Pharrell Williams has announced that he has teamed up with Lil Wayne and Coi Leray for a new animated project, which the production company is calling “groundbreaking.”
On Thursday (April 4), the production company announced the project, titled Dullsville and the Doodleverse, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), which will be released in the summer and will star two protagonists. composed of sounds. Owner of Young Money and daughter of Benzino.
“Doodles x Pharrell Williams brings a breakthrough storytelling experience. Summer 2024 is coming,” the company tweeted.
Doodles went on to explain that the project will be their first animated special, featuring the voices of Tunechi and Coi Leray. The duo will also contribute to a three-song soundtrack of new music created for the project.
“‘Dullsville’ and the ‘Doodleverse’ will combine Doodles’ signature style with elevated cinematic filters to create an unprecedented animation format, and yes, OG is at the center of it all,” the Twitter statement continued.
Get ready for an immersive storytelling journey through film, music, live events, partnerships, exclusive merchandise and digital collectible experiences, with details about our collaborators, releases and more featured artists. Disclosure [soon emoji]”.
The brand’s account concludes: “The campaign, titled Project Gray, will begin rolling out in early summer, culminating in an immersive premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and subsequent worldwide release.”
See the full thread below.
Our first animated special will feature an original Doodles Records soundtrack and three music videos featuring some of the world’s greatest artists…
…including @LilTunechi and @coi_leray, who will also voice characters in the film pic.twitter.com/8nzxbc4hDI
— Doodles (@doodles) April 4, 2024
Get ready for an immersive storytelling journey through film, music, live events, partnerships, exclusive merchandise and digital collectible experiences
Details about our collaborators, releases and more featured artists will be revealed 🔜
— Doodles (@doodles) April 4, 2024
Dubbed Project Gray, the campaign will begin rolling out in early summer, culminating in an immersive premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival before being released worldwide
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— Doodles (@doodles) April 4, 2024
The good news comes as a reprieve from the recent controversy surrounding Farrell, who is currently locked in a legal battle with former Neptunes partner Chad Hugo over name rights.
According to legal documents obtained by HipHopDX, Hugo and his team have filed a document with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board accusing his longtime friend and co-producer of trying to trademark the Neptunes name, which does not include his name. Fraud.
“Throughout their thirty-year history, [Hugo] Williams agreed and, in effect, divided all assets,” the filing reads. “Through neglect and exclusion [Hugo] It appears from all the applications filed by the Applicant in respect of the mark “The Neptunes” that the Applicant committed fraud and acted dishonestly in protecting the mark. “
A rep for the “Happy” hitmaker released a statement to Billboard on Monday (April 1): “Pharrell is surprised by this. We have been contacted multiple times to share ownership and management of the trademark and will continue to do so.” This offer is made. The goal here is to ensure that third parties do not acquire the trademark and that Chad and Farrell share ownership and management rights.”
Hugo’s lawyer, on the other hand, thinks it’s a lie.
“If Pharell’s intention was to include Chad in the application, he should have registered it in the name of their joint venture, Neptunes, LLC, rather than in his own name,” he said. “This is a land grab in a long-running dispute that has yet to be resolved.”
Currently, Hugo is disputing three separate app names: one for streaming music, a second for music videos and other content, and a third involving live performances. According to legal documents, Pharrell filed for ownership from his PW IP Holdings LLC in 2022.
Elsewhere in the case, Hugo’s lawyers said they had contacted Farrell’s team “numerous times” about the issue. They also noted that the Louis Vuitton designer’s company insisted on “onerous commercial terms” that would deprive Hugo of proper control and compensation, without specifying the terms.
Chad Hugo’s team proposed amending the three trademarks, making him a 50% co-owner, or appointing a general partnership as owner in Pharrell’s place.
