Eric Animations

Eric Henderson: Rebooted (also known as Eric Henderson: The Movie or simply Eric Henderson) is an upcoming live-action/2D traditional flash/hand-drawn/3D computer-animated motion capture sci-fi adventure comedy film based on the Go!Animate/Vyond character Eric and the series The Eric Show, which were both created by Jerry Tirado (MrLegoFan404) and various Go!Animate/Vyond users. It is set in an alternate universe from Go!Animate/Vyond's other properties and characters, but introduces a shared multiverse. The film is directed by Mike Mitchell, Trisha Gum, Henry Norton (who also serves as co-writer and co-composer of the film), Anthony and Joe Russo. It will also mark the directorial debut of Henry Norton, who is known for his involvement in the Taylor's Crystal Universe: All Stars franchise. The film features the somewhat similar charm and humor as most Go!Animate/Vyond videos, while also incorporating a darker, mature, serious, and more emotional tone, and it is also more action-oriented.

Premise
In the aftermath of the events with Bongo's Final Movie (2018) and Go!Animate: Bigger Longer, Full And Uncut (2018), Bongo Morrison (Troy Gentile) and his team of troublemakers, villains, evil clones of good people, and evil users have finally gotten their revenge on their haters, rivals, and enemies by turning the entire Go!Animate/Vyond universe into a post-apocalyptic wasteland as a result of an evil Go!Animate/Vyond detective (Kate McKinnon) helping them with their evil plans, which puts the entire Go!Animate/Vyond universe on the brink of chaos and collapse.

Cast
TBA

Development
On November 2016, Henry Norton, a director, producer, and composer who is best known for his involvement in the Taylor's Crystal Universe: All Stars (formally the Taylor's Series Saga) franchise had announced that he is working on feature film adaptations of some of Go!Animate/Vyond's properties. His production company Henry Norton Films would be involved in those films. One of his projects is a feature-length film based on one of the most popular Go!Animate/Vyond characters named Eric. Norton stated that he wanted to make this film in order to "rejuvenate" the character as well as the Go!Animate/Vyond franchise due to how Go!Animate/Vyond. He also mentioned that he would serve as one of the directors and writers of the film, and his best friend Senna would be involved in the film as well. However due to some controversies made against Norton that were going on during that time, plans for the film weren't officially announced until January 2017. Most of the crew behind the films and TV shows of the Taylor's Crystal Universe: All Stars franchise, as well as the crew of Gundam Mode Authorization/NDCUnivercity (formally known as Gundam Mode Anivision) announced that they will be involved in the film as well. During that time, the film was originally titled as The Eric Show: The Movie. Although this will be the first actual Go!Animate/Vyond film to hit theaters, this is not the first Go!Animate/Vyond feature film. Many fan-made Go!Animate feature films have been produced by many Go!Animate users and released on YouTube since 2011, but became popular as of 2013, starting with the release of the 2013 animated film Go!Animate: The Movie.

Norton asked the developers of the series Prince Boadu (PFilms207 Power, formally known as PFilms207 Forever VGCP), Julien Badit (ThatGreenSwagGuy), and The FunEditor4 if they can give him permission to make a feature-length film focusing on the Eric character. They gave Norton permission to make the film. Prince Boadu and Julien Badit, two of the developers of the series were confirmed to be involved in the film as producers. However, it is currently unknown if The FunEditor4 will be involved in the film.

On December 25, 2016, Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures announced that they have picked up rights for the film, and would team up with The Go!Animate Company (via Vyond Creations) to produce and distribute the film, with Warner Animation Group and Paramount Animation co-producing and animating the film, along with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Nickelodeon Movies, Discovery Family, and Cartoon Network co-producing the film.

On January 24, 2017, Henry Norton released a prototype version of the movie on his YouTube channel. The prototype version of the film consisted of the original opening to the movie, as well as parts 1 to 3 of the original version of the film. The original opening to the film is similar to the opening of the poorly received 2003 film The Cat in the Hat, which was based off the 1957 Dr. Seuss book of the same name. Later in February of 2017, Stephan Swaby expressed interest in development of the film, and was confirmed 3 days later to be involved in the film as one of the producers and writers of the film. He also created an Idea Wiki article to promote the film on the same month. This would allow Swaby to work on a film after his failed attempts to work on previous films, such as an unofficial live-action remake of the 2009 film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, an unofficial sequel to the 2006 film Over the Hedge, an upcoming sequel to the 2013 film Go!Animate: The Movie, and a planned HoverAnimation film titled The End of GoAnimate World that was set to be released in 2016 or 2017.

On March 27, 2017, James Sharp, also known by his nickname Sharpness Knight had expressed interest in working on the film, involving his company Sharpness Knight Animation Studios to co-produce the film. 9 days later, John Harry Lau has expressed interest in working on the production of the film after he watched the original series. He later became one of the executive producers of the film. On May 11, 2017, Colin Lloyd Pendergast, D.A. Nichols, and Abbey Thickson had also agreed to help develop the film, and Colin Entertainment, Ltd., NicThic Productions and its division NicThic Cinemation Studios were hired to co-produce the film. Colin serves as the producer, executive producer and writer of the film, while D.A. and Abbey serve as co-directors of the film. Founder of Slimeworks Studios Nolan Massey (KnottyOrchid12) was interested in working on the film, and wanted his company Slimeworks to be one of the production companies for the film. However, Swaby stated that he already has a lot of film companies helping with the film, and Slimeworks won't be involved in the film. However, Massey can still help with the film and co-write the script of the film. During production of the film, Cianan Irvine released A GoAnimate YouTuber Movie on December 8, 2017. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics, audiences, and GoAnimators. Back in July 2017, Cianan Irvine, the director and producer of the film had expressed interest in being involved with the production of the Eric Animations movie. In A GoAnimate YouTuber Movie movie, EricAnimate, (Eric Animations) made a cameo appearance in the film in his former look, and he was the same character from The Eric Show, the Eric Gets Grounded series, and the film based on the two series. By January 2018, Irvine was confirmed to be the producer, executive producer, and co-composer of the film.

On November 21, 2017, it was announced that Zane Christopher Morgan, and his company ChrisAndZane Pictures would be co-producing the film. On December 1, 2017, Anthony and Jose Russo were hired to co-direct the film. and they will be directing the film. On December 11, 2017, after Jad Barahmeh became the new admin of Idea Wiki, Jad announced that he restored the original transcript of the film, thus allowing the writers to continue development of the transcript. Jad, along with Heliter Liskon, who gave ideas for the trailer to the film were both hired as producers and writers of the film the next day.

On December 14, 2017, Mason Price announced that he is no longer directing the film, and he will no longer be involved in the project due to loss of interest. Moore was later replaced by Kevin Pham as co-director of the film.

On January 2018, it was announced and revealed that the Eric Animations movie would also become a feature-length spin-off to A GoAnimate YouTuber Movie (which Eric made a cameo appearance in) involving Sony Pictures Entertainment to share rights with Warner Bros. and Paramount to co-produce and co-distribute the film. Sony Pictures Releasing will co-distribute the film internationally under the Columbia Pictures label with Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures. This will also involve Sony Pictures Animation to co-produce the film, despite the critical failure of the infamous 2017 animate film The Emoji Movie.

In February 2018, Nolan Massey was promoted as co-producer of the film, and his company SlimeWorks Studios was officially announced involved in the film. In March 2018 Clearwater Animation was hired to co-produce the film. In April 2018, Warner Bros. announced that they cutting ties with RatPac-Dune Entertainment after Brett Ratner's sexual harassment allegations with Rampage as the last film that his company financed with Warner Bros. As a result, RatPac-Dune Entertainment was removed from production of the film, and Access Entertainment and the revived Dune Entertainment took over as replacement.

On June 20, 2018, James Sharp was promoted to simply producer, instead of director of the film.

Writing
Writing for the film started on April 3, 2017, with Stephan Swaby, Nolan Massey, James Sharp, John Landis, Gabriel Garcia, and Taylor JoliCoeur writing the script of the film. On December 11, 2017, after Jad Barahmeh became the new admin of Idea Wiki, Jad announced that he restored the original transcript of the film, thus allowing the writers to continue development of the transcript. Jad, along with Heliter Liskon, who gave ideas for the trailer to the film were both hired as producers and writers of the film the next day. The film is being written by Stephan Swaby, James Sharp, Colin Lloyd Pendergast, Emman Cortez, Henry Norton, Nolan Massey, Terry Ward, Jad Barameh, and Heliter Liskon. The script of the film is inspired by some films in the Taylor's Series Saga and Taylor's Crystal Universe: All Stars film franchises, as well as some fanmade films from GoAnimate, and fanfictions of some TV shows and movies. Most of the fanfictions that the film's transcript is inspired of are from FanFiction.Net, a fanfiction archive website that allows people and fans to use their imaginations and write down fanfictions of their favorite shows or movies. FanFiction.Net is very useful and helpful for the transcript of the film. Although the film has some inspirations from other films and fanfictions, the film will have a more original story and transcript to avoid making it look unoriginal. As of April 2018, the script is currently in development.

Film title
The film was originally titled as The Eric Show: The Movie. However, the title was very unusual and it wasn't a very good title for the film. On March 15, 2017, the film's title was changed to Eric Animate: The Movie. The words "Eric Animate" in the title is very similar to the word Go!Animate. To avoid having the movie look like a Go!Animate rip-off, the title was changed for the 2nd time to Eric Animations: The Movie 5 days later. On May 2017, the title was changed for the 3rd time to Eric Animations: The Ultimate Epic Movie, although the film is sometimes known in some promotional material as simply Eric Animations: The Movie. In July 21, 2017, the title was changed for the 4th time by adding the word "First" in the title, changing the title to Eric Animations: The First Ultimate Epic Movie. However, the title of the film was too long and it looked similar to the title of the 2017 film Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, which is one of the reasons why the film was criticized by some people in the Idea Wiki. On February 26, 2018, the title was changed for the fifth time, shorting the title to simply Eric Animations. However, Stephan Swaby felt that the "Eric Animations" name sounded somewhat like the name of a YouTube user or a production company, rather than a fiction character. On September 5, 2018, the film received its sixth and final title, Eric Henderson: Rebooted.

Casting
The film was originally going to cast text-to-speech voices (most likely the IVONA, Voiceforge, Cepstral, Neospeech, and Oddcast text-to-speech voices) as the characters in the film, with some to reprise their roles for some of the characters from the original series and other GoAnimate videos. However on February 2017, it was announced that the film will use real life voice actors and actresses to play the characters for the film, while respectively recasting the text-to-speech voices from reprising their roles. Jack Griffo was considered of voicing as Eric Animations, the title character and primary protagonist in the film. On March 2017, Zachary Gordon was chosen and later confirmed to voice as the character in the film. Shortly after Gordon was confirmed for the role of Eric, it was announced that Lauren Graham would be joining the cast as Eric's mother, a minor character in the film. Nolan Massey, the writer of the film was interested in lending his voice for the film. In August 2017, Massey announced that he wanted to voice as Master Holographic Crystal Ball (MHCB), a major character and deuteragonist of the film who helps Eric and his friends on their journey. Massey even wrote a scene of the film. On September 15, 2017, Massey was confirmed to voice as MHCB in the film. In February 17, 2018, it was also confirmed that Massey would also voice as Alban Lester, the human form of MHCB. The rest of the cast was announced as of August 2017, and some more cast members are yet to be announced.

Beginning in October 2017, numerous sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations were made against Kevin Spacey, who had been cast as Diesel Henderson, Eric's father. This resulted in Spacey being removed from production of the film. The producers of the film began looking for another actor to voice as Diesel, because they believed that a film aimed for teens, families and audiences should not be associated with the Spacey scandal. In November 25, 2017, George Clooney, and George Newbern were considered for the voice of Diesel Walker in the film, as well as replacing Spacey from voicing that role. Max Charles was considered of voicing as Alejandro Robertson III, a.k.a. the main Go!Brat. However in January 20, 2018, the role of the main Go!Brat in the film was later given to Jacob Tremblay. Melissa Fahn was considered of voicing as Mandy, Eric's love interest in the film in December 2017, but that role was already given to Peyton List.

On March 2018, it was announced that Troy Gentile would be joining the cast as Bongo, the main villain in the film who replaced Gozeburo Kaiba from being the villain in the film. Sean Giambrone and Robert Capron were also confirmed to join the cast. On May 2018, Alec Baldwin was confirmed to voice as Diesel Henderson in the film. On June 2018, Max Charles was cast to voice as Caillou from the TV show of the same name, in which he will portray a teenage version of the character. On July 4, 2018, it was announced that Massey would not be voicing as Alban Lester, and he would be voicing as a different character in the film. Sean Ryan Fox was later given the role of Alban, replacing Massey. 5 days later on July 8, 2018, Hailee Steinfield was given the role of Cameron The Camera Girl. The following day, Ed Oxenbould and Levi Miller were given the roles of Eric's brothers Garrick and Liam respectively.

Animation
Unlike most Vyond videos, as well as the original series the film is based on, the film will have much better looking animation, designs, and techniques, as the animation in most Vyond videos are cheesy, bland, sometimes have limited actions, and mostly not very professional, although some Vyond videos have better looking animation and more actions. Originally, the film was simply going to use Vyond for the animation, but on March 2017, the producers of the film announced that they were going for actual animation in the film. However due to the Go!Animate/Vyond "rip-off" situation, it was not fully confirmed to be animated in actual animation until May 8, 2018, after a YouTube user named Kevin Fan-animations made a video about Go!Animate rip-offs. The film will a mix of Vyond/GoAnimate quality animation, traditional 2D animation, 2D flash animation, and 3D computer generated (CG) animation. The animation services for the film are The Go!Animate Company and Vyond Corporation (for the inspiration and animation techniques), along with Yowza! Animation, Toon City Animation, Rough Draft Studios, Film Roman, Jam Filled Entertainment, Bardel Entertainment, Titmouse, Inc., Slap Happy Cartoons, Big Jump Entertainment, Snipple Animation Studios, and Hornet, Inc for the traditional 2D animation, while the CG animation is handled by Blur Studio, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Base FX, and Reel FX Animation Studios.

The film will use Toon Boom Harmony, Scratch, and TVPaint Animation as the 2D animation software, ZBrush for the CGI modeling and sculpting, Blender as the CGI layout, animation, and lighting software, and Autodesk Maya as the CGI animation, CGI layout, and CGI rigging software.

Storyboard
Storyboarding for the film will be handled by Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, TVPaint Animation (which also handles the 2D animation software), Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, Scratch, and Paint Tool SAI, as the storyboarding software.

Design
MediBang Paint Pro, Microsoft Paint, TVPaint Animation, Scratch, Corel Painter, and Paint Tool SAI will serve as the matte painting, visual development, character design, and 2D layout of the film. Autodesk Mudbox, The Foundary Modo and ZBrush will serve as the modeling softwares.

There are other software that will be used to make this film, including the discontinued Autodesk Softimage as the CGI animation, compositing, rendering, and lighting software, The Foundry Nuke as the animation camera and compositing software, Houdini Effects and NDCUnivercity's Rendermotion as the visual effects software, Adobe After Effects as the visual effects and compositing software, The Foundry Mari as the texture painting software, and Pixar's Renderman as the rendering and lighting software. Medibang Paint Pro, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Microsoft Paint, Corel Painter, Krita, Moho, and Paint Tool SAI will also serve as the matte painting, visual development, design, 2D layout, and 2D animation software.

Visual effects
The visual effects and composting will be handled by Sony Pictures Imageworks, Base FX,Blender and Reel FX Animation Studios, since all 4 of them are indeed visual effects companies. The lighting, texturing, hair and fur grooming, simulations, and rendering will be handled by visual effects artists, composers, lighting artists, rendering artists, animators, and digital ink and paint artists using Houdini, Adobe After Effects, Blender, and Nuke.

Inspiration
The animation styles and techniques will be similar to that from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, Warner Bros. Animation (Warner Animation Group), Nelvana, Film Roman, Zagtoon, Toei Animation, and especially Vyond and Go!Animate Rewritten. During the film's development, Dallas Toons joined the film's production crew when he mentioned that the film will use Toon Boom Harmony as the main 2D animation software with Vyond and Go!Animate Rewritten being the secondary 2D animation software. Later on, James Sharp, one of the executive producers of the film replied and added to Dallas' comment that the film will have an exaggerated heavy use of "squash and stretch" to resemble the Looney Tunes shorts, and most of Isaac Anderson Animations' YouTube videos.

Moreover, as the production of the film continues, Emman Cortez, one of the producers, and writers said that he'll draw more characters for the film, with his own art style, which has been influenced by Dan Povenmire and Swampy Marsh's works such as Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law, Alex Hirsch's Gravity Falls, Daron Nefcy's Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Rebecca Sugar's Steven Universe, anime and manga such as Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto franchise and Hiroho Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, as both of them serve as his influences for his coloring style and others, including Marvel and DC, his biggest Superhero influences of all time.

The designs and techniques will also be inspired by some DeviantArt users such as VerdeLeon, mazjojo, MikkouKun, zamius, KuroSilver, Alexendre86, Dopler00,, , kuroshinki, Suyohara, and GrexlB, as well as a non-DeviantArt user named 8yml. However, most of these DeviantArt users who use those designs and techniques made some pictures that contains inappropriate content that is too mature, and may not suitable for younger audiences. The producers of the film will have to make sure they don't make any content for the movie that is too inappropriate for family viewers.

Editing and composting
TBA

Post-production
Coming Soon!

Cultural references
Much like the 2018 film Ready Player One, Eric Animations has various pop-culture references from the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. There are some references to films, television shows, music, toys, video games, anime, comics, and even various internet memes, and Go!Animate videos (mostly grounded videos).

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Sound Effects
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Music
The music for the film will be composed by Brian Tyler, who is well known for composing films, television and video games. Other composers such as Cianan Irvine, Daniel Ingram, Junkie XL, Danny Elfman and Mark Mothersbaugh will also be composing for the film.