Wild Trailer for Netflix's Animated Dreamworld Adventure Comedy IN YOUR DREAMS
Netflix just dropped the trailer for In Your Dreams, a new animated comedy adventure that looks wonderfully weird. The movie follows two siblings who discover a mysterious book titled “The Legend of the Sandman”.
They are launched into a candy-colored, chaos-fueled dreamworld where pretty much anything goes, including a town made of breakfast food and that classic nightmare scenario where you’re suddenly, awkwardly naked.
Set perfectly to Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams,” the trailer plays like a mixtape of childhood imagination, sleepover fears, and sibling bonds. You’ve got zombie waffles, dream monsters, and a talking giraffe named Baloney Tony, voiced by Craig Robinson.
The voice cast also includes Simu Liu, Cristin Milioti, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Elias Janssen, Omid Djalili, Gia Carides, SungWon Cho, and Zachary Noah Piser.
Directed by Alex Woo and co-directed by Erik Benson, who also co-wrote the script from a story by Woo and Stanley Moore, the movie was produced by Timothy Hahn and Gregg Taylor, with music by John Debney and animation by Kuku Studios.
At a recent Netflix panel, Woo opened up about the long road to making a “dream movie” that actually works. “Dreams have always fascinated me. A dream movie in the animated space has sort of been a white whale. I think every animation studio in the world has had a dream movie in development at some point over the last couple decades, but none of them have ever been made, because I think nobody could figure out how to give a dream movie stakes.
“I really wanted to make a movie that explores the question of: What do you do when your dreams actually don’t come true? How do you find hope? How do you keep moving forward in life?”
Robinson added: “This script touches all of us. Everybody dreams. It is a love letter to our brothers and sisters. I have a younger brother and an older sister, so that was all real!”
If the trailer is any indication, this one’s going to be a heartfelt ride through the subconscious, with just enough weird to keep both kids and adults wide awake.
The film is set to premiere November 14 on Netflix and it looks like a lot of fun!