Talk:Sing (2016 American film)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 February 2016

Please include the following music credits in the side description: Score by Joby Talbot Executive Music Producer - Harvey Mason Jr Music Supervisor - Jojo Villanueva I'm writing to you from the Universal Pictures Film Music department 216.178.109.87 (talk) 19:22, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 19:47, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

The easiest way to get this information in the Wikipedia article is to get a film website to report on this. Even a press release would be good enough. It could be in Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, TheWrap, Deadline.com, or any other reputable, trusted news site. The IMDb, however, is not good enough. Anyone can edit the IMDb, so we can't trust its data. You could also post the information somewhere on your official website and tell us where to find it. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:24, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 February 2016

Please add Jennings and Illumination will dedicated this CGI film to Britain's late legendary singer David Bowie and his late voice co-star from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's Alan Rickman. Please add Josie and the Pussycats director Harry Elfont and British actor Freddie Highmore are served as executive producers of the CGI film. Please add those on it. This is not a joke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.70.55.224 (talk • contribs)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 18:03, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Cast sourcing

The cast list keeps creeping back into listing specific character names and descriptions for some of the actors, but the source being used for this (a collider.com article from last November) doesn't list any of this, it just names the actors. If there's a newer source out there, please attach it when updating the cast list. Pinging User:Rtkat3 and User:Crazybob2014. --McGeddon (talk) 17:38, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

I haven't added the names to the cast members like the other users did. The latest trailer for this film mentioned that the husband of Rosita is named Norman where the other users heard one of Nick Offerman's voices in. --Rtkat3 (talk) 17:41, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Specific characters are now sourced according to DVD closing credits. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 22:40, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Aren't there anthropomorphic animals?

Doesn't the animation resemble anthropomorphic animals than just "animals"? 2602:304:CFD3:2EE0:CD2D:AD6:F59C:3A7C (talk) 03:08, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Yes, precisely. They are characters are anthropomorphic animals rather than basic animals since they have feelings and are similar to humans in the film.Casper1222 (talk) 21:07, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

"A world like ours..."

Describing a film that (from the plot summary) takes place in a small, fictional, urban location as being set "in a world like ours" is needlessly WP:AMERICENTRIC. Can we be more specific about the setting? --McGeddon (talk) 21:34, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

My default thinking of 'world' is to mean 'planet' so it's a pretty broad expression, I don't think it refers to a smaller locale like a country. Ranze (talk) 15:40, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Rabbits

Does anyone know who voices the group of rabbit girls who sing suggestive songs in the car and on stage in the promos? Ranze (talk) 04:34, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Because those characters have a very minor role, it's possible that whoever voiced them aren't credited. 47.152.93.124 (talk) 02:44, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

FWIW, they're credited as 'The Bunnies' in the linked article Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (No. 23 on the Deluxe edition): their (abbreviated) song "Oh.My.Gosh" links to the article for the full song under its original title. {the poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.61.201 (talk) 02:35, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Plot summary already out

Regarding this, I guess it must come from someone who saw the TIFF release since the US premiere isn't until December 21, but should we really be already revealing the outcome of the movie like this? Couldn't it harm sales? Ranze (talk) 15:39, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

I do not believe it affected the sales because the movie did pretty good in theaters according to the box sales someone put on the page.Casper1222 (talk) 20:47, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Twitter Followers Results

Here a top 5 twitter followers as of 12:30 pm (20:30) UTC 12/21/16 1. Minions: 134,057 followers 2. Zootopia: 98,178 followers 3. Moana: 39,604 followers 4. The Secret Life of Pets: 24,644 followers 5. Sing: 10,076 followers Total is 306,559 followers Byronmolina87 (talk) 20:40, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Box office Results

Here's are box office results from December 23-25, 2016 Christmas day weekend 1.* Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: $286,375,674 2. Sing: $35,290,000 3. N Passengers (2016): $14,850,000 4. N Why Him?: $11,050,000 5. Assassin's Creed: $10,280,000 6. Moana BV: $7,402,000 7. Fences Par.: $6,688,000 8. La La Land: $5,729,400 9. Office Christmas Party: $5,115,000 10. Collateral Beauty: $4,275,000

• Note: This is a Second week of this movie since opening day

Byronmolina87 (talk) 20:09, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

box office

This film made more money according to box office mojo.

--71.212.113.202 (talk) 22:47, 11 January 2017 (UTC)Evan Kalani Opedal

Can someone look at box office mojo everyday to see how much the film has grossed? It made more money yesterday. This film made more money on January 24. Can someone else look at box office mojo every single day? Can more persons look at it every day? Can more people look at the box office reception section every single day? You can look on box office mojo as I mentioned. The heading on the right is not all correct. The box office needs to be changed. The math is wrong. The domestic and international gross has increased as of January 30 and February 1. On February 3, the domestic box office increased. If you go to box office mojo and to the foreign section, you will see that it has changed. On February 8, the gross has changed. This page needs to be edited when it is reported that more money is made. It made more money yesterday. – — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.113.114.127 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 11 February 2017 (multiple edits) (UTC)

This doesn't need to be done every single day anymore. And1987 has been updating about one a week. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:22, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 27 February 2017

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: moved. I suggest starting a discussion at somewhere like Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (films) if we want to go away from using "American" as a dab – it would effect a lot of articles. Jenks24 (talk) 06:33, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

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• Sing (2016 film) → Sing (2016 American film)
• Sing (short film) → Sing (2016 Hungarian film)

– Per WP:NCF. © Tbhotch^™ (en-2.5). 03:22, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

• Support per WP:NCF. Lugnuts ^{Precious bodily fluids} 07:51, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
• Comment Am I the only one who can't stand "American" as ambiguous? Why do we do this for films and not for TV shows like The View (U.S. TV series) or The Office (U.S. TV series)? Why not make this "U.S. film" and establish a precedent? Ribbet32 (talk) 08:31, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

I guess for the same reason that all American films say "...is an American film..." in the lead (example. Lugnuts ^{Precious bodily fluids} 08:33, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Ribbet32, looks like you need to propose a move for American. Good luck with that. Zarcadia (talk) 22:02, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Zarcadia, That's a disambiguation page that includes links to both Americas and United States, so no, I don't have to propose that. Ribbet32 (talk) 22:16, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

• Move to new article titles, then Redirect (2016 film) and (short film) to the dab section Sing#Films since Sing! in 2001 is also a short film documentary that won an Oscar. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:16, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
• Support per WP:NCF. Ribbet32 (talk) 22:16, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
• Strongly Object as there is no reason that it should be renamed into an "American film". Adamtb24 5:11, 5 March 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.19.10.68 (talk)

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Please do not bloat the plot

Per WP:FILMPLOT, "The plot summary is an overview of the film's main events, so avoid minutiae like dialogue, scene-by-scene breakdowns, individual jokes, and technical detail."

The summary should be less than 700 words. It is currently very close to that, like 685 words. This film isn't so complicated that it needs to go above that, yet, there are plenty of editors that keep wanting to add little details such as:

• Miss Crawley's losing her glass eye.
• Ash impresses Lance during her singing, that he thinks of taking her back.
• Mike evading the bears and running off with his girlfriend after his performance.
• Every other act that auditioned.

So please help keep the plot concise. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 14:44, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Phrasing

Can someone tell me on what grounds this film is deemed solely an "American film" when it was written and directed by a Brit, also starring Brits as well as Americans? Genuinely curious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by UnknownBrick22 (talk • contribs) 01:46, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

I believe it's labelled an American film because it was to be released in American theaters and followed similar American films released closed to it such as the Lego Movie and Zooptopia.Casper1222 (talk) 20:44, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Wording Change

I added the edit that Lance cheated on Ash, but it says that he broke up with her. There's a clear difference and he did not officially break up with her. When he first even considered it, Ash found out he's cheating on her.

Images

For the picture used, it should be changed to the original movie poster that they put up at the movie theater because the current one looks like someone edited it themselves.Casper1222 (talk) 20:36, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Nationality of production

Only production company listed is American. Japan was added with a national database source but that conflicts with their being no Japanese production company involved with the production. Dentsu, a Japanese company, was listed but Dentsu is not a production company. Geraldo Perez (talk) 16:10, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

"Calatonia" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Calatonia has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 6 § Calatonia until a consensus is reached. Okmrman (talk) 03:29, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Production credit in infobox and lead

Credits list Universal Pictures as presents/distributor, and Illumination Entertainment as the production company. Universals involvement is basically deciding what films to make, funding production, and releasing it under their label. Illumination is the company that actually made the film. Secondary sources don't accurately reflect the actual credits but the credits themselves are authoritative as to the roles each company listed had. Geraldo Perez (talk) 17:24, 31 July 2024 (UTC)