Pharrell Williams y Michel Gondry cancelan “Golden”

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Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry cancel “Golden”

The singer and producer PHarrell Williams has canceled the musical about his life directed by Michel Gondry. The film had already been filmed and was going to launch in May of this year.

Despite being in the postproduction phase, the musical film that the childhood of Pharrell Williams In Virginia Beach it has been canceled. The artist himself is who has shared the decision through a joint statement with the director, Michel Gondry. In this, both claim that “there was no viable path to tell the version of this story that we originally imagined.”

“Golden” It was presented as a history of personal growth, and Williams himself described it as “a celebration of life, culture and, above all, black joy.” The film had an outstanding cast that included names such as Falle Bailey, Missy Elliott, Janelle Monáe, DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH, Anderson .Paak and Fifth Brunson.

Last year, Focus featuresUniversal’s sister distributor, already premiered “Piece by Piece”which told the story of Pharrell Williams using Lego minifigures. Now, with the cancellation of this new project, Universal Pictures It has been forced to absorb approximately 20 million dollars in production costs.

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