The Canimals Movie (2013 Film)

The Canimals Movie (or 캐니멀스 영화, and Il film di Cananimas) is a 2013 Korean/British/Italian Live Action/Animation hybrid film, produced by Screen 21, Vooz Club, Medusa Film, BRB Animation Studios, and Aardman Animations, and distributed by Universal Pictures through Focus Features in North America and Australia, and StudioCanal internationally.

Plot
The film starts with Balgi (played by Morgan Freeman) greeting us, and then tells us that the following two hours will be about a species like Balgi called "hirnea corocottas (canimal in english)". He then tells us the story about canimals from there discovery in 77,000 BC Korea, to 2012. After the story, he tells us the movie, as the screen fades out to show the movie's logo, which fades out as well.

It then fades to a white three-floored house shown for 4 seconds, which then cuts to Pow (played by Mike Myers) and Leon (played by Bruce Willis) hiking in the wilderness, as they talk about Mimi (played by Wanda Sykes)'s bossiness. Then Leon steps on a shiny object (the candid candace) and says, "Hey, Pow! I found something!" Then, Pow flies over and asks Leon what is it. He says, "I found... I found... A GIANT COLOR-CHANGING CRYSTAL!!!", as Leon and Pow gasps in aww. Pow then says, "Let's take it over to the gang!", as they walk towards the house.

It then cuts to a cabinet, where we zoom in, to show Ato (played by Jack Black), Uly (played by Bobby Moynihan), Toki (played by Eddie Murphy), Oz (played by Anna Kendrick), and Fizzy (played by Taio Cruz) playing Go Fish. Ato then says, "Got any jesters?", as Uly, Fizzy, and Oz say, "Go Fish", which then Toki says "Got one!". Meanwhile, Mimi is teaching Nia (played by Cameron Diaz) how to be bossy.

Production
The film started development in 1992, when Kim Film (later renamed Vooz in 2009) was looking for ideas to create their first movie, since their founding on Korean Thanksgiving 1991. The CEO and founder of the company, Calvin Kim, wanted to do an animated film featuring animals who do extreme sports. he decided to call them "Extremeimals", and decided to call the movie, "극도로 야수 (Extremely Beastly)". And so, the film started production on January 1, 1993, and would be distributed by Sanrio. The film was doing smoothly, until 2006. After 13 Years of productions, Calvin Kim wanted to change the idea. Why? Here's the story. One day during the production of the movie, he was eating cup noodles with a can of tuna for lunch, and he suddenly thought "I should put my characters in tins cans", and immediately decided to name them "Canimals". So, they ditched the extreme sports idea, and the old nine characters. With new ones. Bob, Chow, Paul, Mimi, Cocoa, Chen, Toki, Nia, and Cal. To test how the characters looked, in 2007, a short called "Balloon" was created, where Bob, Nia, Pow, and others play with balloons. The short was shown on February 16, 2008. But in that year, Medusa Film, an Italian film company, joined the film, and so did Focus Features UK. Sanrio also left that year. But the biggest challenge was in 2009. Varsity Oversea Offices of Seoul (VOOZ), the oversea film studio of Varsity Pictures, a division of AVAV Corporation (Until 2008), bought Kim Film, and renamed it to VOOZ Character System. Also that year, CETV wanted the company to produce a short called "Curious". And they did. The film was completed in December 2012, and was released on June 23, 2013, having a 20 Year production. Bob would become Ato, Chow would become Oz, Paul would become Uly, Cocoa would become Pow, Chen would become Fizzy, and Cal would become Leon.

Cast

 * Jack Black as Ato
 * Anna Kendrick as Oz
 * Bobby Moynihan as Uly
 * Wanda Sykes as Mimi
 * Mike Myers as Pow
 * Taio Cruz as Fizzy
 * Eddie Murphy as Toki
 * Cameron Diaz as Nia
 * Bruce Willis as Leon
 * Jackie Chan as Woo-ang
 * Dwayne Johnson as Moo
 * Harrison Ford as Bobby
 * Calvin Kim as Bernard (one of the mayhem bears)
 * Daniel Craig as Benny (one of the mayhem bears)
 * Hugh Jackman as Barry (one of the mayhem bears)
 * Jonah Hill as Bert (one of the mayhem bears)
 * Larry the Cable Guy as Bartholomew (one of the mayhem bears)
 * Johnny Depp as Mulda
 * Ryan Reynolds as Peng
 * Tiffany Haddish as Gwen
 * Antonio Banderas as Lion de Capri
 * James Corden as Sai
 * LeBron James as Ricki
 * Jada Pinkett Smith as Elly
 * Jimmy Fallon as Boco
 * Eric Bauza as Cocobos
 * Kevin James as Buck
 * June Foray as Bucky
 * Jenny Slate as Olive
 * George Lopez as Koby
 * Lake Bell as Jerbo
 * Michael Huang as Pip
 * Frank Welker as Evil Pip
 * Morgan Freeman as Balgi (aka The Narrator)
 * Keanu Reeves as Bebe
 * Eric Stonestreet as Wooga
 * Billy West as Dal and Dallies
 * Max Greenfield as Ung
 * Johnny Yong Bosch as Woong
 * Seth Green as Tim the Turkey
 * Emily Blunt as Penny the Pigeon
 * Kevin Hart as Liam the Portal Lobster
 * Ian Carney as Calvin the Crazy Portal Crab
 * Sean Connery as Portal Lord
 * Mila Kunis as Portal Lordette
 * will.i.am as Simon the Salamander
 * Noah Schnapp as Leo the Lion Cub (Lion de Capri's newborn son, who was born in the alternate ending)
 * Queen Latifa as Mertolia (Capri's wife, who appeared in the film pregnant, and the alternate ending after giving birth to Leo)

Critics & Box Office
The critics enjoyed the film a lot. They say that the film is cute, funny, and just heartwarming. The film has 9.3/10 stars on IMDb. It is 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and 90 for the audience and metacritic. The film is rated A+ on Metacritic, on a scale from A+ to F. However, this is nothing compared to the box office. On a budget of $137 Million, it made back $503 Million domestically, and $1.276 Billion worldwide.

Awards (Wins/Nominations)

 * Golden Globe-Best Animated Feature, Best Song for "Tin Cans" (Nomination)/Best Score (Win)
 * Academy Award/Oscar-Best Picture of 2013 (Nomination), Best Animated Feature (Win)
 * BAFTA-Best Song for "Tin Cans" (Win)
 * Annie-Best Film of 2013 (Win)/Best Score (Nomination)
 * The 2012 Cannes Film Festival-Best Competing Animated Film (Win)

Info

 * Movie Title: The Canimals Movie
 * Director: Antony Gusscott
 * Producers: Jun Suc Lim, Tom Parkinson
 * Writers: Ian Carney, Mark Hodkinson, Stuart Kenworthy, Tom Parkinson & Andrew Lavery
 * Studios: Universal Pictures (Focus Features), Medusa Film, Screen 21, VOOZ Character System, StudioCanal, Aardman, BRB
 * Executive Producer: Ian Carney
 * Idea by: Calvin Kim
 * Based off of: The Canimals TV Show (2011-)
 * Associate Producers: Calvin Kim, Stuart Kenworthy
 * Co-Director: Andrew Lavery
 * Co-Producer: Andrew Adamson
 * Length: 2:09:13
 * Release Date: June 23, 2013

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