A Spy Movie

A Spy Movie is an 2012 American animated comedy parody thriller spy film directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and is the sixth film in the Sega Cinematic Universe, as well as the first original property created by Sega. The film was produced by Peter Liguori with a screenplay by Brad Bird and Tartakovsky. The film is a parody of spy movies (hence the title) and stars Jim Carrey as Rex Langerfield, a new spy who gets presented with his hardest job yet along with his son Tommy despite being new. The film also stars Steve Carell, Ashton Kutcher, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Will Ferrell.

The film was announced in 2009 by Sega Movies with news that Tom Kalinske would be executive producing. The film offically started production in April 2009 with Robert Rodriguez on board to direct, but Rodriguez left leading him to be replaced by Genndy Tartakovsky. Mark Mothersbaugh composed the music. Tartakovsky worked on the film along with Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania which came out a month earlier.

A Spy Movie was released on October 8, 2012 and received moderate reviews. While making some money at the box-office, it grossed $113 million on a budget of $90 million, making it Sega's first flop.

Plot
Rex Langerfield is a struggling dad who tries to provide for his family, wife Lillian and son Tommy (Thomas Brodie-Sangster). Rex tries to look for several jobs before going to S.P.Y. Agency also known as Secret Private York Agency. Rex auditions to be a police officier. but after some minutes, is not given the job leading him to become depressed. The boss Michael Leisner sees Rex's talents as well as his reasons for it. He sees several video tapes and documentaries of Rex with his family, as well as him struggling with rent and seeing Tommy as a baby, feeling bad for him.

Meanwhile, Tommy tries to get a part time job