Light It Up (2019 film)

Light It Up is an 2019 American-Jamaican animated action adventure comedy film based on the 1999 film of its same name distributed by 20th Century Fox and the 2015 song of its same name performed by Major Lazer, Nyla and Fuse ODG. The movie title was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Movie Land Animation Studios, Village Roadshow Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Original Film and 1492 Pictures and was directed by Chris Columbus. The movie title was theatrically released on January 25, 2019 by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States of America. The movie stars Will Arnett, Andy Samberg, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, J. K. Simons, Damon Wayans Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch and Louis C.K.

Cast

 * Will Arnett as Tom
 * Andy Samberg as Junior, a stork
 * Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Ben
 * J. K. Simmons as Henry
 * Damon Wayans Jr. as Jimmy
 * Benedict Cumberbatch as Lenny
 * Louis C.K. as Daniel
 * Bex Taylor-Klaus as Jessie
 * Jamie Chung as Evelyn
 * Pharrell Williams as Larry
 * Will Ferrell as Jackie
 * Justin Bieber as the narrator

Production
In 2015, it was announced that the movie title will be in-development with Jerry Bruckheimer producing the movie title, and in 2017, it was announced that the movie title will be in-production with Will Arnett, Andy Samberg, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, J. K. Simons, Damon Wayans Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch and Louis C.K. providing the lead voice roles.

Casting
In 2017, Will Arnett announced that he is voicing Tom. The casting was directed by Jamie Sparer Roberts who directs the casting with Ralph Breaks the Internet.

Visual effects and animation
The special visual effects, imagery, character animation and computer graphics for the movie was created by Movie Land Digital Production Services who provides the special visual effects, imagery, character animation and computer graphics with Stuart Little and Sarcastics and the movie's animation was made using Autodesk Maya.

Sound
The sound for the movie was recorded, mixed, edited and designed at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California in the United States of America with Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers mixing the re-recording and Gary Rydstrom designing the sound.

Music
The music for the movie was composed by Henry Jackman and the score was mixed and recorded by Alan Meyerson at Remote Control Productions. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 18, 2019 and on Compact Disc on January 25, 2019 by WaterTower Music.

Release
The movie title was theatrically released on January 25, 2019 in IMAX, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and 2D theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States of America. It was originally scheduled to be release on December 14, 2018, but the release date was pushed into January 25, 2019 to avoid competition with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Sarcastics.

Marketing

 * The teaser trailer was released on March 25, 2018 and was shown before Ready Player One and Major Lazer: The Movie
 * The first trailer was released on July 4, 2018 and was shown before Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and Christopher Robin
 * The final trailer was released on December 1, 2018 and was shown before Stuart Little, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sarcastics, Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee: The Movie