SCP Containment Breach

SCP Containment Breach is a 2022 American horror live-action comedy film directed by Chris Columbus. The movie is based on SCP Containment Breach and it’s real life facility. The movie stars Joseph Mazzello, Bryce Papenbrook, Elizabeth Olsen, and Doug Lawrence with Gary Hecker and Frank Welker as the vocal effects of the SCPs.

The movie’s plot follows around Dr. Alan Bright (Joseph Mazzello) and his assistant Mary Hudson (Elizabeth Olsen) must capture all the escaped SCPs before they roam around the city, killing millions of people. With the help of a high level security scientist (Bryce Papenbrook) and a friend of his (Doug Lawrence), they must send thousands and hundreds of guards to the lookout.

The film was originally gonna be the first movie to a franchise, but was unfortunately cancelled due to the animatronics not working everytime filming would start.

Sypnosis
Dr. Alan Bright and his assistant Mary Hudson must capture all the escaped SCPs before they roam around the city, killing millions of people. With the help of a high level security scientist and a friend of his, they must send thousands and hundreds of guards to the lookout.

Cast

 * Joseph Mazzello as Dr. Alan Bright
 * Elizabeth Olsen as Mary Hudson
 * Bryce Papenbrook as Dr. Bobby Povenmire
 * Doug Lawrence as Mike Vanola
 * Gary Cole as Tom Brown
 * Justin Long as Joey May
 * Roger Craig Smith as Greg Mitchell
 * Rob Paulsen as Gary Mecker
 * Ariel Winter as Abby Stewart
 * Sean Giambrone as Ryan Andrews
 * Tara Strong as Ella
 * Charles Martinet as Himself (cameo)
 * John Lasseter as Daycare Guy
 * Erik Adahal as Store Customer #1
 * Mike Myers as Markus Coleman
 * Nat Faxon as Store Customer #2
 * Trey Parker as Kyle Brofolowski (on television)
 * Demi Lovato, Tex Hammond, Grey Griffin, Joey D'Auria, Flo Rida, Cristina Vee, Chris Hemsworth, Christopher Corey Smith, Billy West, Bob Bergen, Jason Isaacs, Spike Brandt, Dan Lloyd (uncredited), Andrew Garfield, Matthew Lillard, Lizzie Freeman, Markus Persson, Neil Patrick Harris, and Millie Bobby Brown as New York City Citizens
 * Gary A. Hecker & Frank Welker as the vocal effects of the SCPs.

Development
In 2013, Chris Columbus found plans to make a animated movie based on the SCP: Containment Breach game. However, the movie was caught in development hell for a very long time. That all changed in 2016 when Columbus figured out the idea to make it live-action instead of animated. He hired Nathan Ruegger to produce to the film with Harvey Mason Jr. composing the songs with Selena Gomez, Becky G., Josh Peck, Flo Rida and Tom Cruise singing some of the songs.

Columbus hired Framestore to do the motion-capture CGI in the film. Andre Markus confirmed that he played SCP 682 in a interview, but doesn’t recall the names of the other SCP motion capture actors he worked with. He is later listed on the “Motion Capture Consultant(s)” in the end credits, uncrediting the other actors. Columbus later confirmed that the SCP actors were, TJ Storm, John Kaye, Kyle Malka, Scott Kream, Lee Ross, Harvey Norman, and Kevin Woods.

Casting
Columbus hired Alex Hirsch as the casting director in 2017. JP Karliak was originally set to play the role as Dr. Alan Bright but he declined the request but instead played a store customer. Joseph Mazzello then accepted the role as Alan with Elizabeth Olsen as his assistant. Hirsch then hired Erik Adahal to design some of the SCPs noises in the sound department.

Adahal provided Godzilla’s roar in the 2014 film of the same name directed by Gareth Edwards. Hirsch then hired Doug Lawerence and Bryce Papenbrook to play Dr. Bobby Povenmire and Mike Vanola while he hired Gary A. Hecker and Frank Welker to play the vocal effects of the SCPs. Adahal worked as one of the hardest jobs in the film to record and pitch some sounds of animals.

He used monkeys screeching three times for SCP 096, a male and female elephant’s belowing for 682, and a raptor’s girl-y grunt for 999 and various other voice clips from animals from real life, places, and movies. Gary Cole and Justin Long played minor characters such as Tom Brown and Joey May.

Filming
Filming began on March 2017 in New York City, Canada, Australia, and Toyko with Rick Cross as the filming director. The scenes for New York City had millions of people running from SCPs which were actually used from CGI and animatronics. The scenes for Canada was used one time when Alan was calling his two nephews from Canada. The scene from Toyko was when SCP 682 destroyed half of Toyko’s city. The scene in Australia was when Alan was watching South Park and watched a episode showing a live-action version of Canada.

Soundtrack
Like before, the soundtrack was done by Harvey Mason Jr., who will compose the upcoming 2022 film, Ladybug & Cat Noir Awakening. The soundtrack was released on ITunes 3 weeks after the movie’s release. The songs were mostly sung by Selena Gomez, Josh Peck, Becky G., Flo Rida, and Tom Cruise.


 * 1) Flashback Ten Years Ago - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Josh Peck - 3:45
 * 2) In The Present - Harvey Mason Jr. - 2:00
 * 3) Introduction to Mary Hudson - Harvey Mason Jr. - 0:34
 * 4) The SCPs Escape - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Becky G - 4:15
 * 5) Argument - Harvey Mason Jr. - 1:45
 * 6) Calling in the Guards - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Tom Cruise - 4:56
 * 7) The Plan - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Flo Rida - 1:33
 * 8) Where are the SCPs Now? - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Selena Gomez - 0:19
 * 9) SCPs Attack in The City - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Tom Cruise - 2:40
 * Ok, Listen Up! - Harvey Mason Jr. 0:23
 * 1) Preparing Up - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Josh Peck - 0:43
 * 2) Guards vs. SCPs Part One - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Becky G., Tom Cruise, Flo Rida, and Selena Gomez - 7:02
 * 3) Guards vs. SCPs Part Two - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Becky G., Tom Cruise, Flo Rida, and Selena Gomez - 5:21
 * 4) Guards vs. SCPs The Final Part - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Becky G., Tom Cruise, Flo Rida, and Selena Gomez - 9:46
 * 5) Getting the SCPs Back in Their Cell - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Danny Jacobs - 0:59
 * 6) End Credits - Harvey Mason Jr. - Sung by Harvey Mason Jr., Josh Peck, and Tom Cruise 11:12

Critical response
The movie received unexpectedly positive reviews. Chase Manon of Screen Rant gave the movie 90/100 saying “Completely good movie. Perfect acting, script, and animatronics. I’d rate it a 100,000,0000/100 but it won’t let me :(“. The movie had Joel Hartman of Rotten Tomatoes saying “Good job, Chris Columbus. You never fail to impress people with you and your crew’s hard work” with him also saying that “The horror stuff is way to good for me!”

Release
The movie released on April 17, 2022 in theaters and HBO Max. It stayed on the streaming service for long until 2023. It then premiered on Paramount Plus and Netflix in September 2027 where it stayed on the streaming device until 2032.

Merchandise
The movie had 4 clothes including a shirt, pants, shoes, and gloves. The movie has also gotten an advertisement in McDonalds selling a happy meal with toys of Alan Bright, Mary Hudson, Bobby Povenmire, Mike Vanola, Tom Brown, Joey May, and SCP 099.

Cancelled Franchise
The movie was supposed to be the first film to a franchise. After the release of the movie and it’s 89/100 ratings, Chris Columbus & Harvey Mason Jr. had plans about doing a franchise with four movies, two specials, and one television show. It was also stated that Joesph Mazzello, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryce Papenbrook, Doug Lawerence, Gary Cole, and Justin Long expected to reprise their roles. Films would be released through 2025, 2028, 2031, 2035, and 2038. However it was cancelled due to the SCP animatronics having malfunctions everytime filming would happen. And they instead created a game.