Well, we finally have a trailer for the Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers movie and, well, it looks… good.
Yes, it’s 2D animation, live-action and CGI animation and, we all know that rarely makes for a comfortable combination, but this looks like a lot of self aware fun.
And that’s the ticket.
Honestly, I thought this should have been a new animated series, especially after the Rescue Rangers appeared in the really rather brilliant Duck Tales reboot but no, Disney decided a hybrid movie was the way to go and, honestly, this looks like it will be well worth checking out and, if I were a betting man, I’d have rather went to the best UK casino websites than bet on this. But I’m happy to be wrong.
And, is it just us, or does this look like it takes place in Toon Town? Is this a sneaky sequel to who Framed Roger Rabbit? Hmmmmmmmm…
Rescuing the world takes a pair.
“Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” stars John Mulaney (“Saturday Night Live”) as Chip, Andy Samberg (“Palm Springs”) as Dale and KiKi Layne (“If Beale Street Could Talk”). Also joining the cast are Will Arnett (“Arrested Development”), Eric Bana (“Dirty John”), Flula Borg (“Pitch Perfect 2”), Dennis Haysbert (“24”), Keegan-Michael Key (“Schmigadoon!”), Tress MacNeille (“The Simpsons”), Tim Robinson (“I Think You Should Leave”), Seth Rogen (“Pam and Tommy”), J.K. Simmons (“Being the Ricardos”), Chris Parnell (“Saturday Night Live”). The film is directed by Akiva Schaffer (“Saturday Night Live”), written by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) and is produced by Todd Lieberman (“Wonder”) and David Hoberman (“Beauty and the Beast”), with Alexander Young (“Extinction”) and Tom Peitzman serving as executive producers.
In “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers,” Chip and Dale are living amongst cartoons and humans in modern-day Los Angeles, but their lives are quite different now. It has been decades since their successful television series was canceled, and Chip (voice of Mulaney) has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale (voice of Sandberg), meanwhile, has had CGI surgery and works the nostalgia convention circuit, desperate to relive his glory days. When a former cast mate mysteriously disappears, Chip and Dale must repair their broken friendship and take on their Rescue Rangers detective personas once again to save their friend’s life.
A comeback 30 years in the making, the hybrid live-action/CG animated action-comedy catches up with the former Disney Afternoon television stars in modern-day Los Angeles. “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” premieres May 20, 2022, exclusively on Disney+.
Nerd Comments