The Crown (film)

The Crown is a upcoming adult animated historical drama film based on the TV series of its same name by Peter Morgan. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States and was internationally distributed by Movie Land Entertainment International Distribution Group and produced by Movie Land Animation Studios, Bad Robot Productions and Regency Enterprises. The movie title was directed by Raja Gosnell; written by Stephen Heneveld; screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick, Tony Leondis, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Rich Moore; and story by Sergio Pablos, Jill Culton, Chris Williams, Tom McGrath. The movie title was theatrically released on May 17, 2019 in the United States and May 24, 2019 in the United Kingdom. The film title stars Jamie Chung, Chris Pratt, Dana Gaier, Gal Gadot, Bex Taylor-Klaus, John C. Reilly, Ray Romano, Mike Myers, George Lopez and Albert Brooks.

Plot
The Crown traces the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 through to the present day.

Cast

 * Jamie Chung as Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II
 * Chris Pratt as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Elizabeth's husband
 * Dana Gaier as Princess Margaret, Elizabeth's younger sister
 * Gal Gadot as Queen Mary, Elizabeth's grandmother
 * Bex Taylor-Klaus as Queen Elizabeth, George VI's wife and Elizabeth's mother, known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother during her daughter's reign
 * Mike Myers as Anthony Eden, Churchill's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, who succeeds him as Prime Minister
 * George Lopez as Group Captain Peter Townsend, George VI's equerry, who hopes to marry Princess Margaret.
 * John C. Reilly as Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Philip's ambitious uncle and great-grandson of Queen Victoria
 * Damon Wayans Jr. as King George VI, Elizabeth's father, known to his family as Bertie
 * Albert Brooks as Winston Churchill, the Queen's first Prime Minister
 * Ray Romano as Winston Churchill, the Queen's first Prime Minister
 * Athena Karkanis as the Duchess of Windsor, Edward's American wife

Production
In July 2016, it was announced that it will be in development. In 2017 it was announced that it will be in production with Jamie Chung, Chris Pratt, Dana Gaier, Gal Gadot, Bex Taylor-Klaus, John C. Reilly, Ray Romano, Mike Myers, George Lopez and Albert Brooks will leading the voice roles. The film was animated by Movie Land Digital Production Services, who had also provided animation for the Movie Land Animation Studios' The Animals in the Attic and utilized Autodesk Maya for the animation process.

Visual effects
The film's visual effects were provided by Movie Land Digital Production Services who made the production. Much of the visual effects were provided by the same team behind Birds 2. Karey Kirkpatrick compared the visual effects to the character of GoGo Tomago from the Disney Animation's Big Hero 6.

Sound services
The post-production sound services for the film was edited, customized, designed and recorded at Skywalker Sound at Marin County, California in the United States of America with Gary Rydstrom designing the sound and Michael Silvers supervising the sound editorial.

Music
The music for the movie was composed by Henry Jackman and Rupert Gregson-Williams who composed the movie with Ralph Breaks the Internet and Wonder Woman. The soundtrack will be released on May 17, 2019 by WaterTower Music.

Release
The Crown had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on May 8, 2019 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2019 in 2D and 3D and the United States on May 15, 2018 by Warner Bros. Pictures in IMAX, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and 2D.

Marketing

 * The teaser trailer was released on June 1, 2018 and was shown before Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
 * The first trailer was released on November 12, 2018 and was shown before Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, The JH Movie Collection Movie and Ralph Breaks the Internet