Freakazoid!

Freakazoid! would be a 2026 computer-animated superhero comedy buddy film produced by the Warner Animation Group, Amblin Entertainment, Blur Studio, and HartBeat Productions, and directed by Chris McKay from an screenplay co-written with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Based on the animated series of the same name by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, the film would be produced by Steven Spielberg, Tim Miller, and Dan Lin, with McKay and Kevin Hart serving as executive-producers. Hart would also star in the film as the title character, with Zendaya, Jeffrey Wright, Craig Ferguson, and Will Ferrell also starring. Michael Giacchino would compose the score for the film.
An animated film adaptation of the Freakazoid animated series would be announced in early 2022, with McKay set to write and direct the film and Spielberg, who previously served as an executive-producer on the series, producing the film. Miller and Lin would join the film as producers on mid-2022, and Resse and Wernick would join as screenwriters in late 2022. Hart would join the film as executive-producer and star in early 2023, while Zendaya and Ferrell would join the cast during mid-2023, and Wright and Ferguson would join in late 2023. Animation services would be provided by Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Freakazoid! would be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in November 2, 2026, and would become a critical and commercial success. Praise for the film would be directed towards its direction, screenplay, sense of fun, vocal performances (particularly Hart and Zendaya's), faithfulness to the source material, animation, and visuals. Freakazoid! would earn 987 million dollars at the worldwide box office over a budget of 90 million dollars, becoming WGA's hightest grossing feature film. The film would earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, as well as an Annie Award for Best Animated Feature.
== Synopsis ==
Set in the New York City, Freakazoid! centers on a young boy named Dexter Douglas, who obtained a faulty chip, which caused a computer bug to manifest on his computer. Douglas tries to delete the bug with a code, but an incident with his cat causes Douglas to be absorved by his computer. Once inside, all knowledge of the internet is absorbed into him, giving Douglas a super-powered alternative personality named Freakazoid. Contrasting the meek and reserved Douglas, Freakazoid is a frenetic pop culture-loving maniac. However, the two had to reeach common ground and collaborate when a dangerous supervillain named The Lobe appears, pplanning to take over the whole world.
== Voice cast ==
* Kevin Hart as Dexter Douglas/Freakazoid, a 16-years-old geek who, after a weird accident with his computer, obtains a super-powered second personality named Frekazoid, who is the polar opposite of Douglas. Hart would be cast in the role due to both his comedic background and a desire from the filmmakers to include a more diverse cast than the original series.
* Zendaya as Rosie, a teenager from the same school as Douglas, and one of the few who knows that he and Freakazoid are one and the same. The character would be an original creation for the film. According to Zendaya, the character would be "more than a sideckick" in the film.
* Craig Ferguson as Roddy Macstew, an ill-temepred Scottish teacher and the only other person who knows Freakazoid and Douglas are one and the same. Ferguson would reprise his role from the original series.
* Jeffrey Wright as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove, a gruff cop with a monotone voice, who quickly becomes supportive of Freakazoid.
* Will Ferrell as The Lobe, a brain-like supervillain with a low self-steem and Freakazoid's arch-nemesis, who is planning to take over the world.
Additionally, producer Steven Spielberg and director Chris McKay would voice themselves in the film's mid-credits scene.
== Reception ==
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film would have an approval rating of 88%, with an average rating of 8.9/10, based on 301 reviews. The website's critical consensus would read, "A funny and lighthearted story that keeps the spirit of the original show, Freakazoid!'s vibrant animation is bostered by A-level voice acting and a self-aware story so-well written that it could work no matter when you watch it". On Metacritic, the film would have a weighted rating of 81 out of 100, based on 50 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
== Trivia ==
* According to producer Steven Spielberg, the series' setting would be changed from Washington D.C. in the 90s to present day New York City due to both "a feeling that, that way, the humor is easier for kids to understand" and concerns on a positive potrayal of Washington due to current political climate.
* This would be Spielberg's first theatrical animated film based on a TV series.
* According to director Chris McKay, Freakazoid would keep his fourth-wall breaking abilities "mostly to mock how superhero film adaptations are usually darker", as well as to "help new audiences to catch up with the character".
* At one point in the film, Freakazoid would call The Lobe a "Krang rip-off", a clear reference to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain Krang, who is a brain-like alien supervillain.