Major Lazer: The Movie is an 2018 American adult animated science fiction action thriller comedy film based on the electronic music group of the same name, created by DJ and record producer Diplo with Ferry Gouw and Kevin Kusatsu. Produced by Jordan Kerner, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Movie Land Animation Studios, Mad Decent, 1492 Pictures and The Kerner Entertainment Company.
This motion picture was theatrically released on April 6, 2018 in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures and premiered at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California in the United States on April 13, 2018. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 10th Movie Land Fun and Excitement Awards and 91st Academy Awards, but lost to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. This will be the first Movie Land Animation Studios film to be given a PG-13 rating by the MPAA.
Premise[]
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Set in the future, Major Lazer is a Jamaican superhero with a laser gun for a right hand who fights against the dystopian forces led by Jamaica's leader President Whitewall and his servant General Rubbish. Major Lazer is assisted in his fight by President Whitewall's daughter Penny Whitewall and hacker Blkmrkt.
Cast[]
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje – Major Lazer, Evil Lazer
- James Adomian – General Rubbish
- John Boyega – Blkmrkt
- Ashante "Taranchyla" Reid – Old Rasta
- J.K. Simmons – President Whitewall
- Angela Trimbur – Penny Whitewall
- Aziz Ansari – Goosh
- Jonathan Banks – The Law
- Matt Berry – Professor Teacher
- Heather Anne Campbell – Game Tournament Worker
- Ferry Gouw – Kamikaze
- Trinidad James – Weed Man, Mr. Mary James, Goldie
- Udo Kier – Head Vampire Vampire
- Ezra Koenig – Ryland
- Clyde Kusatsu – Store Owner
- Chan Marshall – Knife Fight
- Kumail Nanjiani – Thor
- Riff Raff – Double Cup, Additional Voices
- Andy Samberg – Dr. Nerd/Dr. Bass Drop
- Mike Skinner – Block Head
- Jorma Taccone – Spooky Dookie, Killscreen, K-Pop
- Tiësto – DJ God
- Charli XCX – Lady Vanessa Rothchild
Production[]
Development[]
In 2014, it was announced that it will be in development and in 2015, it was announced that it will be in-production. Andrew Stanton, a Pixar staff, was originally the film's director, but was replaced by Stephen Heneveld and Chris Columbus.
Casting[]
It was announced that Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, James Adomian, John Boyega, J.K. Simmons and Angela Trimbur will reprise their roles for the television series.
Animation[]
The movie's animation was created by Movie Land Digital Production Services and Snipple Animation Studios who provides animation for Disney Television Animation's Big Hero 6: The Series and Warner Brothers' Loppy the Dog and was made using Autodesk Maya.
Design[]
The crew used the same processes from the original television series in the making of the film, most notably the 'skroutlines', which was a seamless blend of a more traditional screenplay with a more simple outline which resembled strong short stories and gave the storyboard artists such as Maurice Fontenot, Abigail Nesbitt and Guy Moore all the creative and aesthetic freedom neccessary. Warburton and Willems themselves provided the film's animatics.
Parental guides[]
The parent guide for the first Movie Land Animation Studios film is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. It was announced that it will produce the adult animated film.
Music[]
The score for the movie was composed by Henry Jackman who is collaborated on Disney Animation's Big Hero 6. The soundtrack album will be release digitally on March 23, 2018 and on Compact Disc on April 13, 2018 by Mad Decent and score released by WaterTower Music.
Release[]
This motion picture was theatrically released on April 6, 2018 in IMAX, Dolby Cinema, RealD 3D and 2D in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures and premiered at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California in the United States on April 13, 2018. The theatrical release was accompained with Bunny Rabbit, a short film directed by Eric Darnell. The theatrical release film has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America and the short film has been rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America.
Marketing[]
- The teaser trailer was released on May 23, 2017 and was shown before Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Wonder Woman, Cars 3 and Despicable Me 3
- The first trailer was released on October 20, 2017 and was shown before Justice League, The Star and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
- The final trailer was released on February 17, 2018 and was shown before A Wrinkle in Time, Tomb Raider, Isle of Dogs, Sherlock Gnomes and Ready Player One
Home media[]
This motion picture was released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on digital copy on July 3, 2018, and on 4K UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD on July 24, 2018.
Reception[]
Box office[]
As of May 16, 2018, the movie has grossed $2.220 million in the United States. In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Rampage.
Critical response[]
The film ratings of Rotten Tomatoes will have to be 97% and on Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 100 out of 100 based on the critics. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
Accolades[]
| Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
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| Visual Effects Society Awards | Best Visual Effects in the World | Ted V. Miller | Nominated |
| Hollywood Music in Media Rewards | Best Original Songs | Major Lazer | Nominated |
| Best Original Score | Henry Jackman | ||
| Academy Awards | Best Animated Feature | Stephen Heneveld, Chris Columbus, Jordan Kerner, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Nominated |
| Best Co-Director | Don Hall & Chris Williams | ||
| Best Director | Stephen Heneveld & Diplo (executive) | ||
| Best Visual Effects | Jean-Claude Kalache, Jeffrey Martinez & Pidge Gunderson | ||
| Best Sound Editing | Addison Teague, David C. Hughes, Nia Hansen & Jeremy Bowker | ||
| Movie Land Fun and Excitement Awards | Movie Land Fun and Excitement Award for Best Animated Feature | Chris Columbus, Stephen Heneveld & Jordan Kerner | Nominated |
Credits[]
Sequel[]
Coming soon!
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
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| v - e - dFilms directed by Stephen Heneveld |
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| Major Lazer: The Movie (2018) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) |
| v - e - dPhil Lord and Christopher Miller | |
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| Films directed | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • 21 Jump Street (2012) • The Lego Movie (2014) • 22 Jump Street (2014) • Tom the Hand 3 (2019) • Faster Bike (2020) |
| Films produced | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Storks (2016) • Brigsby Bear (2017) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (accolades) • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Gwen and Dan (2019) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Ghost in the Shell (2019) • Everest (2019) • Las Vegas (2020) • Jin (2020) • Connected (2020) • Mr. Magoo (2020) • Being Good (2020) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 3: Food Monsters-Verse (2024) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 4 (TBA) |
| Television series created | Clone High (2002–2003) |
| Television series produced | The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018) • Son of Zorn (2016–2017) • Making History (2017) • Unikitty! (2017–present) • The JH Movie Collection Show (2018–present) • Bless the Harts (2019–present) |
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