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\n\tThe voice cast for the upcoming 3D animated film based on Sir Paul McCartney<\/a>\u2018s 2005 children\u2019s book High in the Clouds<\/em> will be lead by Celine Dion, Himesh Patel (Yesterday<\/em>) and Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso<\/em>). According to Variety<\/a><\/em>, the film adaptation will also feature the voices of Idris Elba, Lionel Richie, McCartney\u2019s former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, Jimmy Fallon, Cl\u00e9mence Po\u00e9sy (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<\/em>), Pom Klementieff (Mission: Impossible \u2013 Dead Reckoning Part One<\/em>) and Alain Chabat (Beating Hearts<\/em>). <\/p>\n \n\tThe film will be directed by Toby Genkel (The Amazing Maurice<\/em>), from a script by Jon Crocker (Paddington 2<\/em>). The story is about the \u201cpower of family and freedom of expression through music,\u201d according to Variety<\/em>, following teenage squirrel Wirral\u2019s journey to \u201cset music free, after accidentally sparks a revolution against Gretsch, the bossy diva-owl who has banned all music from his town.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIt will, of course, also feature original songs written and composed by McCartney and co-produced by McCartney through his MPL Communications shingle, with Oscar winner Michael Giacchino (Inside Out<\/em>) composing the score.<\/p>\n \n\tThe news about the animated film comes a month after the first cast announcement for the four upcoming Beatles biopics<\/a> from director Sam Mendes (Skyfall<\/em>), The Beatles \u2014 A Four Film Cinematic Event<\/em>. The four separate biopics \u2014 one about each member \u2014 will be released in theaters in April 2028 with Harris Dickinson slated to play John Lennon, Paul Mescal taking on McCartney, Barry Keoghan slipping onto Starr\u2019s drum stool and Joseph Quinn portraying George Harrison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n