Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel and Lil Rel Howery star in the first trailer for 'Harold and the Purple Crayon,' in theaters Aug. 2.
Benjamin VanHoose is an Associate Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He has written about entertainment and breaking news for over five years.actor as the titular character whose drawings become real thanks to a magical crayon. The picture book was first published in 1955, written by Crockett Johnson.
"What was most fun was getting to fully commit to playing a character with that level of optimism and imagination oozing from his pores," Levi, 43, tells PEOPLE. "Harold is nothing but light. And I love that."Columbia Pictures Levi says, "The best thing about any cast and crew are the organic, genuine moments of human interaction that you get to have all day long. Especially the spontaneous singing and dancing parties while the music was flowing."According to a synopsis, "Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it."
"After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life — and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible.""When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own.
Levi says he hopes families who check out the film "are inspired by that optimism and imagination that spurs on more love, joy, peace that they take into their lives and the world as they leave the movie theater."Meagan Good Says She’s the ‘Happiest I’ve Been in a Long Time’ in Her Relationship with Jonathan Majors Robert Downey Jr.
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