Journey to Atlantis

Journey to Atlantis is a 2017 American traditionally/CGI/animated film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, with co-directors by Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, Andrew Adamson, John Stevenson and Mark Osbourne, produced by Don Hahn, Bonnie Arnold, Pam Marsden and John H. Williams and written by John Collee.

The film stars the voices of Michael J. Fox, Jack Black and Rosanna Arquette. Other voices in the film were Cree Summer, Dustin Hoffman, Claudia Christian, Mark Hamill, Hugh Jackman, Ryan Kwanten, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Alicia Moore, Dennis Haysbert, Ben Kingsley, James Garner (his final film role), Jacqueline Obradors, Leonard Nimoy (his final film role), Eli Marienthal, Brian Blessed, Ian McShane, and Robin Williams (his final film role) along with Jennifer Aniston and Harry Connick Jr. it features Ryan and his friends including, went to the Ulysses to go on Atlantis where they meet Milo for the first time. To save it, it takes two to these guys to take matters into their own hands.

It was premiered on May 26, 2017 in Chinese Theatre and released theatrically in 3D and IMAX 3D on June 2, 2017.

It has negative reviews and it was a box office bomb calling it the worst animated movies of 2017. It was released and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Criticize for its performance at the box office, the only praising is the voice acting and the song of the film. Criticised by its animation,. The film performed failure at the box office, it was a big box office bomb, grossing a million budget almost. Budgeted at around $90-120 million, the film grossed over a million worldwide, $84 million of which was earned in North America. Due to the film's lackluster box office performance, Disney went bankrupt, closed down and lost its' rights of The Lion King, Tarzan, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther, Moana and Brother Bear to 20th Century Fox (which is now merged with Warner Bros Pictures).

The film was released on DVD on and on Blu-ray.

This was Michael J. Fox's last film before his retirement.

Plot
The film opens with Ryan and Milo eating spaghetti together like Lady and the Tramp. Meanwhile, two friends met Helga who revealed she was a German girl and these two met Preston Whitmore who give these two a nice gifts. A shepherds journal for Milo and so does Ryan.

They went on the submarine with the Recess Gang and they met Commander Rourke, his lieutenant Helga, as well as Audrey, Vinny, Sweet,

However after they killed, Milo and the crew were too late to save Atlantis and the Atlanteans from doom as they didn’t make it in time. The film ends with Atlantis being exploded and the Atlanteans and the main characters got eaten by Wonder Woman/Diana Prince.

Cast

 * Jack Black as Ryan Burke
 * Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu
 * Michael J. Fox as Milo James Thatch, a linguist and the main protagonist.
 * Cree Summer as Kidagakash Kida Nedakh
 * Eli Marienthal as Hogarth Hughes, Annie’s son who is orphaned
 * Kelsey Grammer as Commander Lyle Tiberuis Rourke, the former leader and Milo's best friend true gay lover.
 * Hugh Jackman as
 * John Mahoney as Whitmore
 * Lucy Liu as
 * David Cross as
 * Jackie Chan as
 * Seth Rogen as
 * Angelina Jolie as
 * Tony Shalhoub as Audrey’s father
 * Sofia Vegara as Audrey’s mother
 * Phil Morris as
 * as Doctor Joshua Strongbear Sweet
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Audrey Ramirez, a Spanish mechanic.
 * Don Novello as Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorni, a bomber and an Italian expert.
 * Claudia Christian as Lieutenat Helga Katrina Sinclair, a German woman who is one of the detueragonists.
 * Randall Duk Kim as Oogway
 * Max Charles as Theodore Jasper "T.J." Detweiler, the leader of the Recess gang.
 * Rickey D'Shon Collins as Vince LaSalle, T.J.’s athletic best friend.
 * Jason Davis and Raymond Ochoa as Mikey Blumberg, a chubby boy with an operatic singing voice.
 * Ashley Johnson as Gretchen Grundler, the brains of the gang.
 * Pierce Gagnon as Gus Griswald, a shy boy with military knowledge.
 * Pamela Adlon as Ashley Spinelli, a tomboy whom everyone calls by her last name.
 * Corey Burton as Gaetan Molière, a French geologist
 * Tress MacNellie as Packard, a woman operator (archive/unused recordings)
 * Blake Clark as Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth, a cook.
 * Robin Williams as Ramon and Lovelace
 * James Garner as Commander Lyle Tiberuis Rourke (unused/archived audio recordings)
 * Rosanna Arquette as
 * Mark Hamill as
 * Dennis Haysbert as
 * Ben Kingsley as
 * Brian Blessed as
 * Ian McShane as
 * Robin Williams as Ramon and Lovelace
 * Jennifer Anniston as Annie Hughes, Hogarth’s mother who got killed by Milo James Thatch
 * Harry Connick Jr as Dean McCoppin, a man
 * Leonard Nimoy as Kashekim (archive unused recordings)
 * Hugo Weaving as
 * Richard Carter as
 * Dan Fogler as
 * Helen Mirren as
 * Jordan Peele as
 * JB Smoove as
 * Geoffrey Rush as
 * Sam Neill as
 * David Wenham as
 * Rachael Taylor as
 * Emily Barclay as
 * Jay Laga'aia as
 * Abbie Cornish as
 * Emilie de Ravin as
 * Ryan Kwanten as
 * Miriam Margolyes as
 * D.B. Sweeney as
 * Kiefer Sutherland as
 * Christopher Lloyd as
 * as Thaddeus Thatch
 * Frank Walker as Obby
 * as Atlantean

Production
In January 2013, Journey to Atlantis has entered production. Andrew Adamson will be directing the film with Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff.

The film will also be produced by Don Hahn, Bonnie Arnold, Pam Marsdem and John H. Williams and the script will be written by John Fusco, John Collee and John Orloff with screenplay written by Tab Murphy, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi, David Reynolds and Noni White with additional screenwriting by Linda Woolverton and Butch Hartman, creator of Fairy Odd Parents.

In February 1, 2013, Michael J. Fox, and Cree Summer were in talks to reprise their roles as Milo and Kida from the two movies after 14 years.

Casting
Since the cast of Atlantis reprise their roles from the first two films, New cast members were joining in were Jack Black voices, along with Dustin Hoffman, Rachael Taylor, Hugh Jackman, Hugo Weaving, and Ryan Kwanten leading the voices along with Elijah Wood, Alicia Moore (Pink), Ben Kingsley and others.

Also, in February 11, Dwayne Johnson, Helen Mirren, Jordan Peele, JB Smoove, Jenna Elfman and all officially lending their voices in the film

Other cast officially confirmed, on March 8, 2013, were signing in the film were Joan Cusack, Abbie Cornish, Peter Dinklage, Geoffrey Rush, Nicole Kidman, Common, Richard Carter, Dan Fogler, Sam Neill, David Wenham, Rachael Taylor, Emily Barclay, Jay Laga'aia, Abbie Cornish, Emilie de Ravin, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, Miriam Margolyes, D.B. Sweeney, Kiefer Sutherland, Christopher Lloyd, Julianna Margulies, Joan Plowright, E.G. Daily, Magda Szubanski, Harry Connick Jr and David Field.

Marketing
The film’s official first teaser trailer was debuted in front of Rio 2 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. A second teaser trailer was released on June 13, 2014 and shown in front of How to Train Your Dragon 2, which was released in Theaters.

The full trailer was released online on November 4, 2014 and shown in front of Big Hero 6, which was released in theatres on November 7, 2014. The same trailer was debuted in front of Annie, Night at the Museum 3, Home, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Fast and Furious 7, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, and Minions.

Warner and Disney pays marketing to the film. Disney had previewed a test screening of the unfinished film in January 2015, months before the film finished production. Despite the film’s negative reviews, Disney prepare UK premiere at the O2 in London, with the screenings held by the cast of the film.

Box office
It was the lowest grossing film. Like Strange Magic and Jupiter Ascending, it was a box office failure, because it unperformed like Treasure Planet.

Critical response
Journey to Atlantis was universally panned with critics by audience alike and with negative reviews. It was not as well-received, as it was met with mixed and negative reviews from critics and audience. It was on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes with the film being 7%. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 51% based on 309 reviews and an average rating, while Metacritic holds a rating of. Some Critics call this film "a disgusting waste of time and an entertaining family film", most call this film "useless antics for a Disney film and a joke to Atlanteans". Negative reviews stated that it was criticized by the fans of Disney saying that "Atlantis should’ve ". Cree Summer’s character Kida is praised as "pretty" and "outstanding" by the fans of Disney as her character Kida is praised for "outstanding, sexy and memorable stylish" while the voice acting is only praising along with the animation, music and score. Hugh Jackman’s performance is outstanding while Helga is a great villain. The action fight scene and car chase is described as "violent and scary", and also the fans stated that "The format of the film is "3D picture but the quality looks dumber". Hans Zimmer’s score is "pure fun and magnificent." The praising of the film stated that the cast is "outstanding, informative and insignificant."

Other negative reviews include "Atlantis should’ve been rebooted, remake and retooled", Also, Disney fans never wanted a Kung Fu Panda and an Iron Giant character in the film, due to Kung Fu Panda being created by Dreamworks and Iron Giant being made by Warner Bros. Also, The Atlantis fans also stated that Rourke should’ve been recasted like Fillmore in Cars 2 and Slinky in Toy Story 3. Mole is criticized "as the annoying piece of dipshit".

Also, The films negative reception stated that "Most of the dialogue, were weak and the voices, animation and songs are fun and the action is mega cool." Some critics loved the characters, while some of them dislike them because Cookie is a goofy but character, Mole and Vinny. Although this film has also negative reviews, and a box office bomb, Kida was praised by the audiences since Cree Summer is praised by the fans.

The singer Common stated that "this film was so disgusting that everyone left the theater and vomited after seeing Rourke having sex with Milo and tossing his salad". He even stated that "he'd rather see Wonder Woman than that garbage"

Soundtrack
The film’s soundtrack was composed by Hans Zimmer with songs by a-Ha and others. It was released by Hollywood Records.


 * 1) Take on Me - a-Ha
 * 2) A Dream - Common and will.I.am
 * 3) Jump on It - Apache
 * 4) The Wanted
 * 5) Forget You - Cee Lo Green

Trivia

 * This is one of Disney films of 2017.
 * Origianlly, Milo and his friends were going to have an orgy, but it was cut, so the MPAA tone the rating down.