Former Disney animator Glen Keane is on board to helm Over the Moon, the animated musical retelling of the classic Chinese myth for Pearl Studio and Netflix. Slated for release in 2020, the pic follows a girl who builds a rocket ship and blasts off to the moon in hopes of meeting a legendary Moon Goddess.

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Kobe Bryant Oscar winner? The basketball great is one step further along to that improbable feat, with his first attempt at filmmaking since his retirement from the game and the Los Angeles Lakers has been shortlisted as a finalist for Best Animated Short this year. Ten films were named, and Dear Basketball…

“If you asked me when I was 10 years old if I would be here now—that I would be here—I would have said, 'You're absolutely nuts,'” Kobe Bryant admits, sitting down at Deadline’s Tribeca Studio to discuss his animated short film Dear Basketball. “But that's the beautiful thing about life, isn't it?”

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