Eddsworld: The Movie (2017)

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Eddsworld: The Movie (also referred to The Eddsworld Movie, or Eddsworld Movie) is an upcoming 2017 American comedy-drama science fiction action-adventure CGI-animated film produced by Illumination, and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is based on the world's most popular webseries, Eddsworld. This film will also include a BFB host, Four (aka 4). It is planned to be released in July 16th, 2017 for the USA, July 23rd, 2017 for Canada, and July 30th, 2017 for Worldwide. This film is also a part of the EWCU (Eddsworld Cinematic Universe).

The film was a success at the box office, It is one of the highest grossing animated films of all time. So Illumination decided to make a franchise with a TV show, and a video game. They then announced a sequel titled, Eddsworld: The Movie 2: Zanta's Revenge which will release in 2020. They then announced two spin-off prequel films, one is titled Tom's Adventure, and the other one is titled Eduardo: Begins. They then announced a third film to the main series, which is currently in the works.

Development
In late November 2014, Eddsworld sent a twitter message just a image with no text with it, people were confused what it was, but then YouTubers decided to make a video on it. The image was mostly black, but there was Tord in the image. People wanted to see it more, so they brighten it up, and it showed 2 movie cameras and Tord but with a scared face. The bottom of the image then said "We're Coming to Theaters now!". After people saw this investigation, the whole Eddsworld community started to freak out, and were excited for it.

2 weeks after that, Eddsworld then made a blog post saying that their making a movie, they only said that to people who don't know what's going on. Then they said that they will team up with Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures, to make the film. They also said that they plan for the release date to be around Winter 2016, but then it got delayed due to The Angry Birds Movie being in its release date, so they decided to make it around Summer 2017, which is the current release date for the film. On February 23, 2015, it was announced that Shovelware Animation joined to produce the film and other films in the franchise.

Writing
Writing on the film began on Early May 2015. However, the script is still in-progress. It has also been announced that it will be written by George Gould.

Animation
The film will be recorded at Illumination MacGuff at Glendale, CA for the US and Internationally. It will be using 3D animation and CGI animation on actual Eddsworld Characters. They will also use the same engine Eddsworld uses for the Eddsworld characters.

Music
See page: Eddsworld: The Movie (2017)/Soundtrack

In Theaters

 * July 16th, 2017 (USA)
 * July 23rd, 2017 (Canada)
 * July 30th, 2017 (Worldwide)

Home Media

 * October 8th, 2017 (Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital HD) (USA and Canada)
 * October 22nd, 2017 (Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital HD) (UK, Worldwide)
 * December 17th, 2018 (Netflix) (USA and Canada)
 * December 24th, 2018 (Netflix) (Worldwide)

TV Spots
See Page: Eddsworld: The Movie (2017)/TV Spots

Rating
This film has been rated PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned) due to:

Some Action
10/10
 * Tord tries to destroy Eddvillie with the help of his robot and Bowser.
 * Edd defeats Tord and Bowser.

Mild Peril
2/10
 * Some scenes may show some danger.

Rude Humor
3/10
 * The Students make fun of Edd partially.

Some Scenes May Scare Children
9/10
 * Tord threatens to kill Edd and his friends.

Theatrical Short Film
While people are watching the film in cinema, they'll get a chance to see a theatrical short based on Minions, which will be named Minions: Car Madness!. It will be about Stewart trying to face the cars.

Subway Toys
You can get a Edd, Tom, Matt, Eduardo, Tord, Bowser and a clown as action figures in your purchase of a Subway Sandwich.

Kraft Mac & Cheese
Kraft has produced mac & cheese products based on the film. It will be available in Wal-mart, and Target. For more info, click here.

Clothing
Novelty T-Shirts, Sandals, Shoes, Coats, Boots, Bracelets, Hats, Caps, Glasses, Pants, etc. based off the cast.

Variant Logos

 * Illumination Entertainment - When the minion greets, Tom pops up out of nowhere, confused where he is, until he sees Stewart, he punches him and takes his place, he then chuckles and winks at the screen.

Box Office
After the film released, the Box Office was a success to Illumination. So, Illumination decided to do a sequel which is in development.

Critical Response
Within it's first week of release, Eddsworld: The Movie gained positive acclaim by both critics and audiences and has received an 99% rating score on Rotten Tomatoes as the consensus says "Eddsworld: The Movie is not only the first webseries movie to ever be good, but also, the first to begin a shared universe." This movie also has a 91% rating on Metacritic. The film was given a Best Animated Feature nomination during the Annie Awards of 2018. It also received a rating of 8.7/10 on IMDB, and a 5/5 on Common Sense Media.

The Movie Idea Awards
This movie was nominated for "Best animated film" on The Movie Idea Awards and won Best Voice from an Animated Film for George Gould as Edd.

Franchise
The film did became really successful at the box office, so Illumination decided to contact Eddsworld Corp. to make a franchise, and they agreed. So the franchise has a TV Show, and a video game. Joey Slikk (the director of the first film) has announced two other films for the franchise. One being a sequel which will be named, Eddsworld: The Movie 2: Zanta's Revenge, and one being a spin-off prequel which will be named, Tom's Adventure. He also announced another TV Show which will be a prequel again, titled, Tom & Friends. Then they announced another spin-off prequel based on Eduardo, it is named, Eduardo: Begins.

Video Game
Activision had announced a video game of the film is in development. It is unknown when it will release.

Eddsworld: The TV Series
Netflix has announced that a TV Show of the film is in development. It will a Netflix Original Show. It will release on September 7th, 2017 which is the same day when Home Media for the film releases.

Eddsworld: The Movie 2: Zanta's Revenge
A sequel has been announced by Illumination Entertainment, and Universal Pictures. It is unknown when it will release, but the name of the film will be called Eddsworld: The Movie 2: Zanta's Revenge.

Eddsworld: The Movie 3
Joey Slikk, the director of the first film, has announced that a third film is currently in the works. It is unknown when it will release or what it will be named.

Tom's Adventure
A spin-off prequel film has been announced by Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures. It will release on July 10, 2022, and the name is revealed as Tom's Adventure.

Eduardo: Begins
Another spin-off prequel film has been announced by Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures. It will release on April 8, 2024, and the name is revealed as Eduardo: Begins.

Copyright
'''Illumination and Universal Pictures accepted the rights to use the term Eddsworld, Edd Gould, etc. They also accepted the rights to use Eddsworld characters in the film. The characters and the terms are owned by Eddsworld Corporation. The names and looks of the characters that did not originate from Eddsworld belongs to its respective owners.'''

'''The image does not belong to the owner of the page, it belongs to its respective owners! The owner of the page only remade it, and special thanks to F Entertainment for remaking it even better.'''

© 2017 Illumination Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Eddsworld Corporation. All rights reserved.

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