Code Space

Code Space is a 2008 American science fiction space comedy film directed and written by Robert Zemeckis the film stars Alan Cumming Elisa Knight Seth Green and Mindy Sterling and follows 2 robots Chip and Zeva who must stop their spaceship from being destroyed by a alien the film was released theatrically on July 17 2008 by Universal Pictures to generally positive reviews for it's plot humor CGI/Motion capture animation and writing
==Plot==
The film is about 2 robots Chip and Zeva who are trying to stop a alien named Zerbor from destroying their spaceship 
==Voice Cast==
Alan Cumming as Chip
Elissa Knight as Zeva 
Seth Green as Zerbor 
Mindy Sterling as Pilot Linda 
==Production==
====Development and Visual Effects====
The film was conceived in 2005 by Robert Zemeckis after the success of his previous motion capture film The Polar Express unlike that film which was based off a 1985 novel Code Space was designed to be a original and it was also more mature than that film with a PG rating Robert Zemeckis felt the film should be motion capture because it best complimented the aesthetic and feel and premise of the feature film the film's CGI animation VFX and motion capture was provided by Sony Pictures ImageWorks who also did the effects for Zemeckis's previous mo cap films The Polar Express Monster House and Beowulf (2007) Principal photography of the mocap scenes began in June 2007 Robert Zemeckis's production company ImageMovers and Imagine Entertainment produced the film while Shangri La Entertainment financed and Universal Pictures distributed the film was originally at Warner Bros Pictures who distributed Zemeckis's previous film The Polar Express they ultimately rejected causing Zemeckis to flock to Universal Studios who distributed some of Zemeckis's earlier projects including Back to The Future
they accepted causing the film to be distributed by Universal the movie was made when Disney and ImageMovers merged to form 
ImageMovers Digital this was the last ImageMovers mocap film to be under the normal ImageMovers banner and the last to be distributed
by another studio
====Soundtrack====
The film's soundtrack titled ''Code Space: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' was released on July 18 2008 by Universal Music Group 
== Marketing==
===Video Game===
a video game based on the film was released on July 18 2008 developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ it was released on PlayStation Portable PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS within the game different alien species try to destroy the spaceship and Chip and Zeva have to prevent that from happening 
====Merchandise====
McFarlane Toys created toys to promote the film additionally McDonalds also created tie in toys to promote the film 
== Release ==
=== Theatrical ===
Code Space was released theatrically on July 17 2008 by Universal Pictures much like The Polar Express in additional to standard theatrical 35mm format a 3D version for IMAX was also released generated from the same CGI digital models used for the 2D version
==== Home Media====
The film was released on DVD and Blu Ray on October 14 2008 in widescreen and fullscreen editions it came with stuff like bonus features a audio director's commentary and more a Blu Ray 3D version was also made on August 13 2010 a 4K Ultra HD version was also released on March 13 2019 
==Reception==
===Box Office===
The film opened in second place behind Kung Fu Panda earning $23,3 million earning $23.3 million from approximately 7,000 screens at 3,650 theaters, for a per-theater average of $6,390 and a per-screen average of $3,332 in its opening weekend. It also brought in a total of $30.6 million since its Thursday launch the weekend total also included $2.1 million from 59 IMAX theaters, for an IMAX theater average of $312,2 it only fell behind Wall E and Kung Fu Panda it was also the highest grossing Universal release of 2008 
====Critical Reception====
The film received generally positive reviews upon release it received higher reviews than previous ImageMovers motion captures films on Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 81% with an average rating of 7/10 the website's critical consensus reads: ''Visually stunning and funny this film is a high step up from the other Zemeckis motion capture films that came before it'' on Metacritic the score is ''76'' 
Roger Elbert gave the film a thumbs up praising it saying by Zemeckis it feels like a call back to his previous 80s sci fi movies like Back To The Future with enough heart and humor Richard Roeper also praised it saying it is visually stunning a step up from Zemeckis's previous mocap movies
==Trivia==
1: It is Universal's second CGI animated film after The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggietale Movie as well as Imagine Entertainment's first CGI animated film and their second animated film overall after Curious George (2006) and ImageMover's fourth motion capture movie after Beowulf (2007) Monster House and The Polar Express (2004) 
2: The film was originally at Warner Bros before WB rejected it causing it to be a Universal production instead
3: The film was presented in several IMAX theaters 
4: A video game was released a day after the film just called Code Space: The Game on July 18 2008 on PlayStation Portable PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS
5: 4Kids and NBC also heavliy promoted the film 
6: On 2009 The film was released on DVD and Blu Ray in a bundle pack with Nanny McPhee (2006) and Curious George (2006)
7: Certain aesthetics of the film resemble the video game Portal
8: As seen on the poster it is promoted as ''From the director of The Polar Express" (Robert Zemeckis)
9: The opening Universal Pictures Imagine Entertainment Shangri La Entertainment and ImageMovers logos all have a custom variations where they are all holographic
10: It was ImageMover's last mocap film to be released under the main ImageMovers banner before the ImageMovers Digital merger and the last to be released by another company (Universal Pictures) before all their mocap films from A Christmas Carol (2009) and Mars Needs Moms (2011) ended up being distributed by Disney
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