I'm Only Happy When You're Unhappy with Chris McLean

***I'm Only Happy When You're Unhappy with Chris McLean*** is an upcoming 2020 movie, produced by Fresh TV, Cake Entertainment and Fox Searchlight Pictures and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It tells the true story of Chris McLean before meeting Chef Hatchet and the Total Drama gang.

## Summary

In the Summer of 1977, in ancient Glasgow, Scotland, Mr and Mrs. McLean are on vacation visiting Chris' grandparents seeing that Mrs. McLean is pregnant. When returning to Toronto, the moment Chris is born (1978-11-18), things get hectic during Chris' baby years. When he turns 5, he hosts a show called I'm Only Happy When You're Unhappy with Chris McLean, which influences his television career. When he turns 12, his life becomes tense when two bullies mock and abuse him for working towards his career. At age 16, he joined the band FameTown (as Sierra pointed out in *Total Drama: World Tour*). His life becomes irritable when he quits because the citizens mock him. During his early years in adulthood, he was shunned, booted, rejected, dismissed, publicly humiliated and embarrassed, his cooking show Keeping It Plain With Chris McLean received poor ratings. To save humiliation in the future, and to take it out on future contestants, he would host a show named Total Drama.

## Production

Directed by: Keith Oliver and Chad Hicks

Produced by: Lucinda Whiteley

Executive Producers: Jennifer Pertsch, Tom McGillis, Allison Snowden and David Fine

Story by: Ken Cuperus and Shawn Kalb

Screenplay by: Alice Prodanou

Music by: Danny Elfman

Edited by: Ken Schrettzmann

Supervising Animator: Robin Budd

Casting by: Christian Kaplan, C.S.A

## Cast

Christian Potenza as Chris McLean, the titular character. Potenza also voices young Chris and Young Jude.

Robert Carradine as Mr. McLean

Mary Steenburgen as Mrs. McLean

Keith Ferguson as Glinny MacDallas, the evil caretaker similar to Flintheart Glomgold.

Jeremy Irons as Sir Soulbeard, Glinny's long-time collaborator and the secondary antagonist.

Karen Gillan as Ms. Splittzville, Chris' manager. Gillan voices Chris' distant cousin, Carly.

Billy Connolly as Grandpa McLean

David Tennant as Bradford McLean, Chris' uncle.

Shirley Henderson as Amanda McLean, Chris' paternal aunt and Bradford's wife.

Steve Martin as Sir Benjamin

Kim Cattrall as Dame Bernice

Nia Vardalos as Roxanne Hellaby.

Leslie Mann as Head Nurse

Emily Atack as Second Banana

Holly Willoughby as TV Host

Jesse Eisenberg as Brody, one of Chris' FameTown band members.

Ben Schwartz as Leon, one of Chris' FameTown band members.

Clayton Snyder as Randy, one of Chris' FameTown band members.

Barbara Mamobolo as Future Cloud & Young Zoey.

Lilly Bartlam as Young Gwen

Annick Obonsawin as Young Sierra

Wyatt White as Young Cody

Bahia Watson as Young LeShawna

Sugar Lyn Beard as Young Heather

Terry McGurrin as Don

Eric Bauza as Young Scott, Young Trent, Henchmen #1 and #2. (NOTE: Bauza records in Los Angeles).

Denise Oliver as Young Jo, Young Sadie

Mac Heywood as Chef Hatchet, Young DJ, Young Leonard, Young Beardo

Marieve Herington as Young Sugar, First Fangirl, Tilly Green (NOTE: Herington records in Los Angeles).

Stephanie Anne Mills as Young Lindsay and Young Katie.

Kristin Fairlie as Young Bridgette

Emilie-Claire Barlow as Young Courtney

Scott McCord as Young Owen

Millie Davis as Young Anne Maria

Sarah Gadon as Young Beth

Darren Frost as Young Harold, Young Darth, Young Chet

Cory Doran as Young Noah and Young Mike

Drew Nelson as Young Duncan

Jacob Soley as Young Alejandro

Helene Joy as Young Jasmine

Bryn McAuley as Young Amy and Samey

Alex House as Henchman #3

Nissae Isen as Young Geoff

Sunday Muse as Young Ella

Carly Schroeder (last role before her departure to the army) as Narrator.

## Additional Voices

Linda Ballantyne

Richard Binsley

Nicki Burke

Juan Chioran

Carlos Diaz

Katie Griffin

Tracey Hoyt

Kathy Laskey

Julie Lemieux

Kristina Nicoll

Evany Rosen - MacArthur

Rob Tinkler

Adrian Truss

Philip Williams

## Voice Directors:

Merle-Anne Ridley

Sam Riegel