Bobby's World: The Movie is an 2021 American-Canadian hand-drawn animated musical fantasy adventure comedy film produced by Film Roman, Rough Draft Studios, and 20th Century Animation. Based on the 1990s Fox Kids animated television series of the same name, the film will be produced by Conrad Vernon, and directed by Vernon, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Nicholas Stoller, with Howie Mandel serving as the executive producer of the movie.
The film follows Bobby Generic, a little boy with big imaginations, who is forced by a sinister dark lord and his wife, who both hate children, imagination, and creativity, to leave his homeworld of Bobbyland and move into Oregon on planet Earth where he meets the Generic family, who adopted him, and his next-door neighbor, who is a little girl named Jackie.
Production on the film began in 2015, with the goal being that the movie improves on the original television series. New ideas for this film were conceived, with the premise being that two children would work together to stop an evil villain from threatening the world, which does not happen in the TV series. New characters for the film we[[re announced in 2018 along with new cast members and guest stars.
Bobby's World: The Movie is set to be released in the United States and Canada on June 17, 2022, in 2D, Digital 3D, RealD 3D, IMAX, IMAX 3D, and Dolby Cinema by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through 20th Century Studios. It will also be released on Disney+, the same day as it’s theatrical release.
The film features an ensemble cast including Howie Mandel, Seth Rogen, Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Cameron Seely, Nick Kroll, Emily Blunt, Gary Oldman, Kristen Bell, Miranda Cosgrove, and Owen Vaccaro.
This film is dedicated to Stephen Hillenburg (creator of SpongeBob SquarePants), who passed away on November 2018, Chris Reccardi (best known for Ren and Stimpy and The Modifyers), who passed away on May 2019, and Richard Williams (best known for Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Thief and the Cobbler), who passed away on August 2019.
Summary[]
Bobby Generic is a young boy with big imaginations that used to live at his homeworld of Bobbyland. One day, his home was under attack by Lord Reality and his wife Lady Reality, two sinister dark rulers who hate children, imagination, and creativity. In order to get away from them, he packs his stuff and uses the magic fairy pixie dust on him, which lifts him up into the outer space, as he leaves his home and moves into Oregon on planet Earth where he meets the Generic family, who adopted him, and his next-door neighbor, who is a little girl named Jackie. At first, Bobby has some difficulties adjusting to his new life, but he manages to pull through. Unfortunately, Lord Reality has designed a plot, with help from Lady Reality, to destroy Bobby and take over planet Earth. This leads both Bobby and Jackie on an epic journey to save the world from Lord and Lady Reality's wrath and bring imagination and creativity back to children everywhere. The treacherous quest takes Bobby and Jackie through some of Earth's most valued places including San Francisco, Hollywood, Las Vegas, Miami, New York City, Anchorage, Honolulu, Mexico City, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Halifax, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Lisbon, Madrid, Rome, Athens, Berlin, Suez, Cairo, Tokyo, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Dubai, Kolkata, Beijing, Singapore, Mumbai, Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Auckland, Invercargill, and Antarctica. And all the while, the pair are pursued by Lord and Lady Reality's henchmen/army and a relentless "tough as nails" hitman called Mr. Von Terrible.
Plot[]
Somewhere in the galaxy, there is a place called Bobbyland that is located in the smallest star, which can only be found in the imaginations of children everywhere. Bobbyland was home to a sweet little boy named Bobby.
One day, Bobby is wandering around in the forest having fun. Little does he know that he's being watched by a dark lord named Lord Reality and his wife Lady Reality. The two dark rulers live in a business building-like mansion in the city of BusinessVille. BusinessVille is located on an Earth-like planet, which is a lightyear away from Bobbyland. As Lord Reality and Lady Reality are watching Bobby on a video transmission from his video telescope satellite that is above Bobbyland, they get annoyed with his silly childish behavior and his obsession with imagination and creativity. They hate Bobby and want to get rid of him, so Lord Reality sends his army to destroy the boy and his world.
Back in Bobbyland, Bobby is sitting in the shade watching clouds in the sky hoping that there would be life outside of his planet until he sees several ships flying on top of his world. The ships later attack and destroy the world with their laser beams. Bobby barely escapes the destruction of his land, packs his stuff, and uses the magic pixie dust on himself, which lifts him up into the outer space. Bobby flies away from the dying Bobbyland, which then exploded into millions of pieces, and crash lands into a yard in Oregon on planet Earth in the night.
The next morning, Bobby wakes up as he sees a generic family, the Generics, who discovered him in their yard, the same yard Bobby crash landed into. They welcome him and invite him over to their house for breakfast. Due to the parents and the children going off on their regular routine, Howard and Martha Generic take Bobby to Uncle Ted. At first, Bobby is reluctant to see him but he soon finds out that he is actually a nice person with a calm and welcome heart. They end up spending a lot of quality time together and meet friends along the way (including Jackie).
Meanwhile, in BusinessVille, Lord and Lady Reality have realized that Bobby is still alive, and tell their army how greatly the people will outnumber them and worry that Earth will eventually rebel against the city.
The next day, a mailman (who is actually one of Lord Reality's henchmen), gives a letter to the Generic family saying they have to repossess Bobby for good. The parents refuse to give him up, but after Derek punches himself and frames Bobby for doing it, Martha throws Bobby out of the house. Feeling betrayed by his new family, Bobby runs away and leaves Oregon. However, Jackie follows him much to his shock and cheers him up by letting him go on a road trip journey with her.
Later, Lord Reality opens up a successful pizza restaurant in Oregon and starts selling them to the people. However, the pizza gives them weird side effects such as growing an antenna and yodeling at the wrong time, among many others. Nevertheless, they were harmless.
In San Francisco, TBA.
In Hollywood, Bobby and Jackie visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame where they see names of famous actors, actresses, singers, and other celebrities (including Seth Rogen, Eddie Murphy, Stan Lee, Will Ferrell, Taylor Swift, Cameron Diaz, Amy Poehler, Jimmy Fallon, Idina Menzel, and even Howie Mandel himself). They also encounter Paul and Benny who are waiting for two hired people to make money for them. Paul and Benny, (both thinking that the two children were the people that they just hired to make money) remark that they are even younger than they thought they would be and say that they have to give them a bunch of money in order for them to be rich. Thinking that they will make a bunch of money easily while going on a journey, Bobby convinces Jackie so that they could not only get rich but also go to Oregon again with said money.
After visiting Grauman's Chinese Theatre, a newly developed Lord Reality's Pizza Parlor (where the robots take a picture of both of them), Planet Hollywood, and the Hollywood sign, Bobby and Jackie become mistaken as trespassers and end up in the Wells Fargo bank. They accidentally end up stealing money as well as a tricycle and have an idea what they have been hired for. They escape and tell some of the police about the truth which arrests Paul and Benny.
After all the commotion, Bobby and Jackie go to Walmart, where a cashier and all of the shoppers laugh at them. The cashier tells them they won't last ten minutes at the store. Moments later, the two don't know where they parked the tricycle. Bobby and Jackie realize that they have been in the store for twelve minutes and begin laughing at the cashier, who is dumbfounded by their record as they continue on foot.
Meanwhile, Lord Reality learns that Bobby is on a journey with Jackie and hires a professional mercenary named Mr. Von Terrible to ensure that Bobby and Jackie will not go around the world and come back home to Oregon.
In Las Vegas, Bobby and Jackie find a tricycle at an auction bid inside the Excalibur hotel and casino. They think of a plan to distract the people so they can get the tricycle. Unfortunately, the plan doesn't work and Bobby criticizes Jackie for this as the latter realizes her mistake. Bobby then washes his hands and when he uses the soap dispenser, it breaks, leaving a secret tunnel in the hotel. This sends them into the auction bid, where they are not caught but scolded at the auction bid manager who thinks that they are stealing. They escape with their tricycle as mayhem ensues in the hotel.
In Oregon, Kelly and Derek Generic see that everyone has grown an antenna, which is a red sphere attached to them via an extra strand of hair. After a school student tells them that Lord Reality is giving away free pizza to people for free at his pizza parlor, they go to confront him. Kelly and Derek figured out that Lord Reality has been destroying planets for years and he let the Generic family repossess Bobby unfairly. They decide to call the police to arrest him, but before they leave the pizza parlor, Lord Reality activates a mind-control device, revealing that the pizza is actually a mind-control pizza. Kelly and Derek try to escape but the door gets locked and the enslaved citizens corner and capture them, taking the last opposition to Lord Reality and Lady Reality as their army brings the people of Oregon to BusinessVille.
Bobby and Jackie continue their journey in Miami. However, not all of the city is safe as there is a bunch of crime, poverty, income inequality and housing costs that far exceed the national median. To save each other from any other danger, they turn to the Extreme Life-Hacker to help make money, receiving a ludicrous job of stealing a precious jewel in New York City.
On their journey to New York City, Bobby and Jackie meet a coffeemaker named Sarah who gives them a tip to find the jewel. They find it at the Museum of the City of New York but are caught by Lord Reality's robots (who are disguised as safety guards). The two barely escape and interrupt Sarah's date with her boyfriend Tom at the Tavern on the Green. Chaos ensues when the robots are discovered and Bobby and Jackie manage to escape before everyone else ends up getting an invitation to Lord Reality's pizza parlor which recently opened in New York City last night.
Meanwhile, in BusinessVille, Lord Reality introduces Lady Reality to the Monster Energy serum. He tests it on a lizard and it becomes rabid and indestructible. This causes Lady Reality to have some concern over his slowly-growing power-hungriness, but Lord Reality tells her that they can do it together as a team. She agrees to it and sends more of their army to make more pizza parlors around the world.
In Anchorage, TBA.
In Honolulu, TBA.
In Mexico City, Bobby and Jackie meet a two-language speaking Italian guy named Buzzy. He invites them over to his house and they help him celebrate his birthday party. The plan works but when Bobby and Jackie leave after the party, they find the tricycle being inspected by a bunch of creepy-looking safety inspectors and hitchhike on a truck bound for Toronto.
In El Paso, TBA.
In Toronto, TBA.
In Argentina, TBA.
More plot details coming soon!
In a scene that plays after the first part of the closing credits sequence, Derek Generic tells Bobby a horrible secret that someone told him about Fox and Disney together, but before he continues to talk, all references to the secret have been reduced with an announcer praising the two companies. Derek Generic tries again to tell Fox and Disney's horrifying secret to the viewers only to get cut off by the second part of the closing credits sequence.
Cast[]
- Howie Mandel as Robert Adelvice "Bobby" Generic, a 4-year-old little boy with his big overactive imagination on how he sees the world. Bobby has spiky black hair. In Bobbyland, he wears a white sailor-like hat with black tassels, white shirt with short sleeves, blue navy sailor collar with white stripes, blue shorts with two white buttons, white socks and black Mary Jane shoes. On Earth, he wears a white shirt with red short sleeves, red shorts, and blue sneakers. He's the main titular protagonist of the movie. His voice actor also serves as executive producer of the film.
- Cameron Seely as Jackie, Bobby's next-door neighbor/classmate/love interest with the floor-length pigtails who is the main deuteragonist of the movie. She has a crush on Bobby and always kisses him, which he hates, and hugs him, which he loves. She speaks with a monotonic voice.
- Nick Kroll as Lord Reality, a sinister dark lord who hates children, especially Bobby, imagination, and creativity. He's the main antagonist of the movie.
- Lord Reality's voice is based off of Sergei from The Secret Life of Pets 2.
- Emily Blunt as Lady Reality, Lord Reality's wife who, like him, also hates children, imagination, and creativity. She's one of the two secondary antagonists of the movie.
- Gary Oldman as Mr. Von Terrible, a relentless "tough as nails" hitman who is hired by Lord Reality and Lady Reality to exterminate Bobby and Jackie. He's one of the two secondary antagonists of the movie.
- Chris Pratt as Howard Generic, Bobby's father.
- Elizabeth Banks as Martha Generic, Bobby's mother who often punctuates her speech with phrases like "Fer corn sakes", "Fer cryin' in the mud", "gee golly", "gosh darn", and "don't 'cha know".
- Miranda Cosgrove as Kelly Generic, Bobby's 15-year-old tomboyish bully sister.
- Owen Vaccaro as Derek Generic, Bobby's 10-year-old brother who always teases and insults Bobby and tends to call him a "dork".
- Kristen Bell as Aunt Ruth, Martha's sister who is Bobby's aunt.
- Seth Rogen voices the following characters:
- Uncle Ted, a fun-loving fellow who is Bobby's uncle. He's also the brother of Martha and Ruth.
- The narrator of the movie.
- Frank Welker as Roger, the Generic family dog.
- Steve Buscemi as a news reporter.
- John Ratzenberger as an animated caricature of himself.
- Patrick Stewart as an animated caricature of himself.
- Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele as Paul and Benny, respectively. They both live in Hollywood and believe that Bobby and Jackie are the people they hired to make money for a movie.
- Patrick Warburton as a Walmart cashier.
- Bill Hader as The Extreme Life-Hacker, who hacks life for the people of the world.
- Sean Giambrone as Sammy, the Extreme Life-Hacker's trusted assistant.
- Denis Leary as Agent Alan.
- Jason Bateman as Mike, Agent Alan's sidekick.
- Seth MacFarlane as Brian, Agent Alan's second sidekick.
- Chris Pine as Tom, a man who has a love relationship with Sarah.
- Jennifer Cody as Sarah, a coffeemaker in New York City, who is nice and sweet to the people. She also has a love relationship with Tom.
- Conan O'Brien as a driver.
- Ally Maki as Jenna.
- Michael Peña as Buzzy, a two-language speaking Italian guy who lives in Mexico City.
- Kimiko Glenn as Yosha, a girl who befriends Bobby and Jackie. She lives in Tokyo.
- Jacob Tremblay as Timmy, Yosha's little brother who also lives in Tokyo. He also has a secret superhero alter-ego named Super-Timmy. His voice actor recorded all of Timmy's lines before starting production on Good Boys.
- Charlyne Yi as No-Name, Yosha's older sister. Despite their differences, No-Name shares a friendship with Timmy.
- Jillian Bell as Laura Gad, a popular woman who lives in Toronto
- Michael Cera as Noah Sterlin who lives in Los Angeles.
- Charlie Day as Jives Tarantino, a beggar who lives in Los Angeles
- Billy Eichner as Zack, a lethargic man who lives in New York City
- Gal Gadot as Lily Garcia, a woman who lives in Madrid and she follows for her evil plan by Diego. She was later betrayed to Bobby and Jackie and begins to join with Lord Reality and Diego.
- Benicio del Toro as Diego Curamba, a man who lives in Madrid and he has an evil plan by Lord Reality, his wife and his henchmen. he was later betrayed to Bobby and Jackie and begins to join with Lord Reality and Lily.
- Salma Hayek as Gladys Pippleton who lives in Los Angeles
- Kristen Wiig as Penelope Cordon who lives in Los Angeles
- Ben Schwartz as Will Ferton, a man who befriends Bobby and Jackie. He lives in El Paso.
- Tom Hardy as Sunil Glory, the Guardian of San Francisco Museum. He lives in San Francisco.
- Oscar Isaac as Melvin Mork, a man who befriends Bobby and Jackie. He lives in Toronto.
- Jake Goldman as Jim Omar, Melvin's friend who also lives in Toronto.
- Joshua Black as Donald "Donny" Sherman. a man who befriends Bobby and Jackie. He lives in Toronto
- Roger L. Jackson, Adam Gardiner, Clint Bajakian and Andrew Laing as Lord Reality's henchmen who they capture Bobby and Jackie.
- Simon Baker as Isaac Martin, a 44-year old man who befriends Bobby and Jackie. He lives in Sydney.
- Sergio Mendes as Jonathan Sebastian, a man who befriends Bobby and Jackie. He lives in Rio de Janeiro
- Ben Affleck as Gill Aleva, a man who also lives in Madrid
- Owen Wilson as Vinnie Torolis, a man who also lives in Madrid
- Michaela Luci as Jessica Ramino
- Zachary Quinto as Ian Ramino
- Amy Landecker as Melinda Ramino
- Gaelan Connell as Arthur Thanis
- Kelsey Grammer as Maxwell Batley
- John Travolta as Jeffery Henchman
- Charlie Wright as Thomas Bongo, A 12-years old kid who befriends Bobby and Jackie. He lives in Montevideo
- Jennifer Aniston as Wanda Bongo, Thomas' Aunt.
- John Turturro as Wiston Bongo, Thomas' Father.
- Gabriel Bateman as Arthur Coop, a 12 year old boy who is preparing to go home soon to Juneau.
- Cara Buono as Emily, Arthur Coop's mother, who is organizing the move from house-to-house.
- Finn Wolfhard as Peter Culton, a bully 14-years old teenager who makes fun of Bobby and Jackie. He lives in San Fransisco.
- Donna Murphy as Elisa Gudman, Sarah's mother.
- Jason David Frank as Brandon Chavo, The Club Media Fest Announcer from Buenos Aires.
- Miles Teller as Berry, the first elf of Bobbyland.
- Tom Kenny as Jerry, the second elf of Bobbyland.
- Cathy Cavadini as Terry, the third elf of Bobbyland.
- Skylar Dunn as Cutie, Bobby's twin-sister of Bobbyland.
- Jill Talley as Queen Lady, Bobby's mother of Bobbyland.
- Catherine Reitman as Princess Goldie, Bobby's sister of Bobbyland.
- Ian James Corlett as Mr. Patrick
- Billy West as Pablo, the worker of BusinessVille
- Ethan Slater as Lincoln, the worker of BusinessVille
- Fred Tatasciore as Phil, the worker of BusinessVille
- Yuri Lowenthal as Dolph Kawabe, Yosha Pearl's martial arts boyfriend who lives in Tokyo. He is the Quaternary antagonist.
- Allison Janney as Grace Martin, Isaac's daughter who lives in Sydney and hates her life and Isaac always bothers her.
- Phil LaMarr as Marty Yecks
- Tom Holland as Water
- Tress MacNeille as Vicky Norez
- Bill Farmer as the police officer
- Clancy Brown as the mailman
Popular culture cameos and references[]
In the movie, there are several different easter eggs, as well as cultural references to other media, such as television shows, movies, and video games.
List of cultural references[]
- There is a part where Bobby says "Good night, everybody!". This is a reference of Yakko Warner from the Warner Bros.' 1993 TV Show, Animaniacs.
- The part where Lord Reality mind controls people to help Lord Reality is a reference to Minecraft: Story Mode when PAMAmind controls people.
- Kevin, Stuart and Bob (From Minions) can be seen in the prize area as plushes of Playland.
- The Captain Squash poster can be seen on Planet Hollywood.
List of easter eggs[]
- There are multiple promotions in the film that appear as easter eggs, which are either camouflaged or hidden within other things.
- The promotions (such as Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Burger King, Starbucks, Peter Piper Pizza, Applebee's, among other promotions) appear as hidden easter eggs in the film.
Production[]
Development[]
Bobby's World: The Movie was long-planned; In November 2014, it was announced that Mandel told a crowd at Comikaze that plans to revive the series were in motion. In May 2015, 20th Century Fox Animation greenlit the animated Bobby's World movie in production. Mandel was concerned after watching animated films with his family, about the challenge of Bobby doing something more cinematically-consequential and inspiring without losing the charm of the series. "To do a big 112-minute feature film about Bobby getting lost in his own imagination would be a big mistake. This has to be Bobby on a grand-scale adventure. That's where all the action, heart, and comedy are coming from, having two characters, Bobby and Jackie, an imaginative little boy and a little girl who has a secret crush, on this dangerous odyssey with all the odds and evens against them." Howie Mandel signed Nicholas Stoller, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Conrad Vernon to direct the film.
Writing[]
There was difficulty finding a story that was sufficient for a film, and the crew did not have enough time to complete such a project, as they already worked full-time on other animated films. The crew was initially worried that creating a film based on a 90's TV series would have a negative effect, as they did not have enough people to focus their attention on this project. As the film progressed, additional artists were hired so that the film could be done on time. The "strongest possible" writing team was assembled, with the film's directors and executive producer, Greg Grabianski, Robert Mittenthal, and Jon Vitti being selected. Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger both joined the writing team later. The film's original plot had Bobby being kidnapped and chosen as "the special one" while his family is trying to find him; an obvious reference to both animated films, The LEGO Movie, and Finding Nemo, this was later said by Howie Mandel and Conrad Vernon to be a "joke" plot to keep fans of the show busy. For the official plot of the film, the writers created an epic mythical hero story: The destruction of Bobbyland, Bobby moving in with the Generic family, and an evil lord's plan, which brings Bobby and his next-door neighbor Jackie on an epic quest. The first full cut of animatics and storyboards for the film were over two-hours long, which is uncommon for animated films, and the directors attributed this mostly to the writing team and their approach of adding as many elements to the film as they could at the outset with the intention of seeing what it could "handle" and then shaping the film from there. The final runtime will be between that and 90 minutes, the standard length of an animated film, with a balance, having to be found, between the expectations of an animated film that will have a large child-based audience and the requirements of the story which the directors felt were similar to many grand-scale animated films especially due to a large number of characters in this film.
Casting[]
Howie Mandel is rumored to reprise his role as Bobby. Mandel later announced that he will be serving as executive producer and that he will return as Bobby Generic. The rest of the cast was announced in September 2018.
Animation[]
Animation began in October 2018. Howie Mandel rejected making a CGI film, calling the film's animation "a tribute to the world and art of traditional hand-drawn animated films". He said that he would not like it if the film was CGI and that it would destroy the hearts of people who grew up with Bobby's World. The film was produced in a widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio, to distinguish it from the looks of the Bobby's World TV series and was colored by the same palette behind said show.
The animation was directed by Chris Bailey and Matthew O'Callaghan and supervised by veteran animators, James Baxter, Eric Goldberg, and Frans Vischer. All three animation supervisors also helped redesign the characters from the show.
"One of the ideas that got us excited to work on Bobby's World: The Movie together was that we were going to be expanding it from the ground up." Eric Goldberg, one of the animation supervisors said. "This is the first time Bobby has ventured outside of Oregon and into the great unknown. We decided to literally expand the world by changing the aspect ratio of the picture from the TV series to widescreen (2.35:1). The wider image really pushes the sense of scale and puts you in the big wide open world right alongside these characters. The best way to experience the scale and to see the amazing detail in this film will be to watch it on the big screen."
Most of the in-house animation crew of the film were from many different animation studios, including Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, DHX Media, Duncan Studio, and Warner Bros. Animation. Artists from The Simpsons and Family Guy will also join the animation crew.
The animation was done by Film Roman in Woodland Hills, California and Rough Draft Studios in Glendale, California. Additional animation production work was divided among several studios: Yowza Animation in Toronto, Canada, Bardel Entertainment in Vancouver, Canada, Mercury Filmworks in Ottawa, Canada, A. Film Production A/S in Denmark, The Sergio Pablos Animation Studios in Madrid, Spain, Toon City Animation in Manila, Philippines, Wang Film Productions in Xindian, Taipei, Taiwan, Digital eMation/Rough Draft's division in South Korea, and Warner Bros. Animation in Burbank, California.
The storyboards, designs, visual development, layouts, backgrounds, character animation, and visual effects were done in America while the outsource studios completed the additional animation, inbetweening, digital ink and paint, and animation rendering before being shipped back to the United States for animation checking, compositing, and editing.
Roger Deakins, Alexander McDowell, and Raymond Zibach signed on as visual consultants for the movie. The three consultants tackled with the idea of a three-dimensional traditional-animated film. Because of this, the camera moves both differently than many of the hand-drawn animated films and similarly to a live-action film.
Visual effects[]
The visual effects and CGI animation for the film were done by MPC, Digital Domain, Method Studios, DNEG and Rodeo FX. The previsualization for the movie was done by The Third Floor. The stereoscopic 3D conversion and stereographic animation were done by StereoD in Burbank, California. Animation for the book was done by Elastic.
Post production[]
Tom Myers, Gary Rydstrom and Randy Thom, the sound designers of the film, used a combination of sound approaches. Some of the sound effects are cartoony while others tend to be more realistic.
Editing[]
Like The Simpsons Movie, every aspect of the film is constantly analyzed, with storylines, jokes, and characters being rewritten. Although most animated films do not make extensive changes to the film during active production due to budget restrictions, the Bobby's World: The Movie crew will continue to edit the film into 2020, with some edits taking place months before the film will be released.
Music[]
In May 2019, it was confirmed that Alan Menken and Christopher Lennertz would compose the score for the film. Menken and Lennertz previously composed the score together for the R-rated CGI animated film Sausage Party. The two felt that the score was a "unique challenge" as they had to "try and express the style of Bobby's World without wearing the audience out". They used the opening theme from the series, but they did not want to overuse it.
Songs[]
Also in May 2019, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz were announced to compose and write songs for the film. Menken and Schwartz previously wrote songs together for Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Enchanted.
Soundtrack[]
Coming soon!
Release[]
This film is set to be released in theaters and on Disney+ on August 28, 2020, in 2D, Digital 3D, RealD 3D, IMAX, and IMAX 3D by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through 20th Century Fox and will be rated PG for fast-paced sequences of action/peril, rude/suggestive humor, mild language and thematic elements throughout.
Short film[]
The theatrical version of the film will be accompanied by the very first short film from the Pixar "SparkShorts" program, Purl.
Marketing[]
The voice cast appeared at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con International to announce the movie and present a clip highlighting traditionally-animated films, along with footage from Bobby's World: The Movie, which is done entirely in storyboards. The footage, which was screened exclusively for the panel, received strong audience reaction with traditional animation fans "literally jumping on the floor once the footage played." In October 2018, the first clip was released on YouTube for one day only.
Trailers and TV spots[]
- The first teaser trailer was released on April 2019 and was shown before Avengers: Endgame, Detective Pikachu, Aladdin, The Secret Life of Pets 2, Men in Black: International, Toy Story 4, Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Lion King, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, The Angry Birds Movie 2, and The Queen's Corgi. A "teaser reaction" video, introducing the new characters, voiced by Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Chris Pine, Bill Hader, and Kristen Schaal was released the following day.
- A sneak peek of the movie (featuring the directors) will be released on home media releases of Missing Link and Toy Story 4.
- An exclusive extended trailer will be released at the D23 Expo in August 2019.
- The second teaser trailer was released on September 2019 and was shown before Abominable, The Addams Family, Frozen 2, Jumanji: The Next Level, Playmobil: The Movie, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. It was also shown after Spies in Disguise and on Sunday, September 29th, 2019 on Fox during Animation Domination.
- The first theatrical trailer will be released on January 5, 2020 on Fox during Animation Domination and was shown before Dolittle, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Call of the Wild, and Onward. A trailer reaction video featuring select guest actors from the film was released the following day.
- To promote the 3D technology that is utilized in this film, a 3D trailer was shown during Super Bowl LIV. Early TV spots for the film were also aired during the game.
- A special announcement was made on April 19, 2020 concerning it’s Disney+ release.
- The second and last trailer will be released Sunday, May 17th, 2020 on Fox during Animation Domination and will be shown before Mulan, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, Wonder Woman 1984, The One and Only Ivan, and Bill & Ted Face the Music.
- TV spots will begin airing in June 2020.
Theatrical release promotions[]
- McDonald's promoted the film in the US and UK by putting 12 toys in their Happy Meals. The toys are Bobby, Jackie, Martha, Howard, Uncle Ted, Kelly, Derek, Lord Reality, Lady Reality, Roger, Tom, and Sarah.
- In the US, M&Ms released a flavor of their chocolate candies called "BobbyMix" with dual-layer candy area and a mix of Kit Kat and normal M&M flavoring in the center.
- Coca Cola Company also promoted the film via commercials.
- Fox will air a Bobby's World marathon Saturdays on July 2020.
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment announced that they will release Bobby's World: The Complete Series (with permission from Kabillion) on Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital HD, February 19, 2020.
Video game[]
Director's cut[]
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Home media[]
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Reception[]
Box office[]
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Critical response[]
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 94% based on 235 reviews, with an average score of 9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Bobby's World: The Movie expands upon the titular character's world with fluid animation, great characters, a spectacular voice cast, and slick writing that will make some of today's animated movies look pedestrian." On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 90 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.
Ken Jaworowski of Time Magazine praised the cast, and described them as having "elevated their vocal work to a craft that goes way beyond simple line readings". Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a rare "A+" grade and applauded the film's creative team for "upholding the bars of traditional animation". Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter praised the directors for "rediscovering hand-drawn traditional animation" and for "a funny yet daring journey for the characters". Honeycutt also stated that the movie "tackled dark themes better than Wonder Park." Andrew Barker of Variety praised the film for "being downright funny and adventurous". Although he felt the film was too long and the 3D elements were bugging him, he said the film would prove "popular among kids and adults alike." Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News gave the film five out of five stars, saying "The spirit of traditional animation remains true to its source. In other words, it's cheerfully random and spectacular."
The Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review claiming that "It is clever, ridiculous, and ageless." Nicolas Rapold of The New York Times also gave the film a positive review saying that "somewhere in the film's colorful imagery, fresh animation, and well-balanced script, we might begin to realize that we’re watching a terrifying satire about the ways that a life without imagination makes monsters of us all". IGN gave the film a 9.5 out of 10 "Amazing" score, saying that "The colorful action and adventure should delight children, but the smart and humorous script makes it definitely appealing to grown-ups."
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