Spectrum (2020 film)

Spectrum is an upcoming American 3D motion-captured computer-animated fantasy adventure film directed by Mike Thurmeier & Peyton Reed from a screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie, May Chan & Rodney Rothman, and will feature an ensemble cast that includes Ryan Reynolds, Steven Yeun, Jamie Chung, Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel, Julia Roberts, Dwayne Johnson, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Hailee Steinfeld, Gal Gadot with Colin Hanks and James Corden. The film theatrically made its world premiere on January 3, 2019 in Japan, and will be in the United States on January 17, 2019. The film received positive reviews from critics, praising the humor, voice cast, and the soundtrack.

Cast

 * Ryan Reynolds
 * Steven Yeun
 * Jamie Chung
 * Michelle Rodriguez
 * Vin Diesel
 * Julia Roberts
 * Dwayne Johnson
 * Bex Taylor-Klaus
 * Hailee Steinfeld
 * Gal Gadot
 * Colin Hanks
 * James Corden

Development
In December 2016, Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios announced plans to develop an animated feature-length film distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing and produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Movie Land Animation Studios, Lord Miller Productions, Arad Productions and Pascal Pictures. In November 2017, it was announced that this will be the first Sony's Movie Land Universe films to be animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks during Imageworks' current era of Sony Pictures Animation films. It will be directed by the Ice Age movie director Mike Thurmeier and the Ant-Man movie director, Peyton Reed from a screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie, May Chan & Rodney Rothman.

Casting
In July 2019, it was announced that Ryan Reynolds, Steven Yeun, Jamie Chung, Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel, Julia Roberts, Dwayne Johnson, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Hailee Steinfeld, Gal Gadot, Colin Hanks and James Corden had joined the film's voice cast. On June 23, 2019, Ryan Reynolds was added to the cast after an announcement via Sony’s Instagram.

Animation and design
The film's animation was provided by Sony Pictures Imageworks, who also provided animation for The Angry Birds Movie 2, The Emoji Movie, Smurfs: The Lost Village and other Sony animated films. With an exception of the titular protagonist and some of the other characters, the character designs were based around Ted V. Miller's traditional drawing style as well as the traditional Movie Land Animation Studios style.

By November 2018, Peyton Reed. considered a possible post-credits scene that can be added continuing its tradition for post-credit scenes.

Music
On April 1, 2019, it was announced that Henry Jackman would compose the score for the film. The soundtrack was released on January 14, 2020 by Varèse Sarabande.

Release
Spectrum was released in the United States on January 17, 2020, in IMAX, RealD 3D and Dolby Cinema. It was previously scheduled to be released on January 3, 2020, then on January 10, 2020. The film was released in China on January 31, 2020.

The film is rated PG by the MPAA for “prolonged sequences of sci-fi action violence, mild language, rude humor, and scary images.”

Marketing
The first trailer was released on July 19, 2019 before The Lion King in theaters, but was never released online. The second official trailer and the first to be online was released on August 9, 2019.

On August 9, 2019, Sony published the screenplay online.