There Will Come Happiness

There Will Come Happiness is a 2018 animated anthology drama film produced by Robert Fredrickson and written by Fredrickson and Peter Morgan. Set in New York in the late 2000s, the film consists of four segments, each following the lives of various citizens during the time, with the theme of finding happiness being present throughout them. The four segments in the film are Stardom, directed by Taichi Ishidate, That Cold Winter's Night, directed by Robert Fredrickson, Wishful Thinking, directed by Naoko Yamada, and No Time Like Now, also directed by Fredrickson. Greg Kinnear stars as the voice of Wilbert Covington, one of the citizens during the time, who serves as the narrator at the beginning of the film, the main character of Wishful Thinking, a minor character in Stardom and That Cold Winter's Night, and the secondary character in No Time Like Now. Other actors in the ensemble cast include Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, Glenn Close, Nathan Kress, Catherine Taber, Addison Rae, Eric Bauza, Katherine Heigl, Drew Carey and Jon Heder.

The film was animated by Kyoto Animation in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and co-produced by StudioCanal, Miramax, Regency Enterprises, and Fredrickson's then newly established production credit, Paxshire Films. The film was released in the United States on December 14, 2018 by Paramount Pictures and internationally a week later by StudioCanal, to generally positive reviews from critics. The film was also successful at the box office, grossing $242 million against a budget of $25 million. It was nominated for Best Animated Film at the 91st Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, but lost to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Plot
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Cast

 * Greg Kinnear as Wilbert Covington
 * Donald Sutherland as Leonard Pascall
 * Kiefer Southerland as younger Leonard Pascall
 * Glenn Close as Bianca Pascall
 * Nathan Kress as Mortimer "Morty" Holland
 * Catherine Taber as Ruth Cohen
 * Addison Rae as Ellen Shepherd
 * Eric Bauza as Benjamin Covington
 * Griffin Gluck as Halbert
 * Katherine Heigl as Maxine Covington
 * Drew Carey as Edgar Middleton
 * Jon Heder as Donald Abbott

Production
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Release
There Will Come Happiness had it's theatrical premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 24, 2018, and was given a general theatrical release on December 14, 2018 in the United States and internationally on December 21, 2018. Paramount Pictures handled the distribution in the United States while StudioCanal released it in the UK, Australia, France and Germany, and also handled the international distribution sales for the film.

Home media
There Will Come Happiness was released for digital download on March 12, 2019 and on Blu-ray and DVD by Paramount Home Media Distribution on April 2, 2019.