Rounding out the all-star voice cast
including Gina Rodriguez (“Jane The Virgin”) as Mary, Zachary Levi (“Chuck”) as Joseph, Grammy® Award-Winner Kelly Clarkson as Leah the horse, Anthony Anderson (“Black-ish”) as Zach the goat, Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible)
as Thaddeus the dog, Gabriel Iglesias (Coco, Ferdinand) as Rufus the dog, Patricia Heaton (“The Middle”) as Edith the cow, Emmy® and Tony® Award-Winner Kristin Chenoweth as Abby the mouse, and Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World) as King Herod.
THE STAR
is filled with more than an hour of engaging bonus materials including
the “Star-aoke: Sing Along with Bo & Friends,”
a dance along to “Life Is Good” by A Great Big World, plus a collection
of fun lyric videos that will have you singing along to the inspiring
music from
THE STAR. Families can enjoy crafting and baking with “how-to” videos
“Star Mason Jar Votives” and “Sweet and Sparkly Stars,” and they also
can go behind-the-scenes to explore the amazing talent who bring these
characters to life. In “Faith All Year Round,”
renowned pastor and motivational speaker, DeVon Franklin delivers a fun and engaging children’s sermon
discussing the themes of the film and keeping the spirit of this inspiring story alive in us every day.
THE STAR
is directed by Academy Award® nominated writer/director Timothy
Reckart, screenplay by Carlos Kotkin, and story by Simon Moore and
Carlos Kotkin. The film is executive produced
by DeVon Franklin, Brian Henson and Lisa Henson, and produced by
Jennifer Magee-Cook.
The Star is presented by AFFIRM films and Sony Pictures Animation
in association with Walden Media, Franklin Entertainment and The Jim
Henson Company. The uplifting theme song, “The Star” by Mariah Carey and
veteran songwriter Marc Shaiman was also nominated
for a 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. “The Star” song
is now available on
The Star: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which assembles new music from a bevy of powerhouse superstars.
Bonus Materials Include:
- Star-aoke: Sing-Along with Bo & Friends: In this all new song, sing along with your favorite characters including Bo, Dave, Ruth and the unforgettable camels
- "Life Is Good" Dance-Along: Shake your tail feathers and move your hooves in this fun dance along
- Lyric Sing-Along Videos:
Enjoy the eclectic and
inspiring music of THE STAR with these colorful lyric videos that allow
you to sing along with your favorite recording artists
- “The Star” by Mariah Carey
- “Can You See” by Fifth Harmony
- “Children Go Where I Send You” by Kelsea Ballerini
- “We Three Kings” by Kirk Franklin
- “Life Is Good” by A Great Big World
- Sweet and Sparkly Stars: Create star-themed cookies to be enjoyed year round
- Star Mason Jar Votives: Let the light of THE STAR shine with this simple yet stunning craft
- Faith All Year Round with DeVon Franklin: A children’s sermon discussing the themes of the film and how to keep the spirit of this inspiring story alive in us every day
- An All-Star Cast: Meet the stars of the film and explore the exciting voice cast who bring these amazing characters to life
THE STAR has a run time of approximately 86 minutes and is rated PG: for some thematic elements
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ABOUT SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
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Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment
(SPE) company. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony
Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary
of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE’s global operations encompass
motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television
production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital
content creation and distribution; operation of studio
facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and
technologies. For additional information, go to
http://www.sonypictures.com.
ABOUT SONY PICTURES ANIMATION
Sony
Pictures Animation produces a variety of animated and family
entertainment for audiences around the world. The studio is following
its worldwide
comedy hits—the record-breaking monster comedies Hotel Transylvania and
Hotel Transylvania 2, the hybrid live action/animated blockbusters The Smurfs and
The Smurfs 2, and the mouth-watering Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs movies—with
the fully animated reboot Smurfs: The Lost Village available on digital and Blu-ray now; a surprising and comic take at the secret world inside our phones with
The Emoji Movie now on Digital HD, Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD; the inspirational
The Star currently in theaters. Next will be Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation from director Genndy Tartakovsky in July 2018; and the groundbreaking animated feature
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse from the minds of Chris Miller and Phil Lord in December 2018. The studio, in conjunction with Aardman Animations, has produced two critically acclaimed
feature films: the CG-animated family comedy Arthur Christmas; and the Academy Award® nominated stop-frame animated high-seas adventure, The Pirates! Band of Misfits. In 2007, Surf's Up also received an Academy Award® nomination for
Best Animated Feature Film; a sequel entitled Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania is now available on digital and DVD. The division, whose first feature film Open Season led to a very successful movie franchise including the brand new
Open Season: Scared Silly now available on digital, DVD and
Blu-ray, was founded in 2002. Sony Pictures Animation is a division of
the Sony Pictures Motion Pictures Group.
ABOUT AFFIRM FILMS
AFFIRM
Films produces, acquires and markets films that inspire, uplift and
entertain audiences around the world. Since releasing its first
theatrical film-The Kendrick Brothers’ drama,
Facing the Giants in 2007, AFFIRM Films has released numerous quality
faith-based films including Soul Surfer, based on the inspirational true
story of surfer Bethany Hamilton; When the Game Stands Tall, the sports
drama inspired by the story of the De La
Salle Spartans; War Room, which hit #1 on the domestic box office
chart; Risen, which followed the epic Biblical story of the
Resurrection, as told through the eyes of a non-believer; and was the
faith-based marketing partner with Columbia Pictures and TriStar
Pictures for their films Miracles from Heaven and the #2 faith-based
film of all time, Heaven Is for Real. AFFIRM Films also released All
Saints in August of 2017. In partnership with Sony Pictures Animation
and Columbia Pictures AFFIRM Films released the
animated film The Star on November 17, 2017, the story of the first
Christmas from the perspective of the animals in the stable. AFFIRM will
next release Paul, Apostle of Christ on March 28, 2018. AFFIRM Films is a division of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
(SPWA), a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company. AFFIRMFilms.com
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