Future Days of Jack Murphy (2016 film)

Future Days of Jack Murphy (or The Future Days of Jack Murphy in some countries) is a Disney XD American live action comedy film that was released on March 14, 2016. It stars Cameron Boyce, Dove Cameron, Sabrina Carpenter, Beth Littleford, and Ryan Cooper.

Plot
The film is about a 17 year old boy named Jack Murphy (Cameron Boyce) and his two younger sisters, the smart Angelica (Dove Cameron), and the sassy Belinda (Sabrina Carpenter) who go on time travelling adventures assigned by their parents Mary (Beth Littleford) of Canadian descent, and Paul (Ryan Cooper) of New Zealand descent as they try to stop the evil Dr. Lonkwitz (Kevin Spacey) by using the butterfly effect.

Cast

 * Cameron Boyce as Jack Murphy
 * Sabrina Carpenter as Belinda Murphy
 * Dove Cameron as Angelica Murphy
 * Beth Littleford as Mary Murphy
 * Ryan Cooper as Paul Murphy
 * Kevin Spacey as Dr. Kibble Lonkwitz
 * Corey Fogelmanis as Boston Scott
 * Ashley Argota as Emily Webb
 * Ben Savage as Quinn Scott
 * Lauren Pritchard as Jane Scott

Production
The film was announced on March 5, 2015. On March 6, 2015, Cameron Boyce was cast as Jack Murphy. On April 3, 2015, Sabrina Carpenter and Dove Cameron were cast. On May 20, 2015, Beth Littleford was cast. On May 23, 2015, Ryan Cooper took a plane from New Zealand to America and was cast. Filming began on June 12, 2015 and ended on August 1, 2015.

Lawsuit
The Walt Disney Corporation sued Nickelodeon and NFL for the use for Sam Spence's music (e.g The lineman) for being used in the film. However they made a deal, remove all the tracks by Sam Spence on the DVD release.

Film
In one of the promotional posters follows Cameron Boyce lying inappropriately on the floor. This happened on the third and fifth posters.

Cancelled TV series
On August 2, 2015 a new show started filming but was cancelled because there were two female cast members and was not a good idea for a Disney XD TV series. So, they cancelled it.

Ratings
Metacritic gave reviews of 10/10 and said "Great movie. Only because of the special FX of the time travelling scenes and the writing and all that... Yeah, it was fantastic!"

Trivia

 * The movie was released one month after Sam Spence's passing.
 * Even though this is a Disney XD film, it will air on Disney Channel first.