, Universal Pictures took over the distribution rights for the film.[2]
On March 5, 2017, Minchin announced that the film had been canceled: "...a couple of days ago, the animated film to which I've dedicated the last 4 years of my life was shut down by new studio execs."[5] According to Deadline, the reason for the cancellation was that "creatively it just wasn't working out well."[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Busch, Anita (June 1, 2016). "'Larrikins' Sings with Aussie A-Listers For DreamWorks Animation". Deadline.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 19, 2016). "'How To Train Your Dragon 3' & 'Larrikins' Move From Fox To Uni Release Schedule". Deadline. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "DreamWorks Animation Goes to The Outback with Larrikins". ComingSoon.net. June 6, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Dates Set for Madagascar 4, The Croods 2, Puss in Boots 2, Captain Underpants, and Hitman". ComingSoon.net. June 12, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "MATILDA and GROUNDHOG DAY's Tim Minchin Comes to Feinstein's/54 Below One Night Only". Broadway World. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ↑ Itzkoff, Dave (April 27, 2016). "For Margot Robbie, the Hustle Never Stops". The New York Times. p. AR22. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Quinn, Karl. "Tim Minchin's dream works: it's an animated bilby musical comedy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ↑ Windsor, Harry (April 6, 2016). "Harry Cripps on writing Larrikins for Tim Minchin and Dreamworks". If Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ↑ Busch, Anita (May 23, 2016). "DreamWorks Animation Hires Exec From Paramount As New Head Of Development". Deadline. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ↑ Amidi, Amid (7 March 2017). "Dreamworks Kills Tim Minchin's 'Larrikins'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ↑ Busch, Anita (March 8, 2017). "'Larrikins': DreamWorks Animation Scraps Musical Starring Aussie Cast Of Hugh Jackman, Margot Robbie & Naomi Watts". Deadline. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
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