Splatoon (Film)

Splatoon is a upcoming 2023 computer animated/live action adventure comedy film directed by Jordan Peele. Based on the 2015 video game of the same name. It is the first DreamWorks animated/live action film.

Splatoon was originally scheduled to be released on June 3, 2023 in the United States, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures, and in Japan on June 10, 2023 by Toho. A sequel is scheduled to be released on July 5, 2025 and another sequel is scheduled to be released on August 7, 2027.

Premise
In the Mollusc Era, humans on earth are reportedly extinct, and the squid kids, also known as the Inklings, are born in a city called Inkopolis. Two Inklings, Ika and Bloo meets two humans, Marc and Charles, who survived from the Mollusc Era. The two inklings and the two humans, along with Debbi, Marco, April and Justin set off for a mission to save the Great Zapfish from DJ Octavio and the octarians.

Plot
In the Mollusc Era, inklings are born many years ago. On Inkopolis, Florida, an orange inkling named Ika (Abigail Howard) won the turf war, and her best blue inkling friend named Bloo (Justin Long) lost when he must practice the turf war. Meanwhile, two humans Marc (Kevin Hart) & Charles (Ice Cube) survived when they're frozen in time when every human on earth are extinct. The next day, Ika, Bloo and their inkling friends Debbi (Kristen Schaal), Marco (Danny McBride), April (Maya Rudolph) & Justin (Bill Hader) practice the turf war when they used their weapons. One night, Ika & Bloo discovered the Octo UFO which crashed landed. They finally discovered Marc & Charles after they heard a noise. Surprisingly, Marc & Charles can understand the Inklings' language. At night, the inklings take Marc and Charles to their home called The Squid House and went to bed.

The next day at Ika's home, Ika is shocked when the Squid Sisters, Callie (Britney Spears) & Marie (Billie Eilish), announced the Great Zapfish is squidnapped by DJ Octavio and the Octarians. She tells Bloo how the Octarians did it and they met Captain Cuttlefish (Mahito Yokota) after that. All the inklings and the two humans travelled to the Octo Valley and they met a lime inkling named Ashley AKA. Agent 3 (Tina Fey). She tells the seven Inklings to go on the Zapfish mission to defeat every octarian and rescue every zapfish.

For the first mission, the seven inklings need to hunt the Octarians down and rescue 4 of the zapfishes. When they arrived, the Octostamp tries to stomp them all, but they dodged, splats the Octostamp and rescued one zapfish. The seven inklings rescued 9 zapfishes, defeated the Octonozzle and rescued another zapfish in their second mission. Ika, Bloo, Debbi, Marco, April, Justin, Ashley, Marc and Charles rescued a female human named Kris (Regina Hall) and they continued their mission.

The third mission begins, with 14 zapfishes needed to be rescued. After they defeated the Octowhirl, Captain Cuttlefish, Marc, Charles & Kris are captured by DJ Octavio, while Bloo, Marco and Justin are captured by a group of Octolings. Ika, Debbi, April and Ashley met Callie & Marie (known as Agents 1 and 2) and they traveled to the Octoling base.

The forth mission begins shortly after. As the six female inklings are rescuing zapfishes, they saw Bloo, Marco and Justin, tied up with the octopus tentacles by the Octolings. Ika defeated every Octoling as she rescued Bloo, Marco, Justin and the zapfish. After they traveled to the Octomaw base and defeats the Octomaw, the Inklings met three Octolings named Rose, Scarlet & Jazzy. The final mission begins as the nine inklings rescued all of the zapfishes. They traveled into DJ Octavio's UFO and saw Captain Cuttlefish, Marc, Charles & Kris tied up. They also saw DJ Octavio who stole the Great Zapfish. The nine Inklings are off to the rescue. When Ika, Bloo, Debbi, Marco, April, Justin and Ashley rescued Captain Cuttlefish, Marc, Charles and Kris, they heard Callie & Marie singing "Calamari Inkantation". Once they defeated DJ Octavio, the Great Zapfish freed itself from the Octobot king and they escaped.

As Inkopolis is saved, Ashley and Captain Cuttlefish thanked Ika, Bloo, Debbi, Marco, April & Justin for completing the zapfish mission and as for now, Callie & Marie announced the Splatfest has begun. Ika tells Bloo that he must win the turf war on the Splatfest. After they won the Splatfest, Ika & Bloo kissed as Bloo is now Ika's love interest, and every inkling celebrated the Splatfest party in Inkopolis as the fireworks arrives, writing "Thank you, Inklings!". They danced at the party and Ika & Bloo kissed.

In the mid-credits scene, a pink inkling named Jenny texts that Ika is here and her green inkling friend Felix traveled to Inkopolis Square along with the Off The Hook, Pearl & Marina.

Cast

 * Abigail Howard as the voice of Ika: a orange female Inkling whom only Marc and Charles can understand and the leader of Team Squid. Howard also provided the facial motion capture for Ika, along with Long.
 * Justin Long as the voice of Bloo: a blue male Inkling whom only Marc and Charles can understand and the secondary leader of Team Squid and Ika's love internet. Long also provided the facial motion capture for Bloo, along with Howard.
 * Yuki Tsujii as the Inkling's normal voice. He provides Ika and Bloo's normal voice as heard by everyone other than Marc and Charles. Tsujii reprises his role from the Splatoon video games.
 * Kevin Hart as Marc: a human, who survived from the Mollusc Era, along with Charles after every human are extinct and team up with Ika and Bloo. He is based on his same name.
 * Ice Cube as Charles: a human and Marc's best friend, who survived from the Mollusc Era, along with Marc after every human are extinct and team up with Ika and Bloo. He is based on his same name.
 * Regina Hall as Kris: a human and news reporter. She is based on her same name.
 * Britney Spears as Callie: the member of the Squid Sisters.
 * Billie Eilish as Marie: the member of the Squid Sisters.
 * Yuki Kudara (Keity.pop) as Callie's normal voice.
 * Mari Kikuma as Marie's normal voice.
 * Kristen Schaal as Debbi: a pink female inkling.
 * Maya Rudolph as April: a lime green female inkling.
 * Danny McBride as Marco: a cyan male inkling.
 * Bill Hader as Justin: a purple male inkling.
 * Tina Fey as Ashley "Agent 3": a lime female inkling.
 * Mitchel Musso as himself, the orange male inkling.
 * Cody Cameron as Sheldon.
 * Hailee Steinfeld as Annie.
 * Craig Robinson as Jelonzo.
 * Rodger Bumpass as Crusty Sean.
 * Walt Dohrn as Spyke.
 * George Lopez as Judd.
 * Amy Poehler as Rose: a red female Octoling and the sisters of Jazzy and Scarlet and the daughter of DJ Octavio.
 * Tara Strong as Scarlet: a red female Octoling and the sisters of Jazzy and Rose and the daughter of DJ Octavio.
 * Scarlett Johansson as Jazzy: a red female Octoling and the sisters of Jazzy and Rose and the daughter of DJ Octavio.
 * Mahito Yokota as Craig "Cap'n" Cuttlefish: a elder inkling and Callie and Marie's grandfather.
 * Idris Elba as DJ Octavio: A leader of octarians and rival of Craig "Cap'n" Cuttlefish and the father of Rose, Scarlet and Jazzy.
 * Shaquille O'Neal as himself.

Development
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Casting
In December 2020, Kevin Hart and Ice Cube are cast in the lead humans role, with Regina Hall added to costar after an intense session of reading and testing actresses opposite Hart and Cube. In January 2021, Abigail Howard and Justin Long are cast in the title role, portrayed via motion-capture and voice over.

Filming
Principal production began on January 15, 2022, in Los Angeles County, California and Orlando, Florida. Nine days later, DreamWorks Animation announced that principal photography had officially begun.

Post-production
The film will take a realistic approach to some the characters, but will still be faithful as much as possible to both the characters and the world while being realistic. All of Inkopolis's buildings and its zapfish alongside the Great Zapfish, as well as the ink weapons both Inklings and Octolings wield, will be kept the same like in the game, but with realistic detail for live action. The characters will have a realistic approach that will be realistic to their base species, but also keep the defining traits.


 * The Inklings will be similar to their game model, with their colored eyebrows, black eye masks, head tentacles, teeth, noses, ears, and humanoid body being present. Those arms will be just under the two main arms and stay above the waist. Also, the face will be a mix between a realistic human face and the Nintendo Inkling's face, with the eyes being similar size to humans, but still retaining their ears, eye masks, head tentacles, teeth, and noses.
 * The Octolings will also have a facestyle similar to the realistic Inkling, but keep their ingame separate eye masks for differentiation, as well as their eyebrows, teeth, ears, noses, and head tentacles. Two small arms under the left main arm, and two small arms under the right arm, while being just under them and above the waist.

Music
Abigail Howard, Justin Long, Kristen Schaal, Maya Rudolph, Danny McBride & Bill Hader released a version of the song for the film, titled "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", Wiz Khalifa released an original song, "Stay Fresh" featuring Panic! At The Disco. and Abigail Howard released a another original song, "Kids and Squids". The song and the music video were released on May 19, 2023. Splatoon released Squid Sisters' songs, "City of Color", "Ink Me Up", "Calamari Inkantation", "Maritime Memory", "Bomb Rush Blush" and "Tide Goes Out".

Soundtrack

 * 1) Humans Are Extinct & Inklings Are Born
 * 2) Welcome to Inkopolis Plaza
 * 3) UFO Crashed Landing
 * 4) Humans Meet Inklings
 * 5) The Great Zapfish Is Squidnapped!
 * 6) Cap'n Cuttlefish
 * 7) Octo Valley
 * 8) Meet Agent 3
 * 9) The Zapfish Mission
 * 10) Octostomp!
 * 11) Octarian Ambush!
 * 12) Octonozzle!
 * 13) More Octarian Ambush!
 * 14) Octowhirl!
 * 15) Marc, Charles, Cap'n Cuttlefish, Bloo, Marco and Justin Are Squidnapped!
 * 16) Octolings Attack!
 * 17) Ika Rescues Bloo, Marco and Justin
 * 18) Octomaw!
 * 19) More Octolings Attack!
 * 20) Rescue The Great Zapfish!
 * 21) I am Octavio
 * 22) Inklings To The Rescue!
 * 23) Calamari Inkantation - Squid Sisters
 * 24) The Great Zapfish Rescued!
 * 25) Inkopolis is Saved
 * 26) Splatfest, Here We Come!
 * 27) City of Color - Squid Sisters
 * 28) Ink Me Up - Squid Sisters
 * 29) Squids In Love
 * 30) Thank you, Inklings!
 * 31) Maritime Memory - Squid Sisters
 * 32) Bomb Rush Blush - Callie
 * 33) Tide Goes Out - Marie

Original Music

 * 1) Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Abigail Howard, Justin Long, Kristen Schaal, Maya Rudolph, Danny McBride & Bill Hader
 * 2) Stay Fresh - Wiz Khalifa feat. Panic! At The Disco
 * 3) Kids and Squids - Abigail Howard

Other Music

 * 1) POWER - Snap!
 * 2) I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - Four Tops
 * 3) Get Low - Dillon Francis Feat. DJ Snake
 * 4) Rain Over Me - Pitbull feat. Marc Anthony
 * 5) Dreams - Van Halen

Music From Trailers

 * 1) Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson (Trailer 1)
 * 2) Baba O'Riley - The Who (Trailer 2)
 * 3) Get Low - Dillon Francis Feat. DJ Snake (Trailer 3)

Marketing
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Merchandise and other tie-ins
On May 15, 2023, it was revealed that Hartbeat Productions will release a graphic novel based on the film.

A set of 6 Splatoon toys were also sold at McDonald's.

Wicked Cool Toys, the current toy partner for the franchise, released figures and plush toys for retail as well.

Release
Splatoon is scheduled to be released on June 3, 2023 in the United States by Universal Pictures, and in Japan on June 10, 2023 by Toho.

Box office
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Critical response
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Accolades
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Shorts
Splatoon: A Inkling Origins, Splatoon: Octo Run

Specials
Splatoon: Splatoween Party, Splatoon: A Very Merry Squidmas

Sequels
Splatoon 2 (Film), Splatoon 3 (Film)

TV Series
Splatoon: The Animated Series, Splatoon: The Adventures Of Ika & Bloo (TV Series)

Transcript
Splatoon (Film)/Transcript

Trailer Transcripts
Splatoon (Film)/Trailer Transcripts

Trivia
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