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El Americano: The Movie
Mexican theatrical release poster
Directed byRicardo Arnaiz
Mike Kunkel
Screenplay byRicardo Arnaiz
Richard Pursel
Phil Roman
Story byRicardo Arnaiz
Dulce Belchez
Fernando Lewels
Produced byGerry Cardoso
Phil Roman
Alex Flores
Michael D. Olmos
Edward James Olmos
StarringRico Rodriguez
Edward James Olmos
Argelia Atilano
Cheech Marin
Kate del Castillo
Paul Rodriguez
K. C. Porter
Erik Estrada
Adal Ramones
Gabriel Iglesias
Don Cheto
Hector Suarez
Lisa Kudrow
Pierre Angelo
CinematographyRicardo De la Rosa
Edited byGrecia Villar
Music byLeoncio Lara Bon[2]
Production
companies
Distributed byFreestyle Releasing (U.S)
FilmSharks International (Mexico)
Release dates
  • 29 January 2016 (2016-01-29) (Mexico)
  • February 2016 (2016-02) (United States)[1]
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesMexico
United States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Budget$4 million[4]

El Americano: The Movie (simply known as El Americano) is an upcoming 2016 3D Mexican-American computer animated adventure family action comedy film produced by Animex, Olmos Productions, and Phil Roman Entertainment. It is directed by Ricardo Arnaiz and ex-Disney animator, Mike Kunkel.[5][6][7][8] The film features an ensemble voice cast of mostly Hispanic American and Mexican actors led by Rico Rodriguez, Edward James Olmos, Cheech Marin, Kate del Castillo, Paul Rodriguez, Gabriel Iglesias, Erik Estrada, and Lisa Kudrow.[9][10][11] The first major animated co-production between studios in Mexico and the United States,[5][12] it is also the first international and CG production for Mexican animation studio, Animex.[8][11][12] FilmSharks International announced that they have acquired the film's international rights.[12] It will be distributed in the United States by Freestyle Releasing,[4][13] and will be released in the Winter season of 2016.[1]

Plot

The film will follow Cuco (Rico Rodriguez), a carefree Mexican pre-teen parrot, whose quest is to venture to Hollywood and enlist the aid of his favorite hero in order to help his father, Gayo (Edward James Olmos) and protect his circus family from the threat of Martin Kingfisher (Cheech Marin) and his henchmen.[4][14][15]

Cast

English cast[4]

Spanish cast

^* Those cast members will also voice their respective characters in the Spanish-language version.[4]

Production

Development

Edward James Olmos will serve as the film's executive producer.

Production began on January 2011 when director and Animex founder, Ricardo Arnaiz, became interested in doing an American co-production after the box-office disappointment of Nikté,[4] knowing that U.S.-produced films do better at the film market.[4] The idea of the film's plot was brought up when he visited the United States and met producer Gerry Cardoso, who brought up the idea of birds, traveling from Spain to Mexico.[4] Arnaiz insisted to change the setting to the United States.[4] “I said it would be great to make them go from Mexico to the United States, so we started from that,” said Arnaiz.[4] “We were very careful to be respectful of both countries. We wanted to tell a story about how borders are just a line on a map and when you are honest and you do things the right way there are a lot of possibilities out there for everybody.”[4] He later met actor Edward James Olmos, when he found that Olmos was "a hit".[20] After reading the script, Olmos agreed to join the film's production team and voice cast.[6] Olmos was a fan of La Leyenda de la Nahuala.[4] “We’re delighted to be working with Edward James Olmos and his production company here in the US. It’s a story we have been working on for the last three years and we feel we have a really strong team in place to execute this film scheduled in 2013.”[21]

"At the opening of the FICM to present the progress of this project is important because Animex [was] born in Puebla 13 years ago, and is the fourth film and will for many more, with El Americano, we ventured to U.S. and we want to impact [a] Hollywood film [...]"
— Ricardo Arnaiz[22]

On 26 September 2013, the film was presented at Ibero Puebla, revealing new screenshots and clips.[23] During production, Edward James Olmos had recorded his voice before the animation process.[24] As a result, many cast members were required to act out their roles before recording their voices.[25] According to director Ricardo Arnaiz, it is the most expensive film from Animex Producciones and the first to exceed over $29 million pesos.[20]

Animation

The visual effects and animation production were done by Boxel Studio in Tijuana.[4][26] Additional animation and crowding was handled by Cutting Edge Productions in Philippines.[4] In an interview with Andres Reyes Botello, founder of Boxel Studios, Ricardo Arnaiz initially stated he originally intended to produce the film in traditional animation,[26] but Edward James Olmos insisted Arnaiz use CG animation as the best chance of the film's success.[4] "Back then, he was explaining to me his situation with his 2D animation studio and his curiosity about making El Americano into a full 3D CGI production", said Andres Reyes Botello. "From there, we instantly got on to a good relationship and started working on the development for the characters and environments, doing some animation, lighting, and rendering tests for this film."[26] Arnaiz doesn't have much experience in CG animation and has decided to partner with Boxel Studio, which primarily focuses on animation for video games and promotions.[4] “They were very creative, they had a lot of knowledge and I said: ‘Would you be interested in doing a movie with me? I don’t know anything about CGI, you don’t know anything about making movies — let’s combine and create this thing together,” says Arnaiz.[4] For assistance, Arnaiz tapped animation veteran Raul Garcia, and Mike Kunkel, who is Arnaiz's personal friend and longed-hoped to work with him, and brought them to Boxel Studios.[4] “They taught everyone how to make animation, Hollywood style, and in Mexico, we taught the Americans how to do it with low budgets,” said Arnaiz.[4] A total of 25 animators have worked on this film.[4] Arnaiz has stated that the development of the film was challenging.[4] However, the film was finished on time and on budget.[4] “The biggest challenge was to get it to the level that everyone was hoping for us,” said Arnaiz. “They thought at first that we were going to go to like a direct-to-video quality at the most, and once we showed them some clips they were really excited about it.”[4] Development for the film finished in August 2013.[20]

Casting

On 17 April 2013, actress Lisa Kudrow has joined the voice cast as Lucille in both English and Spanish versions.[27][28] She is the only non-Hispanic cast member.[27] To prepare her role, director Ricardo Arnaiz helped Kudrow with her emphasis in her Spanish for her lines.[29]

Music

Leoncio Lara will compose the film's score, and performed by the Orchestra of Puebla.[30][31]

Release

The film premiered at the Morelia International Film Festival on 22 October 2013.[32][33] The film has faced numerous delays before its premiere; the film was originally intended for release September 2013 release, then a Summer 2014 release, and then a Summer 2015 release.[14][34] Planned to open at about 1,200 theaters across the United States,[35][36] the film is now set to be released between January and February 2016, distributed by Freestyle Releasing in the United States.[13][1]

The film had its U.S. screening at The Strong National Museum of Play theater in Rochester, New York on 15 March 2014.[34] It was shown in both Spanish and English.[34] The film is was presented at the San Diego Comic-Con International on 25 July 2014.[37] The title of the conference is "Big Ideas for Movies: Crossing the Borders with Mexican Animation".[37] It had an advanced screening at the 22nd Annual San Diego Film Festival on 14 March 2015.[38][39][40] The film had its world carpet premiere on 14 May 2015 at the Regal Cinemas L.A. Live Stadium 14 theater.[41]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features 12 original songs written and composed by various Latin artist, and three score pieces composed by Leoncio Lara Bon. The album features the song "Hasta el Cielo Alcanzar" (film's main song) written and performed by six-time Latin GRAMMY nominated Aleks Syntek. The album also contains songs by La Arrolladora Banda Limón, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, 3Ball Mty. featuring Don Cheto, Amanditita, Duelo, Horacio Palencia and many more. The Soundtrack is produced by Gerry Cardoso.

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