The King of Kazoo

The King Of Kazoo is 2024 3D animated computer adventure film based the graphic novel of the same name and it stars Richard Steven Horvitz, Kristen Schaal, Thomas Middleditch, Christoper Lloyd, Bruce Campbell, Jack Black and Kevin Hart and was directed by Norm Feuti, David Soren, and Dav Pilkey
== Summary ==
"Scatterbrained Cornelius, King of Kazoo, and his resourceful daughter, Bing, explore a mysterious cave at the top of Mount Kazoo. There they discover a famous alchemist named Quaf is planning a dangerous and forbidden experiment. Now Cornelius, Bing, and the brilliant royal inventor Torq must go all out to stop Quaf before his crazy undertaking threatens the entire kingdom."
== Plot ==
TBA
== Cast ==
* Richard Steven Horvitz as King Cornelius, the king of the land of kazoo and bit of a scatterbrain and the father of Bing
* Kristen Schaal as Bing, she is a smart, magical, and heroine princess and the daughter of Cornelius
* Thomas Middleditch as Torq, Cornelius brilliant royal inventor and Bing love interest
* Christoper Lloyd as Quaf, a villainous alchemist who planning a dangerous and forbidden experiment to the citizens of Kazoo
* Bruce Campbell as The Grand Kroaker, the king of the frog people of the Kroaker Swamp and secretly work for Quaf
* Jack Black as Taylor, The Grand Kroaker teenage son-in law
* Jonah Hill as Robin, The Grand Kroaker second teenage son-in law
*Kevin Hart as Oscar, a villainous hitman and trying capture Cornelinus, Bing, and Torq, but later became friends with them.
*Charlie Day as Kevin, he the owner of Kevin's General Store
* Danny Pudi as King Caesar, Cornelius ancestor
* Danny McBride as King Cassius, second Cornelius ancestor
* Chris Diamantopoulos as King Carlisle, third Cornelius ancestor
*Tony Hale as James, an unlucky citizen that always get hurt or gets hit by a random object
*Kevin Costner as Farmer Bill
*Taraji P. Henson as Scarlett Skylar, a local reporter with the tendency to exaggerate her reports.
additionally, Chris Pratt made a cameo in the film for the commercial scene
== Additional Voices ==
* Kath Soucie
* Jeff Bennett
* Fred Tatasciore
* Scott Menville
* Candi Milo
* Kimberly Brooks
* Jessica DiCicco
* Trevor Devall
* Katie Crown
* Tom Kenny
* Carlos Alazraqui
* Tru Valentino
* Kevin Michael Richardson
* Keith Ferguson
*Kari Wahlgren
*Mona Marshall
* John DiMaggio
* Craig Kellman
* Brian Hull
* Scott Menville
* Bill Farmer
== Production ==
=== Development ===
On February 22, 2022, Paramount Animation announced that the development of The King of Kazoo and set for a 2024 release. In June 1, 2022, Norm Feuti, the original author of graphic novel, David Soren, and Dav Pilkey, the creator of Captain Underpants, was hired as directors and Nicholas Stoller as screenwriter
=== Casting ===
Richard Steven Horvitz, Kristen Schaal, Thomas Middlemitch, Bruce Campbell, Christoper Lloyd, Jack Black and Charlie Day were cast for this film, the other cast includes Jonah Hill, Kevin Hart, Danny McBride, Taraji P. Henson, and Kevin Costner
=== Animation ===
The film was animated by Mikros Image, in Montreal and Paris, alongside Cinesite's Vancouver facilities. The characters in the film were designed by Max Gilardi also known as Hotdiggedydemon
== Music ==
the film score was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh, who also did music for Rugrats, Regular Show, Hotel Transylvania, The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street, The Willoughbys, Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs and The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Best Times was sung by The Lumineers was original song from the film end credits
== Differences from the graphic novel ==
* Torq was silent in the original graphic novel
* The Grand Kroaker did not have two teenage sons
* Oscar was not in the original graphic novel
== Release ==
The film was released on April, 12th 2024, it originally gonna release on December, 21th 2024 but it got pushed back to April, 12th 2024
=== Home media ===
the film was released on Paramount+ on May 20th, Paramount Home Entertainment released the film on DVD and Blu-ray on June 7th
== Reception ==
=== Box Office ===
The King Of Kazoo grossed $33.5 million in the United States and Canada, $110.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $144.2 million.
In the United States and Canada, The King Of Kazoo was released alongside The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim was initially projected to gross around $10-18 from 4,010 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $10 million on its first day, including $2.30 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $90 million, topping the box office, the film made $18.9 million on its second weekend. it made $7 million on its third weekend and $129.5 million on its fourth weekend.
=== Critical response ===
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 58 critics' reviews are positive with an average of 6.8/10. The website's consensus reads, "The King of Kazoo is interesting, heartwarming, and funny for friends and family with its characters, story, and animation." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score 81 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Category:Paramount Pictures animated films
Category:Thomas Middlemitch
Category:Kristen Schaal
Category:Mikros Image
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Category:2024 animated films
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