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Playmobil The Movie
File:Playmobil2019Teaser.jpg
Teaser poster
Directed byLino DiSalvo
Screenplay by
  • Blaise Hemingway
  • Greg Erb
  • Jason Oremland
Story byLino DiSalvo
Based onPlaymobil
Produced by
Starring
Edited byMaurissa Horwitz
Music byHeitor Pereira
Production
companies
Distributed byPathé Distribution
Release date
  • August 7, 2019 (2019-08-07) (France)
Running time
99 minutes[1]
CountryFrance[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$75 million[3][4]
Box office$5.8 million[5][4]

Playmobil: The Movie is a 2019 English-language French animated adventure comedy film based on the German building toy Playmobil. The film is directed by Lino DiSalvo, in his directorial debut, written by Blaise Hemingway, Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, and produced by On Animation Studios. The film stars the voices of Anya Taylor-Joy, Gabriel Bateman, Daniel Radcliffe, Jim Gaffigan, Meghan Trainor and Adam Lambert.

Playmobil: The Movie was released in France on August 7, 2019 by Pathé, in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2019 by StudioCanal UK and is scheduled for release in the United States on December 6, 2019 by STXfilms. The movie has received negative reviews from critics, who compared it unfavorably to The Lego Movie.

Plot

Marla is a young spirit-free girl who dreams of traveling the world. But her plans to travel are postponed after receiving the news that her parents have died in an accident. Four years later, Marla has grown up to take care of her younger brother Charlie, who is lonely since the death of his parents. Charlie sneaks out on Marla to visit a toy museum with a Playmobil exhibit; After Marla arrives and scolds Charlie for running away, a lighthouse illuminates and begins levitating the exhibit's figurines, and are transported into a Playmobil universe.

Marla and Charlie find themselves in the middle of a Viking battle, to which Charlie joins until he is kidnapped by some pirates and mysteriously disappear. Disappointed, Marla goes to the nearest town hoping to ask for help. Unable to get, Marla runs into Del, the driver of a food truck, whose client refuses to pay him over pink hay that causes the town's horses to sprout wings. As Marla tries to form a posse to find Charlie, Del gets her out of trouble when she shows Viking gold to the whole town. He agrees to help Marla find her brother for the gold.

Elsewhere, Charlie is taken to a city called Constantinopolis, where he and other characters are caged and presented by Emperor Maximus who intends them to fight to death. Charlie and the rest of the characters attempt to escape by retriving the ship of one of the prisoners but backfires.

Meanwhile, Marla and Del run into Rex Dasher, a secret agent and an old friend of Del. Rex explains that a number of characters have disappeared, including Charlie. They sneak into a villainous spy headquarters to find information about Charlie's disappearance. Despite some issues, they successfully gather the data. The three depart until Rex is captured by the pirates as well. He is taken away to Constantinopolis and meets Charlie, who tells him that Marla has been looking for him; Filled with hope, Charlie breaks away from their imprisonment and lets the rest of the characters run away as he decides to get taken by the guards.

Del recognises a device used by the pirates to escape belonging to Glinara, an alien crime lord. After meeting with her, in exchange for information, Del offers to pay twice as much as he owed her, Glinara agrees and reveals that the device she sold to belongs to Maximus. However, it is revealed that Marla only had two pieces of gold, this angers Glinara who ties them up and threatens them to drop them into a portal. But are spared by Glinara's robot servant Robotriton, who hacks the portal and are dropped into a forest. Del is upset with Marla's deceit and leaves her. Marla and Robotitron travel through the woods only to find that they have gone in circles. Frustrated, Marla accidentally hits a fairy godmother. The fairy godmother encourages Marla to continue her search and sends her to Constantinopolis.

Arriving at the city, Marla reaches a colisseum where Charlie is about to be presented to a tyrannosaurus rex. Charlie and Marla work together to fight off the T-rex, but to no avail. Del soon arrives with in his food truck. Marla uses the last of Del's pink hay and throws it into the T-rex's mouth, turning it harmless. An enraged Maximus orders the guards to arrest them. However, the guards arriving turn out to be Rex and the missing warriors, and lock Maximus into a cage. Marla and Charlie fly back to the lighthouse and return to the real world, upon returning, the siblings are met by security who reveals that they went missing for five minutes. On good terms, Marla promises to Charlie that their relationship will be mended.

In a mid-credit scene, one of the security guards finds a figure of Maximus on the floor next to a cage, as he places him on top of a Mount Olympus, Maximus' laugh is heard.

Cast

Voice cast

Production

An animated feature film based on Playmobil figurines, produced by On Entertainment, Wild Bunch and Pathé, was originally expected to be released at the end of 2017.[8]

The film originally involved Bob Persichetti as director and screenwriter. The film will be the first in a trilogy of theatrical animated films based on Playmobil. Persichetti initially pitched the film to Sony Pictures Animation. Although Sony tried to buy the pitch, it fell through. He was eventually offered instead to direct the 2018 superhero film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.[9]

The film was animated in On animation's Canadian facilities. The film was also originally supposed to be distributed by Cross Creek Pictures.[3]

On February 9, 2016, Lino DiSalvo came on board to direct the $75 million budgeted film, replacing Persichetti. Dimitri Rassam and Aton Soumache of On Animation Studios will produce the film.[10][11] On May 12, 2016, Open Road Films acquired the US rights to the film, whose screenplay was written by Blaise Hemingway. It would mark DiSalvo's directorial debut after spending 17 years at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Alexis Vonarb, Axel Von Maydell, and Moritz Borman would also produce the film.[12]

On November 17, 2017, it was reported that Wendi McLendon-Covey would star in the film. The film will be a CG-animated/live-action hybrid.[13]

In June 2018, the film's production was underway and some details of the film were revealed, during a session at Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[14] In October 2018, lead voice cast was announced which included Anya Taylor-Joy, Gabriel Bateman, Daniel Radcliffe, Jim Gaffigan, Meghan Trainor, and Adam Lambert, while Trainor and Lambert would also write and sing original songs for the film.[15]

Release

Playmobil: The Movie was released in France by Pathé on August 7, 2019, on 610 screens, and will be released in the USA on December 6, 2019. It was originally scheduled to be released in the United States by Open Road Films on January 18, 2019,[12] which was once delayed to April 19, 2019,[16] It was also scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2019 under StudioCanal. Due to the bankruptcy of Global Road, STX Entertainment bought U.S distribution rights to the film in early April 2019.[17]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 20% based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 4.31/10. The critical consensus reads: "Much like the toys it advertises, Playmobil: The Movie seems sadly destined to be regarded as a superficially similar yet less desirable alternative to the competition."[18] On Metacritic, the film has an weighted average score of 25 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[19]

Guy Lodge of Variety magazine wrote: "An attempt to do for the smiling, claw-handed Playmobil collective what The Lego Movie did for the humble plastic brick — but without that blockbuster’s dizzy, self-aware wit and visual invention — Lino DiSalvo’s hyperactive film never transcends its blatant product-flogging purpose."[20] Olly Richards wrote in Empire: "Maybe it’s fitting Playmobil: The Movie is old-fashioned, stiff and only suitable for those between the ages of four and ten, but it sure isn’t much fun."[21] Robbie Collin for The Daily Telegraph, likened watching the film to "being beaten over the head with the Argos catalogue," and dubbed it a "blaringly witless branding bombardment."[22]

References

  1. ^ "PLAYMOBIL THE MOVIE (U)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Playmobil, le film (2018)". www.unifrance.org.
  3. ^ a b Thill, Scott (21 October 2015). "ON Animation Studios To Spend $75 Million On A Playmobil Movie". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b "PLAYMOBIL (2019) - Financial Information". The Numbers (website). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Playmobil: The Movie (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  6. ^ Michelle, Paloma [@Palomaofficial] (13 December 2018). "This is the 1st time I see my character in all her glory!! "Valera," what an honor! Non stop chills. This movie looks sooooo bad ass!! Comes out August 2019! #PLAYMOBIL #PlaymobilTheMovie #WomenInAnimation" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ Spencer, Spike [@spikespencer] (25 July 2019). "HEY! Have you seen the new Playmobil Trailer yet? I have the amazing good fortune of voicing 4 characters in this awesome movie! MANY THANKS TO Karen Strassman and Lino DiSalvo for the oppurtunity WATCH IT RIGHT NOW!..." (Tweet). Retrieved 26 July 2019 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (6 November 2014). "AFM: On Ent. Plays With Wild Bunch, Pathe on Playmobil Pic (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  9. ^ Amid Amidi (18 December 2018). ""If We Could Do Anything Our Own Way, What Would We Do?": A Conversation With 'Spider-Man' Co-Director Bob Persichetti". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  10. ^ Hopewell, Elsa Keslassy,John (9 February 2016). "'Playmobil' Movie to Be Directed by 'Frozen' Animator Lino Di Salvo (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 16 May 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Amidi, Amid (10 February 2016). "Bob Persichetti Out, Lino DiSalvo In As Director of Playmobil Movie". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  12. ^ a b Pedersen, Erik (12 May 2016). "Open Road Grabs 'Playmobil' For U.S., Toon Feature Based On Popular Toys". Deadline. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  13. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (17 November 2017). "Wendi McLendon-Covey Joins Voice Cast Of Open Road's 'Playmobil'". Deadline. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  14. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (14 June 2018). "New Details on 'Playmobil The Movie' Spilled at Annecy Festival". Variety. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  15. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (10 October 2018). "Anya Taylor-Joy, Meghan Trainor, Adam Lambert & Daniel Radcliffe Among Voice Cast For 'Playmobil: The Movie'". Deadline. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  16. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (9 October 2017). "Open Road Changes Release Dates for 'Midnight Sun', 'Show Dogs' & 'Playmobil'". Deadline. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  17. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (4 April 2019). "STX Boards U.S. Rights To 'Playmobil: The Movie' Featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Meghan Trainor, Adam Lambert, Anya Taylor Joy". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Playmobil: The Movie (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Playmobil: The Movie reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  20. ^ Lodge, Guy (7 August 2019). "Film Review: 'Playmobil: The Movie'". Variety.
  21. ^ Olly Richards (5 August 2019). "Playmobil: The Movie". Empire.
  22. ^ Robbie Collin (8 August 2019). "Playmobil: The Movie review: like being beaten over the head with the Argos catalogue". The Daily Telegraph.

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