Undertale: Genocide

Undertale: Genocide is an upcoming American live action/computer animated comedy drama fantasy adventure film directed by David F. Sandberg and written by Phil Lord, Eric Heisserer and Michael Green. A sequel to the 2028 film Undertale, itself based on the cult classic RPG created by Toby Fox, it stars Katherine Langford, Samara Weaving, and Alex Wolff in their live action roles, while Charlie Day, Rashida Jones, Patton Oswalt, Diego Luna, Tina Fey, Justin Felbinger, Ali Wong, Harrison Ford, Bryan Cranston, and Willem Dafoe. Although the story picks up immediately when the last film ended, all the roles were recast, with the exception of Ford and Weaving.

The film's storyline was largely an adaptation of the no mercy route from the game. The plot follows Frisk and Leon trying to survive against Chara, the first soul to ever climb Mt. Ebott, as she resets everything the two did, with the save file getting corrupted, and splitting the two apart, with Frisk being forced to destroy everything, and Leon needing to stop Chara before she takes over the world.

The film gained average to positive reviews from critics and fans of the game.

Plot
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Humans

 * Katherine Langford as Frisk Dreemurr-
 * Samara Weaving as Chara Kindleton-
 * Alex Wolff as Leon Porter-
 * Melissa Benoist as Betty Porter-
 * Al Pacino as Adam Kindleton-
 * Morgan Lily as Patience-
 * Ty Simpkins as Bravery-
 * Storm Reid as Integrity-
 * Olivia Rodrigo as Perseverance-
 * Nolan Gross as Kindness-
 * Louis Ashbourne Serkis as Justice-

Monsters

 * Edward Norton as Flowey the Flower-
 * Rashida Jones as Toriel Dreemurr-
 * Vin Diesel as Sans the Skeleton-
 * Josh Gad as Papyrus the Skeleton-
 * Brenda Song as Undyne-
 * Justin Felbinger as Monster Kid-
 * Tina Fey as Alphys-
 * Hugh Jackman as Mettaton-
 * Idris Elba as Gaster-
 * Oliver Platt as Asgore Dreemurr-
 * Max Charles as Asriel Dreemurr-
 * Lee Pace as Asriel Dreemurr(God of Hyperdeath)-

Development
While at the San Diego Comic Con promoting the first entry in the Undertale film series, Phil Lord and Toby Fox, the original developer of the game discussed a potential sequel. Lord said that he began writing the screenplay for the second film after completing the first, and had plans to make it about the genocide run. However, he said that the movie would not be made if the movie was a box office bomb. So then, in December 2028, after the critical and commercial success of the movie, Polygon reported that development of a sequel to Undertale was going to be made, with Taika Waititi set to direct and writing duo Rick Jaffa and Amanda Sliver set to write the script. In February 3, 2029, it was announced that Chloë Grace Moretz and Norman Reedus would play both Chara and Gaster. In April 19, it was announced that Michael Green would revise the script originally by Jaffa and Sliver.

Filming
Filming began in the same place the last movie was made in May 30, which ended in December 16.

Music
The music was composed by Lorne Balfe. Originally, the music was going to be composed by Harry Gregson-Williams, however, he had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.

Release
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Home media
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the movie on DVD and Blu-ray on September 8, 2031. The discs included behind-the-scenes footage with the cast, promotional shots, deleted scenes, and some commentary from Moretz.

Box office
Undertale: Genocide grossed $123 million in the United States and Canada and $263 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $422.6 million. Made on a production budget of $98 million, with $44.5 million more spent on global marketing costs, the film needed to make at least $200-300 million worldwide in order to break-even.

Critical response
Undertale: Genocide gained generally average to positive reviews, with praise towards to the film's casting, animation, screenplay, musical score, and faithfulness to Toby Fox's video game. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 87%, based on 329 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A video game adaptation done right, Undertale brings it all in with it's animation, cast, writing, and faithfulness to the original game." On Metacritic, it had "69/100" rating of positive reviews indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade "A-" on a A+ to F scale. Audiences surveyed by PostTrak gave the film an overall positive score of 80% and 65% of the audience would definitely recommend.