Wreck-It Ralph 2 : Who is Yesss?

Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet may be bringing back familiar faces like Ralph and Vanellope, but we're going to be meeting some new characters as well. One new face is that of Yesss (Taraji P. Henson), and we get a bit more info on the character before the movie comes out next month.

Talking to ScreenRant, co-director Phil Johnston and head of story Josie Trinidad give us a bit more about Yesss and her job for Buzz Tube. As it turns out's she's supposed to be an algorithm:

Trinidad: Yesss, with three S's. So Yesss is an algorithm of Buzz Tube. It's a video kind of sharing site, social media kind of sharing site. And she...what is she...Her brain is a miracle...She knows what's dope.

Johnston: Yeah, there was a very early iteration of her when we were just reading pages and coming up with the character. Then when we decided she's a miracle and her brain is dope is just something she said...because she's an algorithm, she know everything, she's up to the minute on everything. And not quite the arrogance of Kanye [West], but almost that level of self-confidence...super super confidence.

Though a lot of the marketing for the film is about the cameos like the Disney princesses and stormtroopers from Star Wars, I think most of the time will be spent with Ralph and Vanellope interacting with new characters. We know that Vanellope will develop a relationship with Shanks (Gal Gadot) at some point in the movie, but I think that Yesss will still play a bigger part in the show; after all, she is the one who wants Ralph to ‘break the internet.'

Though Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is coming out to be the most anticipated movie of November, my hopes are very high for Wreck-It Ralph 2. I absolutely loved the first film, and I want to see what Disney has in store in bringing something like the internet to that virtual world introduced in the first film.

Catch Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet in theaters Nov. 21.

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