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On October 6, 2020, Netflix director Teddy Biaselli revealed that Lost Ollie had been picked up by the streaming platform, mentioning that the series had been in the works since 2016. From both Ollie’s memories and the scenes happening concurrently from Billy’s point of view, we learn that Billy’s mother (played by Gina Rodriguez, doing a mildly painful Southern accent) has cancer.
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Kesler Talbot ( Deliver by Christmas) will play Billy, a young boy with a mind bursting with creativity.
He works on collecting everything known about upcoming Netflix Original projects and also is editor-in-chief of Redanian Intelligence. Sometimes these scenes end up being a little clunky, if only because a starry-eyed dying mother paired with a gruff, serious father (played by Jake Johnson) who can’t emotionally process the oncoming grief is a bit of a cliche at this point.
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By integrating these weightier themes and moments, Lost Ollie harkens back to similarly somber Velveteen Rabbit.
Zozo and Rosy’s backstory gets pretty dark, taking this soft, whimsical story into haunting territory. L to R) Ollie (voiced by Jonathan Groff), Zozo (voiced by Tim Blake Nelson) in episode 101 of Lost Ollie. The toys are animated but are rendered in a more realistic style, making them look incredibly tangible, and their movements feel just like how a stuffed animal would move. Though he’s often afraid of the unknown, Ollie puts on a brave face and sets off to find Billy, meeting other toys to help him along the way. Ollie needs Billy, the same way that Woody and Buzz need Andy, because Ollie is a toy and his kid gives him purpose.