Splatoon (Film)

***Splatoon*** is a upcoming 2023 adventure comedy film directed by Jordan Peele. Based on the 2015 video game of the same name. *Splatoon* was originally scheduled to be released on June 3, 2023 in the United States by Universal Pictures, and in Japan on June 10, 2023 by Toho. A sequel is scheduled to be released on July 5, 2025 and another sequel is scheduled to be released on August 7, 2027.

## Premise

In the Mollusc Era, every humans on earth are reportedly extinct, the squid kids, the Inklings are born in the city, Inkopolis. Two Inklings, Ika and Bloo meets two humans, Marc and Charles, who survived from the Mollusc Era and they're on the mission to save the Great Zapfish from by DJ Octavio and the octarians.

## Plot

In the Mollusc Era, every inkling are born many years ago. On Inkopolis, Florida, the orange inkling named Ika (Abigail Howard) won the turf war, her best blue inkling friend named Bloo (Justin Long) lost when he must practice the turf war. Meanwhile, two humans Marc (Kevin Hart) & Charles (Ice Cube) survived when they're frozen in time when every human on earth are extinct. The next day, Ika, Bloo and their inkling friends Debbi (Kristen Schaal), Marco (Danny McBride), April (Maya Rudolph) & Justin (Bill Hader) practice the turf war when they used their weapons. One night, Ika & Bloo discovered the Octo UFO that crashed landing. When they heard a noise, they finally discovered Marc & Charles. Marc & Charles can understand; all others simply hear her say "Woomy." and him say "Nyges".

At Ika's home, Ika is shocked that the news reveals the Squid Sisters, Callie (Britney Spears) & Marie (Billie Eilish) announced the Great Zapfish is squidnapped by DJ Octavio and the Octarians. She tells Bloo how the Octarians did it and they met Captain Cuttlefish and Ika, Bloo, Marc & Charles traveled to the Octo Valley and they met the lime inkling named Ashley AKA. Agent 3 and she tells Ika & Bloo to go on the Zapfish mission to defeat every octarians and rescue every zapfish.

As they defeated the Octostomp and the Octonozzle, Ika, Bloo, Ashley, Marc and Charles rescued the female human named Kris (Regina Hall) and they continued their mission. after they they defeated the Octowhirl, Bloo is captured by the group of Octolings and Captain Cuttlefish, Marc & Charles are captured by DJ Octavio. Ika and Ashley met Callie & Marie known as Agents 1 and 2 and they traveled to the Octoling base and they saw Bloo, tied up in the octopus tentacles by the Octolings. Ika defeated every Octoling and rescued Bloo and the zapfish. When the Octomaw is defeated, Ika, Bloo, Ashley, Callie and Marie met the three Octolings named Rose, Scarlet & Jazzy and they traveled into DJ Octavio's UFO and they saw Captain Cuttlefish, Marc & Charles are tied up and they saw DJ Octavio who stole the Great Zapfish and the five Inklings are off to the rescue. As Ika, Bloo and Ashley rescued Captain Cuttlefish, Marc and Charles, they heard Callie & Marie singing "Calamari Inkantation". Once they defeated DJ Octavio, the Great Zapfish freed itself from the Octobot king and they escaped. As Inkopolis is saved, Ashley and Captain Cuttlefish thanked Ika & Bloo for completing the zapfish mission and as for now, Callie & Marie announced the Splatfest has begun. Ika tells Bloo that he must win the turf war on the Splatfest. After they won the Splatfest, Ika & Bloo kissed that Bloo is now Ika's love internet and every inkling celebrated the Inkopolis Splatfest party as fireworks arrives, writing "Thank you, Inklings!". They danced and the party and Ika & Bloo kissed.

In the mid-credits scene, the pink inkling named Jenny texts that Ika is here and her green inkling friend Felix traveled to Inkopolis Square along with the Off The Hook, Pearl & Marina.

## Cast

* Abigail Howard as the voice of Ika: a orange female Inkling whom only Marc and Charles can understand and falls in love with Bloo. Howard also provided the facial motion capture for Ika, along with Long.
* Justin Long as the voice of Bloo: a blue male Inkling whom only Marc and Charles can understand and Ika's love internet. Long also provided the facial motion capture for Bloo, along with Howard.
	+ Yuki Tsujii as the Inkling's normal voice. He provides Ika and Bloo's normal voice as heard by everyone other than Marc and Charles. Tsujii reprises his role from the Splatoon video games.
* Kevin Hart as Marc: a human and Marc's best friend, who survived from the Mollusc Era, along with Charles after every human are extinct and team up with Ika and Bloo. He is based on his same name.
* Ice Cube as Charles: a human and Marc's best friend, who survived from the Mollusc Era, along with Marc after every human are extinct and team up with Ika and Bloo. He is based on his same name.
* Regina Hall as Kris: a news reporter. She is based on her same name.
* Britney Spears as Callie: the member of the Squid Sisters.
* Billie Eilish as Marie: the member of the Squid Sisters.
	+ Yuki Kudara (Keity.pop) as Callie's normal voice.
	+ Mari Kikuma as Marie's normal voice.
* Kristen Schaal as Debbi: a pink female inkling.
* Maya Rudolph as April: a lime green female inkling.
* Danny McBride as Marco: a cyan male inkling.
* Bill Hader as Justin: a purple male inkling.
* Tina Fey as Ashley "Agent 3": a lime female inkling.
* Mitchel Musso as himself, the orange male inkling.
* TBA as Sheldon.
* TBA as Annie.
* TBA as Jelonzo.
* TBA as Crusty Sean.
* TBA as Spyke.
* TBA as Judd.
* Amy Poehler as Rose: a red female Octoling and the sisters of Jazzy and Scarlet and the daughter of DJ Octavio.
* Tara Strong as Scarlet: a red female Octoling and the sisters of Jazzy and Rose and the daughter of DJ Octavio.
* Scarlett Johansson as Jazzy: a red female Octoling and the sisters of Jazzy and Rose and the daughter of DJ Octavio.
* Mahito Yokota as Craig "Cap'n" Cuttlefish: a elder inkling and Callie and Marie's grandfather.
* Idris Elba as DJ Octavio: A leader of octarians and rival of Craig "Cap'n" Cuttlefish and the father of Rose, Scarlet and Jazzy.
* Shaquille O'Neal as himself.

## Production

### Casting

In December 2020, Kevin Hart and Ice Cube are cast in the lead humans role, with Regina Hall added to costar after an intense session of reading and testing actresses opposite Hart and Cube. In January 2021, Abigail Howard and Justin Long are cast in the title role, portrayed via motion-capture and voice over.

### Filming

Principal production began on January 15, 2022, in Los Angeles County, California and Orlando, Florida. Nine days later, HartBeat Productions announced that principal photography had officially begun.

### Post-production

The film will take a realistic approach to some the characters, but will still be faithful as much as possible to both the characters and the world while being realistic. All of Inkopolis's buildings and its zapfish alongside the Great Zapfish, as well as the ink weapons both Inklings and Octolings wield, will be kept the same like in the game, but with realistic detail for live action. The characters will have a realistic approach that will be realistic to their base species, but also keep the defining traits.

* The Inklings will be similar to their game model, with their colored eyebrows, black eye masks, head tentacles, teeth, noses, ears, and humanoid body being present. Those arms will be just under the two main arms and stay above the waist. Also, the face will be a mix between a realistic human face and the Nintendo Inkling's face, with the eyes being similar size to humans, but still retaining their ears, eye masks, head tentacles, teeth, and noses.
* The Octolings will also have a facestyle similar to the realistic Inkling, but keep their ingame separate eye masks for differentiation, as well as their eyebrows, teeth, ears, noses, and head tentacles. Two small arms under the left main arm, and two small arms under the right arm, while being just under them and above the waist.

### Music

Abigail Howard, Justin Long, Kristen Schaal, Maya Rudolph, Danny McBride & Bill Hader released a version of the song for the film, titled "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", Wiz Khalifa released an original song, "Stay Fresh" featuring Panic! At The Disco. and Abigail Howard released a another original song, "Kids and Squids". The song and the music video were released on May 19, 2023. Splatoon released Squid Sisters' songs, "City of Color", "Ink Me Up", "Calamari Inkantation", "Maritime Memory", "Bomb Rush Blush" and "Tide Goes Out".

### Soundtrack

1. Humans Are Extinct & Inklings Are Born
2. Welcome to Inkopolis Plaza
3. Humans Meet Inklings
4. The Great Zapfish Is Squidnapped!
5. Cap'n Cuttlefish
6. Octo Valley
7. Meet Agent 3
8. The Zapfish Mission
9. Octostomp!
10. Octarian Ambush!
11. Octonozzle!
12. More Octarian Ambush!
13. Octowhirl!
14. Marc, Charles, Cap'n Cuttlefish & Bloo Are Squidnapped!
15. Octolings Attack!
16. Ika Rescues Bloo
17. Octomaw!
18. More Octolings Attack!
19. Rescue The Great Zapfish!
20. I am Octavio
21. Inklings To The Rescue!
22. Calamari Inkantation - Squid Sisters
23. The Great Zapfish Rescued!
24. Inkopolis is Saved
25. Splatfest, Here We Come!
26. City of Color - Squid Sisters
27. Ink Me Up - Squid Sisters
28. Squids In Love
29. Thank you, Inklings!
30. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Abigail Howard, Justin Long, Kristen Schaal, Maya Rudolph, Danny McBride & Bill Hader
31. Stay Fresh - Wiz Khalifa feat. Panic! At The Disco
32. Kids and Squids - Abigail Howard
33. Maritime Memory - Squid Sisters
34. Bomb Rush Blush - Callie
35. Tide Goes Out - Marie

### Music From Trailers

1. Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson (Trailer 1)
2. Power - Kanye West (Trailer 2)
3. Get Low - Dillon Francis Ft. DJ Snake (Trailer 3)

### Merchandise and other tie-ins

On May 15, 2023, it was revealed that Hartbeat Productions will release a graphic novel based on the film.

A set of 6 Splatoon toys were also sold at McDonald's.

Wicked Cool Toys, the current toy partner for the franchise, released figures and plush toys for retail as well.

## Release

*Splatoon* is scheduled to be released on June 3, 2023 in the United States by Universal Pictures, and in Japan on June 10, 2023 by Toho.

## Shorts

Splatoon: A Inkling Origins, Splatoon: Octo Run

## Specials

Splatoon: Splatoween Party, Splatoon: A Very Merry Squidmas

## TV Series

Splatoon: The Animated Series, Splatoon: The Adventures Of Ika & Bloo (TV Series)

## Gallery

### Posters

Splatoon (Film) Teaser Poster.pngTeaser PosterSplatoon (Film) Poster 2.png"The Squid Kids Are Coming" PosterSplatoon (Film) Poster 3.png"Are You A Kid? Or Are You A Squid?" PosterOfficial Poster
### Characters

Splatoon (Film) Ika.pngIkaSplatoon (Film) Bloo.pngBlooSplatoon (Film) Debbi.pngDebbiSplatoon (Film) April.pngAprilSplatoon (Film) Justin (Inkling).pngJustinSplatoon (Film) Marco.pngMarcoSplatoon (Film) Ashley.pngAshleySplatoon (Film) Callie.pngCallieSplatoon (Film) Marie.pngMarieSplatoon (Film) Cap'n Craig Cuttlefish.pngCap'n "Craig" CuttlefishSplatoon (Film) Rose Scarlet And Jazzy.pngScarlet (Left), Rose (Middle) and Jazzy (Right)Splatoon (Film) DJ Octavio.pngDJ Octavio