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Robotboy is a 2008 American science fiction/ action-adventure comedy film action film based on the TV show of the same name. The film, which combines computer animation with live-action filming, was directed by Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, and TBA, and released on November 14, 2008, by Paramount Pictures.
Upon release, the film had received positive reviews from critics and fans who praised its visuals, the performances, and its faithfulness to the source material.
Robotboy got a 3D re-release in theatres on November 20, 2018, to celebrate its 10th anniversary, TBA
The film's success helped establish Canetto Animation as a prime competitor to Pixar in feature film computer animation, and two sequels were released: Robotboy II (2014) and Robotboy the Third (2017), along with two-holiday specials and a spin-off film. Although plans for a fourth film were cancelled prior to the third film's release, the project was revived in 2016, as a live-action remake to the film set to be released in TBA.
In 2020, the film along with Shrek were selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", making it the one of the popular Canetto Animation computer-animated film and the first animated feature not produced or distributed by Disney to earn that honor.
== Premise ==
After discovering a small team of animal heroes led by a strong robot (Robotboy), a small-town police officer (Tom Wachowski) must help it defeat an evil genius (Dr. Kamikazy) who wants to do experiments on it.
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
* Tom Hanks as Thomas Michael "Tom" Wachowski, The sheriff of Green Hills who wishes to join the SFPD. He befriends Robotboy, Lola, Tommy, and Gus, and aids him in their quest to stop Kamikazy.
* Greg Cipes as Robotboy, a strong robot that is gifted with superhuman speed, and the main protagonist of the movie.
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* Freddie Highmore as Tommy, TBA.
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* Jim Carrey as Dr. Kamikazy, A mad scientist, and inventor who is after Robotboy's robotic powers for world conquest, TBA
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== Trivia ==
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== Production ==
=== Development ===
In 2003, Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to produce and distribute a film based on Robotboy.
On June 10, 2004, a live-action animated film was announced as a joint venture between Paramount Pictures, Steven Spielberg signed on to direct a film based on the TV series,
On January 7, 2005, it was revealed that directorial efforts had shifted from Spielberg to Robert Zemeckis, who had previously been hand-picked by Spielberg to direct the Back to the Future film franchise and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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=== Post-production ===
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=== Casting ===
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=== Filming ===
On October 16, 2006, post-production and additional photography took place in October in New York, where Carrey shot his scenes.
Filming took place in Vancouver, Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, TBA, California, and New York. The film shooting lasted an estimated 72 days, Principal photography began on August 13, 2006, and wrapped on May 2, 2007, the film's production budget was $130–175 million due to TBA, TBA, the massive scale of the sets, TBA And TBA although the actual figure was later reported to be $130 million
=== Visual effects and design ===
The visual effects are provided by ImageMovers, Industrial Light & Magic, Canetto Channel Digital Lab, Marza Animation Planet and Canetto Animation.
Originally, the designs from the film were meant to be nonfaithful to the original videogame series, and more realistic. However, they were not received well by TBA, and the creative team led by TBA that was developing the film's character designs decided to give them designs more faithful to the show itself. The designs were changed to giving the Robotboy, Robotgirl, Tommy, Lola, and Gus a more cartoony-like appearance with color fur and TBA. The new design for the Robotboy and his friends was done by young newcomer artist TBA.
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=== Musical score ===
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== Release ==
Robotboy was released on November 14, 2008. It was originally released with the 2008 short Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death, which is a revival of the Aardman stars, and directed by Nick Park.
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=== Critical receptions ===
=== Home media ===
The film was released by Paramount Home Entertainment on 2-disc DVD on December 24, 2011. Both releases included Robotboy's Robotic Karaoke Dance Party, a 3-minute musical short film, that takes up right after Robotboy's ending, with film's characters performing a medley of modern pop songs.
Robotboy was released on DVD the same day of Christmas Eve. 
It's video release made more than $100 million and eventually became the biggest selling DVD at the time with over 5.5 million sales. Robotboy generated more than $420 million in revenue for Paramount on DVD and VHS and has sold more than 21 million copies of the 23 million shipped by January 2012 worldwide, more than 10 million Robotboy DVDs have been sold by that point.
A 3D version of the film was released on Blu-ray 3D by Paramount Home Entertainment on December 1, 2014, which included the 2008 short film, Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death, which is a revival of the Aardman stars, along with its short films, and a regular 2D Blu-ray boxset of the series was released six days later, Robotboy (2008) was released on 4K Blu-ray on October 15, 2020.
=== Marketing ===
==== Theatrical release promotions ====
* In the USA, at The 74th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (on November 23, 2007), Robotboy has a second look and returned to the Macy's as a balloon but however, he has the 2008 look from the film to promote the upcoming 2008 film set to be released on November 14, 2008, with Paramount as his sponsor he also appeared in The 75th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (On November 22, 2011) to promote the home media release of Robotboy (2008).
* In the USA and UK, To promote the release of Robotboy (2008) in theatres, Burger King gave out a selection of ten exclusive Candy Caddies based on the Robotboy characters from the film, on their Big Kids' Meals.
* In the US, M&Ms released a flavour of their chocolate candies called "Blue Berry Robotboy M&Ms" with the flavour of Blueberry and normal M&M flavouring for a limited time.
* Ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins also ran an 8-week promotion of the film, selling products such as Robotboy's Robotic Sundae, a combination of Oreo Cookies 'n Cream ice cream, hot fudge, crushed chocolate cookies, whipped cream and TBA, and Robotboy Freeze Frame Cake, featuring an image of TBA and TBA by sunflowers.
* In the USA and select international markets, McFarlane Toys, Hasbro and Milton Bradley Company/Parker Brothers released action figures, sets and interactive board games as toys for the film.
* In The USA, Kellogg's Cereals such as Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, Rice Krispies, Cocoa Krispies, Rice Krispies Treats Cereal, Smacks, and Corn Pops had mini plush versions of Robotboy, Robotgirl, Tommy, Lola and Gus inside the cereals for a limited time
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* In a marketing stunt from April-July, Paramount had multiple street artists vandalize physical TBA ads and posters around 2008-2009. They drew random Robotboy-related drawings and phrases. The stunt was brought back in 2014 when Rio 2 was about to release and Robotboy 2 (2014) was coming out.
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== Differences from the Original Show ==
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== Cultural references ==
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== Trivia ==
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== Transcipt ==
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