The film follows a bullfighter who embarks on an afterlife adventure in order to get. Lets revisit how the pair first met, and what attracted them to each other. The films events are set into motion when the deities place a wager on the romantic fate of three childhood friends should maria zoe saldana. This image released by twentieth century fox shows the character manolo, voiced by diego luna, left, and maria, voiced by zoe saldana in a scene from the book of life. Although their lives have taken different paths maria was sent to europe, joaquin joined the military, and manolo studied to become a bullfighter one thing remains.
From producer guillermo del toro and director jorge. As a child, maria had her hair in braided pigtails each with a red bow. Saldanas first film role was in center stage 2000, directed by nicholas hytner, about dancers at the fictitious american ballet academy in new york city. See image of zoe saldana, the voice of maria in the book of life movie. The visual aesthetic is unusual with the characters being modeled as 3d wooden puppets. Zoe saldana, diego luna, ice cube, ron perlman, kate del castillo duration.
The book of life is produced by guillermo del toro. The book of life official trailer 2014 zoe saldana. How book of life added a hispanic touch to covers of. The first the book of life trailer featuring the voices of diego luna, zoe saldana, and channing tatum. Manolo diego luna comes from a family of bullfighters, though his true passion is music. In book of life, saldana gives voice to maria, the feisty girl at the center of a folklore love triangle between her two childhood pals, bullfighter and guitar enthusiast manolo voiced by diego. The book of life trailer featuring the voice of channing. Avatar neytiri 2009 star trek uhura 2009 guardians of the galaxy gamora 2014 guardians of the galaxy vol. She appeared in the britney spears vehicle crossroads 2002. Gutierrez the film stars the voices of diego luna, zoe saldana and channing tatum with supporting roles by christina applegate, ice cube, ron perlman and kate del castillo. Interview with zoe saldana, who voices maria in the book of life.
She voices maria posada as an adult in the film the book of life. Zoe saldana maria behind the scenes movie interview. However, zoe became an international star only in 2009 after the release of star trek and avatar. Manolo diego luna tries to impress maria zoe saldana by singing a tune with a guitar. But the apology song was an amazing opportunity for williams who recently cowrote the selfhelp book gratitude and trust because it reflected. Christened zoe yaddira saldana nazario at the time of her birth, she came from a mixed heritage. When maria voice of zoe saldana finally returns as a young woman, she draws the eyes of many, but especially manolo voice of diego luna and joaquin voice of. Maria zoe saldana in the book of life a number of the character archetypes and tropes in book of life resemble those that were commonly found in disney animated films in the 1990s something that makes sense as langdale got his start as a writer on movies like the return of jafar and the darkwing duck cartoon series and, as such, feel a. The book of life, starring ron perlman, zoe saldana, channing tatum, kate del castillo, diego luna and christina applegate has something for everyone. Additionally, saldana is a voice actress, who provided her voice for maria posada in book of life and adelina fortnight in missing link, along with being a producer and. Oct 9, 2016 zoe saldana voices maria posada in the animated mexican movie, the book of life. Voicing maria posada, the animated musicals main love interest, the actress stars alongside channing tatum and ice cube.
The book of life is produced by guillermo del toro, directed by jorge gutierrez, and features an outstanding voice cast to tell its story of true love along with a generous helping of mexican culture. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. From mexican folk art to sergio leone to radiohead, the director jorge r. The book of life is a 2014 american 3d computeranimated adventure musical comedy film produced by reel fx creative studios and distributed by 20th century fox. The latter film received widespread acclaim, and is the highestgrossing film of all time. Gutierrez and producer guillermo del toro collaborated on 3d fantasy adventure the book of life.
Gutierrez reached far and wide for inspiration in making the book of. Gutierrez, it was produced by aaron berger, brad booker, guillermo del toro, and carina schulze. And zoe saldana is getting a head start on accumulating some goodies for her twins, as she received a basket full of goodies from her latest animated feature, the book of life. Zoe saldana voices maria posada in the animated mexican movie. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Saldanas breakthrough came in 2009 with the roles of nyota uhura in star trek and neytiri in james camerons avatar. Maria voice the book of life movie behind the voice. Off scenes extras the adventures of chuy music machine play. The book of life 2014 zoe saldana as maria imdb the book of life 2014. Zoe saldana finds her voice in day of the deadthemed. The book of life cast, info, trivia famous birthdays.
At the end of the movie, she marries manolo sanchez. With diego luna, zoe saldana, channing tatum, ron perlman. Mcfarland, usa took the best picture prize at the 2015 imagen awards, with george lopez and zoe saldana named best actor and actress for their roles in. Zoe saldana biography childhood, life achievements. Zoe saldana as maria posada, manolo and joaquins best friend and love interest.
The book of life 2 and kung fu space punch build on our partnership with jorge as a director with a clear and unique voice, and underscore our strategy to bring distinctive animated. The book of life is the journey of manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Maria is sent away from mexico the center of the universe, the film tells us to study, and when she returns as an adult zoe saldana, she picks up where she left off with her childhood. Diego luna, zoe saldana, channing tatum, christina. Zoe saldana was born on june 19, 1978 in passaic, new jersey to aridio saldana and asalia nazario. In book of life, saldana gives voice to maria, the feisty girl at the center of a folklore love triangle between her two childhood pals, bullfighter and guitar enthusiast manolo voiced by. The book of life characters successfully captured the essence of the mexican day of the dead tradition, thanks to their backstories, design, and the actors who brought them to life. Paul williams, santaolalla do songs for book of life. The film features the voices of diego luna, zoe saldana. Take a look at the first book of life images from the guillermo del toroproduced animated feature, starring channing tatum, zoe saldana, and diego luna. The basic plot is about two boys, joaquin diego luna and manolo channing tatum, who vie for the affections of a girl, maria zoe saldana. Maria gabriela sanchez nee posada is the main deuteragonist of the book of life and the love interest of both manolo sanchez and joaquin mondragon.
Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart, embarks on an adventure that spans three fantastic worlds where. Take a visual walk through her career and see 5 images of the characters shes voiced and listen to 2 clips that showcase her performances. First movie clip of the book of life, starring diego luna, zoe saldana and channing tatum. The book of life i love you too much clip fox family. Zoe saldanas extraordinary fairy tale in the book of life.