Mortimer Snerd (2021 film)

***Mortimer Snerd*** is an upcoming 2021 YouTube film directed by Mortimer Snerd and Charlie McCarthy.The film is scheduled to be released on June 14,2021 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.Three sequels,*Mortimer Snerd 2,Mortimer Snerd 3,*and *Mortimer Snerd 4,*are scheduled to be released on June 26,2022,June 9,2023,and June 21,2025 respectively.

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## Cast

* Mortimer Snerd: a creative and absent-minded inventor with a great fondness for pizza, who lives his best friend and companion, Charlie McCarthy
* Charlie McCarthy: Mortimer's brave and highly intelligent best friend,who cares deeply for his friend, despite everything, and saves him whenever something goes wrong.
* Sally Sidesaddle: a cowgirl who has a passion for adventures and "fluffy"animals and is Mortimer's love interest.
* Officer Cyrus: the local village policeman
* Pops: Mortimer and Charlie's grandfather

## Production

In January 2019,it was announced that Mortimer Snerd was to star in his own feature film. It would have been Snerd's second film after *The Shrimpo Hunter Movie,*but it was moved to being the first due the previous film falling behind in production. It was confirmed that Snerd and McCarthy were to direct the film and that Howdy Doody would be involved in the film as executive producer, however he was uncredited as executive producer in the final film. The was originally going to be titled *Mortimer Snerd: The Movie,* but the title was changed because Snerd wanted it to have a *Wallace & Gromit* hybrid. The first release date was scheduled for October 2019. Production offically began in Febuary 2019 and the film was scheduled for a release date of June 29, 2019. In March 2019, in a story on his instagram page, Snerd announced that the film's title was going to be *Mortimer Snerd: The Curse of The Were Rabbit.* On December 26,2019, it was announced that filming was expected to begin in the spring and early summer of 2020. However,in December 2020, it was announced that the film would be rewritten to have a natural feeling like Disney's 1967 classic *The Jungle Book* and due the COVID-19 Pandemic. It was announced the film would have a *Jungle Book* and *Wallace & Gromit* hybrid and would be renamed *Mortimer Snerd*. Filming is scheduled to begin in March 2021. In an update tweet by Snerd in January 2021 he said that "production on Mortimer Snerd the movie hasn't been easy but we'll have it complete and ready for the summertime."

## Release

The film was scheduled to be released on October 14,2019, the 14th anniversary of *Wallace and Gromit The Curse of The Were Rabbit,* but on December 17, 2019 it was pushed back to June 18, 2020. It was later postponed to June 14,2021 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.

## Sequels

###### *Main articles:Mortimer Snerd 2,Mortimer Snerd 3:,and Mortimer Snerd 4*

On April 23,2019, Snerd confirmed in a post on Instagram that a sequel, *Mortimer Snerd 2,*is in development stating: "The *Mortimer Snerd*filmfranchise is at least three, maybe more,but Charlie and I know there are at least three chapters to our story. It depends on if the fans want to see more of me and Charlie," hinting that there could be more after the second installment. Snerd confirmed that he,McCarthy,and Sidesaddle will reprise their roles and Snerd and McCarthy will return to direct. Snerd also announced that the film would have combination of a "*Wallace & Gromit"*and "*How To Train Your Dragon"*feel. The film is scheduled to be released on June 26,2022.

A third film,*Mortimer Snerd 3,*is scheduled to be released on June 9,2023 with Snerd and McCarthy returning to direct and they and the rest of the cast will reprise their roles.

A fourth film, *Mortimer Snerd 4,*is scheduled to be released on June 21,2025 with Snerd and McCarthy returning to direct again and along the original cast with the exception of Donald Trump.