Krishna and the Twelve Elements

Krishna and the Last Lion is a 2021 American-Indian computer-animated science fiction adventure fantasy action comedy film produced by Movie Land Animation Studios and Kumar Coca in association with TSG Entertainment. It is directed by William Renschen and Carlos López Estrada, co-directed by Josh Boone and Joaquim Dos Santos, produced by Shyam Raja Ramanna, William Renschen, Gennie Rim and Karan Johar, screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick, Tim Maile and Douglas Tuber, and story by Meg LeFauve and Jennifer Yee McDevitt. The film features the voices of Christina Hendricks and Chloe Bennet as the adrenaline junkie Krishna and Jo, the last lion. It was the second original film produced by Kumar Coca for Movie Land.
Krishna and the Last Lion was theatrically released on March 12, 2021 by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States. The film's release was also simultaneously available on HBO Max in the US for a month beginning on that same date, which is in response to the COVID-19 pandemic's negative impact on movie theaters across the United States and other countries, with many of them remaining closed, while China Film Group distributed the film in China. A major critical and commercial success during the pandemic, the film grossed $397.6 million worldwide on the $90 million budget and received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise of animation, action, screenplay, LGBT presentation (making it its second feature film to feature the LGBTQ character), voice acting and story, though its similarity to Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon was not considered to be up to Movie Land's standards.
A sequel, Krishna and the Twelve Elements, was released on March 10, 2023.
==Plot==
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==Cast==
*Christina Hendricks as Krishna Natarajan, a 20-year-old adrenaline junkie in Mumbai and laser pucker who is the warrior of India in search for the last lion.
*Chloe Bennet as Jo, an talking lion who can transform into a human being and is the last of her kind.
*Jamie Chung as Preeta, a warrior princess of Mumbai and Krishna's enemy.
**Jenna Giannini as young Preeta
*Daniel Dae Kim as Arjun Natarajan, Krishna's father.
*Gal Gadot as Via Natarajan, Krishna's mother and adrenaline junkie.
*Mary Gibbs as Nia, a toddler artist in San Francisco.
*Izaac Wang as Peng, a 10-year-old owner of Bonchon at Chinatown in Chicago.
*Constance Wu as Pink Chia, Preeta's mother and the president of Pune.
*Christopher Knights as Mug Mug, Krishna's best friend and a trusty sleed.
*Benedict Wong as Crisis
*Lucille Soong as Dante Gufus, the chieftess of Pune.
==Production==
===Development===
On May 12, 2018, That Hashtag Show reported that Movie Land Animation Studios was developing an animated film titled Laser Empire, which would be directed by Carlos Saldanha, written by David Kidd. In October of the same year, Deadline reported that Karey Kirkpatrick was hired to retouch the script, and that Karan Johar had been hired to produce the movie. On August 24, 2019, Warner Bros. officially announced the film during Movie Land Animation Studios' presentation panel. In August 2020, it was announced that William Renschen and Carlos López Estrada, the latter who had joined MLAS between 2019 and 2020, were now taking over the reins as directors, with Josh Boone and Joaquim Dos Santos were served as co-director and Tim Maile and Douglas Tuber were served as the screen writer and Will joined Johar as producer as well.
===Casting===
On August 2, 2019, Christina Hendricks and Chloe Bennet were announced to have been cast in the film as Krishna and Jo.
===Animation===
Animation was provided by Movie Land Digital Production Services and Kumar Coca while traditional animation is being handled. Portions of production were done remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. To research, the production team traveled to Beijing, Mumbai, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Shanghai and Pune.
==Music==
Henry Jackman and Jaroslav Beck composed the score for the film. Songs were written by Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield and Helen Park.
==Release==
===Theatrical and streaming===
Krishna and the Last Lion was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in a handful of international markets starting on March 5, and theatrically in the United States and Canada on March 12 in Dolby Cinema and IMAX while streaming on HBO Max the same day, only in the United States. The film will be released theatrically in additional markets through June 12, 2020. It was originally scheduled to be released on March 26, but it was bring forward to March 12, as part of the Warner Bros. Same Day Premiere release.
Krishna and the Last Lion was originally scheduled to be premiered on Qubo on the same day, but due to the shutdown of Qubo on February 28, 2021, the TV broadcast platform release was removed. On August 22, 2021, the film will instead premiere on HBO's linear channel after it was re-added to HBO Max.
Krishna and the Last Lion was also released in China on October 22, 2021 by Tencent Pictures.
===Marketing===
The teaser trailer was released on November 9, 2020, while the final trailer was released on February 9, 2021.
===Home media===
Krishna and the Last Lion was digitally released on May 19, 2021 in the United States, such as Movies Anywhere, Amazon Prime Video, Google TV, YouTube (as a premium VOD), and other digital platforms. the film was also released on Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and DVD on June 15, 2021.
==Reception==
===Box office===
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===Critical responses===
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of 100 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 9/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "general favorable reviews".
===Accolades===
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==Future==
In June 2021, in response of the film's positive reception, Movie Land Animation Studios and Kumar Coca announced that a sequel was in development, with Carlos López Estrada returned to direct the film. Because of William's high-school graduation, George Gipson announced to serve as a producer. On April 8, 2022, the film was changed to Krishna and the Twelve Elements after WarnerMedia and Discovery merged to form Warner Bros. Discovery, and was released on March 10, 2023.
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*Krishna and the Last Lion at IMDb
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