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Jelly Roll, Jennifer Hudson Tapped to Voice Characters in Sony's Animated Film ‘Goat'

Jelly Roll, Jennifer Hudson Tapped to Voice Characters in Sony's Animated Film ‘Goat'

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Rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll and Grammy-winning artist Jennifer Hudson are among the all-star cast lending their voices to Sony Pictures Animation's forthcoming film 'Goat,' produced by four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry.
The animated sports comedy, which hits theaters next year, features an eclectic bunch of anthropomorphic animals who compete in a basketball-esque game called roarball, 'a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world,' the synopsis reads.
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