Blockysworld: The Beginning and The End

Blockysworld: The Beginning and The End is a 2023 Animated Action Science-Fiction Comedy-Drama Thriller film directed by Liam Vickers that is based off the TV series, Blockysworld. It is the 3rd and final film in the Blockysworld Film Series as well as the Series Finale to the entire show. George Gould reprises his role as Blocky from the series, along with Tord Larrson, Thomas Ridgewell, Matt Hargreaves, and Grey Griffin with Elise Lovelock, Micheal Kovach, and Nola Kolp reprising their roles from Murder Drones with Zelda Williams, Ryan Reynolds, Keanu Reeves, Emma Watson, Sophia Lillis, and Robert Downey Jr. voicing new characters. The Film follows Blocky and Co. as they team up with 2 Disassembly Drones, a Master Thief, and a Hybrid to save Tune and Uzi from a Corrupt CEO who plans to wipe out all Non-Humans. The film premiered at Disneyland Paris on October 26th and released worldwide on December 15th, 2023. The film was a critical and financial success, grossing 734 million against a 100 million dollar budget, becoming the highest grossing adult animated film, highest grossing film based off a television series, and largest opening weekend gross for an animated film, beating out The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Plot
On the planet Copper-9, the Company JCJenson, led by the corrupt CEO, James, steals a valuable and powerful gem and kidnaps it's guardians, the Worker Drone Uzi and the object Tune. James convinces the Worker Drone, Doll, to join him.

Meanwhile, Blocky, a Intern at JCJenson and one of Tune's friends, is chilling on a Rooftop when he notices a girl with orange hair and a beanie being chased by droids, Blocky single-Handley stops the droids and saves the girl, who tells him that her name is Meggy and that she's a part of a secret club that her and Blocky go to. Phone and Deca-Man, two of Blocky's friends, are apart of the club as Guardians of their Artifact, which hasn't been stolen yet. but just as the meeting is about to end, the building gets attacked as Blocky, Phone, and Deca-Man escape with Meggy escaping.

The Three meet up with their friend Map, who has a Spaceship so the Three can go to Copper-9, but a Thief named Crystal gets onto the Spaceship as JCJenson troops invade the lab and capture Map, forcing Blocky to take off without her. when they get there, they are attacked by the Disassembly Drone, V, but she is stopped by her friend, N, who convinces her to ally with Blocky to save Uzi and Tune. After the Six escape from Doll and a Bounty Hunter named The Crimson Hood, Blocky and Crystal begin to work on a plan and start falling for one another.

They arrive at a place on Earth called Port Aurora where a JCJenson base is, but Blocky and V argue when V finds out that Blocky has been secretly planning to break in on his own, which makes Blocky leave the group. Blocky fights Doll, but loses and gets captured. The Five storm the JCJenson HQ just as Tune, Uzi, Map, and Blocky are about to be killed. Deca-Man, Phone, and Crystal save Tune, Uzi, Map, and Blocky. when he finds out about the breach, James gets into a Armored Robot and leaves JCJenson HQ with Two of his Employees and heads toward Objectopia Tower, ready to unleash the Non-Human Killing Gas on everyone in the city. Blocky, Phone, and Deca-Man fight him while Crystal, Map, Uzi, N, Tune and V evacuate citizens. Just as James is about to lose, He knocks Phone and Deca-Man off the Tower, and sends both himself and Blocky onto a Airship with Crystal following close behind.

Blocky and James have their final showdown on the Airship with Crystal and Doll providing backup. just as Blocky is about to lose, the others, having stopped the gas, arrive to aid him as Blocky, Phone, Deca-Man, Map, and Tune fight and presumably kill James with him yelling “I’LL BE BACK!”. The Group escape the Airship with Blocky almost dying as he stays behind to save the 2 workers. The Group then go their separate ways after a rooftop party with Tune and Crystal fusing together and returning with the drones to Copper-9 with Deca-Man inviting Phone and Map to join the Suicide Squad. Now all alone, Blocky walks around Objectopia and is praised as a hero. He goes to the orphanage and adopts an orange block who’s just like him. They arrive at Blocky’s apartment and as they’re about go to bed, Crystal Tune’s ship arrives to pick up Blocky and his new son and take them back to Copper-9. It then cuts to the ruins of the Airship as a barely alive James is being forcibly kept alive by Doll as punishment for his crimes against non-humans.

In a mid-credits scene, Yin-Yang and Snowball are about to leave a bar when a creepy Jax plush appears on the other side of the door and scares them. In a post-credits scene, The Objects United discover that Blocky’s actions have opened up small cracks in the multiverse.

Main Characters
George Gould - Blocky

Thomas Ridgewell - Deca Man

Matt Hargreaves - Phone

Gery Griffin - Map

Tord Larson - Tune

Murder Drones characters
Elise Lovelock - Uzi

Micheal Kovach - N

Shera Kirby - J

Nola Kolp - V

Emma Breazy - Doll

Celebrity Characters
Zelda Williams - Crystal

Keanu Reeves - The Crimson Hood

Ryan Reynolds - Male Worker Drone Employee

Emma Watson - Female Worker Drone Employee

Robert Downey Jr. - James

Willem Dafoe reprises his role as Blocky Sr. during a Flashback scene set before the events of the final episode, Running From The Future. Charlie Day reprises his decade-long role as Yin-Yang in the mid credits scene along with Sylvester Stallone reprising his role as Snowball from Deca-Man and the Suicide Squad. Lizzie Freeman reprises her role as Pomni from The Amazing Digital Circus in a cameo. Carlos Alazraqui voices a Worker Drone in a Jail Cell. Robert Pattinson, Paul Rudd, Selena Gomez, and Idris Elba reprise their roles from the Objects United films as Door, Tune, Dollar, and Blocky respectively in the post credits scene.

Music
The score was composed by The Newton Brothers with select themes by AJ Dispirito, the composer for Murder Drones. The Living Tombstone was commissioned to write and preform the titular song for the film, “The Beginning and The End”, which ended up being used during the end credits with “Solver Uzi”, “Get Prommed”, and “The Knife Dance” also being used during the end credits.

Marketing
On April 5th, 2023, the teaser for the film was released alongside screenings of The Super Mario Bros. Movie with “Animals” by Maroon 5 being used as the teaser music. On June 9th, 2023, the first trailer for the film was released alongside, “Home”, the fifth episode of Murder Drones on GLITCH Productions’ YouTube channel. On August 17th, The International Trailer was released alongside showings of Blue Beetle and on GLITCH’s YouTube channel. On November 9th, The First 7 Minutes and the Final Trailer were showed at GLITCHX. On October 13th, Vickers, Hargreaves, Gould, and Lillis showed up at New York Comic Con to show a sneak peek of the film.

Theatrical
Blockysworld: The Beginning and the End premiered at Disneyland Paris on October 26, 2023. It held an Early Preview Fan screening at multiple Cinemark studios across the US on November 27, 2023 with a special message by Vickers and Hargreaves attached to it. It released Worldwide on December 15, 2023. The film was originally meant to release on September 1st, 2023, but It was delayed due to GLITCH and 20th Century worrying that the film wouldn't be finished on time due to the 141 minute runtime of the Film. The film's release in the United Kingdom was delayed to January of 2024 due to Disney worrying that the film would bomb over there during the Holiday season.

Home Media
Blockysworld: The Beginning and the End was released on Digital on January 29 2024. It was released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and Ultra 4K on April 17 2024 in time for the 20th anniversary of the Show, with the film releasing on YouTube TV and Disney+ on August 22 2024, since GLITCH reached an agreement with Disney to release it on both platforms.

Critical Response
Blockysworld: The Beginning and the End received a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes with a average score of 8.3/10 with the critical consensus saying, “Despite it’s 2 hour runtime, Blockysworld: The Beginning and The End is a entertaining and humorous crossover film that is a perfect way to end off the series.”