The famed director says she "wanted to embrace the melodrama of strings and big production” to tell Priscilla Presley’s side of her love story with Elvis.
“It was like dynamite was going off inside my brain,” says the animated film's producer/music supervisor.
The latest installment in the film franchise hits theaters on Nov. 17.
The actress/podcaster also told the Today Show that she initially thought Will's Chris Rock slap was "a skit."
The tour film will open in more than 8,500 theaters worldwide on Oct. 13.
The film will hit theaters in the U.S., Canada and Mexico on Dec. 1.
The project will highlight the Bay Area rapper's impact on hip-hop and vital role in ushering the "hyphy" movement in the early 2000s.
The movie will hit screens in North America, and many other international territories, on Oct. 13.
Maya corrected her dad, saying he was "trying to" flirt, to be fair.
The singer's estranged husband walked the line on Thursday outside Walt Disney Studios in Burbank.
