Jamie Foxx on Voicing Disney-Pixar’s First Black Lead in ‘Soul’ and Being Unapologetically Black in Hollywood

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Anna Marie de la Fuente Netflix has recently released Spain’s first film using LED volume technology, teen romantic drama “Through My Window” (“A Través de mi Ventana”).Produced by Adrian Guerra’s Nostromo Pictures alongside sister company Orca Studios, the Spanish-language film features real-time rendered CG scenes shot in-camera as part of its production.Its LED volume technology is the same ground-breaking virtual production process utilized by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) on Disney Plus’ hit series “The Mandalorian” and is considered by many as the most significant technological advance since green screen.LED wall volumes replace static backgrounds in virtual studios with exterior or interior images that adjust in sync with camera movement, powered by video game PC engines, such as Unreal for “The Mandalorian.” “We selected three scenes — the heliport, the penthouse interior and the elevator — as they had different challenges and needs,” said Guerra, adding: “We also shot some car sequences directly in the LED volume, with driving plates from Barcelona projected on the LED screens and backgrounds in different sets.”Based on the YA novel by Ariana Godoy, a bestseller on online social reading platform Wattpad, “Through My Window” follows high schooler Raquel who has a been harboring a crush on her gorgeous neighbor, Ares, whom she spies on from her window. He’s also the scion of a wealthy family, so she feels he’s way out of her league.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen James Gunn was conjuring up the opening credit sequence for HBO’s “Peacemaker,” he and his creative team had one goal: to make it so interesting, engaging and funny that people wouldn’t want to skip it.And they succeeded — the show’s opening sequence is a viral sensation.Choreographer Charissa Barton recalls that the catchy ear worm “Do Ya Wanna Taste It” by Wig Wam was in the script and early drafts, and to prep the dance moves she listened to it on repeat. Gunn’s suggestion to her was, “think of the 1960s and 1970s variety shows for inspiration.”Barton says, “I went home and spent the whole night drawing things out.

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glowing reviews lauding the Disney+ release’s music, animation and depiction of black culture. The groundbreaking animated movie, which feature’s the studio’s first African-American protagonist, follows middle school jazz teacher Joe Gardner (played by Jamie Foxx) who’s untimely death prompts him to embark on a posthumous pilgrimage to recover his lost soul.

centers on Joe Gardner (voiced by Jamie Foxx), a middle-aged middle school band teacher who believes his true purpose is to play jazz music.

Jamie Foxx‘s new movie Soul is out now on Disney+ and it looks like he sent Instagram DMs to his famous friends to promote the film!

The new Disney and Pixar movie Soul is streaming now on Disney+ and you might be wondering what the voice cast looks like in real life!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFrom celestial jazz to notions of great spirituality, the creative team behind Pixar’s “Soul” had the challenge of bringing abstract ideas about the unknown to life through animation.The film, which debuts on Disney Plus on Christmas Day, focuses on Joe (voiced by Jamie Foxx), a middle school teacher who dreams of being a jazz pianist. On his way home, he falls into a manhole and finds himself in an unearthly dimension — someplace between life and death.To capture the film’s spirit, composer Jon Batiste considered the universe and the grand perspective of life.

Soul, the newest production from Pixar Studios. The film was originally scheduled to premiere at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival before debuting in theaters Nov.

new animated movie “Soul,” which begins streaming on Disney+ on Christmas Day, jazz pianist Joe Gardner (voiced by Jamie Foxx) is set to have his big break playing at the Half Note, a Greenwich Village club with shades of the Village Vanguard. The Half Note was also the name of a Manhattan venue that is now closed, but, of course, there’s still the Blue Note.While live music remains on pause indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, here are five albums that capture the soul of New York’s jazz club scene.Montgomery was at the peak of his powers on this 1965 set, released just three years before the jazz guitarist’s sudden death at 45.

He’s looking back on his humble beginnings on the eve of the premiere of his next film.And Jamie Foxx reminisced about a particularly amusing passage from his early years on Wednesday, when he chatted with Yahoo Entertainment about his new Pixar film Soul.The Ray star, 53, talked about his audition for the comedy review show In Living Color, which took place at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood, California in the early 90s. His big break:Jamie Foxx reminisced about a particularly amusing passage from his early years on Wednesday, when he chatted with Yahoo Entertainment about his new Pixar film SoulIn the audience, of course, was none other than Jennifer Lopez, who got her start as one of the dancing Fly Girls on the show.

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