Marvin the Martian (2021 film)

Marvin the Martian ''is an 2021 American live-action / animated hybrid space adventure comedy film directed by Sam Raimi and produced by Samuel Register, Chris DeFaria and Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone. The film is a spin-off about the Looney Tunes character, Marvin The Martian, in which he is voiced by Eric Bauza.''

''The film follows Marvin the Martian accidentally crashing his ship on planet Earth and meets a new friend, but a scientist plans to get rid of him. The film stars Asher Blinkoff (in his second live-action film), Steve Carell, Dana Gaier, Zach Galifianakis, and Kate Higgins with Eric Bauza as the voice of Marvin the Martian and Jeff Bergman as the voice of Duck Dodgers.''

The film started production in 2016 with the Time magazine announcing that Micheal Bay would be directing the film. Five weeks later, Bay left production of the film and Sam Raimi was annouced as the director with Samuel Register and Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone as the producers. Filming started in April 2017 and ended on January 2018. The film was then released in Dolby Cinema on October 3, 2021 and received positive reviews from critics and industries.

Synopsis
''After having his spaceship crash on a planet named Earth, Marvin the Martian (Eric Bauza) explores the planet along with making a new friend (Asher Blinkoff). However, an evil scientist (Steve Carell) plans to get rid of the Martian as he studies on aliens, creatures, frogs, and many more.''

Plot
''The film starts with Marvin The Martian and Duck Dodgers battling eachother in Outer Space. Marvin’s spaceship then get’s shot down by Duck Dodgers’ space gun through the power core, causing it to fall all the way to a planet named Earth in the forest.''

''When many people come to the scene, he then flees and it ends up on the news. The next day, a boy named Marcus wakes up and goes to school with his friend who had already heard about the news covering the spaceship that happened next day. After school, he then goes with his sister Abby, to the forest where the incident happened to get more information.''

''Marcus then sees a trail leading to a cave. He follows it, only to find Marvin the Martian, who has built himself a new home since the power core has been damaged by Duck Dodgers’ space gun. He then befriends Marvin and brings him home but doesn’t show it to his family and friends except for Abby, who also found out about the secret.''

''An evil scientist named Joel Makfreerer finds out about Marvin the Martian and plans to capture him sooner. Meanwhile, in outer space, Duck Dodgers finds the location of Marvin The Martian and then travels all the way to Earth in order to find him, since the galaxy is being destroyed by some aliens who've gone crazy. Joel finds Marvin hanging out with Marcus and tries to crush him with a rock, but it gets blasted all the way to a desert, hitting Wile E. Coyote. He also tries several ways to get him buts fail miserably.''

''After giving up, he finds a watch in a dumpster located in a alleyway, making a clone. He then creates a clone of Marcus and then tells him to go after Marvin the Martian. The clone then knocks at Marvin’s cave’s door. Marvin then opens it, only to get hit by a baseball bat, and gets transported to Joel’s lab. The real Marcus than finds out about Marvin getting captured and he, along with his sister Abby, go to Joel’s lab but soonly get captured in a cage. Before Marvin the Martian can get killed by Joel, Duck Dodgers than crashes through the roof and knocks him out, freeing Marvin, Marcus, and Abby and escaping the lab.''

''Joel Makfreerer than gets arrested for child imprisonment, animal cruelty (including to a Martian), and lying to many people about his “nice” and “kind” personality with a 12 year sentence to prison. Marvin, along with Duck Dodgers, convince the aliens who have gone crazy back to normal with Marvin leaving Earth, promising to visit Marcus on the weekends.''

Cast

 * Asher Blinkoff as Marcus Liles, a 10 year old boy who befriends Marvin The Martian and a school student.
 * Blinkoff also voices the Marcus clone, a clone made to capture Marvin the Martian.
 * Steve Carell as Dr. Joel Makfreerer, an evil scientist who plans to get rid of Marvin the Martian and somebody who works for the Government.
 * Dana Gaier as Abby Liles, the older sister of Marcus.
 * Zach Galifianakis as Micheal Freeman Liles, the father of Marcus and Abby.
 * Kate Higgins as Linda Liles, the mother of Marcus and Abby.

Voices

 * Eric Bauza as Marvin The Martian, an martian from outer space who befriends Marcus and is the leader of the planet of the aliens of the galaxy space.
 * Jeff Bergman as Duck Dodgers, the duck hero of the galaxy and the rival of Marvin the Martian.
 * Dee Bradley Baker as The Aliens

Wile E. Coyote makes a cameo.

Development
The film started production in 2016 with the Time magazine announcing that Michael Bay would be directing an untitled film. Five weeks later, Bay left production of the film and Sam Raimi was annouced as the director with Samuel Register and Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone as the producers. Raimi then announced that the movie would be a Marvin the Martian film with the film being one hour long.

Filming
Filming started in April 2017 and ended on January 2018. It took place in Canada, Los Angeles, New York, and California. Cinematography was done by Tim Story. Steve Carell confirmed that the part where he was trying to hit Marvin with the rock, it was one of the hardest scenes for him to take as it took 67 retakes to complete the scene.

Animation
The animation was done by Framestore with Thomas Ruegger serving as the animation director.

Casting
On January 2017, it was announced that Eric Bauza would be reprising his role as Marvin The Martian. With additional roles including: Steve Carell, Dana Gaier, Zach Galifianakis, and Kate Higgins. It was also announced by Spike Brandt that Jeff Bergman would be reprising his role as Daffy Duck a.k.a. Duck Dodgers.

Release
The film was originally set for a May 8, 2020 release, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The movie was then set for release on August 8, 2020, but was delayed once again due to 9% of production being deleted. The film then released in Dolby Cinema on October 3, 2021.

Marketing
To promote the film, several Happy Meal toys and McDonald’s toys were made.

Box Office
The film promoted US$100,000,000 at the United States’ Dolby Cinema with the film being the 23th highest grossing film of 2021. However, the film onky won US$10,000,00 at the Canadian Cinema in Canada.

Critical response
THe film had gotten a 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and had a good ratings on several rating apps including IMDb, and various others. Many users called it a “masterpiece” and a “talented film” with great voice acting, acting, animation, visual effects, and many more. It also had a TBD on WikiViews. People also called it “a well written and heartwarming film.”

Soundtrack
In 2018, it was announced that Hans Zimmer was hired as the music composer. The film’s full soundtrack released on iTunes on December 18, 2021.