Disney In The House: Time Travel

Disney In The House: Time Travel is a 2019 American live-action/animated science-fiction fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Wonder Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to Disney In The House: Off To Adventure Camp and the sixth installment in the studio's classic Disney In The House franchise. It was directed by Steve Trenbirth and written by Ashley Edward Miller, Gary Marsh, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Trenbirth. In the film's ensemble cast, Sarah Silverman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ed O'Neill, Frank Welker, Michael J. Fox, and Owen Laramore reprise their roles of Vanellope, Judy, Hank, Iggy, Mr. Ziploc, and Lawrence Pierce. Archive recordings of Dakota Fanning's child voice were used for the role of Beth Pierce. Additional new cast members include Ben Stiller, Billy Crystal, Bobby Cannavale, Neil Patrick Harris, Jon Voight, Edward James Olmos, John Turturro, Damon Wayans Jr., and Frank Oz joining them in the roles of Creasy Corden, Rexy, Ryan, Gear Gremlin, Drug Bear, Dug Bear, Rug Bear, Tall Bean, and Fat Bean. The plot centers on Vanellope von Schweetz and Judy Hopps traveling through time, alongside Creasy Corden, Beth Pierce, and Rexy & Ryan to stop the evil Gear Gremlin. Along the way, Beth becomes fond of Vanellope and learns that Disneyville is her real home.

Steve Trenbirth acquired the rights for Disney In The House: Time Travel in May 2016 as the studio was working on its first full-length film, Disney In The House: Introduction; however, production did not originally start until their second full-length film, Critter Country, became a critical and commercial success. The film does not use traditional time-travel, but instead uses dimensional rift technology that takes up to most of its environment.

Disney In The House: Time Travel was released theatrically in the United States on June 13, 2019 to critical acclaim for its humor, cast, screenplay, subject matter, visual effects, emotional depth, and David Newman's musical score. The film also performed well at the box-office with a total earning of $1.1 billion worldwide against its estimated $200 million budget, and went on to overtake Disney In The House: Introduction as the highest-grossing feature film from Walt Disney Wonder Studios to date. The film won six Academy Awards, including a nomination for Best Picture. Other nominations and wins include the Satellite Award for Best Original Song for the song "Don't Let Love Go".

A sequel, Disney In The House: Return To Adventure Camp, was released on September 13, 2019.

Plot
Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) and Judy (Ginnifer Goodwin) play around Disneyville. The next day, they encounter a time traveler named Creasy Corden (Ben Stiller). Creasy introduces them to his teammates: a blue Tyrannosaurus and caterpillar duo named Rexy and Ryan (Billy Crystal and Bobby Cannavale), and his nine-year-old sidekick, Beth Pierce (Dakota Fanning), whom Vanellope is smitten by. Lawrence Broderick (Owen Laramore), Disneyville's mayor, finds Creasy's pet cat Nevins lost again and returns him to the group. They hitch a ride on the Disneyville Express to the time travel shed house.

At the shed house, Vanellope, Creasy, Rexy, and Ryan build the Indoor Stair Luge Transforming Time Traveler. They begin heading towards World War II to find the first Collectible. The Six Collectibles are various items found in six dimensions. Before they can go any further, two beans (Damon Wayans Jr. and Frank Oz) knock them down before realizing their mistake. They explain that they knocked them down because they misunderstood them as Gear Gremlin (Neil Patrick Harris), a hideous monster. Revealing he does exist, Gear Gremlin attacks the shed, but is knocked out by Vanellope. Frustrated, he flies away in complete anger. In World War II, Vanellope measures the group's powers. They obtain the Collectible, which is money, but are chased by Gear Gremlin's bear goons (Jon Voight, Edward James Olmos, and John Turturro), Drug, Dug, and Rug. As they are about to fall into a chasm, the Time Traveler zaps them back to the shed safely.

The group successfully finds the other four Collectibles. During their adventure, Beth becomes fond of Vanellope, and they have fun together. Then they head off to get the final Collectible in the time of the Dust Bowl. Vanellope, Beth, Rexy, and Ryan try to get the Collectible, but it's dust storm power grabs Beth. Vanellope grabs onto Beth's hand against the storm. Beth lets go to sacrifice herself, but Judy grabs the Collectible, stops the storm, and grabs Beth and Vanellope before they fall off the cliff. Back at the shed house, Vanellope combines the Collectibles and their powers, but the impact blows the shed house to smithereens and crushes Nevins. Finding out that they planned the adventure in the first place, Beth, Creasy, Rexy, and Ryan accuse both Vanellope and Judy of putting their lives in danger and order them to leave.

As Vanellope and Judy prepare to go home, they are captured by the bears. Lawrence, Mr. Ziploc (Michael J. Fox), Hank (Ed O'Neill), and Iggy (Frank Welker) witness their capture and come to the now destroyed shed house to get help. Realizing that Vanellope was telling the truth, Beth, Creasy, Rexy, and Ryan go to rescue their friends. Beth grabs a jet pack and saves Vanellope before Gear Gremlin can shoot her. Judy becomes Super Judy and crushes Gear Gremlin's bear goons. Gear Gremlin tries to kill Vanellope, but Beth kicks him in the face, and he falls to his death.

With Gear Gremlin and his bear goons gone, Vanellope and Beth become the best of friends. With encouragement from Creasy, Beth decides to permanently live with Vanellope and Judy, and Lawrence gives Beth a Disney D badge and reveals himself as her brother. As Vanellope, Judy, and Beth bid Creasy, Rexy, and Ryan a tearful farewell, Creasy, Rexy, and Ryan retire from time travelling and depart for a new home, and Beth's dream of reconnecting with her older brother comes true.

The next day, Vanellope, Judy, Lawrence, Hank, Mr. Ziploc, and Iggy hire Beth to live with them in their house. At Beth's debut, she and Lawrence dance and then kiss.

Cast
Additionally, LeBron James makes a cameo in the Basketball sequence. The Beans voices were all provided by Patrick Warburton, Ava Acres, Katherine Von Till, Joe Ochman, and Jeff Bennett. Cheech Marin, Whoopi Goldberg, and Jim Cummings also reprise their roles of Banzai, Shenzi, and Ed in the Lion King sequence. Small Bean was voiced by E.G. Daily who was not credited in the film.
 * Sarah Silverman as Vanellope, a resident of Disneyville.
 * Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy, a resident of Disneyville who is Vanellope's sidekick and best friend.
 * Dakota Fanning as Beth Pierce, a seven-year-old girl who Creasy's sidekick and Lawrence's love interest and sister and stays in Disneyville near the end of the film. Tara Strong provided her signing voice.
 * Ben Stiller as Creasy Corden, a time traveler and Beth's sidekick.
 * Billy Crystal and Bobby Cannavale as Rexy and Ryan, a T-Rex and caterpillar duo who are Creasy's teammates.
 * Neil Patrick Harris as Gear Gremlin, a hideous gremlin who intends to destroy time and space.
 * Jon Voight, Edward James Olmos, and John Turturro as Drug, Dug, and Rug, two bears who are in a league with Gear Gremlin.
 * Damon Wayans Jr. and Frank Oz as Tall bean and Fat bean, two anthropomorphic beans who are the stationmasters of the Time Travel shed.
 * Ed O'Neill as Hank
 * Frank Welker as Iggy/Nevins the cat
 * Owen Laramore as Lawrence Broderick, the mayor of Disneyville and Beth's love interest. He is revealed to be Beth's brother near the end of the film.
 * Michael J. Fox as Mr. Ziploc
 * Jim Hanks as Woody
 * Gary Owen as Buzz
 * Jessica DiCicco as Jessie
 * Kristen Bell as Anna
 * Idina Menzel as Elsa
 * Jason Bateman as Nick
 * John C. Reilly as Ralph
 * Josh Gad as Olaf
 * Corey Burton as Grumpy; Burton previously made a cameo of Duck McScrooge in Disney In The House: Introduction.

Production
As they were working on Disney In The House: Introduction, the rights for a Disney In The House: Time Travel film were acquired by Walt Disney Wonder Studios in May 2016. However, production did not originally start until the 2017 Disney/Bear Bones film Critter Country became a critical and commercial success. The director of Critter Country, Steve Trenbirth, signed on as director. Scientists and dynamic people studied inner-dimensional rift technology as part of their preparation for the experiment during production.

Casting
Sarah Silverman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ed O'Neill, Frank Welker, Michael J. Fox, and Owen Laramore reprised their respective roles as Vanellope, Judy, Hank, Iggy, Mr. Ziploc, and Lawrence from Introduction, 4th Of July, Christmas, and Off To Adventure Camp. Archive recordings of Dakota Fanning's child voice were used for Beth's lines. Tom Hollander was offered for the role of Creasy, but had to leave the film due to scheduling conflicts with other projects. Hugh Jackman, Michael Keaton, and Chris Parnell were also considered before Ben Stiller made the final cut. James Arnold Taylor, who voiced the title character in Dr. Seuss' Thidwick The Big Hearted Moose, looked interested in the role of Gear Gremlin, but passed it to Neil Patrick Harris. Billy Crystal and Bobby Cannavale were announced to be part of the cast in November 2017. Two months later, it was revealed that Jon Voight, Edward James Olmos, John Turturro, Damon Wayans Jr., and Frank Oz had signed for the roles as Drug, Dug, Rug, Tall Bean, and Fat Bean, respectively.

Music
David Newman composed the film's musical score. Mark Mancina was going to compose the score, but Newman was chosen, leaving Mancina in charge of the song Don't Let Love Go with Lin-Manuel Miranda, having to have previously collaborated with him on Moana. The Smash Mouth song Hang On is featured in the end credits, making the the second Steve Trenbirth-directed film in a row to feature a Smash Mouth song at the credits, after The Jungle Book 2, (which was also from Disney) released sixteen years prior. Laramore also performed "Don't Let Love Go", alongside Ann Marie Boskovich.
 * "I Want To Know What Love Is" (performed by Foreigner)
 * "We Speak No Americano" (performed by Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP)
 * "Get Ready For This" (performed by 2 Unlimited)
 * "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" (performed by Jason Weaver and Laura Williams)
 * "Easy" (performed by Lionel Richie)
 * "Don't Let Love Go" (performed by Owen Laramore and Ann Marie Boskovich)
 * "You Got A Friend In Me (para el Buzz Espanol)" (performed by Gipsy Kings)
 * "Hang On" (performed by Smash Mouth)
 * "Main Titles/Creasy Corden"
 * "Rexy & Ryan"
 * "Lawrence Pierce's Staff Meeting"
 * "Parliament"
 * "At The Shed"
 * "Building The Time Machine"
 * "Gear Gremlin"
 * "The Six Collectibles"
 * "World War II"
 * "Chase"
 * "Dangerous Cave Exploration"
 * "Hyena Fight"
 * "Birthday Party"
 * "That Was A Smerk"
 * "Dust Bowl In The 1930's"
 * "Dust Storm"
 * "The Shed Falls Apart"
 * "Go Away!"
 * "Captured"
 * "Vanellope Told The Truth"
 * "The Final Battle"
 * "Beth Stays In Disneyville"

Box-office
Disney In The House: Time Travel grossed $358 million the United States and Canada, and $775 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.133 billion, making it a box-office success. In order to avoid opening weekends with Toy Story 4 (which was also released in June 2019), it made its money faster in Canada, and later the United States and other worldwide territories. The film finished ahead of Toy Story 4 with its $1.1 billion worldwide gross. The film's theatrical run lasted until September 24, 2019. It went on to surpass Disney In The House: Introduction as the highest-grossing Walt Disney Wonder Studios film of all-time.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a very rare approval rating of 99%. The website's critic consensus reads, "In a constitutional monarchy, Disney In The House: Time Travel has enough real power to entertain children and adults alike." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 96 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an overall positive score "A" on an A+ to F scale.

David Ehrlich of IndieWire called the film "devastatingly emotional", and praised the ending scene, saying, "The scene where Beth stays in Disneyville is pretty tearjerking, and in this case, exceptional, and that's no joke". A.O. Scott of the New York Times gave the film four out of four stars. Roger Ebert and co-host Richard Roeper gave the film  "Two Thumbs Up". James Berardinelli of ReelViews commended Ben Stiller's performance of Creasy Corden, saying, "It's great to see Ben Stiller in such great movies like this one". Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia  Inquirer gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Disney In The House: Time Travel is a "heartwarming melody".