Ecco the Dolphin

 Ecco the Dolphin  is an 2011 American animated comedy film based off of the Ecco the Dolphin video game franchise created by Sega. Being the fourth film in the Sega Cinematic Universe, it was directed by Tim Burton with a screenplay and story by Mike Bike and produced by at the time 20th Century Fox president Peter Liguori and former Sega of America president Tom Kalinske. It stars Tom Kenny as Ecco, a dolphin who travels through the ocean in an journey to search for his missing pod. The film also stars Dick Van Dyke as the Big Blue and Vin Diesel as Asterite. It was made on a budget of $100 million.

An Ecco the Dolphin film was announced in December 2008 in celebration of the success of Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie. Tim Burton was announced to direct and official production began in January 2009, being produced alongside Shenmue and Super Monkey Ball by Sega Movies.