LittleBigPlanet: The Creative Movie (2021 Film)

== LittleBigPlanet: The Creative Movie (2021 Film) ==
LittleBigPlanet: The Creative Movie is a 2021 British American 3D-computer animated comedy crossover adventure film based on the video game franchise of the same name published by Media Molecule. Directed by Logan G. Marques (In his directional debut) and produced by Columbia Pictures, Glitch Productions, and PlayStation Production, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film is narrated by Stephen Fry and features the voices of Tom Holland, Helena Bonham Carter, Kevin Hart, Gabriel Iglesias, Thomas Middleditch, James Corden, John Cleese, Keanu Reeves, Meghan Trainor, and Hugo Weaving.
LittleBigPlanet was released in the United States and United Kingdom on December 25th, 2021. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $3.7 billion worldwide against its $60-65 million budget, and received praise comparing it favorably to The Lego Movie for its animation, acting, story, and humor.
=== Sypnosis ===
A small anthropomorphic, humanoid doll named Sackboy is a citizen who has little-to-no friends and always been alone and wants to use his creation talents on a life of adventure. Until when the Negativitron starts whipping out creations of LittleBigPlanet, Sackboy teams up with Larry DaVinci, Avalon Centrifuge , Sackgirl, OddSock, Toggle, Swoop, and Marco and must go on to save Craftworld and The Imagisphere from The Negativitron from trying to destroy the world.
=== Cast ===
Tom Holland as Sackboy, a lonely Sackperson who lived on LittleBigPlanet his whole life and also has a wild creativity. He also knew that The Negativitron was going to destroy LittleBigPlanet and the Imagisphere. He is also the main protagonist of the film.
Helena Bonham Carter as, Sackgirl a girl Sackperson who is Sackboy's Twin Sister and has determined and ready for long journeys. She is also the deuteragonist of the film.
Kevin Hart as Oddsock, a four-legged, dog-like sack and Sackboy's pet who can run faster than Sackboy and can wall-jump. He is one of the three tritagonists.
Gabriel Iglesias as Toggle, a big Sackperson who can transform between a large, heavy version and a small, light version. He is one of the three tritagonists.
Thomas Middleditch as Swoop, a bird-like character who can fly freely around levels and can pick up other light objects. He is one of the three tritagonists.
James Corden as The King of The Gardens, a cardboard built character who is the Creator Curator of the Gardens alongside his wife, The Queen.
John Cleese as Larry DaVinci, The founder and leader of The Alliance and Creator Curator of DaVinci's Hideout who recruits and trains Sackboy to join the Alliance
Keanu Reeves as Avalon Centrifuge, A well-known face in the science sector, as the inventor of science in the Imagisphere, and of ingenious furry inventions, robots disguised as animals. He is the Creator Curator and dictator of Avalonia, a city in the skies that he treats as labs and as home.
Meghan Trainor as Sackbots, robots created by Victoria Von Bathysphere who guides Sackboy and friends.
Hugo Weaving as The Negativitron, the main antagonist of the film and a giant inter-dimensional vacuum cleaner and as such is usually seen sucking everything and anything into its swirling portal mouth. His goal is to delete and destroy every creation in LittleBigPlanet.
Jim Broadbent as Clive Handforth, The Creator Curator of The Factory Of A Better Tomorrow.
Emily Blunt as Eve Silva Paragorica, The Creator Curator of Eve's Asylum. She treats patients with the madness emitted from the Negativitron.
Bill Nighy as Dr. Herbert Higginbotham, The Creator Curator for The Cosmos and is first found in Casa Del Higginbotham in Eve's Asylum.
Logan G. Marques as Jay, Jake, and James, the Trio of Sackfolk appearing throughout the film as sidekick and background characters
Stephen Fry as The Narrator.
Traditionally, all of the Creator Curators and Non-Creator Curators from LittleBigPlanet, LittleBigPlanet 2, and LittleBigPlanet PSP make appearances with no lines throughout the film.
Over 12 Million LittleBigPlanet Community Players like DStomp, EpicLBPTime, Ayee, BlazingVictini, and many others make appearances throughout the film as background characters.
=== Production ===
==== Development ====
On October 26th, 2018, on the 10th Anniversary of LittleBigPlanet, PlayStation announces on their social media platforms that a Feature-Length CGI LittleBigPlanet Movie is in the works as a starting film under the PlayStation Productions Lineup of Movies and TV Show adaptations that are faithful to the iconic games with the help from Glitch Productions an Australian Indie Studio who was currently working on Meta Runner at the time.
In June 16th, 2019, Logan G. Marques, a 19-Year-Old Autistic Creator at the time was tasked to direct and write the film as a discovery of Glitch Animator's Linked-In Profile that was included in the list. Following the main cast announcement it was confirmed that Logan was set to direct and write the film as his directional debut with John Colen attached as producer alongside Chris McKay who previously co-directed The LEGO Movie.
On August11th, 2020, PlayStation announced that the teaser trailer for the film will be released on October 26th, 2020, as celebration of LittleBigPlanet's 12th Anniversary.
Production of the film was done remotely during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
==== Casting ====
On the same date as the film's announcement in 2018, the also announced that they will be doing a Community Cast Recruits similar to what has done for The LEGO Movie back in 2012 for rebuilding iconic builds with something new with PlayStation allowing players who experienced the franchise gets to voice their own same sackperson they customized for the games.
On June 11th, 2020, during the PlayStation 5 Reveal Event, Luke and Kevin Lerdwichagul, founders of Glitch Productions announced that Tom Holland, Helena Bonham Carter, Kevin Hart, Gabriel Iglesias, Thomas Middleditch, James Corden, John Cleese, Keanu Reeves, Meghan Trainor, and Hugo Weaving would be the main cast of the film alongside the film's release date.
The rest of the cast was revealed alongside the teaser trailer's release.
==== Writing ====
During an interview with the director for the film, on Empire, Logan talks about how he was always creative and how LittleBigPlanet was no exception. He wanted to have the film a tribute to LBP's Community and Games. He mentions that a good video game movie adaptation has to have the same charm as the beloved games. He wanted to do that in a more creative and imaginative way to make the film as robust and amazing as it can be.
==== Animation and Design ====
The Animation was done by Glitch Productions in Australia. Production was well-under way throughout 2019 and 2020 and animation was finished at the end of December of 2020. Logan wanted the CG animation to look like a Stop-Motion film similar to past stop motion films like Coraline, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Chicken Run.
During an interview with IGN, Logan mentioned that everyone in the film needed to be accurate to the games when making LittleBigPlanet: The Creative Movie. He also mentioned that the visuals and animation alongside it needed to be as stop-motion-like and make it look like a big world traveling film 12 years in the making. He wanted to treat the crew like they are his create mode team similar to the multiplayer create mode in the games.
==== Music ====
The same time as the teaser's release they Luke and Kevin announced that the score of the film will be composed by Daniel Pemberton who previously worked on some of the music in LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2. He described the score of the film to be inspired by the music of the games.
=== Release ===
==== Theatrical ====
The film released on December 25th, 2021 in 2D, Real D 3D, Dolby Cinema 3D, Dolby Cinema, 4Dx and other premium formats. The film was originally going to release on February 5th but was delayed to July 2nd due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Film was then delayed to August 16th to avoid competition with The Boss Baby: Family Business. The film finally delayed to it's current release date to avoid competition with Free Guy. On October 26th, 2023, the film would be re-released in IMAX 3D in celebration of LittleBigPlanet's 15th Anniversary. The Film was then re-released again in Remastered 3D on August 25th, 2024, to promote Glitch's Next Animated Feature Film with DreamWorks Animation, The Wild Robot.
==== Home Media ====
The film was released digitally on February 7th, 2022, and was officially released on 4K Ultra HD (Ultra HD Blu-Ray), Blu-Ray 3D, Blu-Ray, and DVD on March 1st, 2022.
The film was also released on Netflix on August 1st, 2022 and was released on Prime Video alongside the film's theatrical release.
=== Reception ===
==== Critical Reception ====
LittleBigPlanet was met with "extremely positive reviews". The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 100%, with an average rating of 9.5/10, based on 253 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Boasting beautiful animation, a charming voice cast, laugh-a-minute gags, and a surprisingly thoughtful story, LittleBigPlanet: The Creative Movie shows how to perfectly make a proper and faithful movie adaption of a video game." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, has assigned the film a score of 99 out of 100 based on 43 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale. Filmmaker Edgar Wright, and Time film critic Richard Corliss, each named LittleBigPlanet: The Creative Movie as one of their favorite films of 2021.
==== Box Office Performance ====
LittleBigPlanet grossed $1.8 billion in the United States and Canada, and $2.7 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $3.7 million. Calculating in all expenses, Deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a profit of $229 million placing it 3rd on 2014's list of most profitable films.
In the United States and Canada, the film opened at number one in its first weekend with over $69 million, which was the second-highest weekend debut in February, at the time, behind The Lego Movie (2014) ($83.8 million). The movie retained the top spot at box office in its second weekend by declining only 28% and grossing $49.8 million. LittleBigPlanet: The Creative Movie was number one again in its third weekend while declining 37% and grossing $31.3 million. In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number three grossing $20.8 million.
The Film finished its original theatrical run on June 10th, 2022 with $3.7 billion making it the #1 animated movie of all-time passing The Lion King (2019).
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