Charlton Park: The Movie

Charlton Park : The Movie (also known as "Charlton Movie" in Scotland and known as Charlton Park Academy : The Movie in Australia) is a 2021 American/British motion capture live action/animated movie directed by Allias Salmon and produced by 20th Century Studios and Warner Bros. This film is rated 18 for strong language, intense scenes, drugs, blood and gore.

The film was released in select theaters on 6 July 2021. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the cast, visual effects, animation, score and Allias' performance, while criticized some of its scenes. Despite this, it was a box office success. The film was released with an attached DC Super Hero Girls short entitled Diana the Wonder-Babysitter starring Diana Prince/Wonder Woman.

Summary
Ryan and his friends' school was destroyed by Allias. Will they defeat him?

Plot
In 2019, during the summer holiday which started on July 20, Allias destroyed the school with his army of cat aliens helping him, meanwhile Ryan and his friends were having a party at his house for the celebration that they will be staying at school for a 1000 nights. Ryan made a new friend named Maria White, she had red hair, the same hair design as Mulan's hair and blue eyes. Lewis tried cocaine and went hyper.

On their way to school, Ryan saw the destroyed building of Charlton Park School. Their mourning for the school was cut-short when Allias arrives with his pet lion Prince. Ryan and the Charlton Park Academians felt threatened by him, so as Allias left, they decided they should go somewhere else to be safer from him, like a planet.

Meanwhile, Allias calls his partner Emmalina to pick him up and tells her and her brother KC that he has a plan to get rid of the Charlton Park Academians, by killing them in the morning.

Cast
Nicola and Gordon appeared in the film without any lines.
 * Jack Black as Ryan Burke
 * Rodney Dangerfield as Lisa McQuillian
 * Allias Salmon as himself, his fictional-self is the main antagonist-protagonist villain who succeeded in destroying the school and now wants sweet revenge on his former friends. He transforms into a humanoid lion. He even owns a pet lion named Prince.
 * Lucy Liu as Maria White
 * Emma Watson as Megan Hason
 * Francesca Capaldi as Ellie Burke
 * Tom Hanks as Morgan Burke
 * Jermaine Clement as Amanda Jane Burke
 * Dustin Hoffman as as Sean Burke
 * Dan Fogler as Sean Casserly
 * Dustin Hoffman as Maria's mom
 * Victor Garber as Maria's dad
 * David Cross as Ella Williams
 * Earl Boen as Danger Mouse
 * David Near as Freddy Fazbear
 * Ashleigh Ball as Chica
 * Ben Kingsley as Bonnie
 * Peter Dinklage as Foxy
 * Adam DeVine as Penfold
 * Karen Gillan as Professor Squackencluck
 * Stephen Fry as Colonel K
 * Rich Moore as Baron Von Greenback
 * Gal Gadot as Emma, KC and Emmalina's mother.
 * Margot Robbie as Dr. Jennacrocuta
 * Idris Elba as Professor Leopolean
 * Robert Downey Jr. as Professor Centaurius
 * Jason Isaacs as King Blargo, the deceased leader of a tribe of cannibalistic aliens and the secondary antagonist.
 * Eric Andre as K.C, Emma's son and Emmalina's brother
 * John Goodman as Bailey Walker
 * Damon Wayans Jr. as Timi
 * Cee Lo Green as Samy Tchangoum
 * Will Smith as Tehelliah
 * David Hyde Pierce as Carol Walker
 * Brad Garrett as Lewis Patience
 * Kevin Spacey as Katie Toal
 * John DiMaggio as Lynn
 * Fred Tatasciore as Middle aged man
 * Megan Fox as Emmalina, Emma's daughter and Allias' partner. She transforms into a humanoid mammoth.
 * Frank Welker as Allias' roaring sounds, Prince the Lion and many animal vocals.

Casting
Jack Black and Allias Salmon lend their voice roles in the film. Other cast were all officially joining in were Megan Fox (Transformers), Jermaine Clement, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Cee Lo Green, Dan Fogler, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot, Ben Kingsley, Adam DeVine, and Peter Dinklage. Also, the voice of Amanda Jane Burke was officially played by Jermaine Clement.

On Jan 28, 2018, Jack Black officially joined the cast of the film because he’s filming The House with Clocks in Its Walls and Jumanji : The Next Level.

Release
The film was released in select theaters on July 6, 2021 and HBO Max on July 12, 2021.

The film was released with an attached DC Super Hero Girls short entitled Diana the Wonder-Babysitter starring Diana Prince/Wonder Woman.

Soundtrack
In January 2017, it was announced that John Powell would compose the film's score. Recording primarily took place in Los Angeles at the Newman Scoring Stage, with Powell conducting a 90-piece orchestra, as well as employing a 60-voice choir for the score. Joining him were regular composers Batu Sener and Paul Mounsey, who provided additional music. The soundtrack was released digitally on July 6, 2021, by Hollywood Records.

All music was composed and conducted by John Powell.

Trivia

 * The film takes place in 2019.


 * The scene were Ryan was dancing, he had the same dance moves as Gene as Beefsquatch from Bob's Burgers credits, his butt and penis was CGI.
 * Allias (in his mutated form) had the roar with a mix of a lion, tiger, bear, leopard, jaguar and elephant.
 * Timi has only 2 lines in the movie.
 * Ryan's family's eyes resembles Timon's eyes, Sid's eyes, Melman's eyes and Tai Lung's eyes.
 * Unlike Lewis in real-life, Lewis is gay and stupid.
 * As Allias, Prince and Emmalina were chasing the Charlton Park Academians, Wonder Woman/Diana Prince made a cameo as she was seen eating an ice cream cone while sitting on a bench.
 * Originally, Hans Zimmer was going to compose the film along with Daniel Ingram, but however Allias decided that John Powell can compose the film because of his work on Ice Age, How to Train Your Dragon and The Call of the Wild.
 * In the film, Emma is animated by computer-animation by Sony Pictures Imageworks.
 * Lisa's parents were originally supposed to appear on the film, but they were cut, because Allias killed them. They only appeared on the deleted scenes.
 * Allias has the same design as the real-life Allias, but with long straight black hair, a beardless look and a muscular build.
 * Unlike the real life alarm, the alarm when Allias destroys the school goes "Food Glorious Food" from Ice Age 2.
 * Manny and Diego from Ice Age have made cameo appearances as statues at the Natural History Museum.
 * The film is rated R.
 * It is revealed that Allias likes DC Super Hero Girls (2019).
 * According to Allias, he named his lion Prince after the DC character Diana Prince (also known as Wonder Woman, which Gal Gadot appears in).
 * While Allias reveals the plan, DC Super Hero Girls (2019) can be seen on Emma's TV.
 * It is revealed that Ellie loves Peperami curry, pizza and Panda-licious chocolate bar.
 * When Allias is telling his plan to Emma in an animated segment, Allias, Emmalina and Prince were animated by Hayk Manukyan.
 * First collaboration between 20th Century Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures.
 * This is the first time that Warner Animation Group has been collaborated with 20th Century Studios.
 * At 199 minutes, this is the longest R rated film to date.
 * Gal Gadot was cast following her performance on Wonder Woman. Also, She was officially recorded her part the voice of her character named Emma in the studio.
 * She stated that she did voice work on Ralph Breaks the Internet and this is her second time voicing a character in a movie.
 * When Ryan and Samy fight, their fighting moves are based on bears, hippos, walruses, zebras, rhinos, gorillas and crocodiles.
 * Even Ryan and Samy have the sound effects of bears, hippos, walruses, zebras, rhinos, gorillas and crocodiles.
 * Allias used bears, hippos, walruses, zebras, rhinos, gorillas and crocodiles fighting as a reference to Ryan and Samy fighting.
 * Jack Black have recorded his dialogue during the breaks of Jumanji: The Next Level. Black was cast by producer Chuck Williams. Because Black stated that "playing the character is awesome like he portrayed him in Ryan Burke Adventures and the midquel of the film because he’s one thing to deal with, just like Lenny and Po"
 * Halsey did songs of the movie, along with Snoop Dogg and Tainy and J. Balvin who also featured in Sponge on the Run.
 * The song "On & On" by Cartoon feat. Daniel Levi is played in the trailer of the film and High Hopes by Panic! at the Disco is played in the TV spots.
 * As Older Allias was about to give his younger self new powers, a silhouette of Mufasa, Tigress, Manny and Wonder Woman can be seen in the magic.
 * According to Allias, he stated that this film was his better performance than Pandas! The Movie
 * The animal powers Ryan was given were panda, owl, macaw, dog, zebra and bull while Allias' animal powers were lion, eagle, shark, tiger, mammoth, cheetah, jaguar, Amazon, killer whale, gorilla, bison, rhino, grizzly bear, black bear and polar bear.
 * Before the film's release, Allias was thought to be the main antagonist. However as the film was released, Allias was actually the main anti-hero of the film who wants to rid of the Charlton Park Academians from his life, he is also sympathetic, mature and cares about his friends and family as he would risk his life for them and he succeeded in getting rid of the Charlton Park Academians by sending them far-away from Earth. Because of this, fans and viewers don't see him as a villain.
 * While Ryan Burke (the false main character of the film) lacks heroic qualities as he and his friends want to travel for their own selfish gains.