Hugh Jackman premieres new animation 'Missing Link'

Australian actor Hugh Jackman spoke at the New York premiere of "Missing Link," where he was joined on the red carpet by co-stars Zoe Saldana, Timothy Olyphant and writer-director Chris Butler.

The cast of "Missing Link" attends the New York Premiere of the movie at Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11, New York City on April 7, 2019. [Photo: IC]

Jackman provides the voice of Sir Lionel Frost in the new animated adventure. "Bigfoot, we used to call it. All of them, the Loch Ness monster, there's not a kid who's not like 'I know it's real. I know there's something out there,'" he said.

The stop-motion animation is produced by Laika, the company behind "Coraline," "ParaNorman," and "Kubo and the Two Strings," all of which were nominated for Academy Awards.

Jackman's Frost character, an investigator of myths and monsters, travels to America's Northwest region to discover the legendary 'Missing Link.'

Zach Galifianakis plays Mr. Link, who persuades Frost to take him on a daring quest to seek out his distant relatives in the fabled valley of Shangri-La.

The pair team up with Adelina Fortnight, played by Zoe Saldana, who has the only known map to their secret destination, for their perilous journey. She said "I saw my mom, my grandma, my sisters in (Adelina), I wish I didn't see that much about myself in her because now that I have three boys, I want to be the fun one but I'm not. I'm more like an Adelina and my husband is the fun one."

"Missing Link" will be released in U.S. theaters April 12.

(Story includes material sourced from AP)