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Feb 29, 2024 · Will Speck and Josh Gordon, who have a first-look deal with Sony Pictures, are set to direct, with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nicole Holofcener writing.
Josh Gordon and Will Speck have signed a first look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to develop and produce feature films. Speck & Gordon most recently directed Sony Pictures’ live-action musical adaptation of the beloved children’s book Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile , starring Javier Bardem and Constance Wu, with songs by Oscar, Grammy, and ...
Sep 7, 2022 · At a recent visit to the Sony lot, Screen Rant and several other media outlets had the chance to speak with directors Gordon and Speck about their longtime love for Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and the collaboration between themselves and the musical geniuses who brought Lyle's songs to life.
- Tatiana Hullender
- Directing A Live-Action, CGI Musical Comedy Is A Balancing Act
- How They Enticed Javier Bardem to Join The Cast
- As Collaborators, Speck and Gordon Are Each Other's Perfect Compliments
- What It's Like Making Your First Movie Musical
Balancing the pressures of actualizing such beloved source material with quite a complex array of cinematic moving parts was no small feat. To bring Lyle to life with as much of Mendes' inherent gentle-genius nature as possible, Speck and Gordon leveraged all sorts of creative tricks. First, they recorded Mendes' performances in his vocal booth so ...
And even so, the process was not uncomplicated, beginning with onboarding Javier Bardem to play Lyle's charismatic owner, Hector P. Valenti. Before Bardem became the scary, powerful presence of an actor he's so well-known as today, his career actually began in comedy. Knowing this, having recently seen Bardem's work in Being the Ricardos, and wanti...
The duo has been in creative partnership with one another since they first graduated from NYU Film School. With decades of experience working together, they've found their collaboration's unique rhythm. When asked what the key to sustaining their partnership all of these years has been, Gordon pointed to trust, saying: Speck agreed, adding:
Gordon and Speck's familiarity with collaboration has undoubtedly helped them navigate this new world of movie musicals they've found themselves in while directing Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. A bonafide musical, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodilewill feature 8 new songs, including "Heartbeat," a new Shawn Mendes original track recorded specially for the movie. Of wo...
- Rebecca Landman
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Nov 18, 2021 · Ahead of the show's premiere, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with Hit-Monkey creators Josh Gordon and Will Speck to discuss the animated series, brining the obscure character to life, the future of the show, and more.
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Oct 8, 2022 · Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile directors Will Speck and Josh Gordon reveal the unusual way Javier Bardem works on set and making The Oregon Trail movie musical.
Will Speck and Josh Gordon met at NYU Film School and immediately bonded over a love for the same movies and a vague sense that the world was out to get them. They decided to work together. Their first post-graduation project was a short film called “Culture.”
