LittleBigPlanet (film)

LittleBigPlanet (LBP) is a 2028 British-American 3D-computer animated comedy crossover adventure film based on the video game franchise of the same name published by Media Molecule. Directed by Mike Rianda and produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, and Media Molecule Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film is narrated by Stephen Fry and features the voices of Tom Holland, Hailee Steinfeld, Bill Hader, Gabriel Iglesias, Andy Samberg, Hugh Laurie, James Corden, John Cleese, Keanu Reeves, Meghan Reeves, Meghan Trainor, Nick Kroll, and Hugo Weaving.
LittleBigPlanet was released in the United States and United Kingdom on October 27, 2028 as part of the game series' 20th Anniversary. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $468.1 million worldwide against its $60-65 million budget, and received praise comparing it favorably to The Lego Movie for its animation, acting, story, and humor.
==Synopsis==
A small anthropomorphic, humanoid doll named Sackboy (Tom Holland) is a citizen who has little-to-no friends and always been alone, and wants to use his creation talents on a life of adventure. Until when the Negativitron (Hugo Weaving) starts whipping out creations of LittleBigPlanet, Sackboy teams up with Larry DaVinci (John Cleese), Avalon Centrifuge (Keanu Reeves), Sackgirl (Hailee Steinfeld), OddSock (Bill Hader), Toggle (Gabriel Iglesias), Swoop (Andy Samberg), Marco (James Corden), Newton (Hugh Laurie) (who later betrayed the gang after being possessed by The Negativitron), and must go on top of their universe to save LittleBigPlanet from The Negativitron from trying to destroy the world.
==Cast==
*Tom Holland as Sackboy, a lonely Sackperson who lived on LittleBigPlanet his whole life and also has a wild creativity. He also knew that The Negativitron and other villains were gonna destroy LittleBigPlanet. He is also the main protagonist of the film.
*Hailee Steinfeld as Sackgirl, a girl Sackperson who is Sackboy's love interest and has determined and ready for long journeys. She is also the deuteragonist of the film.
*Bill Hader as OddSock, a four-legged, dog-like sack and Sackboy's pet who can run faster than Sackboy and can wall-jump. He is one of the three tritagonists.
*Gabriel Iglesias as Toggle, a big Sackperson who can transform between a large, heavy version and a small, light version. He is one of the three tritagonists.
*Andy Samberg as Swoop, a bird-like character who can fly freely around levels and can pick up other light objects. He is one of the three tritagonists.
*Hugh Laurie as Newton, the son of Nana Pud and Captain Pud, and one of the inhabitants of Bunkum. After being possessed by The Negativitron, he devised a plan to unleash the Titans and use their powers to complete his plan. he is also the central antagonist-turned-major character in the film.
*James Cordon as Marco, an adventurous Sackperson explorer.
*John Cleese as Larry DaVinci, The founder and leader of The Alliance and Creator Curator of Da Vinci's Hideout.
*Keanu Reeves as Avalon Centrifuge, A well known face in the science sector, as the inventor of science itself, and of ingenious furry inventions, robots disguised as animals. He is the Creator Curator and dictator of Avalonia, a city in the skies that he treats as labs and as home.
*Meghan Trainor as The Fairy Godmother, an unnamed fairy godmother who Sackgirl encounters in a forest.
*Nick Kroll as The Sheriff, he is the leader of the Police of the Mexican Jailbreak realm, he is the secondary antagonist.
*Hugo Weaving as The Negativitron, The main antagonist of the film and a giant inter-dimensional vacuum cleaner and as such is usually seen sucking everything and anything into its swirling portal mouth. His goal is to delete and destroy every creation in LittleBigPlanet.
*Julie Andrews as Victoria von Bathysphere, the Creator Curator of Victoria's Laboratory and a member of The Alliance.
*Jim Broadbent as Clive Handforth, The Creator Curator of The Factory Of A Better Tomorrow.
*Emily Blunt as Eve Silva Paragorica, The Creator Curator of Eve's Asylum. She treats patients with the madness emitted from the Negativitron.
*Bill Nighy as Dr. Herbert Higginbotham, The Creator Curator for The Cosmos He is first found in Casa Del Higginbotham in Eve's Asylum, where Sackboy gets shrunk and goes inside of him to destroy the virus put in him by the Negativitron. Strangely though, he still seemed every bit as crazy after the virus was destroyed.
*Emma Thompson as Agent Ivy Hodell, the head of the L.B.P. Center who hires Sackboy to join the Alliance.
*Stephen Fry as The Narrator.
==Production==
== Reception ==
===Critical Reception===
LittleBigPlanet was met with "nearly unanimous positive reviews". The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 96%, with an average rating of 8.20/10, based on 253 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Boasting beautiful animation, a charming voice cast, laugh-a-minute gags, and a surprisingly thoughtful story, LittleBigPlanet is colorful fun for all ages." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, has assigned the film a score of 83 out of 100 based on 43 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Filmmaker Edgar Wright, and Time film critic Richard Corliss, each named LittleBigPlanet as one of their favorite films of 2028.
===Box office performance===
LittleBigPlanet grossed $257.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $210.3 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $468.1 million. Calculating in all expenses, Deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a profit of $229 million placing it 3rd on 2014's list of most profitable films.
In the United States and Canada, the film opened at number one in its first weekend with over $69 million, which was the second-highest weekend debut in February, at the time, behind The Lego Movie (2014) ($83.8 million). The movie retained the top spot at box office in its second weekend by declining only 28% and grossing $49.8 million. LittleBigPlanet was number one again in its third weekend while declining 37% and grossing $31.3 million. In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number three grossing $20.8 million.
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==Trivia==
*This is Sony Pictures Animation's 25th feature film.
*It is Sony Pictures Animation's second video game film adaptation, the first being The Angry Birds Movie 2.
*Tom Holland and Hailee Steinfeld were both in Spider-Man movies. Holland played Peter Parker/ Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Steinfeld voiced Spider-Gwen/ Gwen Stacy in Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
*This is Media Molecule's first animated feature film.
*The film was released on October 27, 2028, the same year as the first LittleBigPlanet game.
*It is Sony Pictures Animation's sixth live-action animated film.
*The live-action films appears in the third act
*Alongside Ron's Gone Wrong, it is also a crossover between Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Disney, Pixar, Lilo & Stitch, Spongebob Squarepants, Winnie the Pooh, Unikitty!, Despicable Me, Happy Feet, The Loud House, Brave, Monsters, Inc., Tarzan, Minions, Hotel Transylvania, Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Madagascar, My Little Pony, How to Train Your Dragon, The Simpsons, The Secret Life of Pets, The Lion Guard, Tom and Jerry, The Croods, Sonic the Hedgehog, Alvin and the Chimpunks, Abominable, Wallace & Gromit, Home, The LEGO Movie, Raya and the Last Dragon, Mickey Mouse, Onward, Cars, Kung Fu Panda, Peppa Pig, Zootopia, We Bare Bears, Toy Story, Shrek, Ice Age, Star vs. The Forces of Evil, Marvel, Trolls, The Emoji Movie, Finding Nemo and The Angry Birds Movie.
*The scene where Dragon, SackBoy, The Sheriff and SackGirl is a clear reference to Rango (2011). The famous line "Dragon chase" is changed to "Hawk chase".
*There are DLC costumes of other Sony Pictures Animation films such as Hotel Transylvania, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Emoji Movie, Spider-Man Ino the Spider-Verse, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, The Star, Open Season, The Angry Birds Movie, Wish Dragon, Vivo, Arthur Christmas, Peter Rabbit, and The Smurfs for the video game adaptation.