Posted on Nov 21, 2023
'Leo' is an animated lizard with an SNL sensibility — and the voice of Adam Sandler
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If the pets in a 5th grade classroom could talk, what would they say? That's the premise of Leo, a new movie musical from Netflix.
A snarky turtle, voiced by comedian Bill Burr, shares a terrarium with Leo, a more mild-mannered lizard voiced by Adam Sandler.
At the age of 74, Leo discovers he has a special gift for helping kids on the cusp of middle school – though he's getting awfully tired of Charlotte's Web. ("No one gets to eat Charlotte," Leo opines, "You just have to hear about this delicious spider for days and get hungry thinking about it.")
Leo is a coming-of-age musical with a Saturday Night Live sensibility. Members of the cast and creative team - including Sandler, Cecily Strong, co-writer/director Robert Smigel and animators and co-directors Robert Marianetti and David Wachtenheim - all spent time working on SNL.
If the pets in a 5th grade classroom could talk, what would they say? That's the premise of Leo, a new movie musical from Netflix.
A snarky turtle, voiced by comedian Bill Burr, shares a terrarium with Leo, a more mild-mannered lizard voiced by Adam Sandler.
At the age of 74, Leo discovers he has a special gift for helping kids on the cusp of middle school – though he's getting awfully tired of Charlotte's Web. ("No one gets to eat Charlotte," Leo opines, "You just have to hear about this delicious spider for days and get hungry thinking about it.")
Leo is a coming-of-age musical with a Saturday Night Live sensibility. Members of the cast and creative team - including Sandler, Cecily Strong, co-writer/director Robert Smigel and animators and co-directors Robert Marianetti and David Wachtenheim - all spent time working on SNL.
'Leo' is an animated lizard with an SNL sensibility — and the voice of Adam Sandler
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..."At the age of 74, Leo discovers he has a special gift for helping kids on the cusp of middle school – though he's getting awfully tired of Charlotte's Web. ("No one gets to eat Charlotte," Leo opines, "You just have to hear about this delicious spider for days and get hungry thinking about it.")
Leo is a coming-of-age musical with a Saturday Night Live sensibility. Members of the cast and creative team - including Sandler, Cecily Strong, co-writer/director Robert Smigel and animators and co-directors Robert Marianetti and David Wachtenheim - all spent time working on SNL.
Sandler even modeled Leo's gravelly voice after the late talent manager Bernie Brillstein who represented a number of SNL cast members, and who Sandler describes as a kind of grandfatherly figure.
"We used to run around and do his voice," recalls Sandler. "He had a very jovial, fun way to look at things and he calmed you when he spoke."...
..."At the age of 74, Leo discovers he has a special gift for helping kids on the cusp of middle school – though he's getting awfully tired of Charlotte's Web. ("No one gets to eat Charlotte," Leo opines, "You just have to hear about this delicious spider for days and get hungry thinking about it.")
Leo is a coming-of-age musical with a Saturday Night Live sensibility. Members of the cast and creative team - including Sandler, Cecily Strong, co-writer/director Robert Smigel and animators and co-directors Robert Marianetti and David Wachtenheim - all spent time working on SNL.
Sandler even modeled Leo's gravelly voice after the late talent manager Bernie Brillstein who represented a number of SNL cast members, and who Sandler describes as a kind of grandfatherly figure.
"We used to run around and do his voice," recalls Sandler. "He had a very jovial, fun way to look at things and he calmed you when he spoke."...
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