Friday Night Funkin' (Movie)

Friday Night Funkin' is an upcoming adult-animated musical action comedy film directed by Kevin Munroe based on the game of the same name. Development started when Munroe expressed interest in making a Friday Night Funkin' movie. He contacted Cameron Taylor and Tom Fulp, in order to obtain rights to the Friday Night Funkin' movie. Sony, then was in talks to distribute the film. They wanted it to be PG, and casted Jack McBrayer as Boyfriend and John DiMaggio as Daddy Dearest. Munroe declined and delivered the idea to Paramount Pictures, replacing McBrayer and DiMaggio with Eminem and G-Easy as the roles.

The movie was released in the United Kingdom, in September, 29, 2024,and than the United States, in October, 3, 2024. The film received negative reviews from critics who criticize the plot, the script, the score and non-involvement of the rest of the creators, but praised the animation (similar to movies like Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem), the soundtrack and the performances. Despite this, it became a box-office success and becoming the most-grossing film in 2024, until it was surpassed by Murder Drones (film), and the 18th highest-grossing film based on a video game. It received 30 awards including a Oscar for Best Musical Film in 2024, and for Eminem's performance.

Cast
Skid and Pump are voiced by their original voice actor, Sr Pelo, in the original show. Nolan North voices Steve. Mod characters appear in this movie as cameos. Ruv appears as a cameo voiced by Will Arnett. Selever appears as a cameo voiced by Zach Galifianakis. Whitty appears at the end voiced by Ice Cube, and Carol appears at the end too, voiced by Tiffany Haddish. Garcello and Annie also appear as cameos voiced by Josh Gad and Laura Bailey. Aldryx appears as a cameo voiced by Scott McNeil. Tabi appears as a cameo voiced by John Cena. Hex appears as a cameo voiced by Billy West. Bob, Opheebop, Ron, Kapi, and Sky are all cameos who are played by Greg Baldwin, Heather Gonzalez, Adam Sandler, Calahan Skogman, and Jessica McNamee. Mod creators also voice in this movie. BBPanzu, Banbuds, Rozebud, and Mike Geno, who are mod creators, will voice a shop owner (BBPanzu), a customer (Banbuds), the host for Boyfriend's favorite game show, the Newgrounds Rumble Battles, based on the game on Newgrounds! (Rozebud), and the manager for the stage (Geno). Some mod characters appears as unvoiced cameos.
 * Eminem as Boyfriend
 * Melissa Fahn as Girlfriend
 * G-Easy as Daddy Dearest
 * Megan Thee Stallion as Mommy Mearest
 * Zach Aguilar as Pico
 * Yuri Lowenthal as Senpai
 * Roger Craig Smith as Tankman

Synopsis
Boyfriend just wants to be with Girlfriend but her dad won't allow it, so Boyfriend will have to rap for Girlfriend's heart.

Leaked Scenes

 * A scene of Boyfriend drinking 8 cups of drinkable yogurt is seen.
 * A scene where Tabi threatens the manager for not letting him in as the seats are full, despite he had a ticket.
 * A scene of Girlfriend listening to music on her MP3.
 * A scene of Daddy Dearest figuring out a plan to eliminate Boyfriend while eating lunch.
 * A scene of Pico reloading his ammo while waiting for Boyfriend.
 * A scene of Boyfriend standing in line while the store owner is asking him to go to the counter.
 * A scene of Boyfriend trying to get Girlfriend's attention but can't due to her listening to "Creep".

Soundtrack
The soundtrack contains music from G-Easy, Eminem, SAYGRACE, Radiohead, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, X Ambassadors, My Chemical Romance, and Green Day. The score is composed by Daniel Pemberton, who previously was gonna produce the score with Aj DiSpirito in the film, Murder Drones, before composing this film's score.

Original Songs:
 * Freaky Friday Night! (composed by Daniel Pemberton)


 * Tunes of a Father (performed by G-Easy, and Eminem)


 * Spooky Rhythm (performed by Sr Pelo, and Eminem)


 * Bullet Fame (performed by Zach Aguilar and Eminem)


 * Our Sexy Musical (performed by Megan Thee Stallion and Eminem)


 * Merry RapperMas (performed by G-Easy, Megan Thee Stallion, and Eminem)


 * Konnichiwa, Senpai (performed by Yuri Lowenthal and Eminem)


 * Rocking Tanks (performed by Roger Craig Smith)


 * Boyfriend Shall Be Dead (performed by G-Easy, Megan Thee Stallion, and Zach Aguilar)


 * A Love In My Ears (performed by Eminem)


 * Practice (performed by Melissa Fahn, and Eminem)


 * My Sweet Lover (performed by Melissa Fahn)

Songs that weren't made for the movie but were in it:
 * You Don't Own Me (by SAYGRACE ft. G-Easy)


 * The Real Slim Shady (by Eminem)


 * Creep (by Radiohead)


 * You Can Do it (by Ice Cube ft. Ms Toi & Mack 10)


 * Young, Wild and Free (by Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, and Bruno Mars)


 * Fear (by X Ambassadors ft. Imagine Dragons)


 * I Don't Love You (by My Chemical Romance)


 * When I Come Around (by Green Day)

Score:
 * Waking Up
 * Get your Microphone Ready
 * Prepare the Show
 * Death Talk
 * The Hitman Arrives
 * Cutey Wutey
 * The Holiday Rapper
 * Hate or Love
 * Load the Cannons
 * Whitty and Carol

Release and Reception
The movie was released in theaters on October, 3, 2024, and Paramount+, on April, 2, 2024.

The movie received a %35 score on Rotten Tomatoes. The website's consensus reads: "Friday Night Funkin' may serve us good animation, performance from Eminem, and songs, but the rest they served is just a meal straight out of a dumpster."