{"id":55636,"date":"2017-04-28T19:01:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T02:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=55636"},"modified":"2017-04-28T19:02:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T02:02:29","slug":"first-look-joseph-mary-sony-animations-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/04\/first-look-joseph-mary-sony-animations-star.html","title":{"rendered":"First look: Joseph and Mary in Sony Animation’s The Star<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Now that Easter has come and gone, it\u2019s time to look ahead to Christmas.<\/p>\n

This week, Sony Pictures Animation released the first official images<\/a> of Joseph, Mary, and a few of the main animal characters from their upcoming movie The Star<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

Here are Joseph (voiced by Zachary Levi) and Mary (Gina Rodriguez):<\/p>\n

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And here are Bo the donkey (Steven Yeun), Ruth the sheep (Aidy Bryant) and Dave the dove (Keegan-Michael Key):<\/p>\n

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The plot synopsis remains the same as it was a few months ago<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A small but brave donkey named Bo yearns for a life beyond his daily grind at the village mill. One day he finds the courage to break free and finally goes on the adventure of his dreams. On his journey, he teams up with Ruth, a lovable sheep who has lost her flock and Dave, a dove with lofty aspirations. Along with three wisecracking camels and some eccentric stable animals, Bo and his new friends follow the Star and become accidental heroes in the greatest story ever told \u2013 the first Christmas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The studio also announced<\/a> that Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond<\/i>, Moms\u2019 Night Out<\/a><\/i>) has joined the cast as the voice of Edith the cow.<\/p>\n

Finally, Gina Rodriguez spoke to People en Espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/i> about playing the Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n

Now we just await the first trailer. The Star<\/i>, which opens November 10, is one of three major animated movies slated for the winter holiday season, and we\u2019ve already seen teasers for Pixar\u2019s Coco<\/i> (November 22) and Fox\u2019s Ferdinand<\/i> (December 15) \u2014 so presumably we should be seeing a teaser for The Star<\/i> soon, too.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plus our first look at the movie’s main<\/i> characters: Bo the donkey, Ruth the sheep and Dave the dove.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4045,728,556,4140,3782],"class_list":["post-55636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-gina-rodriguez","tag-joseph","tag-mary","tag-patricia-heaton","tag-star-2017"],"yoast_head":"\nFirst look: Joseph and Mary in Sony Animation's The Star<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Plus our first look at the movie's main characters: Bo the donkey, Ruth the sheep and Dave the dove.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/04\/first-look-joseph-mary-sony-animations-star.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First look: Joseph and Mary in Sony Animation's The Star\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Plus our first look at the movie's main characters: Bo the donkey, Ruth the sheep and Dave the dove.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/04\/first-look-joseph-mary-sony-animations-star.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-29T02:01:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-04-29T02:02:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2017\/04\/star-bo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. 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