Disney’s ‘Strange World’ Imagines ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ by Way of ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’
thewrap.comleft.For “Strange World,” Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 61st (!) feature, they have decided to turn left again. “It’s funny, every time I walk down Main Street, I turn left,” said “Strange World” producer Ron Conli.“Strange World” is the story of the Clades, led by the rugged adventurer Jaeger Clade (Dennis Quaid).
After Jaeger goes missing on an expedition, his son Searcher (Jake Gyllenaal) grows up, maintaining the family name in a different way: he farms a powerful crop that has turned his community of Avalonia into a bustling, technologically advanced oasis.
He has a wife, Meridian (Garbielle Union) and a son, Ethan (Jaboukie Young-White). And when the crops start to die, he embarks on a desperate mission to an uncharted realm, led by the president of Avalonia, Callisto Mal (Lucy Lui) — the family’s adorable three-legged dog Legend is also on the trip.
It’s in this wild land that they encounter bizarre creatures and where Searcher finds the last thing he was expecting: his father.
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