DreamWorks Animation goes Down Under for animated musical
DreamWorks Animation is turning to the Australian outback for inspiration for its first full-on animated musical.
The Glendale-based studio said it had tapped award-winning composer, actor and writer Tim Minchin to help create a musical project called “Larrikins,” which is Australian slang for mischievous youth.
The all-animal comedy, based on an original idea written by Harry Cripps (“Supernova”) and produced by Christina Steinberg (“Rise of the Guardians,” “National Treasure”), tells the story of an uptight bilby (a desert-dwelling marsupial), who has lived a sheltered life in the safety of his family burrow.
-- Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times
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