Leonardo DiCaprio and Mike Medavoy Produced ‘Ozi, Voice of the Forest’ Kicks Off Kids’ Franchise to Save the Environment
variety.comJohn Bleasdale Guest Contributor “Ozi, Voice of the Forest” premiered at the Annecy Festival on June 13, kicking off a series of films that seek to highlight dangers to the environment.
The film tells the story of a young orangutan Ozi, voiced by Amandla Stenberg (“The Hunger Games”), who becomes separated from her parents when her rain forest home is devastated by a company producing palm oil.
With the additional voice talents of Laura Dern, Djimon Hounsou and Donald Sutherland, the film also boasts a broad array of talent behind the camera including Keith Chapman, creator of “PAW Patrol” and Madrid-based Rodrigo Blaas, behind the “Sith” episode in “Star Wars Visions,” as part of the creative team.
Leonardo DiCaprio and legendary producer and former studio head Mike Medavoy are credited as producers. Blaas, who cuts his teeth as an animator on such Pixar classics as “The Incredibles” and “Up,” tells Variety that he found his inspiration partly from his work on Andrew Stanton’s “Wall-ee.” “That was a very smart story about what our future possibilities with climate change are.
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