The Last Celestial

The Last Omnihuman is a 2028 American computer-animated action science fiction comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was written and directed by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio and stars Miya Cech, Kimiko Glenn, Quvenzhané Wallis, Jacob Tremblay, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bryan Cranston, Daniel Kaluuya, Rami Malek, Kumail Nanjiani, Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett. The film follows a Japanese-American young women with multiple abilities prophesized as the last Omnihuman must join other superhumans to end a thousand-year war against the Mucons, a shapeshifting reptilian species manipulating people to consume, breed, and conform to the status quo via subliminal messages in mass media as the ruling class who seek to terraform the Earth. The film received universal acclaim for its animation, visuals, craftsmanship, voice acting, concept, story, screenplay, characters, themes, social commentary, humor, musical score and action sequences. The film was also a commercial success, grossing $1.2 billion at the box office on a production budget of $250 million. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, making it the eleventh non-Disney/Pixar film to win the award, including Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Sound, Best Cinematography and Best Actress, making Cech the second youngest Best Actress winner and the first person to ever win an Academy Award for a voice-over performance along with three Academy Award nominations including Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture becoming the sixth animated film to be nominated in that category and Best Visual Effects becoming the third animated film following 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas and 2016's Kubo and the Two Strings. The film's success led to two feature film sequels being released, Beyond Earth in 2031 and Intergalactic War in 2034 which were also written and directed by Paul and Daurio.

Cast
Miya Cech as Nora Kamada, a 21 year-old Japanese-American woman who is an Omnihuman and the last of her kind.

Kimiko Glenn as Nanoka, a kitsune and Nora's best friend.

Quvenzhané Wallis as Sasha Williams, an African-American superhuman with teleportation abilities who befriends Nora.

Jacob Tremblay as Mark Aaronson, a superhuman with enhanced reflexes and Nora's love interest.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Xal, a Mucon agent tasked with wiping out superhumans and mythical creatures.

Bryan Cranston as Traeliorn Urirora, the elf captain of the Auricula.

Daniel Kaluuya as Mark Egbe, a Nigerian-English superhuman with telepathic abilites.

Rami Malek as Henry Abdul, an Egyptian-American superhuman with elemental abilities.

Kumail Nanjiani as Aarush, a superhuman with laser eyes.

Ralph Fiennes as Michael Burnham, a superhuman with telekinetic abilities.

Cate Blanchett as The Oracle, a superhuman who resides in the outside world, helping superhumans with her foresight and wisdom.

The Reptilian conspiracy theory
The Mucons are based on the Reptilian conspiracy theory by David Icke, a conspiracy theorist who claims shapeshifting reptilian aliens control Earth by taking on human form and gaining political power to manipulate human societies. Icke has stated on multiple occasions that many world leaders are, or are possessed by, so-called reptilians.

Music and soundtrack
The film's score was composed by Paul and Daurio's frequent collaborator John Powell. Powell incorporated electronic and orchestral sounds as well as world music to reflect each character's background. He used Japanese elements to reflect Nora's heritage as well as dark synthwave for the Mucons. The end title song, "Omnipotent", was composed by Powell with lyrics by Miya Cech who performed it and also received songwriting credit.

Release
The film was released on July 7, 2028.

Transcript
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Credits
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Opening logos




Critical reception
The film has an approval rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Gallery
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Trivia

 * It is the sixth animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture
 * It is the eleventh non-Disney/Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
 * Miya Cech's performance as Nora Kosubaki was universally acclaimed by critics, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the second youngest Best Actress winner and first person to do so for a voice-over performance
 * It is the first Illumination film to win an Academy Award
 * it is John Powell's second Academy Award win
 * The film was inspired by They Live and The Matrix
 * The Mucons are based on the Reptilian conspiracy theory by David Icke, a conspiracy theorist who claims shapeshifting reptilian aliens control Earth by taking on human form and gaining political power to manipulate human societies. Icke has stated on multiple occasions that many world leaders are, or are possessed by, so-called reptilians.
 * The film tackles themes of war, capitalism, racism, equality and genocide