Strange World Interview: Directors on Keeping Their Animated Adventures Weird

A mere year and a half after the release of Raya and the Last Dragon, Don Hall and Qui Nguyen are back with another wild animated Disney adventure, Strange World. When Searcher Clade’s (Jake Gyllenhaal) father, Jaeger (Dennis Quaid), goes missing, Searcher steps up and becomes the new hero of Avalonia. However, Searcher’s notoriety doesn’t come from being a legendary explorer like his father, rather, he wows his hometown by discovering an energy-packed miracle crop called Pando. Many years into harvesting Pando, Searcher’s shocked and horrified to learn that the crop is dying. His only chance of saving it? Venturing below the surface of Avalonia to find the root of the problem. During their interview with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff, Hall and Nguyen discuss the support they were given from the studio to make Strange World weird and include bizarre creatures like “Poop Pickles.“ On top of that, they reveal the key to creating such unique, stunning imagery and also highlight risin