Disney In The House: Time Travel

Disney In The House: Time Travel is a 2019 American live-action/animated time-travel film produced by Walt Disney Wonder Studios and Walden Media for Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to Disney In The House: Off To Adventure Camp, the film was directed by Steve Trenbirth and features an ensemble cast that consists of Sarah Silverman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Dakota Fanning (from archive recordings of her child voice), Ben Stiller, Billy Crystal, Bobby Cannavale, Neil Patrick Harris, Jon Voight, Edward James Olmos, John Turturro, Damon Wayans Jr., Frank Oz, Ed O'Neill, Frank Welker, Michael J. Fox, and Owen Laramore. The plot centers on Vanellope von Schweetz (Silverman) and Judy Hopps (Goodwin) traveling through time, alongside Creasy Corden (Stiller), Beth Pierce (Fanning), and Rexy (Crystal) and Ryan (Cannavale) to stop the evil Gear Gremlin (Harris). Along the way, Beth becomes fond of Vanellope and considers Disneyville where her true home really is.

Steve Trenbirth acquired the rights for Disney In The House: Time Travel; however, production did not originally start until Disney/Naughty Bear Animation's Critter Country became a critical and commercial success. While Silverman, Goodwin, Stiller, and Harris were cast, archive recordings of Fanning's child voice were used for Beth's lines at the same time production began. Later, Crystal and Cannavale were announced as part of the cast in November 2017, while Voight, Olmos, Turturro, Wayans Jr., and Oz joined in on January 23, 2018. The film does not use traditional time-travel, but instead uses inner-dimensional rift technology to represent the visual effects.

Disney In The House: Time Travel had its world premiere on May 29, 2019, and was released theatrically in the United States on June 13, 2019 to universal acclaim for its humor, cast, screenplay, subject matter, visual effects, emotional depth, and David Newman's musical score. The film also performed well at the worldwide box-office and earned $1.1 billion worldwide against its estimated $262 million budget, and went on to overtake Disney In The House: Introduction as the highest-grossing feature film from Walt Disney Wonder Studios to date. A sequel, Disney In The House: Return To Adventure Camp, was released on September 13, 2019.

Plot
Vanellope and Judy play around Disneyville. The next day, they encounter a time traveler named Creasy Corden. Creasy introduces them to his teammates: a blue Tyrannosaurus and caterpillar duo named Rexy and Ryan, and his nine-year-old sidekick, Beth Pierce, whom Vanellope is smitten by. Lawrence Broderick, Disneyville's mayor, finds Beth's pet cat Nevins lost again and returns him to the group. They are then sent on a ride to the time travel shed house.

At the shed house, Vanellope, Creasy, Rexy, and Ryan build the Indoor Stair Luge Transforming Time Traveler. They begin heading towards World War II to find the first Collectible. The ten Collectibles are various items found in ten dimensions. Before they can go any further, two beans knock them down before realizing their mistake. They explain that they knocked them down because they misunderstood them as Gear Gremlin, a hideous monster.

Revealing he does exist, Gear Gremlin attacks the shed, but is knocked out by Vanellope. Frustrated, he flies away in complete anger. In World War II, Vanellope measures the group's powers. They obtain the Collectible, which is money, but are chased by Gear Gremlin's bear goons, Drug, Dug, and Rug. As they are about to fall into a chasm, the Time Traveler zaps them back to the shed safely.

The group successfully finds the other eight Collectibles. During their adventure, Beth becomes fond of Vanellope, and they have fun together. Then they head off to get the final Collectible in the distant future in the year 2596. Vanellope, Beth, Rexy, and Ryan try to get the Collectible, but it's dust storm power grabs Beth. Vanellope grabs onto Beth's hand against the storm. Beth lets go to sacrifice herself, but Judy grabs the Collectible, stops the storm, and grabs Beth and Vanellope before they fall off the cliff.

Back at the shed house, Vanellope combines the Collectibles and their powers, but the impact blows the shed house to smithereens and crushes Nevins. Following a heated argument, Creasy, Beth, Rexy, and Ryan become angry with Vanellope and Judy after finding out that they planned the adventure in the first place. Vanellope hesitantly attempts to explain herself, to which they accuse both Vanellope and Judy of putting Beth's life in danger when trying to get the final Collectible and orders them to leave.

As Vanellope and Judy prepare to go home, they are captured by the bears. Lawrence, Mr. Ziploc, Hank, and Iggy witness their capture and come to the now destroyed shed house to get help. Realizing that Vanellope was telling the truth, Beth, Creasy, Rexy, and Ryan go to rescue their friends. Beth grabs a jet pack and saves Vanellope before Gear Gremlin can shoot her. Judy becomes Super Judy and crushes Gear Gremlin's bear goons. Gear Gremlin tries to kill Vanellope, but Beth kicks him in the face, and he falls to his death.

With Gear Gremlin and his bear goons gone, Vanellope and Beth become the best of friends. With encouragement from Creasy, Beth decides to permanently live with Vanellope and Judy, and Lawrence gives Beth a Disney D badge and reveals himself as her brother. Vanellope, Judy, and Beth bid Creasy, Rexy, and Ryan a tearful farewell, and Creasy, Rexy, and Ryan retire from time travelling and depart for a new home. The next day, Vanellope, Judy, Lawrence, Hank, Mr. Ziploc, and Iggy hire Beth to live with them in their house. At Beth's debut, she and Lawrence dance and then kiss. The characters dance to Smash Mouth's Hang On as the credits roll.

Cast
Additionally, LeBron James makes a cameo in the Basketball sequence. Cheech Marin, Whoopi Goldberg, and Jim Cummings reprise their roles of Banzai, Shenzi, and Ed in the LIon King sequence. The time travel computer's dialogue was provided by E.G. Daily who was not credited in the film.
 * Sarah Silverman as Vanellope, a resident of Disneyville.
 * Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy, a resident of Disneyville who is Vanellope's sidekick and best friend.
 * Dakota Fanning as Beth Pierce, a seven-year-old girl who Creasy's sidekick and Lawrence's love interest and sister and stays in Disneyville near the end of the film.
 * Ben Stiller as Creasy Corden, a time traveler and Beth's sidekick.
 * Billy Crystal and Bobby Cannavale as Rexy and Ryan, a T-Rex and caterpillar duo who are Creasy's teammates.
 * Neil Patrick Harris as Gear Gremlin, a hideous gremlin who intends to destroy time and space.
 * Jon Voight, Edward James Olmos, and John Turturro as Drug, Dug, and Rug, two bears who are in a league with Gear Gremlin.
 * Damon Wayans Jr. and Frank Oz as Tall bean and Fat bean, two anthropomorphic beans who are the stationmasters of the Time Travel shed.
 * Ed O'Neill as Hank
 * Frank Welker as Iggy/Nevins the cat
 * Owen Laramore as Lawrence Broderick, the mayor of Disneyville and Beth's love interest. He is revealed to be Beth's brother near the end of the film.
 * Michael J. Fox as Mr. Ziploc
 * Jim Hanks as Woody
 * Gary Owen as Buzz
 * Jessica DiCicco as Jessie
 * Kristen Bell as Anna
 * Idina Menzel as Elsa
 * Jason Bateman as Nick
 * John C. Reilly as Ralph
 * Josh Gad as Olaf

Production
As they were working on Disney In The House: Introduction, the rights for a Disney In The House: Time Travel film were acquired by Walt Disney Wonder Studios in May 2016. However, production did not originally start until the 2017 Disney/Bear Bones film Critter Country became a critical and commercial success. The director of Critter Country, Steve Trenbirth, signed on as director. Scientists and dynamic people studied inner-dimensional rift technology as part of their preparation for the experiment during production.

Casting
Sarah Silverman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ed O'Neill, Frank Welker, Michael J. Fox, and Owen Laramore reprised their respective roles as Vanellope, Judy, Hank, Iggy, Mr. Ziploc, and Lawrence from Introduction, 4th Of July, Christmas, and Off To Adventure Camp. Archive recordings of Dakota Fanning's child voice were used for Beth's lines. Tom Hollander was offered for the role of Creasy, but had to leave the film due to scheduling conflicts with other projects. Hugh Jackman, Michael Keaton, and Chris Parnell were also considered before Ben Stiller made the final cut. James Arnold Taylor, who voiced the title character in Dr. Seuss' Thidwick The Big Hearted Moose, looked interested in the role of Gear Gremlin, but passed it to Neil Patrick Harris. Billy Crystal and Bobby Cannavale were announced to be part of the cast in November 2017. Two months later, it was revealed that Jon Voight, Edward James Olmos, John Turturro, Damon Wayans Jr., and Frank Oz had signed for the roles as Drug, Dug, Rug, Tall Bean, and Fat Bean, respectively.

Music
David Newman composed the film's musical score. Mark Mancina was going to compose the score, but Newman was chosen, leaving Mancina in charge of the songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda, having to have previously collaborated with him on Moana. The Smash Mouth song Hang On is featured in the end credits, making the the second Steve Trenbirth-directed film in a row to feature a Smash Mouth song at the credits, after The Jungle Book 2, released nineteen years prior to that. Laramore also performed most of the songs.

Box-office
Disney In The House: Time Travel grossed $358 million the United States and Canada, and $775 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.133 billion, making it a box-office success. In order to avoid opening weekends with Toy Story 4 (also released in June 2019), it made its money faster in Canada, and later the United States and other worldwide territories. The film finished ahead of Toy Story 4 with its $1.1 billion worldwide gross. The film's theatrical run lasted until September 24, 2019. It went on to surpass Disney In The House: Introduction as the highest-grossing Walt Disney Wonder Studios film of all-time.

Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a very rare approval rating of 94%. The website's critic consensus reads. "In a constitutional monarchy, Disney In The House: Time Travel has enough real power to entertain children and adults alike." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 89 out of 100 based on 29 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an overall positive score "A-" on an A+ to F scale.