Jane Fonda has joined the voice cast of “Luck,” a new feature film from the just-announced content partnership between Apple and Skydance Animation.
Fonda, who has a long relationship with Skydance Media as the producer of her Netflix series “Grace and Frankie,” is on board for a key role in the film that envisions colliding worlds of good and bad luck — and the unlucky girl who must intervene and save the day.
Fonda will voice The Dragon, described as the “exuberant CEO of Good Luck and undisputed luckiest ancient being in all the land. The Dragon is elegant, stylish and as persuasive as she is powerful. The only thing better than good luck is more good luck, so when bad luck starts to spin out of control, she must face her fears or risk losing good luck forever.”
The film will be directed by Peggy Holmes (“Secret of the Wings”) and written by Kiel Murray (“Cars”).
MacDailyNews Note: In December, Matt Donnelly and Brent Lang reported for Variety, “The handful of executives who screened footage of “Luck” called it “vintage Lasseter,” citing the dazzling production value and commercial appeal the producer is known for, said insiders.”
I think I’ll binge Henry Fonda this weekend…
Thelonius knocks it out of the park again! That is a brilliant piece of actors’ artistry and the scripting is excellent too. Thank you for showing us what recent films need to consider the standard they should aspire to.
film makers….. not “films”
There really was a time when most of us could go to the theater and see a movie like On Golden Pond and it was literally a shared national experience. A comedian could just say in a Hepburn like voice, “Norman, you old coot” and all 300 million of us would know what he was talking about and laugh. We were a nation. Not nationalists. We were a country, not red and blue states.
We can have that unified community again if we make it happen. We can all tell our manipulative politicians and leaders to go fly a kite. The division we have? It’s been engineered on purpose and utter bulls..t.
This one’s sweet too, Thelonious!
Yep, a story about old, rich, white people. I’m sure the entire country was able to relate to that, to see their own personal hopes and dreams and fears and worries up on the screen.
Yeah, On Golden Pond was hardly a “shared national experience.” It may have been the second highest-grossing picture of the year (behind “Raiders of the Lost Ark”), but the REAL shared national experience was when all of America sat down to watch television every night. Three networks, not three dozen. When what Walter Cronkite said at 6:30pm each night (he retired the same year On Golden Pond was released) set the tone for the national discussion.
The stark divisions in our politics are nothing new. The country has always been divided by urban vs. rural, by right vs. left, by rich vs. poor. What’s new is that we no longer have a shared view of the facts. And it’s not just Trump, who is STILL claiming he won in a landslide, when every scrap of evidence says it’s a lie.
For better or worse, the internet and access to “news” voices unchecked by any reasonable standard of fact-checking or responsible reporting, or heck, even simple decency, are what’s fracturing this country into not just two parts, but dozens.
I miss the days of the shared national experience. But I don’t think we’ll ever get back there. I’m honestly not sure if that is ultimately a good or bad thing, but we are a far different country today than we were in 1981.
“What’s new is that we no longer have a shared view of the facts. And it’s not just Trump, who is STILL claiming he won in a landslide, when every scrap of evidence says it’s a lie.“
That type of attitude is what keeps us apart.
WriterGay,
Americans have no interest in sharing experiences of idiot libturds like you.
Hal, are you referring to those of us who can recite the Pledge to “One Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,” and actually mean it?
Yes, those are Americans, whereas the Dems are mortal enemies of everything this country stands for.
So, the 161 million registered voters who chose not to vote for Donald Trump, 81.28 million of whom affirmatively voted for his principal opponent, aren’t really Americans? How does that fit into the One Nation Indivisible scenario?
Just like a doctor who vows to “do no harm”, then sets out to eliminate viruses, parasites and cancer.
You not much for concepts and thinking are you TxUser?
Is there a scene in the movie where Hanoi Jane sits on Vietcong anti-aircraft weaponry and smilingly pretend to blow American pilots out of the sky?
Probably not. No respect for communist Barberella…
Yes, Fonda was active in anti-war campaigning, as were tens of thousands of other Americans using their Constitution rights. She was particularly active in fundraising for the group Vietnam Veterans Against War.
What the rabid right refuses to acknowledge is that while in Hanoi, Fonda visited American POWs, bringing them humanitarian aid and attempting to seek common ground with the North Vietnamese.
Fonda was photographed seated on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun; the photo outraged a number of Americans,and earned her the nickname “Hanoi Jane”.In her 2005 autobiography, she wrote that she was manipulated into sitting on the battery; she had been horrified at the implications of the pictures. In a 2011 entry at her official website, Fonda explained:
It happened on my last day in Hanoi. I was exhausted and an emotional wreck after the 2-week visit … The translator told me that the soldiers wanted to sing me a song. He translated as they sung. It was a song about the day ‘Uncle Ho’ declared their country’s independence in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh Square. I heard these words: ‘All men are created equal; they are given certain rights; among these are life, Liberty and Happiness.’ These are the words Ho pronounced at the historic ceremony. I began to cry and clap. ‘These young men should not be our enemy. They celebrate the same words Americans do.’ The soldiers asked me to sing for them in return … I memorized a song called ‘Day Ma Di’, written by anti-war South Vietnamese students. I knew I was slaughtering it, but everyone seemed delighted that I was making the attempt. I finished. Everyone was laughing and clapping, including me … Here is my best, honest recollection of what happened: someone (I don’t remember who) led me towards the gun, and I sat down, still laughing, still applauding. It all had nothing to do with where I was sitting. I hardly even thought about where I was sitting. The cameras flashed … It is possible that it was a set up, that the Vietnamese had it all planned. I will never know. But if they did I can’t blame them. The buck stops here. If I was used, I allowed it to happen … a two-minute lapse of sanity that will haunt me forever … But the photo exists, delivering its message regardless of what I was doing or feeling. I carry this heavy in my heart. I have apologized numerous times for any pain I may have caused servicemen and their families because of this photograph. It was never my intention to cause harm.”
BS!! She only apologized because of the backlash. Are you really so stupid as to think otherwise? Of course you are!!!!!!
Exactly! No excuse for her egregious behavior …
As opposed to the extreme righties who never apologize?
Fonda protested against the Vietnam war. The Trump base waged insurrection underneath their rebel flag — a foreign flag from a defeated racist army. Unlike actual peaceful protesters like Fonda, the Magats killed cops at the Capitol.
You insulting right wing asshats seriously need to get psychological help if you’re holding a 50 year grudge against a peaceful protester while you support cheeto and his “stand up and stand by “ armed insurrectionists.
Hal’s Mother, Mom, you are a f’king idiot, like the rest of your libturd pals
Well, if she weren’t, she would never have had you.
I was waiting to see how long tit would take before someone on this right-wing-friendly blog would spout “Hanoi Jane”. I see it didn’t take long at all.
It didn’t take long because “Hanoi Jane” is a commie sympathizer and a piece of sh!t!
This blog is friendly to ALL POINTS of view, Liberal!…
Apparently not to “commie sympathizers and pieces of shit.” Isn’t it interesting how the very same people here who have been blasting Disney for “cancelling” a right-wing actress are the first to blast Apple for not “cancelling” a left wing actress. One difference being that the right-winger was comparing Liberalism to Nazi death camps just a few weeks back and the left-winger has been apologizing for decades about something that happened 52 years ago.
Huh?
Well, we all know you are an arrogant elitist lying POS!…
Sounds like a good teaming of creatives except Jane Fonda; I don’t know much about her.
Now in 4k 60 fps:
I remember her as Hanoi Jane, and it sticks to me like a bad dream.
You know, I came on this thread after seeing the title and was curious to see how many whacka-doodles would come on and spew political bullcrap. Imagine my surprise after reading the first few posts. T-Mac saying things I totally support. Kudos to him…..but then J.T. And his butt brother GoeB came in and ruined it.
I have said it earlier, guys just go away. You have unhappy pathetic lives and you clearly need to bring others down into your pathetic world. Yes, the USA was once a nation that could feel collectively, after watching On Golden Pond. I have hopes it will become that way again……and there are signs, encouraging signs.
Buster, Reminder: you are f’ing idiot. Apparently you need to be reminded constantly.
Hi Beck…please keep reminding me. If hoping that, in this divided world, people would start to treat each other with respect makes one an idiot, then I am that person….and proud of it.
Just wish more people like you would be part of it. Why do you attack and curse at people?
Buster, how stupid do you need to be to not understand that YOU are attacking others, yet you complain about attacks??? Certainly stupid enough to vote for Pee Pad and Knee Pad.
Of course we are divided, there are Americans and Democrats and the two will never mix.
Nailed it. Double standard liberal who is incompetent to realize his folly…
Incompetent, stupid? Pee pad and knee pad? Don’t you see how childish you are? Who said I was liberal or if only liberals show respect, then I must be one.
Sticks and stones fellas……just know that all on here think you are pathetic like I do.
Buster, Daily reminder: You are a f’ing idiot.
Buster, do you idiots prefer “Dementia Joe and the ho?
No Buster, it is ADULT to call you out for your reckless, partisan sided, idiotic false posts. You are out of your league, Sonny boy…
Thanks Hal….glad to see that you take the time to hunt through an old discussion thread just to insult me. That amount of effort makes me feel…..special.
I do it as a public service. FYI, its not an insult if fits true. In those instances, it’s call a “fact.” Hopefully you will learn the difference and understand it the next time you see it. I see my efforts as a civic duty, no need to thank me.
You are a certified and unaware total clueless IDIOT…
Thanks….love you guys