Greeny Phatom (2020 film)

Greeny Phatom is an 2020 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by 20th Century Animation, Blue Sky Studios, Sony Wonder, Sesame Workshop and WildBrain and released by 20th Century Studios. It is a based on the 1995 American-Canadian children's tv series "Greeny Phatom" by Robert W. Stainton. The film was directed by Chris Wedge and co-directed by Peter Ramsey and Karen Disher from a screenplay by Josh Klausner, Gabriel Garcia and Mike Mitchell and a story by Ross Hastings, and features the voices of Chris Evans, Andy Samberg, Jason Lee, Millie Bobby Brown, Craig Robinson, Michael Rosenbaum, Ray Winstone and Jamie Bell.

The film was released in the United States on July 21, 2020. It received mostly positive reviews from critics alike and was nominated half of the awards and won half of the awards. The film has grossed over $865 million worldwide.

Plot
It's the world of 123 Greeny Phatom, all over the anthropomorphic furred-like ant humans are lived in the world, the three buddies named Little Guy, Dr. Beanson & Little Guy 2 tries to the biggest landscape for the next tales. Until the evil furry-like ant human named "GigaPBS" encountered until the invasion, because the trio are getting kidnapped by the angry mobs. But the world's best trio was challenging to save the day.

Cast

 * Chris Evans as Little Guy, an anthropomorphic orange & black-furred ant human and the main protagonist
 * Andy Samberg as Little Guy 2, Little Guy's partner.
 * Jason Lee as Dr. Beanson, an one-of-a-kind furry soldier and Little Guy 1 & 2's second partner.
 * Millie Bobby Brown as Little Girl, Little Guy's sister.
 * Jamie Bell as GigaPBS, an evil, greedy and cruel furry villain.
 * Craig Robinson as Geo Guy, Green Bob's friend.
 * Michael Rosenbaum as Dr. PBS, An furry scientist and the long-lost brother of Dr. Paramount.
 * Ray Winstone as Gree Guy, an blue, puprle & pink stick figure wants to the questions as well.
 * Adam Sandler as Green Bob, Geo Guy's friend.
 * Carlos Saldanha as Green Bob 2, Green Bob's partner.
 * Dennis Quaid as the Old MacDonald, an old person who lives the Farm and he helps the persons.
 * Garry Chalk as Dr. Father, Dr. Mother's husband.
 * Janeane Garofalo as Dr. Mother, Dr. Father's wife.
 * Eric Bana as the Magic-Mario, an main hero from the movie.
 * Chris Wedge as Santed Sailor, an furry sailor and Mr. Cat's partner.
 * Jason Segel as Mr. Cat, an old furry sailor and Santed Sailor's partner.
 * Dean Cain as Walter, Santed Sailor & Mr. Cat's cousin.
 * Bas Rutten as Fetus Grandpa, he is also known as Fetus & F. Gramps.
 * Kirsten Wiig as Geo Girl, Geo Guy's sister.

Development
Development on Greeny Phatom started in 2017. After the teaser trailer's release of Ridley Scott's Anubis, Blue Sky Studios has announced the three films are the live-action adaptation of Ice Age by Mark Dindal, An computer-animated Greeny Phatom film and the fourth Rio film. The animation had begun in early-March 2018 and was planning to be wrapped up in July 2018, with a planned release date of Septemner 2018. However, the plans were scrapped around November 2018, and the film was rights were sold with WildBrain, Sony Wonder and Sesame Workshop in December 2018.

Behind-the-scenes during production, Chris Wedge had been working with Sesame Workshop and WildBrain, Ross Hastings wrote the story and started planning the storyboard on May 29, 2017. Chris Wedge served as director and Robert W. Stainton served as producer. Storyboard wrapped up on September 28, 2018.

Voice castings
During test recordings, Brandon Routh was originally set to be casted as Little Guy. However, Chris Evans got the role as the character, with test audiences saying Evans' performance as Little Guy was "hilarious", "funfilling" and "very humorous & comedic". Evans said in a 2019 interview that he had "expressed interest during the test recordings alongside Brandon", and when he got the role, he said that he "Never thought of getting the role. I always thought Brandon would get the role instead of me. But, here we are!"

Animation
The film was animated entirely in Pixar's RenderMan. Greeny Phatom had over 130 sequences, each with 2,103 shots. The animation production spanned from July 7, 2019 to February 28, 2020. The process for the animation took 49 days, while rendering took an additional 34 days.

Music
The music was composed by John Powell & Mark Mothersbaugh, with original music by all of the Shrek films in 2001-2022.

Soundtrack
The film's music composed by John Powell & Mark Mothersbaugh, with original songs by Smash Mouth, Lady Gaga, The Monkees & Eels. The score album was released on July 22, 2020 through Walt Disney Records, while the soundtrack album with songs by Smash Mouth, Lady Gaga, Eels & The Monkees was released on July 24, 2020 through Walt Disney Records.

Release
The film was theatrically released on July 21, 2020 on 20th Century Studios. The film was rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for some rude humor and mild language.

Marketing
The first trailer for the film was released on December 25, 2019 in Spies In Disguise. The second trailer for the film was released on March 27, 2020 along with 24 TV spots. Mattel, Funko Pop, Hasbro, Lego & TY Beanie Babies are making an toy & plush line. On May 12, 2020, promotional tie-ins on every channel consist of bumpers.

Reception
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Home media
Greeny Phatom was released on Blu-ray, DVD & 4K Ultra HD on December 19, 2020 by 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment.

Video game
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Sequels
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Television series
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Trivia

 * It is the first Blue Sky Studios film produced by Sony Wonder.
 * It is the last film was made by Sony Wonder, until it's the new name called "Sony Pictures Kids Zone".
 * It is the first Greeny Phatom film was computer-animated.
 * The film was become the world's best film on the TriBeCa Movie Festival back in Early-July 2021, after the release of Ice Age 6: The Runaway.