Journey to Atlantis

Journey to Atlantis is a 2017 American traditionally/CGI/animated film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, with co-directors by Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, Andrew Adamson, John Stevenson and Mark Osbourne, produced by Don Hahn, Bonnie Arnold, Pam Marsden and John H. Williams and written by John Collee.

The film stars the voices of Michael J. Fox, Jack Black and Rosanna Arquette. Other voices in the film were Cree Summer, Dustin Hoffman, Claudia Christian, Mark Hamill, Hugh Jackman, Ryan Kwanten, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Alicia Moore, Dennis Haysbert, Ben Kingsley, James Garner (his final film role), Jacqueline Obradors, Leonard Nimoy (his final film role), Eli Marienthal, Brian Blessed, Ian McShane, and Robin Williams (his final film role) along with Jennifer Aniston and Harry Connick Jr. it features Ryan and his friends including, went to the Ulysses to go on Atlantis where they meet Milo for the first time. To save it, it takes two to these guys to take matters into their own hands.

It was premiered on May 26, 2017 in Chinese Theatre and released theatrically in 3D and IMAX 3D on June 2, 2017. This film is rated PG for mild action scenes.

It has negative reviews and it was a box office bomb calling it the worst animated movies of 2017. It was released and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Criticize for its performance at the box office, the only praising is the voice acting and the song of the film. The film performed failure at the box office, it was a big box office bomb, grossing a million budget almost. Budgeted at around $90-120 million, the film grossed over a million worldwide, $84 million of which was earned in North America. Due to the film's lackluster box office performance, Disney went bankrupt, closed down and lost its' rights of The Lion King, Tarzan, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther, Moana and Brother Bear to 20th Century Fox (which is now merged with Warner Bros Pictures).

The film was released on DVD on and on Blu-ray.

This was Michael J. Fox's last film before his retirement.

Plot
The film opens with Ryan and Milo eating spaghetti together like Lady and the Tramp.

The film ends with Atlantis being exploded and the Atlanteans and the main characters got eaten by Wonder Woman/Diana Prince.

Cast

 * Jack Black as Ryan Burke
 * Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu
 * Michael J. Fox as Milo James Thatch, a linguist and the main protagonist.
 * Cree Summer as Kidagakash Kida Nedakh
 * Eli Marienthal as Hogarth Hughes, Annie’s son who is orphaned
 * Kelsey Grammer as Commander Lyle Tiberuis Rourke, the former leader and Milo's true gay lover.
 * Hugh Jackman as
 * John Mahoney as Whitmore
 * Lucy Liu as
 * David Cross as
 * Jackie Chan as
 * Seth Rogen as
 * Angelina Jolie as
 * Tony Shalhoub as Audrey’s father
 * Phil Morris as
 * as Doctor Joshua Strongbear Sweet
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Audrey Ramirez, a Spanish mechanic.
 * Don Novello as Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorni, a bomber and an Italian expert.
 * Claudia Christian as Lieutenat Helga Katrina Sinclair, a German woman who is one of the detueragonists.
 * Randall Duk Kim as Oogway
 * Corey Burton as Gaetan Molière, a French geologist
 * Tress MacNellie as Packard, a woman operator (archive/unused recordings)
 * Blake Clark as Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth, a cook.
 * Dwayne Johnson as
 * Robin Williams as Ramon and Lovelace
 * James Garner as Commander Lyle Tiberuis Rourke (unused/archived audio recordings)
 * Rosanna Arquette as
 * Mark Hamill as
 * Dennis Haysbert as
 * Ben Kingsley as
 * Brian Blessed as
 * Ian McShane as
 * Robin Williams as Ramon and Lovelace
 * Jennifer Anniston as Annie Hughes, Hogarth’s mother who got killed by Milo James Thatch
 * Harry Connick Jr as Dean McCoppin, a man
 * Leonard Nimoy as Kashekim (archive unused recordings)
 * Hugo Weaving as
 * Richard Carter as
 * Dan Fogler as
 * Helen Mirren as
 * Jordan Peele as
 * JB Smoove as
 * Geoffrey Rush as
 * Sam Neill as
 * David Wenham as
 * Rachael Taylor as
 * Emily Barclay as
 * Jay Laga'aia as
 * Abbie Cornish as
 * Emilie de Ravin as
 * Ryan Kwanten as
 * Miriam Margolyes as
 * D.B. Sweeney as
 * Kiefer Sutherland as
 * Christopher Lloyd as
 * as Thaddeus Thatch
 * Frank Walker as Obby
 * as Atlantean

Production
In January 2013, Journey to Atlantis has entered production. Andrew Adamson will be directing the film with Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff.

The film will also be produced by Don Hahn, Bonnie Arnold, Pam Marsdem and John H. Williams and the script will be written by John Fusco, John Collee and John Orloff with screenplay written by Tab Murphy, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi, David Reynolds and Noni White with additional screenwriting by Linda Woolverton and Butch Hartman, creator of Fairy Odd Parents.

In February 1, 2013, Michael J. Fox, and Cree Summer were in talks to reprise their roles as Milo and Kida from the two movies after 14 years.

Casting
Since the cast of Atlantis reprise their roles from the first two films, New cast members were joining in were Jack Black voices, along with Dustin Hoffman, Rachael Taylor, Hugh Jackman, Hugo Weaving, and Ryan Kwanten leading the voices along with Elijah Wood, Alicia Moore (Pink), Ben Kingsley and others.

Also, in February 11, Dwayne Johnson, Helen Mirren, Jordan Peele, JB Smoove, Jenna Elfman and all officially lending their voices in the film

Other cast officially confirmed, on March 8, 2013, were signing in the film were Joan Cusack, Abbie Cornish, Peter Dinklage, Geoffrey Rush, Nicole Kidman, Common, Richard Carter, Dan Fogler, Sam Neill, David Wenham, Rachael Taylor, Emily Barclay, Jay Laga'aia, Abbie Cornish, Emilie de Ravin, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, Miriam Margolyes, D.B. Sweeney, Kiefer Sutherland, Christopher Lloyd, Julianna Margulies, Joan Plowright, E.G. Daily, Magda Szubanski, Harry Connick Jr and David Field.

Release
The film was released in the summer of May 18, also, it was released in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and India on

Journey to Atlantis was premiered on, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 1, 2017

The film’s UK British premiere of Journey to Atlantis was held at London. Following the negative reviews of the film and a poor reception but poor box office sales, it features a theme park,

Promotion for the movie was held at McDonald's and at Disney Store in British store. The film premiered at Even despite the box office results, Cree Summer stated that she did too much promotion, the other actors in the film, however,

This film is rated PG for Mild language and strong violence, because this film is targeted at family audience.

Marketing
The film’s official first teaser trailer was debuted in front of Rio 2 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. A second teaser trailer was released on June 13, 2014 and shown in front of How to Train Your Dragon 2, which was released in Theaters.

The full trailer was released online on November 4, 2014 and shown in front of Big Hero 6, which was released in theatres on November 7, 2014. The same trailer was debuted in front of Annie, Night at the Museum 3, Home, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Fast and Furious 7, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, and Minions.

Warner and Disney pays marketing to the film. Disney had previewed a test screening of the unfinished film in January 2015, months before the film finished production. Despite the film’s negative reviews, Disney prepare UK premiere at the O2 in London, with the screenings held by the cast of the film.

Promotion
Journey to Atlantis was among Disney's first major attempts to utilize marketing. To promote the film, the film’s TV spots was aired around the world, and it was prompted by Burger King, McDonalds and of course, product placements. Some toys, action figures, books and even albums were prompted by Disney.

The movie’s negative reviews and box office poor sales failure bomb, the date was delayed and McDonald's advertising campaign involved television, radio, and print advertisements beginning on the film's release date.

Home media
The film was released on DVD on. It featured a short film

Box office
It was the lowest grossing film. Like Strange Magic and Jupiter Ascending, it was a box office failure, because it unperformed like Treasure Planet.

Critical response
Journey to Atlantis was universally panned with critics by audience alike and with negative reviews. It was not as well-received, as it was met with mixed and negative reviews from critics and audience. It was on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes with the film being 7%. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 51% based on 309 reviews and an average rating, while Metacritic holds a rating of. Some Critics call this film "a disgusting waste of time and an entertaining family film", most call this film "useless antics for a Disney film and a joke to Atlanteans". Negative reviews stated that it was criticized by the fans of Disney saying that "Atlantis should’ve ". Cree Summer’s character Kida is praised as "pretty" and "outstanding" by the fans of Disney as her character Kida is praised for "outstanding, sexy and memorable stylish" while the voice acting is only praising along with the animation, music and score. Hugh Jackman’s performance is outstanding while Helga is a great villain. The action fight scene and car chase is described as "violent and scary", and also the fans stated that "The format of the film is "3D picture but the quality looks dumber". Hans Zimmer’s score is "pure fun and magnificent." The praising of the film stated that the cast is "outstanding, informative and insignificant."

Other negative reviews include "Atlantis should’ve been rebooted, remake and retooled", Also, Disney fans never wanted a Kung Fu Panda and an Iron Giant character in the film, due to Kung Fu Panda being created by Dreamworks and Iron Giant being made by Warner Bros. Also, The Atlantis fans also stated that Rourke should’ve been recasted like Fillmore in Cars 2 and Slinky in Toy Story 3. Mole is criticized "as the annoying piece of dipshit".

Also, The films negative reception stated that "Most of the dialogue, were weak and the voices, animation and songs are fun and the action is mega cool." Some critics loved the characters, while some of them dislike them because Cookie is a goofy but character, Mole and Vinny. Although this film has also negative reviews, and a box office bomb, Kida was praised by the audiences since Cree Summer is praised by the fans.

The singer Common stated that "this film was so disgusting that everyone left the theater and vomited after seeing Rourke having sex with Milo and tossing his salad". He even stated that "he'd rather see Wonder Woman than that garbage"

Soundtrack
The film’s soundtrack was composed by Hans Zimmer with songs by a-Ha and others. It was released by Hollywood Records.


 * 1) Take on Me - a-Ha
 * 2) A Dream - Common and will.I.am
 * 3) Jump on It - Apache
 * 4) The Wanted
 * 5) Forget You - Cee Lo Green

Trivia

 * James Garner’s final film role.
 * Out of respect for Florence Stanley, the directors were so afraid, that if Packard was written out like Doc Hudson from Cars 2,
 * Out of respect for Leonard Nimoy, Nimoy finish his lines before his death so after he died the filmmakers use unused dialogue from the recording sessions of the film and archival audio from the video game from the film.
 * This film is dedicated to the memory of James Garner, Robin Williams, Leonard Nimoy, Jim Varney and Florence Stanley.
 * The short was originally going to planned but was dropped and replaced by Po's Car Problem.
 * Final film of John Mahoney, before his death 3 years later.
 * Dustin Hoffman (Master Shifu), Claudia Christian (Helga) and Jack Black (Po) all born in August.
 * The footage was moving the same shot each 10 weeks a day.
 * The Lava Whales, The Land Beast and Lava dogs will all appear in the movie.
 * James Garner, who voiced Commander Rourke, died at the age of 86 after finishing his voice work when he completed his lines the voice of Rourke during the fireflies sequence at recording session. The film dedicated to his memory. Following the premeire, James Garner never lived to see it happen because of his death. The filmmakers were tearful at Garner's performance with the actual last line "Time to toss your salad". He passed away after saying that line. Garner's dedication will be the end credits of the movie.
 * Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman’s movie collaboration together.
 * The film takes place in the year of
 * The film was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, with co directed by Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, John Stevenson and Mark Osborne. Trousdale, Wise, Allers and Minkoff were in Disney involvement.
 * This is one of the worst animated movies since The Wild and Cars 2
 * The animated film with negative reviews like Cars 2. Also, the only praising is the voice acting and the songs.
 * The characters from the original two Atlantis films all have their designs here, but Audrey, Vinny and Mole has the same personality, but in some scenes they’re different.
 * James Garner reprise his role as Rourke, but however, after he finished his lines, he died while finishing recording
 * Since this film is released in, the film takes place in the year of
 * In the posters, trailers, advertising, commercials, DVD covers, album covers, video games, TV Spots and toy boxes, Commander Rourke is a supporting character and he is still alive, but, however, in the actual film, he gets killed off making Helga a villain. She’s also the main antagonist, like Rourke
 * John Powell was originally going to compose the score, but he left because of his schedule conflicts on the film and was replaced by Hans Zimmer.
 * Hogarth’s flashback in the film is very similar to
 * The fight between Milo and Helga’s fight is similar to Simba and Scar’s fight in The Lion King
 * Jack Black joined the voice cast of the film. He voices both Ryan and Po in the film; both characters are heroes.
 * This film is a live action and animation mix since Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
 * Originally, the characters were cut from the film were
 * Rourke was originally going to be a villain, but to avoid copying the original film,
 * The box office failure of the film postponed the sequel
 * The posters, cover art, commercials, trailers, promos, advertisement, and even the DVD cover stated that Ryan is the main character which is actually Milo.
 * Unlike real life selves, Ryan and his friends are bigger.
 * Jack Black was officially cast following his performance on. Black stated that "He’ll be filming Goosebumps, that voicing a character would be related to"
 * Robin Williams have finished his lines as Ramone and Lovelace before he died 1 month afterwards.
 * Although this film is a box office bomb and negative reviews, the only praising were the songs by a-Ha played in the film along with a few others.
 * Mole is wearing his headgear, but in some scenes, he doesn’t wear it. But later throughout the film, he wears it again.
 * The score of the film is like a mix of Man of Steel and Kung Fu Panda.
 * The song Jump on It by Apache was played while Milo and Rourke were beginning to make out.
 * The songs that were played in the trailer were Can’t Hold Us by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and Also, the songs that played in the several TV spots were
 * Leonard Nimoy reprise his role as Kashekim and records his lines in October 2014. He died on February 2015. This film is dedicated to his memory.
 * Production for the movie begin in 2013 and ended in 2016.
 * Originally, Warner Bros was originally going to collaborate with Disney, but Warner Bros. decided to make a permanent deal with Fox.
 * Since James Garner died recording the voice of Commander Rourke, Rourke’s voice actor was currently Kelsey Grammer.
 * Annie Hughes was featured on the film’s poster, but in the film, however, she is killed by Sharptooth. Dean McCoppin also featured on the film’s poster, but, Also featuring on the film’s poster were
 * Eli Marienthal reprise his role as Hogarth from the Iron Giant, but he was too old so the makers use unused archive audio from the unfinished film. Marienthal’s unused recording was used in the final film, like Doc Hudson in Cars 3.
 * The song Take on Me by a-Ha was used in the film because Andrew Adamson liked the idea so they decided to fit it in.
 * Rourke is the false main antagonist while Helga was the true main villain, like Rourke, but unlike Rourke, Helga is homicidal and would kill anyone who gets in her way.
 * The film is similar to Atlantis: The Lost Empire,
 * Out of respect for Florence Stanley, who voices Packard in the first two Atlantis film, Packard is now voiced by Jim Cummings.
 * Cookie is voiced by Jim Varney in the first film, Steve Barr in the second film. However, Cookie is now voiced by Blake Clark
 * Although Rourke is the false main antagonist, the antagonists in the film were Helga, which is the main villain along with other antagonists were
 * In the credits, this film is dedicated in the loving memory of James Garner,
 * Hogarth’s story where he loses his mother is the same where Littlefoot lose his mother and so does
 * Like Space Jam and Looney Tunes: Back in Action, this film is a mixture of live action and animation.
 * Although the film is a mixture live-action and animation, some CGI
 * The songs that were played in the trailers . Also, the songs that played in TV Spots were Gangnam Style by PSY.
 * The final battle of the fight near the end of the film is similar to
 * The fight between Milo and Helga is similar to
 * The actors recorded their dialogue during production of the film,
 * All of the voice actors from the first two films including Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Atlantis: Milo’s Return reprise their roles, but unfortunately, Florence Stanley, who voices Packard in the first two Atlantis, passed away in 2003, so she was replaced by Tress MacNellie, James Garner, who voiced Commander Rourke, died of a heart attack in 2014 so his dialogue was finished because he is very ill, Leonard Nimoy who voices Kashekim in the first film, died in 2015 so this film, is dedicated in the memory of him
 * The box office performance of Journey to Atlantis bombed because of the strong language and adult scenes.
 * The film will be used in 3D. Also, the format were used in IMAX and IMAX 3D.
 * Originally, Rourke was originally going to be accompanying the gang including Ryan and the team to Atlantis, but in the final film,
 * Although, Helga is the main antagonist,
 * Like Shrek the Third, Cars 2, Kangaroo Jack and Scream 3, Journey to Atlantis has negative reviews, making it the worst animated film of 2015, it was also the lowest grossing box office, unlike Inside Out. The worst animated film along with Cars 2 and Shrek the Third.
 * Although this film takes place in the year of, it is set in the year. Also, the film was released in the year of, the film takes place in the year.
 * This film is rated R for mild fantasy scenes, mild language, adult scenes, comic humour and strong violence. Also, adult scenes were, despite this film is rated PG which is targeted at some audience, briefly features the scene where Milo and Rourke kissing and tossing his salad and revealing they're gay, even the heroes having an orgy. This film caused a controversy of the studio and the audience.
 * The film’s teaser trailer was debuted in theatres in front of How to Train Your Dragon 2.
 * The death of Helga Sinclair was the most gruesome of all scenes as her organs and skeleton was showing.
 * The screening of the finished film was held at the screening, It previewed audience filled with kids, teens and audiences.
 * The fight between Milo and Helga were similar to The Lion King where Simba and Scar fight in the final battle.
 * The reasons why this movie bomb is because the box office failure of scenes of Rourke tossing Milo's salad, Rourke and Milo having rough sex, Helga's gruesome disturbing death and the killing of Aquaman.
 * The film was directed by Andrew Adamson, John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, who directed the DreamWorks films;
 * This film is rated PG in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. It was also rated PG both in the USA and UK.
 * This film is very similar to Atlantis: The Lost Empire, but it is very different; extended scenes, additonal dialogue and various one liners were used that were absent in the original film.
 * Annie's death was similar to the death of Koda's mother from Brother Bear as Annie was killed by Milo in the flashback.
 * Disney had premiered the very early of a special screening that had screened the film that was targeted at PG family audience.
 * The film’s trailer was shown in theatres in front of another family friendly film Ice Age: Collision Course.
 * Ryan and Hogarth’s relationship is similar to Kenai and Koda’s in Brother Bear.
 * Like the original film, this film is very similar and a parody of it.
 * Kashekim’s death is similar to his death in the original film.