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Paul Young on Screecher's Reach | Cartoon Salooniverse (Ad-Free)
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This week, Michael and Jake return to the Cartoon Salooniverse to interview producer and studio co-founder Paul Young about the company's history to date, as well as his directorial debut, Screecher's Reach - a distinctively Cartoon Saloon-style entry in the Disney+ series Star Wars Visions.
If you missed it at the time, head back through our archives for the full Cartoon Salooniverse miniseries, in which we followed the studio through their feature films from The Secret of Kells to Wolfwalkers. We have also over the years spoken with key players at Cartoon Saloon including directors Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey and Ross Stewart, and writer Will Collins.
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