Current:Home > Finance‘Toy Story’ meets the NFL: Sunday’s Falcons-Jaguars game to feature alternate presentation for kids-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
‘Toy Story’ meets the NFL: Sunday’s Falcons-Jaguars game to feature alternate presentation for kids
View Date:2024-12-23 16:12:37
Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the “Toy Story” universe will be taking in an NFL game for the first time.
Sunday’s game between the Atlanta Falcons and Jacksonville Jaguars at London’s Wembley Stadium will be contested inside of Andy’s room as part of an alternate telecast.
The “Toy Story Funday Football” telecast will be streamed on ESPN+ and Disney+. ESPN+ also has the main broadcast.
This is the second time this year ESPN has done an animated alternate broadcast using Disney characters. In March, it aired the “NHL Big City Greens Classic” during a game between the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers.
ESPN has been successful with alternate broadcasts of NFL games, including the “ManningCast” during “Monday Night Football” and playoff games.
Tim Reed, the network’s vice president of programming, said the NHL game provided a good baseline and something to build off.
“We looked at a lot of different concepts and then ultimately targeting ‘Toy Story’ because it resonates with older generations and kids together. It is also a way to promote and build awareness for the ESPN+ exclusive game,” he said.
The telecast will be entirely animated, with the players’ movements in sync with what is happening in real time on the field. That’s done through player-tracking data enabled by the NFL’s Next Gen Stats system and Beyond Sports.
Beyond Sports, a company based in the Netherlands, will mostly be responsible for the player animation and making sure the player tracking data works with the animated product. ESPN’s creative services has done more than 100 animations of characters from “Toy Story” that can be woven into the broadcast.
Pixar Animation Studios, which produces the “Toy Story” franchise, worked with ESPN to make sure things don’t stray too far from established storylines.
“When you’re doing a normal game, you’re documenting it. We’re kind of creating the storyline creating the game as we go here a little bit,” coordinating producer Drew Gallagher said. “It has been a fun, imaginative experience producing this. We are kind of leaning into the cartoon logic of it all, like when the aliens come down from the sky and drop the ball at the line of scrimmage. That’s the fun kind of silliness that we’re leaning into.”
Fans can also expect to see Bo Peep, Bullseye, Forky, Green Aliens and Slinky Dog.
At halftime, Duke Caboom will attempt a motorcycle jump over double-decker buses.
Drew Carter, Booger McFarland and 12-year old Pepper Persley will be the announcers for the game. All three will be fully animated and their body movements viewed through motion-capture technology.
The game will kick off at 9:30 a.m. EDT Sunday, but the replay of “Toy Story Funday Football” will be available on Disney+ for 30 days. Globally, over 95 countries will have access to the presentation either live or on replay, including the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico and France.
___
AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl
veryGood! (7)
Related
- Arizona Supreme Court declines emergency request to extend ballot ‘curing’ deadline
- Martha Stewart Shares the Cooking Hack Chefs Have Been Gatekeeping for Years
- Residents of a small Mississippi town respond to a scathing Justice Department report on policing
- Appalachian State-Liberty football game canceled due to flooding from Hurricane Helene
- How Jersey Shore's Sammi Sweetheart Giancola's Fiancé Justin May Supports Her on IVF Journey
- Miami Dolphins to start Tyler Huntley at quarterback against Titans
- Ready to race? The USA TODAY Hot Chocolate Run series is heading to 16 cities this fall
- Tips to prevent oversharing information about your kids online: Watch
- Review: 'Emilia Pérez' is the most wildly original film you'll see in 2024
- Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz Hit Paris Fashion Week in Head-Turning Outfits
Ranking
- Queen Bey and Yale: The Ivy League university is set to offer a course on Beyoncé and her legacy
- Where Trump and Harris stand on immigration and border security
- Federal judge dismisses a challenge to Tennessee’s school bathroom law
- Georgia-Alabama just means less? With playoff expansion, college football faces new outlook
- Amazon's 'Cross' almost gets James Patterson detective right: Review
- Ready to race? The USA TODAY Hot Chocolate Run series is heading to 16 cities this fall
- The Chilling True Story Behind Into the Fire: Murder, Buried Secrets and a Mother's Hunch
- A man trying to cremate his dog sparked a wildfire in Colorado, authorities say
Recommendation
-
J.Crew Outlet Quietly Drops Their Black Friday Deals - Save Up to 70% off Everything, Styles Start at $12
-
Sean Diddy Combs Accused of Rape and Impregnating a Woman in New Lawsuit
-
Horoscopes Today, September 27, 2024
-
Tips to prevent oversharing information about your kids online: Watch
-
West Virginia expands education savings account program for military families
-
Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis
-
Trump warns he’ll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs
-
Angel Reese 'heartbroken' after Sky fire coach Teresa Weatherspoon after one season