With director Fletcher Moules’ Entergalactic now streaming on Netflix, I recently spoke with Kenya Barris about producing the adult animated music television special that accompanies Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi’s new studio album of the same name. If you haven’t seen the trailer, Entergalactic is a cool 21st century reboot to the rom com that combines animation, fashion, music and art. It’s also about two young artists navigating the twists and turns of finding love in New York City.
Entergalactic boasts an all-star cast including Timothée Chalamet, Ty Dolla $ign, Laura Harrier, Vanessa Hudgens, Christopher Abbott, 070 Shake, Jaden Smith, Keith David, Teyana Taylor, Arturo Castro and Macaulay Culkin.
During the interview, Kenya Barris talked about why he wanted to make the project, how they wanted to create something no one had seen before, collaborating with Virgil Abloh for the costumes, his upcoming feature directorial debut, You People, which stars Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy, and the White Men Can't Jump remake.
In addition, after you watch Entergalactic, you’ll be like me and wonder if they will continue the story or use the format they created to tell new stories. I asked Barris what could happen in the future. He told me:
“We would love to do it as a proof of concept for something we would like to do for other artists, and maybe either continue this story, or do other artists. We think that it's a really interesting way to sort of introduce music along with story, and to bring the magic of animation together. Animation, especially when you put music, it lasts forever. My kids are still singing Moana, and Bambi, and all this stuff. So the idea of that just can go on forever.”
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