Planet Tentacles: The Movie

Planet Tentacles: The Movie is the upcoming 2019 American 3D animated comedy adventure film based on the MTV television series Planet Tentacles, written, directed and produced by the series' creators Joe Ansolabehere and Paul Germain and co-written by Megan Ellison, Lee Eisenhower and Conrad Vernon. It is a New Zealand and American venture produced by Paramount Animation, Annapurna Pictures, and RatPac-Dune Entertainment. The film features the regular television cast of Martin Tentacles (Jack McBrayer), Ann Tentacles (Mona Marshall), Roward (Eric Idle), Darla (Grey DeLisle), Little Brother (Tom Kenny), among others reprise their roles from the series, along with guest stars including David Koechner, Bill Hader, Keegan Michael-Key, Alison Brie, T.J. Miller, Jeremy Clarkson, Rob Lowe, Andy Serkis, and Peter Dinklage.

The film was announced in September 2016, with further details being announced at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Planet Tentacles: The Movie was screened at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival on October 5, 2018. It was released in the United States on July 3, 2019, in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D, by Paramount Pictures. The film has grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide, making it the current highest-grossing film of 2019, the 10th highest-grossing film of all time, the 2nd highest-grossing animated film, and the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film.

A sequel, Planet Tentacles 2, is currently in the works, set for a July 2020 release.

Film Summary
When everyone is brainwashed and Planet Tentacles is ruled over, Martin and his friends have to bring everyone back their old selves, save Ann's parents from being abducted by aliens and save Ann from his suitor and they also can prevent a highway from being take over the planet to create the portal to summons all the revived villains.

Plot
Martin and his friends are chased by the aliens. Only Martin able to escape, with Preed, Riley and Margo using the time machine. Shortly after Martin and his friends disappear into time, the stranger takes over the planet, kidnaps Ann and also abducts her parents.

Two months later, Martin and his friends discover that the rest of the staff have been brainwashed and have lost their memories, and that the planet has been ruled over to make place for Exit 9B of the freeway. They have a document from Planet Tentacles that can end the freeway construction by making the planet a historical site, but in order for it to be effective, it needs to be signed by every member of staff. A stranger reveals to be Cipher, Roward's father. He warns Martin that Little Brothers plans to brought all the villains from the past to life and kills Ann as one of the evil plans and explains that the entire Exit 9B project is designed following the death of his widowed mother to get revenge on Martin. Little Brother brainwashes the citizens of Planet Tentacles to banishes Martin and his friends out of the planet and lands in the Forbidden Planet.

While lost, Martin now must find everyone to sign the documents. Starting with Terence, they find that he has left the planet, but a business card reveals that he has his own auto body shop (as seen earlier). Terence has no memory of Martin, but Preed is able to trigger his memory by reminding him of the only woman he ever loved. Terence signs the document and the three set off to find the rest of the park staff.

Pob is working at the city butterfly sanctuary but is given a memory jog by a lollipop. A joke brings Muscle Homer back from his new job and new look as a quantum physics professor. Alfred is working as a spinach delivery man but is reminded by working as a pizza delivery man. Only Randall remains.

After several adventures and dangers, such as giant seagulls, jellyfish, robots, and gremlins, Martin and his friends regains their memories and finds Ann's parents, who is imprisoned in the ice cavern. They warns Martin that Roward captures her daughter and plans to marry her. Martin and his friends flies back to Planet Tentacles and saves Ann from Little Brother by stop the war.

Randall is now under the employment of Little Brother. The sharks also remains at the world, now as the evil henchmen of Roward's father. The team is unable to convince Benson to sign the document before they are captured and buried neck-deep in cement by the mysterious stranger's goons, who were commanded by Randall and the Shark Brothers. By destroying everything Martin, Ann and his friends hold dear, he refuses to make his mother proud.

Enraged, Little revives the dozens of enemies of past episodes and the six buried staff members seem doomed. Martin is able to summon allies of his own, with his parents, Gary, Death, Techmo, the God of Basketball and the Guardians of Eternal Youth appearing to free the park employees from their cement prison and the epic battle ensues.

Martin regains Randall's memories back by annoying him and throwing some spinach pizzas. Meanwhile, Roward threatens to marry Ann and his father threatens Martin to overthrown him. The final battle ends with Sheen signs the document and save the world at the last minute, thus sending the revived villans back to the afterlife after they are sucked back into the portal. Cipher is attacked by the sharks for betraying them and is presumably eaten and his son is arrested and thrown into prison.

Meanwhile, the world is restored back to normal. But Martin appears dead, Ann uses some pizza to bring Martin to life. Martin's parents reconciles with Ann, and she and Martin share a kiss and begins their relationship. Martin's boss make him manager of the Pizza Cabin in gratitude. Sheen then receives a call from his brother, and tells her that, despite what he said earlier, he now doesn't want to quit his internship, because he feels working at the world is going to be really cool.

In the epilogue, the Gremlins now workships Brain Gremlin a boss in replacement of Stripe.

Cast

 * Trey Parker as Martin Tentacles, Little Brother
 * Russell Brand as Preed
 * Eric Idle as Riley
 * Michelle Trachtenberg as Margo
 * Mona Marshall as Ann
 * Julie Kavner as Little's Mama

Release
The film was released in theaters on July 5, 2019 by Paramount Pictures.

Home media
Planet Tentacles: The Movie was released to digital on platforms such as iTunes and Google Play Movies & TV on December 3, 2019. The movie was later released to Blu-Ray and DVD on December 10, 2019. The bonus features includes the deleted scenes, alternate ending and the behind-the-scenes. The movie has grossed $79,391 in domestic DVD sales.

Soundtrack
These are the songs that were heard in Planet Tentacles: The Movie. The film will be released in July 5, 2019, The soundtrack was created by Warner Bros. Records, and it features original score by Mark Mothersbaugh. It also features original songs made for the movie by George Gendi.


 * 1) "Planet Tentacles Theme Song"
 * 2) "Poker Face" - Lady Gaga
 * 3) "Pop" - Justin Timberlake
 * 4) "Ballad of Roward" - Russell Brand
 * 5) "Can't Stop the Feeling" - Justin Timberlake
 * 6) "Accidentally In Love" - Counting Crows
 * 7) "Beyond the Sea' - Robbie Williams
 * 8) "I'm Super" - Grey DeLisle, Tom Kenny, Michelle Trachtenberg and Justin Timberlake
 * 9) "Jailhouse Rock" - Elvis Presley

Sequels
Three sequels have been released: Planet Tentacles 2, which was released on August 12, 2021, Planet Tentacles 3, which was released on June 30, 2023, and Planet Tentacles vs. the Gremlins: The Movie, which was released on November 29, 2024.

Trivia

 * When Terence and Pob throw some zombies off the highway with a pipe, the Wilhelm scream can be heard.
 * Ann turned 21-year-old while Martin turned 30.
 * The filml's plot is similar to the plot of the Regular Show episode, "Exit 9B".
 * The animation of the movie is the same as the show, although CGI was used for spacecrafts, Father Time, the ice mountains, as well as the Moon, planets and the jellyfish stampede.