For Lucy Liu, who has voiced memorable characters in everything from “Kung Fu Panda” to “Strange World,” being part of the independently made, black-and-white animated film “Moonfish” was all about lending her name and support to first-time filmmaker Daniel Zvereff.
\n\n“These are the people that are not just the creatives, but the ones who are going to be the future,” Liu tells Variety. “I’m just fascinated by how people work and how things start when there’s not all this red tape.”
\n\nPremiering at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 6 after receiving a grant from Biennale College Cinema, “Moonfish” follows a pair of astronauts, voiced by Liu and “The Gilded Age” star Morgan Spector, as they embark on an isolating mission to the moon with a corporate quota to meet if they want to return home.
\n\n“I really wanted to have the film take place in an environment that was an allegory to our current human condition we’re all experiencing right now, where society is very plugged in, but simultaneously we’re all growing a bit disconnected,” Zvereff says.
\n\nZvereff designed the 2D-animated film so that he could finish it completely on his own, if need be. Thankfully, as Zvereff worked…
Original source: https://variety.com/