Currently playing on the Disney+ platform from Walt Disney Pictures is Lady and the Tramp, the live-action remake of the classic animated film voiced by Tessa Thompson and Justin Theroux.
In Disney+’s “Lady and the Tramp,” a timeless re-telling of the 1955 animated classic, a pampered house dog and a tough but lovable stray embark on an unexpected adventure and, despite their differences, grow closer and come to understand the value of home. Life is good for Lady, an overachieving American Cocker Spaniel who resides in an upscale suburban neighborhood. Her owners, Jim Dear and Darling, spoil her daily and her neighbors, Jock, an outspoken Scottish Terrier and Trusty, a world-weary Bloodhound, are always within barking distance.
But when a baby enters the picture, Lady is no longer the center of attention, and the arrival of cat-loving Aunt Sarah only complicates matters. Lady soon finds herself alone on the streets in an unwelcoming part of town. Fortunately, Tramp steps in, and the streetwise mongrel is quick to teach her the ways of the world. Before long, the prim and proper pure bred and the fast-talking mutt are partaking in moonlight strolls in the park and romantic spaghetti dinners by candlelight. Tramp savors the independence of a world without leashes or fences alongside his roguish friends Peg and Bull, but Lady misses the comfort and safety of a family, and soon both must decide where – and with whom – they belong.
The film stars Tessa Thompson as Lady, Justin Theroux as the Tramp, Thomas Mann as Jim Dear, Kiersey Clemons as Jim’s wife Darling, Ashley Jensen as Jackie the Scottish Terrier, Benedict Wong voicing Bull, an English bulldog, Sam Elliott as the voice of Trusty the Bloodhound, Janelle Monae as the voice of Peg the Pekingese, Yvette Nicole Brown as Aunt Sarah, Adrian Martinez as Elliot and Arturo Castro as Marco.
Charlie Bean (The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Tron Uprising) directed the live-action/CG hybrid film from a script by Andrew Bujalski.
Blackfilm.com correspondent Sidnee Michelle spoke with Janelle Monae and Wandaland creative collaborators Nate “Rocket” Wonder and Roman GianArthur who wrote/produced, and helped with vocals on the songs featured in the film.
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