Matt's Monsters: The Movie

Matt's Monsters: The Movie is a upcoming animated movie based on the series Matt's Monsters. The film is directed by Chris Wedge and produced by Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation and Walt Disney Pictures. It will be released in theaters on July 3, 2015 in United States of America.
The plot follows Matt Average who must save his city from a monster invasion with the help of his friends Manson, Bruce Average and Dink as they try to stop Madame Bovary from taking over Joliville City with her army of monsters.
== Plot: ==
The film begins with Matt Average, Manson and Dink are on a mission to stop the monster invasion in Joliville City. They go to Madame Bovary's lair where they find her creating an army of monsters. She then sends them out into the city as she plans to take over it with her army of monsters.
Matt, Manson and Dink try their best but they can't defeat all the monsters by themselves so Matt calls his father Bruce for help who is at home watching TV. Matt tells him that he needs his help to stop the monster invasion in Joliville City and Bruce agrees to help them.
Matt, Manson, Dink and Bruce go out into the city where they fight off Madame Bovary's army of monsters with their weapons but it doesn't work so they decide to use a special weapon called "The Monster Blaster" which is capable of destroying all monsters at once. They find it in an abandoned warehouse where they are attacked by some more monsters. They manage to defeat them and get the Monster Blaster.
Matt, Manson, Dink and Bruce go back into the city where they use the Monster Blaster on Madame Bovary's army of monsters destroying all of them at once. Matt then goes up to Madame Bovary who is angry that her plan has failed but she tells him that this isn't over yet as she escapes in a helicopter with Appendix leaving Matt behind.
The film ends with Matt telling his father Bruce about how he saved the city from a monster invasion and Bruce tells him that he is proud of him.
== Distributed: ==
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (United States) 20th Century Fox (International) Blue Sky Studios Distribution Company, LLC.
== Soundtrack: ==
The film's score was composed by John Powell who also scored How to Train Your Dragon 2, Rio 2 and The Peanuts Movie. The soundtrack album was released on June 30, 2015 by Walt Disney Records in digital format and on July 7, 2015 in CD format.
== Animation: ==
The film was animated by Blue Sky Studios using their proprietary CGI animation software, CGI Studio. The characters were designed by Peter de Sève who also designed the characters for Ice Age: Continental Drift and Rio 2. The backgrounds were painted digitally with Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended while the effects animation was done with Autodesk Maya 2014 SP2 and composited in Adobe After Effects CC 2014 13.0 x64 Bit Edition.
== Similars To: ==
The film is similar to the animated films Monsters vs. Aliens, Hotel Transylvania and The Lego Movie. It also has some elements from the TV series Matt's Monsters which it was based on.
== Trailers: ==
The first teaser trailer for Matt's Monsters: The Movie was released online on November 7, 2014 by Walt Disney Pictures and Blue Sky Studios while a second teaser trailer was released online on December 19, 2014 by Walt Disney Pictures and Blue Sky Studios. The first official trailer was released online on January 23, 2015 by Walt Disney Pictures and Blue Sky Studios while a second official trailer was released online on March 6, 2015 by Walt Disney Pictures and Blue Sky Studios.
== Production: ==
Development of the film began in 2012 when Chris Wedge pitched an idea for a Matt's Monsters animated movie to 20th Century Fox Animation president Vanessa Morrison who liked it so she greenlit the project with production beginning in 2013 at Blue Sky Studios in Greenwich, Connecticut.
== Casting: ==
The film's voice cast includes Jason Lee as Matt Average, Kristen Schaal as Manson, John Goodman as Bruce Average and Frank Welker reprising his role from the TV series Matt's Monsters as Dink. The rest of the cast includes Jane Lynch (Madame Bovary), Bill Hader (Appendix), Mindy Kaling (Sonia) and Kevin Michael Richardson (Sheriff).
== Release: ==
Matt's Monsters: The Movie was released in theaters on July 3, 2015 in United States of America.
== Screening: ==
The film had a special screening at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 12, 2015 where it received positive reviews from critics and audiences alike. It also screened at the San Diego Comic-Con International on July 9, 2015 where it received positive reviews from critics and audiences alike as well.
== Home media: ==
Matt's Monsters: The Movie will be released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on October 13, 2015.
== Reception: ==
Matt's Monsters: The Movie received positive reviews from critics and audiences alike with many praising the animation, voice acting and humor while some criticized it for being too similar to other animated films such as Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), Hotel Transylvania (2012) and The Lego Movie (2014). It currently holds a score of 78% at Rotten Tomatoes based on 123 reviews with an average rating of 6.8/10 and a score of 68 at Metacritic based on 35 critics indicating "generally favorable reviews".
== Box office: ==
Matt's Monsters: The Movie grossed $100,000,000 in the United States and Canada while it grossed $200,000,000 in other countries for a worldwide total of $300 million against its budget of $80 million making it a box office success. It is currently the highest-grossing film of 2015.
== Accolades: ==
Matt's Monsters: The Movie was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 88th Academy Awards but lost to Inside Out (2015). It also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation in a Live Action Production.
== Legacy: ==
The success of Matt's Monsters led to the creation of two sequels, Matt's Monsters 2 and Matt's Monsters 3 which were released in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
== Categories: ==
2015 films 3D films American animated fantasy-comedy films American children's animated comedy films Animated adventure comedy film Blue Sky Studios Films English-language French Films 20th Century Fox Animation Walt Disney Pictures Films 2015 computer-animated movies 2010s children's fantasy movies 2010s science fiction action movies CGI characters in live action roles Live Action/Animation Hybrid Movies Matt Average Manson Bruce Average Dink Madame Bovary Appendix Sonia Sheriff The Mayor The Mini-Monsters
== Trivia: ==
The film is based on the TV series Matt's Monsters. The film was originally going to be released in 2014 but it was pushed back to 2015 due to production delays. This is the first animated movie from Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox Animation since Rio 2 (2014). It also marks as their second collaboration after Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012).