The ChubbChubbs! (film)

The ChubbChubbs! is a 2008 American computer-animated action comedy film directed by Rob Minkoff, produced by Infin1ty Studios and Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is co-directed by Tom McGrath and produced by Alessandro Carloni and Kirk DeMicco based on a story by Etan Cohen and Mark Burton, with Mireille Soria, James Muckle and Genndy Tartakovsky serving as executive producers. It stars the voices of Bradford Simonsen, Jeff Wolverton, Mortonette Jenkins, Peter Lurie, Rick Zieff, Dustin Adair, Eric Armstrong, Yakov Baytler, Mary Biondo, with Sumit Das, Layne Friedman and more.

The film is a continuation of the 2002 animated short The ChubbChubbs! by Sony Pictures Imageworks. The ChubbChubbs introduces the alien inhabitants of the Planet Glorf, including Meeper, its earnest but oh so awkward hero, a singing Diva, the Zyzaks, 20 foot-tall red-eyed bullies, and the ChubbChubbs.

Premiering at the Dolby Theatre on August 1, 2008, The ChubbChubbs! was theatrically released worldwide by Sony Pictures Releasing on August 12, 2008. It was met with positive reviews from critics, praising its animation, visual effects, voice cast (particularly Simonsen, Wolverton and Jenkins), musical score by Chance Thomas and its tone. It was also a box office success, grossing $304 million against a production budget of $89 million.

Plot
TBA

Cast

 * Brad Simonsen as Meeper
 * Jeff Wolverton as the ChubbChubbs
 * Mortonette Jenkins as Singing Diva
 * Peter Lurie as Zyzaks
 * Rick Zieff as Bouncer
 * Dustin Adair, Eric Armstrong, Yakov Baytler, Mary Biondo, Sumit Das, Layne Friedman, Robert Gordon, Sully Jacome-Wilkes, Franco Pietrantonio, Rick Richards, Chance Thomas, Julie Zackary as Glorfs
 * Evan Wu as Various aliens

Development
In February 2004, almost two years after The ChubbChubbs! was released in July 2002, director Eric Armstrong approached Rob Minkoff and Tom McGrath about a film adaptation to the short film. Although skeptical, they accepted the idea.

Like the short film, Brad Simonsen voiced Meeper the Alien. Jeff Wolverton reprises his role as the ChubbChubbs, along with Mortonette Jenkins as Singing Diva, with Peter Lurie and Rick Zieff reprising as Zyzaks (Lurie) and Bouncer (Zieff) respectively.

The animation was provided by Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc.

Release
The ChubbChubbs! had its premiere on August 1, 2008 at the Dolby Theatre before having a theatrical release in the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia on August 9, 2008. It was later theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2008 by Columbia Pictures through Sony Pictures Releasing. It was rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for mild peril and fantasy violence.