Pibby: Apocalypse

Pibby: Apocalypse (titled onscreen as Pibby: Apocalypse - Part One) is an upcoming live-action/adult animated epic science fiction action-adventure apocalyptic survival horror-thriller drama film directed by Ethan Vasquez, who co-wrote and co-produced the film with Adam Parker, Erik Zander and Dodge Greenley. It is the first of a three-part feature-length film adaptation of Dodge Greenley's short film Come and Learn with Pibby!, which was initially pitched to Adult Swim, before being rejected by Warner Bros. Discovery.
Being a direct sequel to both the VPZverse's first ever released film, 22-02-2022: The Origin of GLITCH, and also the VPZverse's previous film, Omega Squad, Pibby: Apocalypse follows the titular character, Pibby, a preschool cartoon character who travels throughout the multiverse that is in danger after the sudden outbreak of a virus that transforms its human hosts into hostile creatures, Pibby decides to save the entire multiverse by searching for the cure. The film is also the 16th main installment in the VPZverse overall and the first installment of the "Apocalypse" trilogy.
The ensemble cast includes Halle Bailey, Josh Hutcherson, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Cera, Justin Roiland, Kimiko Glenn, Florence Pugh, Scott Eastwood, Bella Ramsey, Teresa Gallagher, Lonnie Chavis, Dove Cameron, Jason Ritter, Dakota Fanning, Brenda Song, Ashly Burch, Izabella Alvarez, and Tara Strong.
Despite its difficult and expensive production, Pibby: Apocalypse received generally postive reviews from critics, who praised Vasquez's direction, script, the visual effects, ambition, unique story, perfomances (particularly that of Bailey, and Hutcherson), character design, Silvestri's musical score, and cinematography, but criticized the graphic violence and lengthy runtime.
A 225-minute-long director's cut, titled Pibby: Apocalypse - Part One: Roots of Fear, is set to release on Paramount+ in North America, while it also releases on Netflix in international territories. The director's cut adds more 59 minutes of footage that didn't make into the theatrical cut.
==Synopsis==
In 2023, more than a year has passed after the outbreak of the Glitch virus that took place in February 22, 2022, which was an event that resulted in not only a global pandemic, but also a multiversal pandemic.
Pibby, a character from a fictional educational children's show, is then forced to cross over and is tasked with saving not only the entire multiverse, but also her best friend, Bun Bun, alone, while the multiverse, and Bun Bun himself, becomes each increasingly infected by the Glitch virus, which has the ability to infect and control everyone it comes into contact with.
== Cast==
===Voice cast (the "Toons")===
====Survivors====
=====Main===== 
*Halle Bailey as Pibby: A sweet and optimistic 12-year-old pre-school cartoon girl who sees the best in others and believes that anyone can become a hero, even if they weren't originally suited for it. Not only does she have the determination to save the multiverse, but she is also looking to help her friend, Bun Bun, and is also looking to Douglas' community in Ferndale so that she and the people she saves from the virus can all have a new home, after her and others' worlds all fell to the Glitch virus.
*Melissa McCarthy as Melira: A vain Disney-esque millionaire anthropomorphic grey cat. However, to show her heroic side - whether on purpose or not, she befriends Pibby and Alan to rid the worlds of the Glitch virus, which comes from the menacing Judge Dark. Her character design is inspired by Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians, and Ursula from The Little Mermaid.
*Michael Cera as Alan Xavier / Alloy Boy: A superhero who used to be the sidekick of Captain Platinum before Platinum was infected.
*Zack Shada as Unipuppy: A half-dog half-unicorn host of an animated talk show.
*Justin Roiland as Rick Sanchez: A 70-year-old alcoholic mad scientist who sends both Pibby, Melira, Alan and Unipuppy on a mission to save everyone in the multiverse, and also sends the location of Ferndale, which he claims is a place where perhaps all the people that Pibby saves, can stay.
=====Refugees ===== 
*Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley: A 13-year-old anthropomorphic squirrel girl.
*Bella Ramsey as Hilda Folkenberg: A 14-year-old half-human half-fairy girl.
* Teresa Gallagher as Penny Fitzgerald: A 13-year-old shape-shifting yellow fairy.
*Lonnie Chavis as Darwin Watterson: An 11-year-old anthropomorphic goldfish.
*Dove Cameron as Fionna Campbell: An 18-year-old swordswoman.
*Jason Ritter as Dipper Pines: A 14-year-old teenage human boy.
*Dakota Fanning as Star Butterfly: A 14-year-old magical girl who comes from the dimension of Mewni.
*Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy: A 24-year-old Thai-American human woman who used to work as an amphibious herpetologist.
*Ashly Burch as Molly McGee: A 26-year-old Thai-American human girl.
*Izabella Alvarez as Ronnie Anne Santiago: A 12-year-old tomboyish human girl.
=====Infected=====
*Tara Strong as Bun Bun: A bunny who is Pibby's best friend and later gets infected by the Glitch virus.
*John Krasinski as Captain Platinum: A superhero who used to be Alloy Boy's mentor.
===Live-action cast (the "Humans")===
====Survivors ====
=====Main=====
* Josh Hutcherson as Douglas Green: A fictionalized version of Pibby's creator, Dodge Greenley, who is tormented by the trauma over the death of his 7-year-old daughter, who was a fan of Douglas' own show, Learning With Pibby. After his daughter's death, Douglas gains access to a portal which teleports him to the "Outerverse", a vast space that allows him to travel through and/or see events in the "multiverse" that happens in either the past, present and future.
*Florence Pugh as Olivia Green: Douglas Green's wife, who seemingly disappeared during the Glitch virus outbreak that happened in February 22, 2022.
*Scott Eastwood as Edward Green: Douglas Green's older brother who joins Douglas' community of survivors of the Glitch outbreak, who are all residents in the small town of Ferndale, California and are all being protected from the infected, by Douglas himself.
==Parental Guide==
=== Classification ===
*Argentina: +16
*Australia: MA15+
*Belguim: 18
*Brazil: 16
*Canada: 18A
*Chile: 18
*Colombia: 15
*Denmark: 15
*Finland: 16
*France: -16
* Germany: 16
*Hong Kong: III
* Italy: 18+
*Japan: R15+
*Mexico: B-15
*New Zealand: RP16
* Portugal: M/18
* Spain: 18
*United Kingdom: 15
*United States: R
===Sex and Nudity (Mild)===
*It is suggested that Pibby and Kiff are lesbians and have romantic thoughts for each other.
===Violence and Gore (Severe) ===
*Constant very strong gory violence is seen throughout most of the film.
*The glitch-infected creatures are very hostile towards those who remain uninfected.
*The way the glitch zombies infect survivors is a horrific form of body horror, as the visual context of the spread is literally the zombie violently and repeatedly biting the uninfected all over their bodies. The transformation is very fast and you can clearly see how they mutate, starting to have black veins all throughout the body, a distorted face, glitchy static onto the entire body, cracked bones and an impossible form of body structure (ex: long arms, long mouth and very humped columns).
===Profanity (Moderate)=== 
*The titular character of the film, Pibby is the only character that does not cuss at any moment of the film due to her being a preschool show character, however, Douglas and some of the other characters are heard with plenty of uses of bad words such as "f*ck", "sh*t" and "c*nt" among others.
=== Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking (Mild)=== 
*Rick Sanchez is pretty much the character that is shown drinking throughout the film.
===Frightening and Intense Scenes (Severe)=== 
*Strong body horror alongside elements of psychological horror, a strong and disturbing portrayal of psychopathy and cruel instances of graphic violence and gore add to the weight of the film making it only for mature audiences.
* This film is absolutely NOT meant for an audience of young age since the film deals with scenes of graphic bloodshed, gore, hangings, murder, zombies, cannibalism and disturbing imagery.
*The glitchy zombies have inspiration from elements of a set of famous analog horror series. (ex: Mandela Catalogue, The SMILE Tapes, The Macabre Experiment)
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