How Justin Timberlake & Walt Dohrn Raised The Bar For ‘Trolls World Tour’ – Contenders Film

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Coming off the heat of the first DreamWorks Animation movie Trolls, a bonanza musical that saw its tune “Can’t Stop the Feeling” from Justin Timberlake get nominated for a Best Song Oscar on top of going quadruple platinum, the sequel Trolls World Tour was always going to be more music, more color, more glitz and more glamour.“We want it to feel like a concert at the end of the film, even at home.

We pushed the look of the film, pushed the scope with tons more music than the first film,” says director Walt Dohrn, who joined Timberlake on the movie’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event.“It was important to have these performers from these genres,” he adds about building the sequel’s roster of diverse performers including