CrossMore: The Movie - Irregular Reality Leverage

***CrossMore: The Movie - Irregular Reality Leverage*** is a live action/animated satirical science fantasy action comedy film directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada, with additional animation direction by Don Hall and Bridget Underwood and written by John Bailey Owen, Eden Sher, Nick Cron-DeVico, Brendan O'Brien and Zak Penn from a story by Aaron Montalvo, O'Brien, Sher and Cron-DeVico and produced by 20th Century Studios through 20th Century Animation and Hollowfox Filmworks and MontalVerse Productions in association with Kitsis/Horowitz and animated in collaboration with people from 20th Television Animation, Disney Television Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios, with 2D animation production from Rough Draft Studios and Tonic DNA and 3DCG animation production by Blur Studio and Illustrated Light & Magic.

The film is the second mainline theatrical film of the CrossMore Universe and the universe's second out of a planned stand-alone theatrical film trilogy that connects events of CrossMore: The Series, as well as the seventh film based mainly on CrossMore: The Series and its spin-offs. In turn, it is based on the characters from Disney and 20th Century Studios, with new characters shown in live action, making the first film to be a hybrid. The film, satirizing the ideas of multiverses and the animation industry, tells the story of how the CrossMore Squad ends up in the real world after a struggling creator tries not to lose hope over her pilot with uncertain fate. Joining the original voice cast from the series, the live-action characters will be portrayed by China Anne McLain, Alex Wolff, Donald Glover, David Dastmalchian and Jennifer Aniston, with special appearances by Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest.

The film is released on July 7, 2023 in theatres. The film is rated R by the MPA.

## Premise

After an animation content creator's project was rejected unless reworked, she feels given up on her future and wishes for her stories to come to life, but one multiverse firmware fritz under her tears on her drawing summoned Star and Marco into the real world, resulting in her and her storyboard artist boyfriend meeting them in real life. Once they began bonding in order to motivate to not give up on her dreams. a ruthless executive finds a magical source that will be used to try to prevent her project from being greenlit, and destroy the multiverse trespassers. And thus, Star, Marco, the CrossMore Squad and two real life friends must team up in order to take her down and find a way back into their world while making her dream project a reality.

## Cast

### Animated Characters

* Eden Sher as Star Butterfly
* Adam McArthur as Marco Diaz
* Jason Ritter as Dipper Pines
* Kristen Schaal as Mabel Pines
* Ben Schwartz as Randy Cunningham
* Sarah-Nicole Robles as Luz Noceda
* Mae Whitman as Amity Blight
* Alex Hirsch as King Clawthorne
* Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
* Justin Felbinger as Sprig
* Chris Houghton as Cricket Green
* Marieve Herington as Tilly Green
* Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson and Maggie Simpson
* Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson

### Live Action Characters

* China Anne McLain as Sarah Horowitz, an animation creator who is struggling to give her own show the greenlight for the network.
* Alex Wolff as Jerry Corson, an experienced storyboard artist and illustrator and Sarah's boyfriend and co-worker.
* Donald Glover as Trevor Horowitz, Sarah's brother and a production intern who always have doubts about the boss.
* David Dastmalchian as Randall Thompson, an animation production manager who is coerced to help out Sarah and Jerry to get back at Chapek.
* Jennifer Aniston as Marsha Chapek, an animation executive hellbent on strict business decisions for cartoon content for television and streaming. The name was a mixture of Bob Chapek and Gary Marsh's names, known for making controversial business decisions at Disney, such as the animated film's marketing and his words against Animation and LGBT+ and the cancellation of The Owl House due to its serialized content not fitting the Disney channel's brand.

### Cameos & Special Appearances

* Kelly Ripa as herself
* Ryan Seacrest as himself
* Brie Larson as Astramity, a live action human fusion between Amity Blight and Star Butterfly.
	+ Larson also voices the animated version of her.
* Robert A. Iger as himself
* Kristen Bell as Anna, a princess from Arendelle, Elsa's sister and one of the Royale Squad members in Waltopia. She appeared on the film's mid-credits scene with the CrossMore Royale animation sequence directed by Fumio Maezono at OLM and Wit Studio.
* Aimee Carrero as Elena Castillo Flores, a princess of Avalor and one of the Protectors of the Ever Realm. She appeared on the film's mid-credits scene with the Royal Painmakers animation sequence directed by Franck Balson and Eiji Inomoto at Blur Studio and Orange.
* Ariel Winter as Princess Sofia, a princess of Enchancia and one of the Protectors of the Ever Realm. She appeared on the film's mid-credits scene with the Royal Painmakers animation sequence directed by Franck Balson and Eiji Inomoto at Blur Studio and Orange.

### Additional Voices

* Dee Bradley Baker
* Kyle McCarley
* Byron Howard
* Arin Hanson
* Grey DeLisle
* Tress McNeille
* Pamela Hayden

## Info

*Main article: [[CrossMore: The Movie - Irregular Reality Leverage/Credits]]*
### Release

#### Theatrical

The film will be released as part of a premiere in LA on June 23, 2023 before releasing everywhere on July 7, 2023. The film will be released in theatres, as well as premium format and 3D theatres, including IMAX, Dolby Cinema and 4DX theatres, as well as select drive-in theatres. Originally it was set for a May 26, 2023, but due to another Disney movie titled The Little Mermaid being released on the same day as well as not wanting same day competition with Fast X, the film has been pushed back to June 9 and later to July 7 due to the same reason with Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Elemental and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny the latter being another two Disney movies.

### Streaming & Television

After the theatrical run, the movie will be streaming on MontalVue, Disney+, Hulu, and Max (formerly HBO Max) due to the contract for their final first run between Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery to be for the former's 2021-2023 movie slate. On the same week, it will air on MontalVue Linear under the MontalVue Cineplex channel and HBO.

In Latin America, it will be streaming on Star+, Disney+ and MontalVue with linear airings for the latter platform. Outside of the United States, MontalVue and Disney+ through Star will stream the film after its theatrical run. In Asia and Middle East, the film will be streaming through Disney+ Hotstar.

## Follow-ups

### Special Crossover Series

*Main article: [[CrossMore: Ultimatrix]]*
CrossMore: Ultimatrix will be a direct follow-up to the film, as well as CrossMore B.A., season two of Royale and Royal Painmakers, as the mid-credits scene (animated by Rough Draft, OLM, Wit Studio, Blur Studio and Tonic DNA) suggest. It will be streaming on MontalVue, Hulu and Disney+ in Fall of 2023.

### Series Finale Sequel

*Main article: [[CrossMore: The Movie - Crossing Fate]]*
In the series' third and final theatrical film, it will be the "conclusion" of the CrossMore Squad story and a crossover with B.A., Royal Painmakers and Royale. It is set to be taking place three years after the events of the second Avengers CrossMore miniseries and the series' fourth and final season. Disney veteran Mike Peraza Jr. and CrossMore series director Amelia Lorenz are set to direct the film alongside Sandoval. It is set to be released in the third quarter of 2024. Peter Ramsey, director of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and an episodic director of The Mandalorian, will join the film as both an executive producer and creative story consultant.