Omoniyi Adenusi: Powtoon Wars

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***Omoniyi Adenusi: Powtoon Wars*** is a 2022 American animated comedy film featuring YouTube user Omoniyi Adenusi, produced by Powtoon Films and distributed by 20th Century Studios. It is the first film to be created using Powtoon and stars the voices of Adenusi, Joey, Lisa, Allison, Microsoft Sam, Ethan, Brian, and Kate. The film follows Niyi Adenusi as he and his best friend Javier team up with their long-unseen friend Dennise to save Powtoon from Alex Minudaka.

The film was announced in April 2018 as *Omoniyi Adenusi: The Movie*, with Adenusi himself directing, and production began on Powtoon.com shortly after.

The film was released on YouTube and Vimeo on May 27, 2022, after facing many delays from an original July 13, 2018 date.

## Plot

For his YouTube channel's fifth anniversary, 14-year-old Niyi Adenusi begins creating a video using Powtoon to celebrate it. Meanwhile, Alex Minudaka, a ruthless young woman, tests out the website for use with her videos. After facing many errors and glitches, she plots to destroy Powtoon with her robot sidekick, Robo, by hacking into it.

## Cast

* Omoniyi Adenusi as himself
* Joey as Javier Corona-Lopez, Omoniyi's best friend.
* Lisa as Dennise
* Allison as Alex Minudaka
* Microsoft Sam as Robo, Alex's sidekick.
* Ethan as Ilya Spitalnik, the CEO of Powtoon.
* Brian as a Powtoon worker
* Kate as a Powtoon Candy Store employee

## Production

### Development

On April 2, 2018, Omoniyi Adenusi announced that he is working on a film featuring himself called *Omoniyi Adenusi: The Movie*, which would be produced by the newly-formed Powtoon Films. When the teaser trailer was released on April 3, 2018, it was revealed that the plot of the film would be about a YouTube user named Alex Minudaka planning to destroy and subsequently rule the world, and that Niyi and fellow YouTube users Dennise the Lego Batman Girl, Javier Corona-Lopez, Red Red Bird, thefurby 88, Austin Dickerson and Makayla Broadway would have to save it. The film was set for release on July 13, 2018. After facing delays, the film was renamed *Omoniyi Adenusi: Powtoon Wars* in May 2019 and the plot was drastically changed. In February 2020, the film was put on hold in favor of the production of the OmoniyiToons series *The Adventures of Omoniyi & Javier*, which aired its 13th and final episode on November 14, 2020 and was cancelled in December.

On December 31, 2021, it was confirmed that production on the film was complete and that it would keep its May 2022 date.

## Marketing

The teaser trailer was uploaded to YouTube on April 3, 2018, but it was later deleted. Another teaser was uploaded to YouTube in 2018, but it was also deleted. A new trailer was uploaded to YouTube in February 2020, but was subsequently deleted from YouTube as well.

On December 20, 2021, the first trailer was released online, followed by a second trailer on March 29, 2022.

## Release

The film was initially scheduled to be released on July 13, 2018. On May 20, 2018, the film was delayed to March 1, 2019 to allow more time to work on the film. On December 31, 2018, the film was delayed to June 5, 2020. On April 18, 2020, the film was delayed to July 9, 2021. On April 6, 2021, the film was delayed once more to May 27, 2022.

### Home media

*Omoniyi Adenusi: Powtoon Wars* was released on Blu-ray, DVD and Ultra HD Blu-ray on July 19, 2022 by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

## Trivia

* The film's release date was switched from July 13, 2018 to March 1, 2019 because the film's schedule was set 3 months after its announcement, and the film wouldn't be finished before July 13.
* The 18th episode of *Character Elimination* revealed a sneak peek of the film in honor of the show's first anniversary.

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