Sparkster the Rocket Knight (Film)



Sparkster the Rocket Knight is a CGI fantasy, action and comedy animated film produced by Dreamworks Animation and Konami, based on the Konami video game series.

Plot
Sparkster, a rocket knight realizes that the kingdom of Zephyrus is under attack from the empire Devotindos. He will have to rescue Princess Sherry, the kingdom and the world from Elhorn. For that he will need the help of Yakansterk, another Rocket Knight that the other Rocket Knights were believed to be extinct. They must face the obstacles and the army of pigs and defeat the Pig Star in space so that everything returns to normal.

Cast

 * Michael Bird as Sparkster the Rocket Knight
 * Daniel Radcliffe as Yakansterk the Rocket Knight
 * Nicolas Cage as Axel Gear the Black Knight
 * Leonardo DiCaprio as Emperor Devligus Devotindos
 * Pepper Potts as Princess Sherry
 * Christopher Lloyd as King Zephyrus
 * Sarah Vowell as Princess Cherry

All Top Songs in the Film

 * Fitz and the Tantrums - Spark (Only trailers and TV Spots)
 * The Damned - New Rose (Only trailers and TV Spots)

Opening Transcript

 * (Universal Pictures logo)
 * (Dreamworks Animation SKG logo)
 * (Konami logo)
 * "Dreamworks Animation Present
 * "In Association with Konami Holdings Corporation
 * (Black Screen)
 * Sparkster: Ok, Hello, I am Sparkster, it would be strange to see an opossum Knight with a jetpack on his back flying through the air, it would be like a Space Ranger or a Hedgehog running at full speed, well...
 * (Flashback inspired by the first game Rocket Knight Adventures)
 * Sparkster: There were many Rocket Knights who faced their enemies to protect the world, at that time, my adoptive father was injured after facing an evil Rocket Knight similar to me, and today invading pigs come who want to invade my kingdom and conquer the entire planet.
 * Sparkster: Although the evil ones like anyone, the princess is kidnapped, and that is the evil guy with purple armor similar to my called Axel Gear allied with the invaders.
 * (Flashback ends)
 * Sparkster: So... I'm here to save my world.
 * (Sparkster the Rocket Knight logo)
 * (Sparkster flies towards Zephyrus, doing a sequence inspired by Buzz Lightyear's intro from Toy Story 2)

Teaser Transcript

 * (Black Screen)
 * (Sparkster Flying Sideways)
 * (Sparkster the Rocket Knight logo)
 * (Sparkster from right side off screen, turns and descends)
 * (Sparkster sticks his sword into the "Rocket Knight" subtitle of the logo)
 * (Sparkster salutes waving his hand in front of the screen)

Merchandise
For theaters, there will be promotional collectible, drink cups such as jetpack, characters, etc. There will also be popcorn buckets of the characters, etc. and even figures of characters for drink cups.

Konami is also planning a compilation of all games in the Rocket Knight Adventures series on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch and Steam to coincide with the film.

Reception
The film received better reviews than the video game animation adaptations. Metacritic gave it a 73/100. On Rotten Tomatoes it gave it 91% from critics and 88% from audience. On IMDb it gave it 7.6/10.

Sequel
Following the 30th anniversary of the Rocket Knight Adventures franchise, in August 2023, three months before the film's release, it was announced that Dreamworks was working on a sequel to the film Sparkster the Rocket Knight. returning the same director with the same cast, is scheduled for 2026 or 2027.

Trivia

 * It is the first animated film inspired by a Konami video game made by Dreamworks Animation.
 * Yakansterk is a new Rocket Knight character from the franchise made by the film's producers for this film adaptation of Sparkster.
 * In a future sequel we will see Sparkster and Yakansterk facing an army of lizards in Zephyrus and this time they will kidnap Princess Cherry (Princess Sherry's cousin), inspired by the events of Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2.
 * This is the first movie based on Video Games to surpass the box office of video games that grossed 100 to 400 million dollars worldwide.
 * They want to make a cinematic universe of Sparkster Rocket Knight Adventures to tell more stories based on the Rocket Knight Adventures franchise.
 * It is also another of the video game-based movies to overcome the mediocre criticism and mediocre reception that all video game film adaptations had.
 * This film was made to fulfill the successful capitalization or successful economics of the franchise worldwide a first time after Konami dropped IP in 1994.