Garfield (film)

Garfield (also titled Garfield: The Movie) is a 2020 American computer-animated action-adventure comedy musical film produced by 20th Century Animation, Buddy Studios, Davis Entertainment Company and Paws, Inc. and released by 20th Century Studios. The film is directed by Peter Hewitt and Mark Dindal based on a story by Alec Sokolow and produced by David Reynolds and is based on the Garfield comic strips by Jim Davis.

The film stars Frank Welker as the title character, with Gregg Berger, Wally Wingert, Jason Marsden, Julie Payne, Audrew Wasilewski, Frank Ferrante, and more. The plot follows Garfield, a fat orange lasagna-loving cat, who had recently saw a TV ad about a new brand of lasagna. Desperate, he alerts his caretaker, Jon Arbuckle, but he simply shrugs and kept going. Garfield, feeling mistreated, decided to leave the house and see the brand for himself, but ends up getting in a delivery van that has lasagna scheduled for delivery to Los Angeles.

Garfield was released on April 15, 2020 in the United States by 20th Century Studios, during the COVID-19 pandemic. It received positive reviews, praising its animation, voice cast (particularly Welker and Berger), humor, plot, musical score by Kenneth Burgomaster, editorial, and emotional weight. Despite the pandemic, it was a major box office success, grossing $912 million worldwide on its expensive budget of $300 million, making Garfield the 6th-most-expensive film to date.

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Main cast

 * Frank Welker as Garfield
 * Gregg Berger as Odie
 * Wally Wingert as Jon Arbuckle
 * Jason Marsden as Nermal
 * Julie Payne as Dr. Liz Wilson
 * Audrey Wasilewski as Arlene
 * Frank Ferrante as Lyman

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Development
After the release of Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Bill Murray had resigned from playing the role as Garfield, and the film series was cancelled after attempts at a third film. Fox still had the Garfield IP for film, and had began making test animations in an attempt to make a separate theatrical Garfield film.

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Animation
The animation was held at 20th Century Studios' animation division, 20th Century Animation, with the animation being provided by Autodesk Maya.

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