Under the Boardwalk (upcoming film)

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Under the Boardwalk
Directed by David Soren
Written by Lorene Scafaria
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Edited by David Ian Salter
Music by John Debney
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Distributed by Paramount Pictures
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Under the Boardwalk is an upcoming American computer-animated musical comedy film directed by David Soren and written by Lorene Scafaria. The film stars Michael Cera, Keke Palmer, and Bobby Cannavale, and will be produced by Paramount Animation, with DNEG Animation handling animation. It was originally set to be released by Paramount Pictures on July 22, 2022, but has since been delayed indefinitely.

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Voice cast

Production

On June 12, 2019, Paramount Animation announced a new slate of animated features, including a musical film titled Jersey Crabs. [2] By July 2020, the film was retitled as Under the Boardwalk. [3] In August 2020, New Republic Pictures signed a deal with Paramount Pictures to co-finance Paramount's films; Under the Boardwalk was revealed to be one of them. [4]

The film's animation was handled by British visual effects studio DNEG, with its animation division DNEG Animation co-producing the film. [5] Production reportedly began in September 2020 [1] and took place during the COVID-19 pandemic for two years, with completion initially expected in March of 2022. [6] By August 7, 2022, Soren announced that production was completed, [7] while Braam Jordaan, who worked as an animation consultant, announced the film to be in post-production by December 8, 2022. [8]

Music

On July 27, 2021, it was announced that songwriter Sean Douglas would be writing songs for the film. [9] On May 23, 2022, Soren announced that the scoring of Under the Boardwalk was underway. [6] Jonathan Sadoff will also write songs for the film and John Debney will compose the original score for the film. [10] [11]

Release

The film was originally scheduled to be released on July 22, 2022, [12] but in January 2022, it was taken off the release schedule, with Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank taking over the date. [13] In December 2022, Soren said on Twitter that Paramount was still deciding the release strategy for the film. [14] [ better source needed ]

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  6. 1 2 @David_Soren1 (May 23, 2022). "Scoring my new movie! After working remotely for more than 2 years, being amidst a full-size orchestra playing brilliantly together is music to my soul! More on Under The Boardwalk soon…" (Tweet). Retrieved June 21, 2022– via Twitter.
  7. ↑ @David_Soren1 (August 7, 2022). "I finished a movie this week thanks to the efforts of an army of incredibly talented people! We're all proud of what we've made. #UnderTheBoardwalk" (Tweet). Retrieved August 8, 2022– via Twitter.
  8. ↑ @braamjordaan (December 8, 2022). "I can now say that I worked as an animation consultant to Paramount Animation on the upcoming animated feature: "Under the Boardwalk". The animated film is in the post-production stage now and it is in @IMDb" (Tweet). Retrieved December 12, 2022– via Twitter.
  9. ↑ Jem Aswad (July 27, 2021). "Rapper Jack Harlow, Songwriters Sean Douglas and Nova Wav Join Range Media Partners". Variety. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022. He will write the original music for an animated Paramount feature "Under the Boardwalk," set to come out next summer.
  10. ↑ "Making Friends - Virtual Program — IAMA Theatre Company". Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2022. T-Bone Burnett brought him on to co-score the hit film The Peanut Butter Falcon before he co-wrote all the original songs for Paramount's forthcoming animated musical feature Under the Boardwalk with Sean Douglas (Sean is a Grammy-nominated songwriter who's written singles for Selena Gomez, Sia, David Guetta and Madonna).
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