Kai: The Legend of the Heroes

Kai is an upcoming American 3D martial arts computer-animated action fantasy film. It is in production by Pixar Animation Studios and will be released by Walt Disney Pictures. It will be released on September 9, 2022.

Plot Synopsis
When Kai was a young child, his father was killed fighting off a Shadow Demon who attacked their home. Kai grew up and 7 years later, he was a teenager who loved his family and playing his father's shamisen. When he played, he had the power of natural growth and storytelling. He was telling the Villagers all the thrilling stories of The Heroes of Japan.

Then Kai leaves Ainokura that night and goes on a quest to find The Samurai Hosato and the Heroes of Japan, and defeat the Lord Shadow and his Shadow Demons.

Cast

 * Dave Franco as Kai
 * Dwayne Johnson as Hosato
 * Gary Oldman as Lord Shadow
 * Anthony Hopkins as Master Yu
 * Cate Blanchett as Misaki
 * Luke Evans as Tashi
 * Michael Peña as Yoshi
 * Brad Pitt as Raiden
 * Daniel Dae Kim as Hideyoshi
 * John Ratzenberger as Riku
 * Kimiko Glenn as Izumi
 * Asher Bishop as Natsuo/Young Kai
 * Jin Zhang as Takumi
 * Tian Jing as Kyoko
 * Peter Sohn as TBA
 * Bill Hader as TBA

Score Rating
7.5/10

Metacritic
67%

Ratings in other countries

 * USA: PG (For action/Peril, violence and thematic elements)
 * UK: PG (Mild violence, threat)
 * Ireland: PG
 * Canada: PG
 * Germany: 6
 * Japan: G

Music
On February 16, 2018, James Newton Howard will be composing Kai.

Theatrical Release
Kai was theatrically released on September 9, 2022 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, moving up from the film's previously announced date of March 3, 2023.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures had originally planned to release Kai theatrically in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2019. It was pushed back to April 10, 2020, then pushed back to February 19, 2021, then pushed back to September 17, 2021, and it was later pushed back to March 18, 2022.

Songs
Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes

Sia - Unstoppable

Genres
Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Trivia

 * This is James Newton Howard's 1st Pixar Animation film to compose Kai.
 * The Third Tachyon Movies film to be Released on Disney + along with Chicken Little 2 (2021), and Chicken Little: The Future (2022).


 * Dave Franco and Michael Pena both Appeared in The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017).
 * Cate Blanchett and Anthony Hopkins both Appeared in Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
 * Gary Oldman and Brad Pitt both Appeared in Mr. Peabody and Sherman 2 (2020).
 * Pixar's second film of the 2020s to be rated PG by the BBFC after Soul (2020).
 * This is the 8th Pixar Animation Studios film to have a PG rating in the UK since Toy Story (1995) Cars (2006), Brave (2012), The Good Dinosaur (2015), Coco (2017), Incredibles 2 (2018) and Soul (2020).
 * This is Peter Sohn's second feature-length Pixar film. He previously directed The Good Dinosaur.
 * This is the fifth Pixar film to have a music score composed by a non-recurring composer after Brave (which had its music score composed by Patrick Doyle), Soul (which had its music score composed by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste), and Luca (which had its music score composed by Dan Romer), and Turning Red (which had its music score composed by Ludwig Göransson'

Credits
Main article:Kai/Credits

Short film
Short film: The Famous Scientist.

The short, The Famous Scientist is attached to this film, however, it was cancelled because of the delays.