Undertale (2022 film)

Undertale is an upcoming American live action/computer animated comedy drama fantasy adventure film directed by Wes Anderson. Based on the cult classic RPG created by Toby Fox, it was written by Anderson, Alex Hirsch, and Bob Persichetti, from a story by Phil Lord and Toby Fox. The film was produced by Legendary Pictures in association with Indian Paintbrush and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. Saoirse Ronan and Asher Angel plays their live action roles as Frisk and Leon, while Edward Norton, Phillipa Soo, Bill Murray, Domhnall Gleeson, Anjelica Huston, Justin Felbinger, Kate Miducci, Frances McDormand, Willem Dafoe, Pierce Gagnon, and Liev Schreiber play their animated roles. It's the first movie to be released as part of a cinematic universe known as the Indie Initiative. The plot follows the two as they find a secret inside Mount Ebott and learn about the lost past of the monster race.

The film was announced by Fox himself via Twitter on January 2022 and Anderson was announced as the director in March of the same year. Principal photography began May 2023 in Georgia and parts of Thailand and Dublin and ended in February 2024.

The movie was released worldwide in October 21, 2027 to average to positive reviews from critics and fans of the game with praise for it's visual effects, tone, and performances, particularly those of Soo and Cranston. It was also a box office success, grossing $400 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing video game adaptation movie of all time in front of Sonic The Hedgehog and Pokemon Detective Pikachu.

Plot
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Humans

 * Saoirse Ronan as Frisk Dreemurr-An orphan
 * Asher Angel as Leon Porter-Frisk's friend
 * Frances McDormand as Betty Porter-Leon's mom
 * Ralph Macchio as Mr. Reid-TBA

Monsters

 * Edward Norton as Flowey the Flower-A talking flower
 * Phillipa Soo as Toriel Dreemurr-A caring mother
 * Bill Murray as Sans the Skeleton-
 * Domhnall Gleeson as Papyrus-A lively skeleton who wants to capture a human

Development
In September 15 2021, the day of Undertale's anniversary, Fox expressed his thoughts on making a TV show and movie based on his game. And on October 8, it was announced that Legendary Entertainment had acquired these live-action adaptations from Fox with Sony Pictures set to distribute the movie. By December, it was announced that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller would develop the film, as well as possibly direct, and would be producing with Fox, Mary Parent, In March 2023, 2 months after production had started, Walden Media and Indian Paintbrush joined the production, and financed the film with $70 million dollars. In May, it was announced that Wes Anderson had been set to direct the movie.

Writing
On October 10 2021, it was announced that Alex Hirsch, the creator of Gravity Falls had been set to write the film, based on the improvised story written by Fox. Hirsch wanted to write a film that would appease fans of the source material while changing things up a little. For example, Hirsch decided to add Leon into the film, even though the character wasn't part of the original game. He then decided to cut some content of the original game up so that it would hit the 2 hour mark, like when Frisk decides to date Papyrus. He also added some elements of his shows, like Gravity Falls.

Casting
Casting directors Sarah Halley Finn and Douglas Aibel wanted actors to capture the motivations, traits, and emotions of the game's signature characters. For Toriel, thousands of actresses auditioned for the role. Emily Blunt, Marissa Tomei, and Uzo Aduba all auditioned for the role, but the role was given to Phillipa Soo, most likely because of her role of Chang'e in Over The Moon. Papyrus was a hard one, as his canon voice resembles something like Skeletor. Tom Hiddleston was considered for the role, but Domhnall Gleeson was ultimately cast as him. However, Leon was even harder to cast, due to him not appearing in the original game.