Getting high on the imagination of American rapper Scott ‘Kid Cudi’ Mescudi and executive producer Kenya Barris are filmmaker Fletcher Moules and DNEG Animation. Entergalactic revolves around up-and-coming artist and recreational drug user Jabari moving into his dream apartment and falling in love with photographer Meadow. The animated romantic musical comedy was produced by DNEG, Khalabo Ink Society and MAD SOLAR, distributed by Netflix, and features the vocal talents of Mescudi, Tyrone Griffin Jr., Jessica Williams, Laura Harrier, Timothée Chalamet, Macaulay Culkin, Vanessa Hudgens and Christopher Abbott.
Unlike Jabari, who hangs out with his friends and pursues love on the streets of New York City, the coronavirus pandemic meant that the team at DNEG had to have a virtual rather than in-person interaction with each other. “The positives were that it was a little easier to get hold of people because everyone was at home,” notes visual effects supervisor Archie Donato. “On the other hand, the human factor was completely gone. It took a while to build a relationship over Zoom.”
Nevertheless, maintaining a consistency to the animation was not a major undertaking despite everyone working remotely. “To my surprise it turned out well because you can get talent from anywhere,” states Kapil Sharma, the animation director. “Strangely this project felt more like
