The Gold Crystal

***The Gold Crystal*** is an upcoming American computer-animated action-adventure film written by Wesley Adams and directed by Mark Osborne. It stars the voices of Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Ruffalo, Jenna Ortega and Bill Hader. The film will follow a group of fortune hunters who join forces to secure the titular Gold Crystal, a highly valued but the only crystal of its kind said to have been touched by Midas, from a world-renowned billionaire.

The film is scheduled to be released exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on June 28, 2024.

## Premise

Eugene Eisenberg is a 16-year-old high school student who lives a normal life as a part-time worker at a fast food chain. However, when his father Arthur Eisenberg reveals himself to be a fortune hunter who had worked in covert the entire time, his whole life is turned upside down and the two team up with Arthur’s associate Sophie Chavez to capture the Gold Crystal, a rare type of crystal believed to have been touched by Midas. Together, they must also race against the clock before world-renowned billionaire Sam Livingston takes it first.

## Voice cast

* Jack Dylan Grazer as Eugene Eisenberg, a high school student and fast food worker who joins his father Arthur to secure the Gold Crystal. Finn Wolfhard was originally considered for the role, but was later replaced by Grazer due to scheduling conflicts.
* Mark Ruffalo as Arthur Eisenberg, an experienced fortune hunter and father of Eugene.
* Jenna Ortega as Sophie Chavez, Arthur’s associate
* Bill Hader as Sam Livingston, a billionaire who seeks the Gold Crystal for his own benefit.
* Rachel Zegler as Amelia Wyndham, Eugene’s co-worker at Woody’s

## Production

*The Gold Crystal* was initially written as a spec script by Wesley Adams in 2011 and was pitched to several studios as a live-action film, but was repeatedly turned down by studios due to its unoriginality and the budget for such a film.

The film was announced on May 15, 2022 during an investor’s meeting at Redman Films. The project had been picked up by Paramount Pictures and Redman in 2021. On the same day of the film’s announcement, Jack Dylan Grazer and Mark Ruffalo were confirmed to be cast for their lead roles.

In April 2023, Mark Osborne was confirmed to direct the film.

## Release

*The Gold Crystal* is scheduled to be released by Amazon MGM Studios on Prime Video on June 28, 2024. It was originally scheduled for release on December 20, 2023 by Paramount Pictures, but was later pushed forward to December 8 to avoid potential competition with Illumination’s *Migration*, before being delayed to its current release date due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. The film’s distribution rights were later sold to Amazon MGM Studios by Lionsgate due to the aforementioned strike.

After Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins announced plans to move original animated films to Paramount+ in July 2023, Redman reassured in a press statement that the film will still receive an exclusive theatrical release after some negotiations with Paramount, as moving it to streaming would have violated the distribution deal.

### Marketing

The teaser trailer of *The Gold Crystal* was released on December 16, 2022 on YouTube. The film’s first official trailer was released on April 5, 2023, followed by a final trailer on August 2nd. While the teaser trailer has been heavily criticised for its lack of creativity and bad humor, the latter two trailers saw more praise.

## Transcripts

### Main

To view the main transcript of the film, click here.

### Trailers

To view the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.