Funimals (film)

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Funimals
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Steven Spielberg
Produced by	Darla K. Anderson
Starring	Chris Pratt Jerry Seinfeld Ben Stiller Damon Wayans, Jr. Ryan Potter John Goodman Jamie Chung
Narrated by	Jamie Chung
Music by	Henry Jackman James Newton Howard
Edited by	Tim Mertens
Cinematography	Phil Méheux
Production company	Universal Pictures DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Animation Movie Land Animation Studios Amblin Partners Amblin Entertainment Annapurna Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (United States and worldwide) Entertainment One (United Kingdom) Netflix (Digital) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (worldwide)
Release date	November 21, 2018 (United States) November 23, 2018 (Canada) November 30, 2018 (United Kingdom)
Running time	106 minutes
Language	English
Country	United Kingdom United States
Rating	PG (MPAA)
Budget	$210 million
Box office	$1.839 million
Preceded by	The JH Movie Collection Movie
Followed by	Stuart Little

Funimals is an 2018 American-British adventure animated film that the story about animals, it was released by Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, Movie Land Animation Studios, Amblin Partners, Amblin Entertainment, Annapurna Pictures and RatPac-Dune Entertainment. The movie was directed by Steven Spielberg and its co-directed by Chris Williams. This title will be release on December 21st, 2018 in the United States and December 30th, 2018 in the United Kingdom. This film was theatrically distributed by Universal Pictures in the United States of America, internationally distributed by Entertainment One in the United Kingdom and was digitally distributed by Netflix and was automatically distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in all territories.

Funimals was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards, 76th Golden Globe Awards, and 24th Critics' Choice Awards, but lost to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The sequel film, Funimals 2 is set to be released on February 4, 2021.

Cast

• Chris Pratt as Ranno the Lion
• Jerry Seinfeld as Randy the Giraffe
• Ben Stiller as Lenny the Frog
• Damon Wayans, Jr. as Reggie the Bunny Rabbit
• Ryan Potter as Todd the Parrot
• John Goodman as Gary the Grizzly Bear
• Jamie Chung as Rebecca the Blue Jay and the narrator

Production

Development

It was announced that the releases will be available for the 2018's best movie of the year. Steven Spielberg and Chris Williams are making the films about animals that live in the animal zone.

Animation

The film's animation services was created by Movie Land Digital Production Services who provides the film with Penguinopolis. This movie's animation was made and customized using Autodesk Maya. The puppets and the animals was created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop who provides this film with these Muppets films and the animation title sequences was created by Studio Mir who provides this production with Voltron: Legendary Defender.

Casting

The casting character and the animals was directed Jamie Sparer Roberts who directs this film with Big Hero 6.

Music

The music from the movie was composed by Henry Jackman and James Newton Howard.

Release

This film will be released by Universal Pictures on November 21, 2018 in theaters, RealD 3D, 2D and Dolby Cinema.

Marketing

• The teaser trailer was released on February 17, 2018 and was shown before A Wrinkle in Time, Ready Player One and Sherlock Gnomes
• The first trailer was released on June 30, 2018 ans was shown before Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
• The final trailer was released on October 20, 2018 and was shown before The Grinch and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Home media

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and DVD of this motion picture. The four releases will be available for purchase on February 26 in the United States and March 5 in the United Kingdom.

Reception

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	January 3, 2019	Best Animated Feature	Steven Spielberg	Nominated	TBA
Golden Globe Awards	January 6, 2019	Best Animated Feature Film		Nominated	TBA
Critics' Choice Awards	January 13, 2019	Best Animated Feature		Nominated	TBA
Producers Guild of America Award	January 19, 2019	Best Animated Motion Picture	Darla K. Anderson	Nominated	TBA
Academy Awards	February 24, 2019	Best Animated Feature	Steven Spielberg & Darla K. Anderson	Nominated	TBA
Movie Land Fun and Excitement Awards	March 3, 2019	Best Animated Feature		Nominated	TBA
		Best Visual Effects	Aviva Corcovado & Shiyoon Kim	Nominated	TBA
		Best Director for Films and Short Films	Steven Spielberg	Nominated	TBA
Kids' Choice Awards	March 23, 2019	Favorite Animated Movie	Funimals	Nominated	TBA
Saturn Awards	September 13, 2019	Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film	Funimals	Nominated	TBA
		Best Animated Film		Nominated	TBA

Expected franchise

Sequel

Main article(s): Funimals 2

In January 2019, a sequel to Funimals was announced. Jill Culton will served as director. On April 14, it was announced that it would be fully computer-animated with animation services being handled by Movie Land Digital Production Services. While it was possible to reuse assets from the first film instead of starting from scratch, significant work was needed to make them compatible with new technological systems that were adopted in the past few years. It will be scheduled to be released on June 4, 2021, with DreamWorks Animation producing the film and was again distributed by Universal Pictures. On December 17, 2019, it was announced that Movie Land Animation Studios would make the live-action/stylized CG animated film instead of the regular computer animation, with Moving Picture Company will be handle the film's visual effects. The regular voice cast of the film are expected to reprise their respective roles from the previous films.

See also

• Madagascar
• Zootopia

External links

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