{"id":56096,"date":"2017-11-07T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=56096"},"modified":"2017-11-07T10:30:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T18:30:59","slug":"watch-meet-eight-members-animal-cast-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/11\/watch-meet-eight-members-animal-cast-star.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Meet eight more members of the animal cast from <i>The Star<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2017\/11\/star-stableanimals.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56116\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2017\/11\/star-stableanimals-1024x429.png\" alt=\"star-stableanimals\" width=\"1024\" height=\"429\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56116\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The animal videos keep coming. Last week we met the actors providing the voices of Mary, Joseph and their donkey Bo in <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/star-2017\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Star<\/a><\/i>, the first big-studio animated movie based on the New Testament. Now Sony Animation has released three more featurettes to introduce us to eight more of the film\u2019s furry and feathery co-stars.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->First, here\u2019s Keegan-Michael Key as Bo\u2019s best friend Dave the dove:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE STAR - Keegan-Michael Key is Dave\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FG_EkVwozKw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Next, here are Oprah and Tyler Perry (and Tracy Morgan) as the Wise Men\u2019s camels:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE STAR - Oprah, Tyler Perry and Tracy Morgan are Deborah, Cyrus and Felix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggzA2zQP_h0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Finally, here are Patricia Heaton, Kelly Clarkson and Kristin Chenoweth (and Anthony Anderson) as the stable animals (three of whom we saw in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/11\/watch-meet-mary-joseph-donkey-friendly-sheep-new-clip-four-new-featurettes-star.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">earlier clip<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE STAR - Meet the Stable Animals\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bMeRMSsuFks?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>The Star<\/i> comes to theatres across North America on November 17.<\/p>\n<p>Check out earlier <i>The Star<\/i> trailers and other videos here:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/07\/watch-first-trailer-sony-animations-star.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The teaser trailer<\/a> (July 26, 2017)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/10\/watch-listen-music-animated-bible-movie-star.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The official trailer, the \u2018The Soundtrack of the Film\u2019 and A Great Big World featurettes, and the \u2018Life Is Good\u2019 lyric video<\/a> (October 13, 2017)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/10\/watch-listen-fifth-harmony-asks-can-see-star.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Fifth Harmony featurette and the \u2018Can You See\u2019 lyric video<\/a> (October 17, 2017)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/10\/watch-listen-mariah-careys-theme-song-star.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Mariah Carey featurette<\/a> (October 22, 2017)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/10\/watch-new-video-looks-actors-behind-voices-star.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018The Greatest Story Never Told\u2019 featurette<\/a> (October 25, 2017)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/11\/watch-meet-mary-joseph-donkey-friendly-sheep-new-clip-four-new-featurettes-star.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Barnyard Breakout\u2019 clip, the \u2018Steven Yeun is Bo\u2019, \u2018Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi are Mary and Joseph\u2019, \u2018Aidy Bryant is Ruth\u2019 and \u2018The Greatest Story Never Told\u2019 featurettes, the \u2018Team Up\u2019 and \u2018First Christmas\u2019 TV spots, and the trailer with Tyler Perry intro<\/a> (November 3, 2017)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sony Pictures Animation movie, which opens November 17, tells the story of the Nativity from the animals&#8217; 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