The Last Celestial

The Last Celestial is a 2028 American computer-animated science fantasy action film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was written and directed by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio and stars Miya Cech, Kimiko Glenn, Quvenzhané Wallis, Jacob Tremblay, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bryan Cranston, Daniel Kaluuya, Rami Malek, Kumail Nanjiani, Tom Felton, Martin Henderson and Cate Blanchett. The film follows a Japanese-American young woman with multiple abilities prophesized as the last Omnihuman must join other superhumans to end a thousand-year war against the Zrelinians, a shapeshifting reptilian species manipulating people to consume, breed, and conform to the status quo via subliminal messages in mass media as the ruling class. The film received universal acclaim for its animation, visuals, art direction, craftsmanship, voice acting, concept, story, screenplay, characters, themes, social commentary, humor, musical score, action sequences and the darker and mature tone compared to Illumination's previous projects. The film was also a commercial success, grossing $856 million at the box office on a production budget of $120 million. The film was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, winning for Best Animated Feature, Best Actress, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Sound, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects, making Cech the second youngest Best Actress winner and the first person to ever win an Academy Award for a voice-over performance. The film's success led to two feature film sequels being released, Beyond Earth in 2031 and Universe in 2034 which were also written and directed by Paul and Daurio.
== Plot ==
== Cast ==
Miya Cech as Nora Kamada, a 21 year-old Japanese-American woman who is unaware she is a celestial and the last of her kind.
Kimiko Glenn as Nanoka, Nora's pet fox who is actually a kitsune who has protected Nora since childhood.
Quvenzhané Wallis as Sasha Williams, a superhuman with teleportation abilities who befriends Nora.
Jacob Tremblay as Mark Aaronson, a superhuman with enhanced reflexes and Nora's love interest.
Leonardo DiCaprio as Xal, a high-ranking Zrelinian soldier disguised as an FBI agent tasked with wiping out superhumans and mythical creatures. 
Bryan Cranston as Traeliorn Urirora, the Elven captain of the Auricula.
Daniel Kaluuya as Nick Egbe, a telepath who serves as the crew's eyes and ears
Rami Malek as Henry Khalil, an elemental superhuman and Aarush's best friend.
Kumail Nanjiani as Aarush, a superhuman with laser eyes and Henry's best friend.
Tom Felton as Jack Grayson, Nora's boss.
Martin Henderson as Haldir, the Elven king of Palamin, the hidden city of superhumans and mythical creatures hidden under Antarctica.
Cate Blanchett as The Oracle, a superhuman who resides in the outside world, helping superhumans and mythical creatures with her foresight and wisdom.
== Themes ==
=== War ===
=== Capitalism ===
=== The Reptilian conspiracy theory ===
The Zrelinians are based on the Reptilian conspiracy theory by David Icke, a conspiracy theorist who claims shape shifting reptilian aliens control Earth by taking on human form and gaining political power to manipulate human societies. Icke has stated on multiple occasions that many world leaders are, or are possessed by, so-called reptilians.
=== Racism ===
=== Equality ===
=== Genocide ===
== Production ==
=== Development ===
=== Writing ===
=== Casting ===
=== Music and soundtrack ===
The film's score was composed by Paul and Daurio's frequent collaborator John Powell. Powell incorporated electronic and orchestral sounds as well as world music to reflect each character's background and culture. He used minimalist sounds to reflect Nora's loneliness as well as dark synthwave for the Zrelinians. The end title song, "Omnipotent", was composed by Powell with lyrics by Miya Cech who performed it and also received songwriting credit.
=== Animation and design ===
== Release ==
The film was released on July 7, 2028.
== Transcript ==
The Last Omnihuman/Transcript
== Credits ==
The Last Celestial/Credits
== Opening logos ==
== Reception ==
=== Critical response ===
The film has an approval rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
=== Accolades ===
Group 	Award 	Recipient 	Result
101st Academy Awards	Best Picture 	Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio & Chris Meledandri 	Nominated
101st Academy Awards	Best Animated Feature 	Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio & Chris Meledandri 	Won
101st Academy Awards	Best Original Screenplay	Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio 	Nominated
101st Academy Awards	Best Actress 	Miya Cech 	Won
101st Academy Awards	Best Cinematography 	Emmanuel Lubezki 	Won
101st Academy Awards	Best Original Score 	John Powell 	Won
101st Academy Awards	Best Original Song 	"Omnipotent" - Music and lyrics by Miya Cech and John Powell 	Won
101st Academy Awards	Best Sound 	Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, and Ron Bartlett 	Won
101st Academy Awards	Best Visual Effects 	Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicholas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian, Alex Nowotny	Won
== Gallery ==
The Last Celestial/Gallery
== Trivia ==
* It is the sixth animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture
* It is the tenth non-Disney/Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
* Miya Cech's performance as Nora Kamada was universally acclaimed by critics, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the second youngest Best Actress winner and first person to do so for a voice-over performance
* It is the first Illumination film to win an Academy Award
* it is John Powell's second Academy Award win
* The film was inspired by They Live and The Matrix
*The Zrelinians are based on the Reptilian conspiracy theory by David Icke, a conspiracy theorist who claims shapeshifting reptilian aliens control Earth by taking on human form and gaining political power to manipulate human societies. Icke has stated on multiple occasions that many world leaders are, or are possessed by, so-called reptilians
*The film tackles themes of war, capitalism, racism, equality and genocide 
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