We Bare Bears: The Movie

We BARE BEARS: The Movie is an upcoming 2020 American animated adventure musical fantasy film, directed, written and executive produced by series creator Daniel Chong in his directorial debut. This film is based on the 2015 series and the comic book of the same name. The film takes place after the season four finale. The film will be produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios. The film is set to release theatrically in the United States and Canada on March 20, 2020, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It will be the next Cartoon Network film since The Powerpuff Girls Movie. The film will also have its television premiere on Cartoon Network sometime in 2020. This makes it the first and only theatrical We Bare Bears film to hit the big screen. In theaters, a Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi short entitled Beach Girls was shown prior to the film.

The film features Eric Edelstein, Bobby Moynihan and Demetri Martin reprising their roles from the television series. The story focuses on the Bears embark on a journey to escape a new foe who is trying to tear them apart. It was first announced by Cartoon Network on May 30, 2019 and that an untitled spinoff series that focuses on the three bears as when they were cubs is in development.

The film received positive reviews from critics and was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $387 million worldwide against a $54 million budget, making it the next Cartoon Network animated film to gross as high as $100 million in the United States, and also beating out The Jungle Book 's record for highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film of all time and the highest-ever grossing film based on an animated television series.

Summary
The movie will learn that best bros Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear have always had each other’s backs. When their love of food trucks and internet fame leads to unexpected mayhem, they must go on a wild, hilarious and dangerous adventure to escape a foe that threatens to tear them apart.

Cast

 * Eric Edelstein as Grizzly Bear
 * Bobby Moynihan as Panda Bear
 * Demetri Martin as Ice Bear
 * Unnamed villain

Production
On May 30, 2019, Cartoon Network announced that We BARE BEARS: The Movie will be released in 2020 and that an untitled spinoff series that focuses on the three bears as when they were cubs is in development.

Music
Brad Breeck composed the soundtrack for the film. In addition to using the original series' music work on the film, he also composed themes for Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear. The Three Bears' adventure score was the major focus and he also composed themes for the new foe of the bears.

Rating
We BARE BEARS: The Movie is Rated PG for Parental Guidance.

Theatrical run
The film is set to release theatrically in the United States and Canada on March 20, 2020, by Warner Bros. Pictures, on the same year as Cartoon Network's previous film, The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 3. The film will be 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 will be preceded by Beach Girls, a short film based on Cartoon Network's animated television series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi.

Home media
We BARE BEARS: The Movie will be released on Digital on June 2, 2020 and Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K-Ultra HD on June 23, 2020, by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It contains Deleted Scenes and Outtakes, a Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi short film Beach Girls, the documentary Behind the Three Bears: The Making of We BARE BEARS: The Movie, featuring interviews with most of the cast and crew, animatics, the 18-minute featurette, the pilot episode and the audio commentaries.

Television premiere
The film will also premiere on Cartoon Network sometime in 2020.

Box office
We BARE BEARS: The Movie has grossed $162 million in the United States and Canada, and $225 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $387 million, against a production budget of $54 million.

In North America, We BARE BEARS: The Movie was released alongside The Whistlers, and was initially projected to gross around $60 million from 4,500 theaters in its opening weekend, with a chance to gross over $100 million. Therefore, We BARE BEARS: The Movie was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $387 million worldwide against a $54 million budget, making it the next Cartoon Network animated film to gross as high as $100 million in the United States, and also beating out The Jungle Book 's record for highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film of all time and the highest-ever grossing film based on an animated television series.

Critical Reception
Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 97% approval rating based on the 140 reviews and its average rating is 8.6/10 on IMDb. The critical consensus reads, "When the three bears stack up for the big screen, they really go big". Metacritic, assigns the film a score of 74 out of 100, based on 32 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 We Bare Bears movie to hit theaters.
 * The movie will be Rated PG.
 * This is Cartoon Network's 22nd theatrical film of all time, after "The Powerpuff Girls Movie" released 18 years prior,   Star Wars: The Clone Wars   released 12 years prior, "The Lego Ninjago Movie" released 3 years prior, "Teen Titans GO! To The Movies" released 2 years prior and "OK K.O.! Let's Save The Universe" released a year before.
 * Although, Teen Titans Go! and Ninjago are only aired by CN, and they’re made by Warner Bros.
 * This is the final theatrical 2D animated movie in 22 years after Quest for Camelot (1998), 21 years after The Iron Giant (1999) and 4 years after The Animaniacs Movie (2016).
 * This marks Warner Bros.' last time of producing 2D animated theatrical films. Warner Bros. had its original feature animation division, which produced 2D animated films.
 * Before the movie, a short film called "Beach Girls" based on Cartoon Network's animated television series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi was played.
 * This is Warner Bros.' third animated film to be produced at 1.85:1 after The Ant Bully (2006) and before Scoob! (2020).
 * This is Warner Animation Group's fortieth and so far, last traditionally animated film.
 * The film will be animated by Rough Draft Korea Co. and Saerom Animation, Inc.
 * This is Warner Bros.' fortieth traditionally animated film to be released theatrically, after  Clifford's Really Big Movie  released 16 years prior.
 * This is the second Cartoon Network film of the 2020s.
 * This is the second theatrical Warner Bros. film to rely solely on traditional hand-drawn animation instead of Flash animation, or CGI animation.
 * The film takes place after the season four finale.
 * This is the fourth CN original movie, after "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show", which aired on November 8th, 2009,  Regular Show: The Movie , which was released theatrically in movie theaters on August 14, 2015 and  Steven Universe: The Movie , which was released theatrically in movie theaters on February 22, 2019.
 * This marks Daniel Chong's directorial debut on the feature film.
 * This is Warner Animation Group's third film to be produced in a 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio after Regular Show: The Movie (2015) and Teen Titans GO! To The Movies (2018).
 * This is the third and final CN original movie to be released theatrically in movie theaters, after  Regular Show: The Movie  back in 2015 and  Steven Universe: The Movie  back in 2019.
 * This is Warner Bros.' final film to be fully 2D-animated, as the studios' call of hand-drawn animation was put on a hiatus, at least until the release of Tom & Jerry, which will mark Warner Bros.' brief return to hand-drawn animation once again.
 * This is Bobby Moynihan 's fourth Warner Bros. animated film, after  The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie  released 2 years prior,  The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 2  released a year before and  The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 3   released this year.
 * This is the third Warner Bros.' animated film of 2020s to be rated PG by the MPAA, after Chuck's Choice: The Movie (2020) and The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 3 (2020).
 * This is of the only 4 theatrically released traditionally animated American films to release in the 2020s. The previous films had been Chuck's Choice: The Movie and The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 3, and the last film will be Bob's Burgers: The Movie.

Main Transcript

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