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Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor Board Michael K. Williams-Starring Animated Short ‘The Brown Dog’ as Executive Producers (EXCLUSIVE)


Idris Elba and Chiwetel Ejiofor have signed on as executive producers for "The Brown Dog," an animated short starring the late Michael K. Williams.

“When I was approached to come on board as an executive producer for The Brown Dog, it felt like a natural, emotional connection to Michael K. Williams, my dear friend and co-star,” Elba said in a statement about his involvement. “The Brown Dog” is co-directed by award-winning documentarian Nadia Hallgren (“Becoming”) and creative director Jamie-James Medina (The xx, FKA twigs, Sampha), with animator Fons Schiedon (“Mickey: The Story of a Mouse”) and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tyshawn Sorey. Executive producers are Holly Fraser, Damian Bradfield, Alex Mattinson and Phil van der Krogt at WeTransfer; Buscemi and Wren Arthur for Olive Productions; Elba for 22Summers; and Ejiofor.

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