Overview
- The film’s first widely shared trailer was released Wednesday and highlights expressive, predominantly black‑and‑white animation that mixes moments of humor with poignant scenes about memory loss.
- Tangles adapts Sarah Leavitt’s graphic memoir and was scripted by director Leah Nelson with Trev Renney and Leavitt after roughly a decade of development to turn fragmented memories into a linear animated story.
- The voice cast includes Abbi Jacobson, Julia Louis‑Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Beanie Feldstein, Seth Rogen and Samira Wiley, and Louis‑Dreyfus is also credited as a producer.
- Trade coverage reports the film will play a qualifying theatrical run next month in advance of a broader awards‑season push that some outlets say will begin in December and expand further in January.
- Producers including Point Grey, Monarch Media, Giant Ant and LYLAS say the stark visual style was chosen to hold space for the complexity of early‑onset Alzheimer’s and the film’s festival momentum could increase public attention to caregiving and dementia.