For the show’s longtime executive producer, the last 9 episodes of DreamWorks’ hit 3DCG series brings the story of ‘The Nublar Six’ to a satisfying – and action-packed - conclusion; debuts November 20 on Netflix.
From burnt bridges to complex character arcs, Season 4 of DreamWorks Animation’s is, according to executive producer Scott Kreamer, the series’ most action-packed and emotional season yet.
The fourth and final season, set six years after the events of , finds members of The Nublar Six still struggling to find their footing off the islands, navigating a world now filled with dinosaurs and people out to hurt them.Reunited in the wake of a tragedy, the group comes together only to find themselves on the run; they’re catapulted into a global adventure to unravel a conspiracy that threatens dinosaurs and humankind alike and finally learn the truth about what happened to one of their own.
In the 9-episode final season, releasing November 20 on Netflix, The Nublar Six – Darius, Yaz, Ben, Kenji, Sammy, and Brooklynn – must find a way to come together as they struggle to survive the deadly dinosaur and human threats hidden within Biosyn Valley.But after Sammy and Yaz’s breakup as well as Kenji and Sammy’s inability to trust Brooklynn, teaming up may be easier said than done. The voice cast includes Paul-Mikél Williams as Darius; Sean Giambrone as Ben; Darren Barnet as Kenji; Raini Rodriguez as Sammy; Kausar Mohammed as Yasmina; and Kiersten Kelly as Brooklynn.Guest voices this season include Beatrice Granno as Gia, Adam Harrington as Dodgson, and Greg Chun as Dr.
Wu.Steven Spielberg, Colin Trevorrow, and Frank Marshall serve as executive producers alongside Scott Kreamer and Aaron Hammersley, who are also showrunners.The supervising producer is Zesung Kang.
Check out the trailer: Each season since the debut, AWN has chatted with Kreamer about the series’ latest chapter and, this time, the EP gets pretty nostalgic about the journey of these characters, their voice actors, how the animation team has grown in skill and how the book is closing for good on The Nublar Six…or maybe not? Victoria Davis: Scott Kreamer: The hardest part is saying goodbye to the people who I've gotten to make these shows with.It's hard saying goodbye to these characters because, after 90 episodes, you really do care about them.And for the crew, the cast, everybody involved, it's been the experience of a lifetime.
It’s just a great honor to be associated with the people who really worked so hard to make these shows. VD: SK: I really do.And, like you said, we've had the benefit of time that most people don't have.They certainly don't have it in the features.
I think it all feels right and satisfying, and hopefully people agree, even if the characters ended up where you didn't expect them to end up originally.VD: SK: It’s hard for me to say.But it is such a wild thing that Paul-Mikél Williams, who plays Darius, was 12 years old when he got cast and now, he's turning 20 in a few months.
That's nuts.So, yeah, I think Paul's character arc may be my favorite.But just like in life, nobody in this show has sort of a straight line.
And not everything works out how you think it will.So, I'm excited for folks to see where they all go.VD: SK: There were a lot of conversations with Eric T.
Hawkins, who was our lighting and compositing supervisor.Starting in the writers’ room, we had a basic idea of what we wanted to try to pull off.And then, as usual, everybody on the crew took ownership over their part of it and made it better than anything I could have hoped for.
I don't know if the star map is accurate or not, but I do know the amount of specificity and detail put in by all the people who make this show.They really go above and beyond to make it feel that way.So, it wouldn't surprise me if it were accurate. VD: SK: It’s probably pretty relatable, people looking back to childhood.
And even though these kids were fighting for their lives most days, they did it together.It's a relatable thing to look back and say, “Yeah, things were really bad.But you know what? We stuck together” VD: SK: Maybe.
Look, I'm not going to say you're wrong about Ben.I mean, it definitely was there in some of those scenes.He definitely took comfort with some of the thoughts he has of Isla Nublar.
So, whether he wishes he were there, or that's just where his mind went, I think that's up for everyone's interpretation.I think you can't help but be informed by your life experiences.VD: SK: This is our biggest action season and biggest emotional season, and a lot of that comes from our visual development artist Chris Sears, our art director John-Paul Balmet, Eric Hawkins, and his team, but also our partner studio CGCG.
We did spend a lot of time watching and as animators get used to the rigs and start using them more and more, they get better at it, and we start dialing it in more to those details.All the teams have gotten even better at it.And this last season, obviously, knowing it was our last season, everyone pulled out all the stops.
The whole team has made these dinosaurs feel like real animals.It's astounding.You forget these are computer models.
It's not hard to get swept up in the whole thing and feel like you're really looking at a dinosaur.VD: SK: Yes.Brooklynn burnt a lot of bridges, even at the beginning of when she decided to not tell her friends that she was actually alive.
Meanwhile, Kenji has evolved so much since getting off the helicopter in in that pink polo shirt.He’s shown who he has become, and he doesn’t want to make the mistakes his father made.But, for Brooklynn, the ends justify the means in all cases, and that's not necessarily the way that all the kids look at it.
VD: SK: Well, to be honest, not all the relationships are going to be the same as they were before.And that was important to us because that's what real life is.And so, yeah, it was going to be easier with some and more difficult with others.
We've got a diverse cast of characters and none of them really come at everything the same way, or have the same view on things or the same motivation.We actually didn't want anything really tied up in a bow because, like I said, that's just not how life works.VD: SK: Smoothie sort of defines “life finds a way.” There's a lot of bad in the world and in these kids’ worlds.
So, we need these little moments of light, these little moments of good, because it's too easy just to hold your head in despair.Lightening things up with the sweet ball of love that is Smoothie can go a long way.VD: SK: My gut is saying it's time to put the book to bed.
However, I did say that at the end of .And I meant it.So, I can't say anything for sure because I've already been wrong once.
But, you know, if this is it, I'm really proud of how we did end things with the show and with these kids.But, on the other hand, who knows what the future holds? Victoria Davis is a full-time, freelance journalist and part-time Otaku with an affinity for all things anime.She's reported on numerous stories from activist news to entertainment.
Find more about her work at victoriadavisdepiction.com.
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