Mary J. Blige, Gina Rodriguez, Jake Johnson Among Six Cast in Netflix Hybrid Series Lost Ollie
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Netflix has set an all-star cast for the animation-live action hybrid limited series “Lost Ollie.”
Mary J. Blige, Gina Rodriguez, Jake Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Kesler Talbot, and Jonathan Groff have all been cast in major roles in the four-episode series.
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The show is inspired by the book “Ollie’s Oddyssey” by William Joyce. It follows a lost toy on an epic adventure, searching across the country for the boy who lost him, and the story of the boy who lost more than a best friend.
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Jonathan Groff, Mary J Blige, Gina Rodriguez to Star in Netflix’s ‘Lost Ollie’ Limited Series
Tim Blake Nelson, Jake Johnson and Kesler Talbot round out the main castReid Nakamura | March 9, 2021 @ 8:00 AM Last Updated: March 9, 2021 @ 8:26 AM
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Netflix has announced the main cast for its upcoming “Lost Ollie” limited series, with “Frozen’s” Jonathan Groff set to voice the titular stuffed rabbit.
Joining Groff in the four-episode series are Mary J. Blige, “Watchmen’s” Tim Blake Nelson, “Jane the Virgin” alum Gina Rodriguez, “Into the Spider-Verse” star Jake Johnson and Kesler Talbot.
Inspired by the book “Ollie’s Odyssey” by William Joyce, the series “tells the story of a lost toy on an epic adventure, searching across the country for the boy who lost him, and the story of the boy who lost more than a best friend,” according to Netflix. Groff, Blige and Nelson will lend their voices to CG creations, whil
New Girl) and youngster Kesler Talbot (
50 States of Fright) will star in the live-action portion of the limited family drama series from
Stranger Things exec producer Shawn Levy. Jonathan Groff (
Hamilton, Frozen), Mary J. Blige (
Power Book II: Ghost) and Tim Blake Nelson (
Watchmen) will lead the voice cast.
Picked up to series in October, the four-episode
Lost Ollie tells the story of a lost toy on an epic adventure, searching across the country for the boy who owned him, and the story of the boy who lost more than a best friend.
Groff will voice Ollie, the handmade toy rabbit who has been best friends with Billy until one day he ends up in a resale shop with no way home. He sets off on a path to find Billy. Talbot will play Billy, the young boy who embarks on a mission to find his lost toy. Gina Rodriguez will play Billy s mother, Sharon, who inspires her son s creativity. Johnson is set as Billy s overworked and stressed-out father, James.