Little Witch Academia: The Game of the Century

Little Witch Academia: The Game of the Century is an upcoming live-action/animated sports comedy film directed by Mike Rianda, Serving as a film franchise to Little Witch Academia series, it will mark the first theatrically-released film to feature the Little Witch Academia characters since The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run, and like the previous hybrid films, it will be a combination of live-action and anime style with some CGI effects. The film stars Zack Isaac (who also acts as a producer) as a fictionalized version of himself, It also features Little Witch Academia characters such as Atsuko Kagari (voiced by Ariana Grande), Lotte Jansson (voiced by Jennette McCurdy), Sucy Manbavaran (voiced by Victoria Justice), Ursula Callistis (voiced by Katie Holmes) and Diana Cavendish (voiced by Melissa Sturm).
==Synopsis==
The sports champion and global icon Zack Isaac and his father Joel Isaac – who dreams of being a video game developer – find themselves trapped in the parallel universes, a virtual space that is ruled by an evil computer program named Todo Ritmo (Omar Chaparro), Zack must save his father and get them home safe by leading Atsuko Kagari, Lotte Jansson, Sucy Manbavaran, Diana Cavendish and the whole students and teachers of notoriously undisciplined Little Witch Academia to win match against Todo Ritmo's digitized champions on the court, the Terco Colombiano squadron: a powered-up virtual avatar of professional sport players stars as you’ve never seen them before. It’s Little Witches versus Tercos Colombianos in the highest-stakes challenge of his life, that will redefine Zack’s bond with his father and shine a light on the power of being yourself.
==Cast==
===Live-action cast===
* Zack Isaac as himself
* Omar Chaparro as Todo Ritmo, an evil computer program.
* Eugenio Derbez as Juan Tierno
* Joel Isaac as himself
* Nickol Isaac as herself
Additionally, sport players Saúl "El Canelo" Álvarez, Luis Roberto "Zague" Alves, Enrique "El Perro" Bermúdez, and Michael Buffer as well as a professional boxer Julio César Chávez are set to make cameo appearances. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who appeared in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, will make a special cameo appearance in the film.
===Voice cast===
* Ariana Grande as Atsuko Kagari
* Jennette McCurdy as Lotte Jansson
* Victoria Justice as Sucy Manbavaran
* Katie Holmes as Ursula Callistis
* Melissa Sturm as Diana Cavendish
* Andy Ruiz as Sandrock, a sandman/golem-like Terco Colombiano member.
* Chris Arreola as the Crow, a Simurgh-like Terco Colombiano member.
* David Benavidez as Chrom, a robot-like Terco Colombiano member.
* Jimena Sanchez as Raya, a Quetzalcoatl-like Terco Colombiano member.
* Lola Hernandez as Ragna, a spider-like Terco Colombiano member.
Additionally, other Little Witch Academia characters set to appear include Hannah England, Barbara Parker, Amanda O'Neill, Jasminka Antonenko, Constanze Amalie and Andrew Hanbridge.
==Animation, voice actors, and visual effects==
* Sony Pictures Releasing's visual effects division Sony Pictures Imageworks was hired to create the visual effects for Little Witch Academia film franchise. This is the collaboration with the Little Witch Academia in using SPI for visual effects since Open Season, Surf's Up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Hotel Transylvania, The Angry Birds Movie and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
==Release==
The released online revealing that characters from other franchises owned by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and Little Witch Pictures will appear in the film, including: Open Season, Surf's Up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Hotel Transylvania, Goosebumps, The Emoji Movie, Peter Rabbit, Arthur Christmas, The Angry Birds Movie, and Wish Dragon; as well as films including: Sausage Party, Stuart Little, Monster House, Eight Crazy Nights, Spider-Man, The Cat in the Middle, Château Adventures, The Donkey Who Would Be King, BNA: Brand New Animal, Battlefield District Robots, Going Out to Business, The Prince of Egypt, The Mitchells vs. Machines, Nicko and the Holy Book, The Galacticbots, Pixels, Jumanji, Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid, Bad Boys, White Chicks, James Bond: 007, Zombieland, 2012, Django, Grown Ups and You Don't Mess with the Zohan.
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