Twentieth Toons: Quest for the Toon Temple

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***Twentieth Toons: Quest for the Toon Temple*** is an upcoming American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by 20th Century Animation and based on the *Twentieth Toons* franchise. The film is directed by Kevin Lima from a screenplay by Eyal Podell, Jonathon E. Stewart, Peter Ackerman, and Kevin Costello and a story by Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, and Brenda Chapman. It stars the voices of Tom Kenny, Phil LaMarr, Eric Bauza, Jeff Bergman, Candi Milo, and Richard Steven Horvitz, with Kathryn Newton (replacing Tara Strong), Jenny Slate, Paul Giamatti, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brie Larson, Ken Jeong, Bill Nighy, Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish, Fred Armisen, and Danny Trejo.

Plans for a CGI *Twentieth Toons* film began in November 2010 after the box office success of *Alaina Gleen*, when Fox announced that they would reboot the Twentieth Toons film series with Brad Garland writing a new film. After several years in development hell, the film was officially announced in August 2018 and Kevin Lima was initially hired to direct the film, with a new script written by Eyal Podell and Jonathon E. Stewart and a story by Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, and Brenda Chapman. Much of the cast joined in June 2019 and production began that same month. It will mark the first theatrically released film to feature the *Twentieth Toons* characters since the release of *Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out* (2005). It is the first film in the franchise to be fully animated in stylized CGI rather than traditional 2D animation.

The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on April 29, 2022, by 20th Century Studios.

## Premise

The film follows Felix Fox (Tom Kenny) and his friends, who must take a journey to a mysterious island, where they must prevent a heartless, evil villain named Ryton (Paul Giamatti) from unleashing powerful forces from a lost temple called the "The Toon Temple". During their adventure, Felix and the gang encounter many strange and weird commodities of the island, and the gang they soon discover that some of their crazy personalities come from The Toon Temple.

## Voice cast

* Tom Kenny as Felix Fox / Melvin the Mouse
* Phil LaMarr as Benjamin Bird
* Jeff Bergman as Edward the Eagle / Furious Freddie
* Eric Bauza as Ren the Rooster / Larry Watson / Tom Turtle / Sebastian Solar
* Kathryn Newton as Laura Reed
* Candi Milo as Lucille
* Jenny Slate as Felicity Fox
* Fred Armisen as Mayor Morgan
* Keith Ferguson as Marvin Mole
* Fred Tatasciore as Butch Bandicoot
* Frank Welker as Charlie Cassowary (vocal effects)
* Paul Giamatti as Ryton
* Jake Gyllenhaal
* Brie Larson
* Ken Jeong
* Bill Nighy
* Pete Davidson
* Lil Rel Howery
* Tiffany Haddish
* Danny Trejo

William P. Wolf will also appear in the film, but he won't speak.

## Production

### Casting

In January 2021, Tom Kenny, Phil LaMarr, Eric Bauza, Jeff Bergman, Candi Milo, and Richard Steven Horvitz was revealed to be reprising their roles as Felix Fox, Melvin the Mouse, Benjamin Bird, Edward the Eagle, Furious Freddie, Ren the Rooster, Larry Watson, and Lucille, respectively. Later that month, Kathryn Newton joined the voice cast as the role of Laura Reed.

Tara Strong, the longtime voice of Laura Reed, claimed that she had not been contacted about the decision to recast her role.

In April 2021, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brie Larson, Ken Jeong, Bill Nighy, and Tiffany Haddish were announced to be joining the cast. In July 2021, Danny Trejo, Pete Davidson, and Lil Rel Howery were added to the cast.

### Animation

*Quest for the Toon Temple* will be animated at the Fox Animation Century City studio, as Fox stated that the same animation used with *Alaina Gleen: World's Most Wanted* will be used for this film.

Clay Kaytis stated that the film will feature both traditional and CG animation. Production of the film was also being done remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

### Music

On March 9, 2021, it was announced that Mark Mothersbaugh will compose the film's score.

## Release

### Theatrical

The film is scheduled to be released by 20th Century Studios on April 29, 2022 in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and IMAX. Previously, the film was set for a June 3, 2022 release.

### Marketing

The teaser poster was revealed on September 13, 2021 and the teaser trailer was officially released online on 20th Century Studios' YouTube channel on September 16, 2021.
The film's first official trailer was later released online on December 16, 2021, along with a new poster. 20th Century Studios and Disney released a short film, titled *Felix's Christmas Wish*, as a Christmas styled promotion for the film on December 22, 2021. A second and final official trailer was released on February 14, 2022.