How ‘Trolls Band Together’ Pulled Off Its Big NSYNC Reunion
No one expected the first Trolls sequel, Trolls World Tour, to be the movie that changed the film industry as we know it. Least of all, its director, Walt Dohrn.
Let’s dye our hair purple, tease it to the heavens, slap a jewel on our belly buttons, and take a trip down memory lane: It was April 2020, and nearly all cinemas in the country—as well as most public places—were closed as part of pandemic lockdown measures. That left Hollywood studios with billions of dollars of film titles to figure out what to do with.
Some movies were punted down the line until audiences could safely trek out (and pay money) to see them again. Universal took a gambit with Trolls World Tour. It became the first studio movie to skip theaters entirely and be released directly to consumers to rent at home.