Entergalactic (TV special)

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Genre	Musical Romantic comedy-drama
Created by	Scott Mescudi Kenya Barris
Based on	Entergalactic by Kid Cudi
Written by	Ian Edelman Maurice Williams
Story by	Scott Mescudi
Directed by	Fletcher Moules
Starring	Scott Mescudi Jessica Williams Tyrone Griffin Jr. Timothée Chalamet Laura Harrier Vanessa Hudgens
Music by	Scott Mescudi Dot da Genius Plain Pat
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Kenya Barris Scott Mescudi Karina Manashil Maurice Williams Ian Edelman Fletcher Moules Dennis Cummings
Producers	Michael Penketh Mike Moon
Editor	Carole Kravetz Aykanian
Running time	92 minutes
Production companies	Khalabo Ink Society Netflix Animation Mad Solar DNEG Animation
Original release
Release	September 30, 2022 (2022-09-30)

Entergalactic (stylized in all caps) is an adult animated music television special created by American musician and actor Kid Cudi, that serves as a visual companion piece to the album of the same name. Initially announced as a television series, in August 2022, Entergalactic was then redeveloped as a TV special. The special premiered on September 30, 2022, on Netflix, simultaneously with the album.

Entergalactic is dedicated to Cudi's deceased friend, American fashion designer Virgil Abloh, who served as a costume designer on the project before his passing, with the release date sharing the birth date of Abloh. A romantic comedy, Entergalactic uses an art style inspired by that of I Lost My Body and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Billed as a "television event", it received critical acclaim for its animation, visual style, music, and story.

Plot

Jabari is a charming, streetwear-clad artist on the cusp of real success. After a chance run-in with his cool new photographer neighbor, Meadow, Jabari has to figure out whether he can make space for love in his life.

Voice cast

Kid Cudi in 2010

• Scott Mescudi as Jabari
• Jessica Williams as Meadow Watson, Jabari's love-interest.
• Timothée Chalamet as Jimmy, Jabari's friend and drug dealer.
• Tyrone Griffin Jr. as Ky, Jabari's friend.
• Laura Harrier as Carmen, Jabari's ex-girlfriend.
• Vanessa Hudgens as Karina, Meadow's pregnant best friend.
• Christopher Abbott as Reed, an art dealer and Meadow's friend.
• Daniella Balbuena as Nadia
• Jaden Smith as Jordan, a local skater.
• Keith David as Mr. Rager
• Teyana Taylor as Boxing Coach, Meadow and Karina's boxing instructor.
• Arturo Castro as Len, Jabari's co-worker.
• Macaulay Culkin as Downtown Pat, a local skater.
• Maisha Mescudi as Ellie, Jabari's older sister.
• Francesca Reale as Sydnie
• Luis Guzmán as Huge Mover

Production

Development

On July 23, 2019, Netflix announced that Kid Cudi and Ian Edelman would write and produce what was originally going to be an adult animated music TV series adaptation of Cudi's album Entergalactic. Cudi had previously collaborated with Edelman in 2010, on the HBO series How to Make It in America. Cudi serves as an executive producer alongside Kenya Barris, through their respective production companies Mad Solar and Khalabo Ink Society.

In September 2021, Cudi took to Twitter to thank the team that helped bring the project to fruition, and reassured fans they wouldn't be disappointed: "Wait til y'all hear and see Entergalactic. [You] have no idea. I really wanna thank Kenya Barris, Mike Moon, Elizabeth Porter and the whole team for believing in my vision and helping bring it to life. Everything about this show is next level. Ull [sic] see."

In a August 2022 interview with Esquire, Cudi revealed he recorded the music first—“a suite of songs on the beauty of being freed by love”—and worked backward to storyboard the narrative before hiring a writing team to script it.

On August 25, 2022, it was announced in a press release Entergalactic would instead be released as a television special. On October 1, Cudi clarified on Twitter: “Its a series but done in a very unique way broken up into chapters not episodes designed for binging! So it feels like a movie [because] its an hour and a half and can be seen in one sitting but this is a series. Hope that makes sense. The goal is for more seasons”.

Casting

In July 2019, Cudi was cast in the series. In June 2022, Jessica Williams, Timothée Chalamet, Ty Dolla $ign, Laura Harrier, Vanessa Hudgens, Christopher Abbott, 070 Shake, Teyana Taylor, Jaden Smith, Keith David, Arturo Castro, and Macaulay Culkin were revealed to be the rest of the cast. On June 8, Cudi revealed his real-life older sister, Maisha, would voice his on-screen older sister Ellie, among other voices.

Animation, design, and influences

The animation was handled by DNEG Animation in London, which also co-produced the special. A 3D map of New York was downloaded and rebuilt in the pipeline. Influences for the film's design were I Lost My Body and When Harry Met Sally....

Release

On September 15, 2021, Cudi revealed that the series, and the album, is set to premiere in 2022. In September 2021, Cudi released a short trailer in promotion for the Netflix series, which revealed the music would be produced by his longtime collaborators Dot da Genius and Plain Pat.

On April 24, 2022, Cudi wrote on Twitter: "Entergalactic is gonna be something really fucking special. Minds will melt. This cast?? The MUSIC?? Listen. [You] heard it here first. Remember this tweet. Stay tuned for more news in June!" On June 8, Netflix unveiled the "first look" at Entergalactic, in a trailer that also revealed the cast.

On June 10, the first original song created for the series, titled "Do What I Want", was issued on streaming platforms as the album’s first official single. On July 12, Cudi revealed on Twitter, the official trailer for the show will premiere in August, featuring two new songs, with one of the songs set to be released as the second single. On September 12, Netflix unveiled a new trailer for Entergalactic, which included the aforementioned single, "Willing to Trust".

Music

Main article: Entergalactic (album)

Kid Cudi’s eighth solo album Entergalactic doubles as a soundtrack for the TV special. The album consists of original songs performed by Cudi, of which the TV special is based on.

Additionally a film score composed by American record producer Dot da Genius, co-produced by fellow American producer Plain Pat, was released on October 14, 2022, by Netflix Music, LLC.

Reception

Based on 96 professional critic reviews, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 9% of those reviews were positive, with an average rating of 25/10. On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, Entergalactic has received a score of 77 out of 100 based on 10 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Rendy Jones of Paste wrote "Entergalactic is as sweet a romantic comedy as it is an ethereal animated odyssey. It's a stylish, colorful love letter to animation and the simplicity of Black love in the modern age. It feels like the lovechild between When Harry Met Sally and Spider-Verse for a Black demographic, who deserve stories like this no matter what medium they're presented in." Chase Hutchinson of Collider wrote "A rare gem of an animated work for adults, Kid Cudi guides us on a sublime journey that explores the bond between two people drawn together by love."

Justin Charity of The Ringer wrote "It's saucy and cute, which is to say, it's a sharp attitude adjustment for such a dreary rapper and refreshingly effective as such. Netflix's Entergalactic is a feature-length promotional complement to his latest album, but it's also a creative breakthrough in its own right." Rachel Ho of Exclaim! gave it a 8/10 rating, stating "the story of Jabari and Meadow may be one we all know very well, but it's the world of Entergalactic that captures the imagination, sonically and visually."

Joshua Alston of Variety concluded with "what's available of Entergalactic is frequently intoxicating. Director Fletcher Moules doesn’t miss a single opportunity to add beautifully animated flourishes to the script written by Mescudi, Ian Edelman, and Maurice Williams. There are sublime musical numbers, for lack of a better term, that let Mescudi's music breathe and crank the visuals to 11. But the shifts between Entergalactic's spacy elements and its grounded moments aren't always smooth, another consequence of the series-to-special evolution. There's much to love about Mescudi’s love story, except the fact that there isn't more of it to love."

Future

On October 1, 2022, Kid Cudi revealed via Twitter that while Entergalactic was "like a movie", its purpose was closer to that of a television pilot, revealing that he intended to produce "more seasons" ("hour and a half"-long films) making up an Entergalactic series, per the project's original announcement as being a television series.

External links

• Entergalactic on Netflix
• Entergalactic at IMDb

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