The Dark Future of Gumball

The Dark Future of Gumball is an upcoming adult animated science fiction action drama thriller film written, produced, photographed, edited and directed by Ethan Vasquez, and co-produced by Adam Parker, and Erik Zander. It is also the fourth main installment in the VPZverse overall and the fourth and last installment in the “Genesis” series.
The story follows Gumball Watterson, a 15-year-old anthropomorphic blue cat who became depressed and now lives in an underground bunker along with his two siblings, and three surviving friends after a nuclear event has left the surface of Earth uninhabitable.
In June 18, 2022, exactly three years after the event finds a mysterious time machine in the woods and in an attempt to prevent the apocalyptic event that occurred 3 years ago, instead of going to such date as intended, he goes to June 18, 1956. Gumball's failed time travel attempt then leads him on a journey to uncover a sinister time travel conspiracy that might follow connections between Gumball's family and several other families from a variety of generations, alternate realities, and even parallel universes.
The Dark Future of Gumball received universal acclaim for its voice cast, direction, writing, musical score, and the ambition and complexity of its narrative, although the dark and serious tone was criticized, who mostly considered it "excessive".
==Synopsis==
A catastrophic nuclear event wiped out six billion people in the day of June 18, 2019. After the event, only 1% of the Earth's entire population survived and is now forced to live underground.
On June 18, 2022 (exactly three years after the nuclear event), Gumball Watterson, after finding a time machine hidden in the woods, attempts to go back to June 18, 2019, the day that not only Earth's air became contaminated, but also the day when most of his loved ones passed away, including his parents, girlfriend, and most of his other friends.
After an attempt to go back to 2019, he accidentally goes back to June 18, 1956, exactly sixty-six years before when Gumball traveled through time.
Gumball is soon imprisoned in a psychiatric facility because his warnings for a nuclear event would sound like nothing more than just clinically insane paranoia. There, Gumball meets and befriends Lincoln Loud, who is a 50-year-old man with white hair, that was imprisoned after also claiming that he was also a time traveler that came to the year 1919, except Lincoln claims he comes from August 26, 2018, alongside his claims that he is from a parallel universe as well.
After successfully escaping from the facility, Lincoln, Gumball and Penny are then guided, by an adult version of Gumball, on a journey to uncover a sinister time travel conspiracy that is seemed to follow connections between several families from several generations to alternate realities, and/or to even parallel universes.
==Cast and characters==
===Main characters=== 
*Gumball Watterson: 
**Asher Angel as 15-year-old Gumball Watterson: A depresed blue cat struggling with the death of his parents and girlfriend. He is also Penny's love interest.
**Tobey Maguire as 48-year-old Gumball Watterson / Jonas Kahnwald / The Stranger: An adult version of Gumball Watterson, who is now a time traveler whose task is to protect his younger self and everyone else from any danger.
**Michael Douglas as 81-year-old Gumball Watterson / Adam: An elderly version of Gumball Watterson, who is now simply known as "Adam".
*Penny Fitzgerald: 
** Mckenna Grace as 15-year-old Penny Fitzgerald: An optimistic yellow fairy who is generally very nice and friendly. She sticks up for her friends often, implying she has a strong sense of integrity. She is also Gumball's love interest.
**Kate Winslet as 48-year-old Penny Fitzgerald / Martha Nielsen: An adult version of Penny Fitzgerald.
**Glenn Close as 81-year-old Penny Fitzgerald / Eve: An elderly version of Penny Fitzgerald, who is now simply known as "Eve".
* Lincoln Loud: 
**Jaeden Martell as 13-year-old Lincoln Loud: A tween from the year 2018 who accidentally travels back to the year 1919 after finding one of Lord Celestial's hidden time machines.
**Christian Bale as 50-year-old Lincoln Loud / John: An adult version of Lincoln Loud from the year 1956 who was locked up in a psychiatric facility back in 1919 because his claims of coming from the future seemed like crazy delusions. Due to the lack of evidence from the facility's staff, Lincoln named himself simply "John" instead of his real name.
**Sam Elliott as 79-year-old Lincoln Loud / John: An elderly version of Lincoln Loud from the year 1989.
*Darwin Watterson:
**Caleb McLaughlin as 13-year-old Darwin Watterson: Gumball's younger brother
**John Boyega as 28-year-old Darwin Watterson: A time traveler from the year 2037 who tries to go back to 1956 to find Gumball in the past after fifteen years of trying to fix the time machine Gumball used, but ends up in the year 1839 instead, and becomes Ronnie Anne's boyfriend.
** Laurence Fishburne as 61-year-old Darwin Watterson: An elderly version of Darwin Watterson from the year 1872, who is the ex-husband of Ronnie Anne, and the father of Jésus Gutiérrez.
*Ronnie Anne Santiago:
**Izabella Alvarez as 13-year-old Ronnie Anne Santiago: A tween from the year 2018 who accidentally travels back to the year 1820 after finding one of Lord Celestial's hidden time machines.
** Becky G as 28-year-old Ronnie Anne Santiago / Rebecca Hernández: A young woman who encounters Darwin Watterson in 1839 and eventually creates a romantic relationship with him.
**Rosario Dawson as 46-year-old Ronnie Anne Santiago / Rebecca Hernández: A woman from the year 1853 who eventually breaks up with Darwin and goes back to the year 2018.
**Angélica Aragón as 79-year-old Ronnie Anne Santiago / Rebecca Hernández: An elderly version of Ronnie Anne from the year 2051.
===Supporting characters=== 
*Ben Affleck as Patrick Fitzgerald / Lord Celestial / God / The Second God: An omnipotent deity who is Penny's father and the leader of the "Order of the Divines". He once was a scientist who suffered a laboratory accident, which gave him godlike powers. After gaining his god-level powers, he now lives somewhere beyond the multiverse's surface and works as a superbeing who watches the multiverse.
*Alex Hirsch as Bill Cipher / The Forbidden God / Judas / The Third God: A triangular interdimensional demon who lost his powers, was banned from the "Order of the Divines" due to his impiety, and later became an inmate currently imprisoned in the Theraprism, after Bill's failed attempt to conquer an entire universe with Weirdmageddon, which was his apocalyptic event.
* Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy / The Second Guardian / The Fifth God: A woman who, after dying in 2098 at age 91, became an omnipotent deity that takes the physical form of her former regular human self from when she was 23 years old in 2029. She joins the "Order of the Divines" for becoming the Fifth God, and also the Second Guardian, after the first one retired from being a deity.
*Charlyne Yi as Domino / The Guardian / The Fourth God: A retired deity that was placed in charge of watching over the countless worlds in the multiverse. After the countless eons of The Guardian wanting to retire, the deity found Anne Boonchuy worthy to take its place, but yet, agreed to let the girl live her entire human life for 78 more years first, before asking once again for Anne to take its mantle.
*Blue Ivy Carter as Anais Watterson
*Billie Eilish as Carrie Krueger
* Jacob Elordi as Tobias Wilson
*Hailee Steinfeld as Sarah Gelato
*Zac Efron as Rob / Mr. Polygon
*Pedro Pascal as Jésus Hernández / Arturo Santiago: The son of Darwin Watterson and Ronnie Anne Santiago, and is surprisingly both the great-great-great-great-grandfather and also the father of Ronnie Anne Santiago herself. He was born in September 13, 1843, but was sent by Darwin Watterson from December 18, 1848 to the day of December 18, 1980, so he can cause the existence of Ronnie Anne.
==Parental Guidance==
===Classification=== 
*Argentina: +16
*Australia: MA15+
*Belguim: 14
*Brazil: 16
*Canada: 18A
*Chile: 14
*Colombia: 15
*Denmark: 15
*Finland: 16
*France: -12
*Germany: 16
*Hong Kong: IIB
*Italy: 14+
*Japan: R15+
*Mexico: B-15
*New Zealand: RP16
*Portugal: M/16
*Spain: 16
*United Kingdom: 15
*United States: R
===Sex and Nudity (Moderate)=== 
*The 48-year-old versions of Gumball & Penny are shown twice having sex with bare breasts & explicit thrusting as well as nude during a post sex conversation with extended bare breasts & chest shown.
===Violence and Gore (Severe)===
*Numerous extended sequences of strong action violence with guns and knives with occasional sight of blood detail.
===Profanity (Severe)===
*47 uses of "f*ck", and a few uses of "sh*t", as well as milder terms such as "pr*ck" and "assh*le".
=== Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking (Mild)===
*The main character, Gumball Watterson, takes antidepressant medication.
===Frightening and Intense Scenes (Severe)=== 
*Gumball Watterson attempts to commit suicide by hanging himself in the first few minutes of the film, but his attempt fails after his sibilings, Darwin and Anais, intervene. It's shown briefly and you can hear him struggling. It may seem disturbing to some viewers.
*The entire film has a very dark atmosphere with characters being consistently in danger, with even some deaths of major characters.
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