Yes, it has edge, but I think it also has edge in comedy. “We’re definitely taking Puss on a deeper journey, a more emotional journey,” says producer Mark Swift.Ĭrawford elaborates that while venturing into darker territory: “It’s still a family movie. The ensemble voice cast also includes Harvey Guillén, John Mulaney and Florence Pugh with Salma Hayek returning as Kitty Softpaws. Everyone’s got their own selfish kind of reasons why they want the wishing stars.”

“It’s this fun spin on these criminal, fairytale characters that are after the ultimate fairytale prize, which is the wishing star. “We always compared it to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,” director Joel Crawford tells The Hollywood Reporter of that direction of the story, which took inspiration from fairy tales and spaghetti Westerns. Puss hatches a plan to capture that wish. Then one day, Puss overhears Goldilocks and the Three Bears (also bounty hunters in search of Puss) talking of a map guarded by Jack Horner to a wishing star. The film’s executive producer is Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri.'We've Been Struggling to Get This Story Onscreen for 10 Years': 'THR Presents' Q&A With the Director of 'Brothers'ĭepressed, he retreats to Mama Lunas home for cats, which doesn’t suit the heroic feline’s lifestyle. The long-awaited follow-up to the 2011 Academy Award-nominated blockbuster, The Last Wish is directed by Joel Crawford and produced by Mark Swift, the creative team behind DreamWorks Animation’s smash, The Croods: A New Age. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish features an all-star comedic cast that includes Oscar winner Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone (Black Widow), Samson Kayo (Sliced), Emmy nominee Anthony Mendez (Jane the Virgin) and Tony nominee Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Trolls World Tour).

Together, our trio of heroes will have to stay one step ahead of Goldi (Oscar nominee Florence Pugh, Black Widow) and the Three Bears Crime Family, Jack Horner (Emmy winner John Mulaney, Big Mouth) and terrifying bounty hunter, the big, bad Wolf (Wagner Moura, Narcos). In their quest, Puss and Kitty will be aided-against their better judgment-by a ratty, chatty, relentlessly cheerful mutt, Perrito (Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows). But with only one life left, Puss will have to humble himself and ask for help from his former partner and nemesis: the captivating Kitty Softpaws (Oscar nominee Salma Hayek Pinault). Getting those lives back will send Puss in Boots on his grandest quest yet.Īcademy Award nominee Antonio Banderas returns as the voice of the notorious PiB as he embarks on an epic journey into the Black Forest to find the mythical Wishing Star and restore his lost lives. Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way. Florence Pugh, who voices the antagonist Goldilocks in the DreamWorks Animation film, introduces this exclusive clip from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which opens in theaters December 21.įor the first time in more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation presents a new adventure in the Shrek universe as daring outlaw Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll.

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