Singer-actor Justin Timberlake will voice a lead role in DreamWorks Animation’s musical comedy Trolls, alongside actress Anna Kendrick.
Directed by Mike Mitchell (Shrek Forever After) and co-directed by Walt Dohrn, Trolls is the first film to be made based on the popular Troll dolls, which were created in 1959 by Danish fisherman and woodcutter Thomas Dam. Due to being too poor to afford a Christmas present for his young daughter, Dam carved the doll for her centered on the Scandinavian troll myth.
Timberlake will be voicing the character Branch, who is described as “a hilariously hardcore survivalist who hides his surprising true colors.” Kendrick will voice Princess Poppy.
According to DreamWorks Animation, she and Branch venture “far beyond the only world they have ever known, [and] their quest will test their strength and reveal their true colors – with no shortage of musical mash-ups along the way!”
To be released by 20th Century Fox, Trolls hits theaters November 4th, 2016.
