Rise of the Powerpuff Girls

Rise of the Powerpuff Girls is a 2018 American 2D Flash animated superhero comedy film, based on the Cartoon Network animated reboot series of the same name. The film is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios with animation provided by Copernicus Studios. It is a sequel to the 2002 film The Powerpuff Girls Movie. The film is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was directed by Nicholas Stoller. The events of the film take place during the third season of The Powerpuff Girls. This makes it the first theatrical Powerpuff Girls Reboot film to hit the big screen. In theaters, a Craig of the Creek short entitled Wilderness Cove was shown prior to the film.

The film features Amanda Leighton, Kristen Li, Natalie Palamides, Tom Kane, Jennifer Hale, Tom Kenny, Roger L. Jackson and Jim Cummings reprising their roles from the reboot series, as well as Rob Paulsen reprising his role from the original series, featuring guest stars Ryan Potter, Idris Elba and Max Charles as the new characters. It was theatrically released in theaters on November 9, 2018 in the United States and United Kingdom, by Warner Bros.

The movie received very positive reviews from critics and was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $65 million worldwide against a $21 million budget, with critics praising its voice performances, soundtrack, humor, and heart-warming messages.

Plot
The Powerpuff Girls, and the rest of the Townsville citizens are back in theaters. The Powerpuff Girls are still in high school and they are still fighting old villains and new villains and saving the day.

One day, The Powerpuff Girls meet the DJDuff Boys and together, they start becoming best friends and fighting crime, when suddenly, new villains named Breach Pearson and Brute Pearson, try to conquer Townsville, with the help of Breach's men. So now, it's up to the Powerpuff Girls and the DJDuff Boys to fight the Pearsons and Breach's men and save the city of Townsville.

Cast

 * Amanda Leighton as Blossom
 * Kristen Li as Bubbles
 * Natalie Palamides as Buttercup
 * Ryan Potter as Zahn Martin
 * Idris Elba as Cool Destiny
 * Max Charles as Justice
 * Ian McShane as Breach Pearson
 * Hugh Laurie as Brute Pearson
 * Tom Kenny as The Mayor of Townsville, Narrator
 * Ellie Kemper as Princess Morbucks
 * Jennifer Hale as Ms. Keane
 * Tom Kane as Professor Utonium
 * Rob Paulsen as Brick, Boomer
 * Roger L. Jackson as Mojo Jojo, Butch
 * Jim Cummings as Fuzzy Lumpkins
 * Luke Evans as Breach's Men
 * Tom Hiddleston as Breach's Men, Andrew Anderson
 * Rooney Mara as Jade
 * Nicolas Cage as Crystal
 * Hugh Jackman as Freedom
 * Ian McKellen as Elderly
 * Jonah Hill as Laser Guy
 * Jessica DiCicco as Powerbloods
 * Justin Theroux as Deathslaver
 * Cassandra Morris as Teal Powerpuff

Rating
Rise of the Powerpuff Girls is Rated PG for Parental Guidance.

Production
On January 1, 2018, Warner Bros. announced the film and its release date of November 9, 2018, with most of the show's cast members from the 1998 series and the 2016 series reprising their roles. A month later, the film's title and teaser poster debuted, and it was announced that Ryan Potter, Idris Elba and Max Charles had joined the cast. The film marks the twentieth time a theatrical Cartoon Network film is produced by Warner Bros. Animation, instead of Warner Animation Group since the group's formation in 2013.

On July 9, 2018, it was announced that actors Ian McShane and Hugh Laurie were part of the cast, as Breach and Brute Pearson, respectively, with Ellie Kemper and Luke Evans revealed as Princess Morbucks and one of Breach's men the same day. Tom Hiddleston was announced to voice one of Breach's men in the film.

Genre
Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Music
John Powell composed the soundtrack for the film. In addition to using the reboot series' music work from Michael A. Reagan on the film, he also composed themes for the Powerpuff Girls and the DJDuff boys.

Marketing
The teaser trailer was released on May 9, 2018, posted on the Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Pictures YouTube channels. A second teaser trailer was released on September 4, 2018. McDonalds released Happy Meal toys to promote the film. WaterTower Music and Cartoon Network Records released the film's soundtrack. On October 8, 2018, promotional tie-ins on Cartoon Network consist of bumpers with the Powerpuff Girls and the DJDuff Boys in a movie theater announcing the film. In addition, they host the entire line-up, in intermissions between commercial break.

Theatrical run
The movie was theatrically released in the United States and United Kingdom on November 9, 2018, by Warner Bros., on the same year as Cartoon Network's previous film Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie. The film was presented in a 1.85:1 format, rather than Warner Animation Group's standard 2.39:1 format on its previous titles. The film's theatrical release was preceded by Wilderness Cove, a short film based on Cartoon Network's animated television series Craig of the Creek.

Home media
The film was released on Digital on January 15 and Blu-Ray and DVD on February 5, 2019. It contains the deleted scenes, a Craig of the Creek short film Wilderness Cove, the 18-minute featurette, the behind-the-scenes look at Rise of the Powerpuff Girls, featuring interviews with most of the principal cast and crew, animatics and the audio commentaries, as well as a bonus episode "Oh, Daisy!", an episode from Season 3.

Box office/Commercial reception
Rise of the Powerpuff Girls was released in theaters on November 9, 2018. With heavy competition with The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Venom, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Halloween, Johnny English Strikes Again, Bohemian Rhapsody, and other films, but a lot of marketing and promotion, the film grossed $65.3 million worldwide against a budget of $21 million.

Critical response
Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 82% approval rating based on the 100 reviews and its average rating is 6.9/10 on IMDb, despite negative reviews of the television series. The critical consensus reads, "This is a big cinematic superhero movie the whole family and every children can enjoy, and in the end, it's got some positive messages". Metacritic, assigns the film a score of 68 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore gives the film a "A-" on its A+ to F scale.

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Trivia

 * This is the first ever feature film of the series.
 * This is the first animated Powerpuff Girls Reboot movie to hit theaters.
 * The movie is in IMAX and Rated PG.
 * This is the next theatrical film based on a Cartoon Network series, after "The Powerpuff Girls Movie   released 16 years prior, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" released 10 years prior, "Regular Show: The Movie" released 3 years prior, "Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: M.O.T.I.O.N.-P.I.C.T.U.R.E." released 2 years prior, "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Movie" and "The Lego Ninjago Movie" both released a year before and "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies" and "The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie''" both released this year.
 * Although, Teen Titans Go! and Ninjago are only aired by CN, and they’re made by Warner Bros.
 * This was one of the successful films of 2018.
 * The film was in normal 3D, Real D 3D, IMAX 3D, Digital 3D, & XD 3D.
 * The original cast reprised their roles in the movie.
 * This is the next theatrical 2D animated movie in 20 years after Quest for Camelot (1998), 19 years after The Iron Giant (1999), 2 years after Tiny Toon Adventures: The Motion Picture (2016), a year after Chowder: The Movie (2017) and this year after Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie (2018).
 * This marks as Warner Bros.' next 2D animated theatrical film. Warner Bros. had its original feature animation division, which produced 2D animated films.
 * Before the movie, a short film called "Wilderness Cove" based on Cartoon Network's animated television series Craig of the Creek was played.
 * Unlike the show itself being traditionally animated, The characters from the show are animated in 2D Flash animation by Copernicus Studios.
 * This is the Warner Bros.' eighteenth theatrically released traditionally animated film, after  Clifford's Really Big Movie  14 years prior.
 * This is the fifth theatrical Warner Bros. film to rely solely on Flash animation instead of traditional hand-drawn animation, or CGI animation.
 * This is Warner Animation Group's eighteenth traditionally animated film.
 * This is the first Powerpuff Girls movie to be a box office success because it's a colorful, poppy kids movie.
 * The film was animated by Copernicus Studios.
 * This is the next Warner Bros. animated film to be featured in a 1:85:1 widescreen aspect ratio, after The Ant Bully (2006) and Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018).
 * This is Nicolas Cage's second Warner Bros. animated film, after "The Ant Bully" released 12 years prior and "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies" released this year.

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