Sitting Ducks: The Movie

Sitting Ducks: The Movie is a 2004 Canadian-American animated comedy film based on the children's television series Sitting Ducks, created by Michael Bedard. The film was directed by Steve Socki and written by Ken Kessel, with music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh. It stars the voices of Ian James Corlett, Dave Ward, Kathleen Barr and Louis Chirillo.

Plot
The film will focus on Bill and Aldo going on a road trip to find out the truth about ducks taking flight.

Distributed
Universal Pictures

Soundtrack
Sitting Ducks Theme Song (TV Version) by They Might Be Giants

Animation
Universal Animation Studios

Trailers
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-gqbMZNmzc&t=2s

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aWYPlvmXQ4&t=3s&ab_channel=UniversalPicturesEntertainmentNews%26Events

Production
Sitting Ducks is produced by Universal Animation Studios and animated by CGCG Inc..

The film will be released in North America on July 5th 2019, while it will be distributed internationally by Universal Pictures.

Development
1."Sitting Ducks" was created by Michael Bedard as a lithograph in 1977, which he later turned into a children's book series starting in 1998. The television series adaptation debuted in 2001 and ran for two seasons before ending in 2003. In 2005, the franchise was revived with an all-new CGI short film called "Aldo", which served as a pilot for the potential new television series that never came to fruition due to financial difficulties at the time. However, after being bought out by Comcast NBCUniversal in 2011, production on a feature-length "Sitting Ducks" movie began development under its newly formed animation studio, Universal Animation Studios (now Illumination Entertainment).

Casting
1.'Ian James Corlett' as Bill - A small anthropomorphic duck who is Aldo's best friend and dreams of flying one day. He also has feelings for Bev but is too shy to tell her directly so he writes love letters to her instead which she always misinterprets.

2.'Dave Ward' as Aldo - A large anthropomorphic alligator who is Bill's best friend and often has to fight the urge to eat ducks. He also works at the local bowling ball factory where he met Bill.

3.'Kathleen Barr' as Bev - The owner of Decoy Cafe, a popular hangout for ducks in Ducktown which she inherited from her late father. She is also a fortune teller known as Madam Bevousky and is one of the few people who knows about Bill's secret love for her.

4.'Louis Chirillo', 'Phil Hayes', and 'Jay Brazeau' as Ed, Oly, and Waddle respectively - Three duck brothers who are friends with Bill and live next door to him in their apartment complex. They are lazy freeloaders who often scheme their way into things but always seem to get themselves into trouble in the process.

5.'Ian James Corlett' (voiced by an uncredited actor) or 'Cathy Weseluck' Drill Sergeant Duck- A tough police duck who makes it hard for Aldo to come into Ducktown due being leader of the Duck Defense League, an anti-gator organization .She also owns Scooter Shop and Driver Station.

6.'Phil Hayes' as Fred - A penguin who migrated from Antarctica to Ducktown in search of a better life. He is somewhat of a loner but has made friends with Bill and the others over time.

7.'Michael Benyaer' as Raoul - A crow who is the freeloading troublemaker in Ducktown. He enjoys mocking Bill's attempts to fly and often trades insults with him.

8.'Tony Cervone' will voice an unspecified character in the film Release: The film was originally scheduled for release on April 5th 2019, but was later pushed back to July 5th due to production delays. Screening: A preview screening of "Sitting Ducks: The Movie" will be held at Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 10th 2019, followed by its official premiere at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 20th. Home media : Sitting Ducks: The Movie will be released digitally on October 1st 2019,and physicallyon Blu-ray ,DVD ,and 4K UHD Blu-rayon November 12th2019 respectively by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Categories:
1.Upcoming films

2.2019 animated films

3.2010s American animated films

4.American 3D computer-animated comedy films

5.'Sitting Ducks' franchise

6.Universal Animation Studios animated films

7.'Sitting Ducks' (TV series)

8.Films directed by Tony Cervone

9.Films produced by Sam Register

10.Animated films about ducks

11.American children's animated comedy films

12.American children's animated fantasy films

13.'Sitting Ducks' books

14.Films with screenplays by Michael Bedard

15.Animated films about friendship

16.'Sitting Ducks' (video game)

17.CGCG Inc.