The trio follows Blu and his family into the Amazon, as Nigel wants wants revenge against Blu after their final battle in the first film. After reciting Shakespeare for Chenowith’s Gabi, Nigel escapes his job as a fortune-telling sideshow with the help of Gabi, and a silent anteater named Charlie. The third clip was a reintroduction to Jemaine Clement’s villain, an evil cockatoo named Nigel. The clip featured a plethora of exotic animals and jungle scenery. A report from Santoro and Mann’s scientist characters reveals that there are more Blue Macaws in the Amazon, and Jewel and the kids convince Blu that meeting these newly discovered Macaws is worth the trip. Next, we saw Blu and his family being brought out of Rio and into the Amazon. Voice actors Mars, Chenowith and Clement also added their musical talents to the film.įinally, we saw the clips, beginning with the film’s first five minutes, which takes place on New Year’s Eve and features Janelle Monáe?s “What is Love.” The scene begins with a grand New Year’s celebration on the beaches on Rio, then introduces Blu and Jewel as a happy couple celebrating the holiday, though they eventually are forced to tend to their mischievous children, which sets up the family dynamic explored throughout the film. Another part of the musical team behind Rio 2 is the Brazilian body percussion group Barbatuques, who wrote music for the film that was translated into English from the original Portuguese. Brazilian musicians Sergio Mendes and Carlihos Brown, as well as film composer John Powell, returned to work on the Rio sequel, and the trio was joined by acclaimed soul musician Janelle Monáe, who, according to Saldanha, helped the music go beyond the familiar sounds of Bossa Nova and Samba that Brazil is primarily known for. The last thing before the clips was a preview of the music of Rio 2. Finally, there’s Andy Garcia as Jewel’s father, Eduardo, and Brazilian-American NBC Today anchor Natalie Morales as, appropriately, a news anchor. Other new cast members include some musically talented stars: Broadway’s Kristen Chenowith as a poisonous frog named Gabi, and the Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars as another Macaw, Roberto. 82-year-old Rita Moreno ( West Side Story, “Oz”), who voices Jewel’s aunt Mimi, brought “the heart of a 15-year-old girl” to the film, according to Saldanha. Saldanha went on to talk about the cast members who weren?t a part of the first film. Saldanha said that collaborating with the returning voice actors (in addition to Eisenberg and Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Mann, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement, will.i.am, Rodrigo Santoro and George Lopez) was “like working with family again.” According to Saldanha, one of the main goals of the Rio 2 team was “a lot of experimentation taking the characters further,” now that so many characters were back after having been firmly established in the first film. Before screening the clips, the director gave us background about the sequel, specifically in terms of approach to the characters and music. Saldanha told us that with mixing having finished just last week, we were to be some of the first to see the selected clips.
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