MCR's 'Prelude to the End' Features Bridgers, Eilish — SkimNews
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- My Chemical Romance released the animated short “Prelude to the End,” a collaboration with visual artist Lauren Tsai that incorporates The Black Parade track “The End,” shortly after the band issued the album’s 20th-anniversary reissue.
- Phoebe Bridgers voices Astrid’s sister, while Billie Eilish lends her vocals to Astrid’s close friend in the short’s central boarding-school story.
- Hideo Kojima plays a character called the Teacher, while John C. McGinley voices the more imposing administrative figure known as the Dean.
- Astrid falls down her New England boarding school’s garbage chute while searching for a beloved sketchbook and enters an uncanny realm where old ideas come to life.
- Utopia Orchestra performs a live recording of Pascal Dusapin’s “Flying River, Violin Concerto” in the film, conducted by Giuseppe Mengoli.
- My Chemical Romance plans to screen “Prelude to the End” at its Hollywood Bowl shows on Oct. 30 and 31, the final two nights of a five-night Los Angeles residency tied to The Black Parade’s 20th anniversary.
Why it matters: My Chemical Romance moves the short into live concert programming, screening it Oct. 30 and 31 during the final two nights of a five-night Hollywood Bowl residency. The film reaches two anniversary-tour dates rather than existing only as a standalone release, with a voice cast spanning Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers, Hideo Kojima and John C. McGinley.
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