How Frogs Go to London

***How Frogs Go To London*** is 2005 American 3D computer animated comedy adventure film produced by Gingo Movies for 20 Century Fox. As 4 feature film from Gingo, as well as it 1 fully 3D computer animated film, was directed by Steve Samono from screenplay by Michael Wildshill and Joe Stillman and story by Samono. It features voices of Luke Wilson, Jessica Biel, Zach Tyler Eisen, Shantel VanSanten, Mae Whitman, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ricky Gervais, Sharon Horgan, with Brooke Nevin and Anndi McAfee, and it follow 4 frog who travel to London and try to achieve their goal by help young orphan boy.

*How Frogs Go To London* was release in US on July 15, 2005. It received positive reviews from critics, and grossed $9 million worldwide from it $7 million budget. However, it fell short of Fox financial expectations, prompting Gingo to abandon plan for sequel and Fox to end their partnership with Gingo 2 years later, it is currently lowest grossing film from Gingo Animation.

## Cast

* Luke Wilson as Fergal, the main protagonist.
* Jessica Biel as Keana, Fergal's girlfriend.
* Zach Tyler Eisen as Robby McRobbs, the young orphan boy.
* Shantel VanSanten as Lynnette, one of Keana's friends.
* Mae Whitman as Lottie, Lynnette's younger sister.
* Sacha Baron Cohen as Austin McRobbs, Robby's father.
* Ricky Gervais as Fergus, Fergal's father.
* Sharon Horgan as Francesca, Fergal's mother.
* Brooke Nevin as Tina, a toad who is one of Keana's friends.
* Anndi McAfee as Tricia, one of Lottie's friends.

## Release

*How Frogs Go To London* was release on July 15, 2005.

### Marketing

Coinciding with film release, Burger King release 8 toys in their Kids Meals. Video Game Adaptation was release on PlayStation 2, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS.

### Trailers

* Teaser trailer was release on September 17, 2004 and was shown before *Alaina Gleen Movie*, *Shark Tale*, *Taxi*, *Runover Boys*, *Incredibles*, *Polar Express*, *SpongeBob SquarePants Movie*, *Lemony Snicket Series Of Unfortunate Events*, *Fat Albert, Coach Carter, Elektra, Racing Stripes, and Are We There Yet*
* 1 theatrical trailer was release on February 11, 2005, and was shown before *Pooh Heffalump Movie*, *Because Of Winn Dixie, Son Of Mask,* *Pacifier*, *Robots*, *Ice Princess*, *Guess Who, Fever Pitch, Kim Possible So Drama,* *Tj World Movie, Hitchhiker Guide To Galaxy.*
* 2 theatrical trailer was release on May 6, 2005, and was shown before *Kingdom Of Heaven, Revenge Of Sith, Madagascar, Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl In 3D, Howl Moving Castle, Wondercolts, Fully Loaded, MISSION, Mission Planet, and Fantastic 4.*
* TV spots began to air from May 23 to July 26, 2005.

### Home media

*How Frogs Go To London* was release on VHS and DVD on December 13, 2005, by 20 Century Fox Home Entertainment. Film was release for 1 time on Blu ray on May 15, 2007, and contained new features not included on DVD. 3D Blu ray version was release on January 22, 2013. It Home media was also release on VHS and DVD in UK on August 15, 2005.

## Soundtrack

In 2005, *How Frogs Go To London Music From Motion Picture* soundtrack was release by Virgin Records. Danny Elfman compose film score.

## Reception

### Critical response

*How Frogs Go To London* has 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with average rating of 7.5 10 based on 146 reviews. Site critical consensus reads Clever plot and humor of *How Frogs Go To London* proves to be rather contribution to history. Metacritic, which assigns weighted average score 100 out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, give film score 100 out of 100, indicating generally favorable reviews.

### Box office

*How Frogs Go To London* earn $1 in US, which was below average of other films from Gingo Animation, and $6 from international markets for worldwide total of $9 making it Gingo lowest grossing film. Film open to number 3 in it 1 week, with $2, behind *Charlie And Chocolate Factory (2005)* and *Wedding Crashers*. Produced on budget of $7 million, poor box office reception result in $3 million write down for 20 Century Fox, and in termination of partnership with Gingo Animation in 2007.

## Cancelled sequel

Before film was release in theaters, Gingo originally plan for sequel to *How Frogs Go To London*, tentatively title *How Frogs Go To Paris*. Film would have continue after 1 film, in which frogs travel to Paris. Film would have also had Wilson, Biel, VanSanten, Nevin, and McAfee set to reprise their roles. Sequel was canceled, when *How Frogs Go To London* disappointed at box office.

## Transcripts

### Main

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

### Trailers

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

## References

1. ↑ In July 2010, the film's distribution rights were transferred to Universal Pictures.

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