PREVIEW: Wendell & Wild (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Keegan-Michael Key (Playing with Fire), Jordan Peele (Toy Story 4), Lyric Ross (Canal Street), Angela Bassett (What’s Love Got to Do with It), James Hong (Kung Fu Panda), Sam Zelaya (film debut), Tamara Smart (Artemis Fowl), Seema Virdi (film debut), Ramona Young (Blockers), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction), Michele Mariana (Zero Effect), Natalie Martinez (Self/less), Tantoo Cardinal (Wind River), Igal Naor (The Infidel), Gary Gatewood (Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made), Gabrielle Dennis (A Madea Homecoming), David Harewood (Blood Diamond), Maxine Peake (Peterloo)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Henry Selick (Coraline), director, writer, producer; Jordan Peele (Nope), writer, producer; Clay McLeod Chapman (White Space), writer; Ellen Goldsmith-Vein (The Maze Runner), producer; Bruno Coulais (Wolfwalkers), composer; Peter Sorg (Frankenweenie), cinematographer; Robert Anich (Astro Boy) and Sarah K. Reimers (film debut), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Wendell (Key) and Wild (Peele) are two scheming demon brothers who are eager to venture to the Land of the Living. To do this, they enlist the help of 13-year-old Kat Elliot (Ross) to summon them and enable them to cause havoc…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jordan Peele teams with stop-motion legend Henry Selick for a spooky animated adventure that will make audiences laugh, shiver, and cheer – sometimes all at once.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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