Starstone

Starstone is a 2022 live-action/animated absurdist sports comedy-drama film written and directed by Jamie Hickinbottom in his filmmaking debut, who produced it alongside J.J. Abrams and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller; the film is a crossover between infinite multimedia franchises including the MCU, the DCEU, Pokémon, Super Mario Bros., The Loud House, the MonsterVerse, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, The Simpsons, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Rayman among many, many, many, many, many more, and, while it primarily focuses around elements of the sports genre, experimentalism absurdist themes, incorporates multiple elements from other genres such as surreal comedy, psychological horror, science-fiction, fantasy, mystery, and martial-arts movies. Hickinbottom stars as a fictionalised version of himself who, while on a mission to rescue his baby sister Olivia, teams up with characters from both the aforementioned and unmentioned franchises to prevent an omnipresent entity from destroying the multiverse with the titular godly artifact by completing a high-stakes multiversal tournament comprised of various different sports from around the world.