Wakanda City (film)

***Wakanda City*** is is a 2020 American 3D computer-animated adventure musical fantasy–comedy film produced by Illumination. The film is directed by Peyton Reed, from a screenplay by the writing team of Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, and features an ensemble voice cast including .

*Wakanda City* premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on March 15, 2020, was theatrically released by Universal Pictures in the United States on March 29, 2020, in 2D, Real D 3D, IMAX and IMAX 3D.

## Production

### Development

* *See also: Production of Wakanda City*

On November 4, 2018, director Peyton Reed tells screenwriters Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley about making their first animated movie. Eavesdropping on their plans, producer Chris Meledandri is inspired by the idea of "making millions of people happy" and meets the creative team that are developing *Wakanda City* for the screen: Reed, Goldstein, Daley, music composer Alan Silvestri and songwriters Pasek and Paul to make the new movie.

On December 5, Meldandri will recycle the characters as their voice actors.

On January 4, 2019, Meledandri announces that he has pursued the film rights to the films *Mr. Peabody & Sherman*, *Escape from Planet Earth*, *Epic*, *Ferdinand*, *Star Wars: Attack of the Clones*, *Pete's Dragon*, *Ice Age: Continental Drift*, *Dinosaur*, *Dolphin Tale*, *Solo: A Star Wars Story*, and *The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat*.

On May 18, Meledandri announces that characters will be named after characters from other movies.

On September 3rd, the first short sneak peak was released. On September 9th, the second trailer was delayed as confirmed and that the film would premiere on March 29, 2020.

As the world premiere for the movie has been confirmed at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, Reed, Meledandri, Goldstein, Daley, Slivestri, editor Tom Cross, and many cast members are all scheduled to come to the premiere.

### Casting

The film's main cast was chosen by Bernard Telsey on December 13, 2019.

### Music

* *See also: Wakanda City (film)/Soundtrack*

In November 2018, Alan Silvestri was revealed to be scoring the film. With permission from Marvel Studios, Silvestri was allowed to re-write two tracks from *Black Panther* by Ludwig Göransson and re-use tracks from two films, *Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb* and *Avengers: Infinity War*, for the film.

On March 2019, the songs from *Annie*, *Les Misérables*, *The Greatest Showman*, *Mary Poppins*, *Mary Poppins Returns*, *Rio 2*, *Winnie the Pooh*, *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic*, *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part*, *Pete's Dragon*, *Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin*, *The SpongeBob Musical*, and *The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat* will be written by Pasek and Paul.

In the trailer, the song "Somewhere Only We Know" by English alternative rock band Keane. The song by Keane is included on the soundtrack as a bonus track, but not in the movie.

## Tropes

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## Gallery

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## Movie Spoofs

* *See also: Wakanda City (film)/Movie Spoofs*

## Official Site

* *See also: Wakanda City (film)/Official Site*

## References

1. ↑ The characters will be named after characters from famous movies *The Loud House*, *Cars 3*, *Big Hero 6*, *Planet 51*, *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part*, *Monsters University*, *Inside Out*, *Kung Fu Panda 2*, *Home*, *Brave*, *Escape from Planet Earth*, *Brave*, *The One and Only Ivan*, *Beauty and the Beast*, *Ice Age: Continental Drift*, *Epic*, *Ferdinand*, and *Spider-Man: Far From Home*.
2. ↑ That film's main cast is actors from *The Loud House*, *Cars 3*, *Big Hero 6*, *Teen Titans Go! To the Movies*, *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel*, *The Lego Movie*, *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part*, *Monsters University*, *Inside Out*, *The Good Dinosaur*, *Kung Fu Panda 2*, *Home*, *Brave*, *Escape from Planet Earth*, *Brave*, *Turbo*, *The One and Only Ivan*, *Beauty and the Beast*, *Ice Age: Continental Drift*, *Epic*, *Ferdinand*, and *Winnie the Pooh*.