Bluey’s Daley Pearson on how losing his brother inspired his new film: ‘He was the best thing ever to me’
Allen, the first live-action film from Pearson’s Ludo Studio, follows a man who met an alien as a kid – and becomes obsessed with bringing him back If, for whatever reason, you want to feel a bit sad, think too hard…
Source: The Guardian ·
Allen, the first live-action film from Pearson’s Ludo Studio, follows a man who met an alien as a kid – and becomes obsessed with bringing him back If, for whatever reason, you want to feel a bit sad, think too hard about what Elliott from ET would have been like as an adult. Or Coraline, or Matilda, or Chihiro, or those kids in Mary Poppins. The most amazing thing that ever happened in their lives – magic nanny, alien friend, psychic abilities, otherworldly adventures – was already over when they were kids. If that bad Harry Potter play taught us anything, they probably all grew into loser adults. This is the central premise for Allen, a new Netflix family film by Daley Pearson, co-founder of Ludo Studio, the Brisbane production company behind a little show called Bluey. As a kid growing up in the small coastal town of Coolum, Petey (TJ Power) happens across a friendly, bug-eyed…