Journey to Atlantis

Journey to Atlantis is a 2015 live-action/computer-animated comedy adventure animated film. The film was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne with co-directed by Jack Black, produced by Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Don Hahn and screenplay by Jonathan Roberts and Andrew Adamson.

The film was features the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Michael J. Fox, Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Cree Summer. Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Mark Hamill, Dennis Haysbert, James Garner (his final film role), Don Novello, 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., with supporting stars including Christopher McDonald, John Mahoney, Bryan Cranston, Michael Peña, Cee Lo Green, Dan Fogler, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Emma Watson, Richard Carter, Common, Fat Joe, Matthew McConaughey, Steve Coogan, Jenny Slate, Tom Cruise, Kevin Pollak, reuniting cast members from Shark Tale including Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Renée Zellweger, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore and Peter Falk, with others including Alan Tudyk, Taye Diggs, David Schwimmer and Blake Clark and cameos including Dizzee Rascal, Nelly, William Fichtner, Rico Love, Chris Tucker and Blair Underwood.

It was released in theatres on June 14, 2015 and October 4, 2015 on DVD. The short was originally incudled but was dropped and it was replaced by Po's Car Problem. It was also shown in UK cinemas. The film opened in 3,465 theatres, grossing a million on it's opening day, following a critical reception and box office success.

A London premeire in Leicester Square on June 4, 2015 at Vue, Leicester Square.

Cast

 * Dwayne Johnson as Allias Salmon
 * Jack Black as Po, a panda
 * Michael J. Fox as Milo James Thatch, a linguist.
 * Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu, a red panda.
 * James Garner as Commander Lyle T. Rourke
 * Corey Burton as Getan "The Mole" Moliere, a man who acts like a mole.
 * Cree Summer as Kidagakash Kida Nedakh, princess of Atlantis and Milo’s love interest.
 * Claudia Christian as Helga Katrina Sinclair, a German woman.
 * Don Novello as Vinny. Novello also provides the voice of Vinny in the Italian version of the film.
 * Jack Black also plays Ryan Burke
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Audrey Ramirez, a Spanish teenage mechanic. Obradors also provides the voice of her in Spanish, Espanol and Mexican versions of the film.
 * David Cross as Crane, a crane who wears a Chinese hat.
 * Eli Marienthal as Hogarth Hughes, an intelligent, energetic and curious 9-year-old boy with an active imagination. He is the son of Annie Hughes. (Archive audio)
 * Brian Blessed as Clayton, a hunter and Helga’s goon. He doesn’t like violence unlike Helga, he is the anti-hero.
 * Jennifer Aniston as Annie Hughes, the widow of a military pilot and Hogarth’s mother.
 * Harry Connick Jr as Dean McCoppin, a beatnik artist and junkyard owner.
 * Robin Williams as
 * Jenny Slate as Lisa
 * Emma Watson as Megan
 * Ian McShane as Ella
 * Cee Lo Green as Samy
 * John Goodman as Bailey Walker
 * John DiMaggio as Lynn
 * Michael Pena as Dhruv
 * Alan Tudyk as Reece
 * as Hope Torrison
 * Leonard Nimoy as Kashekim Nedakh.
 * Blake Clark as Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth
 * Tress MacNeille as Whilimena Bertha Packard
 * John Mahoney as Preston B. Whitmore
 * Dan Fogler as Zeng, a goose
 * Phil Morris as Doctor Joshua Strongbear Sweet, a doctor.
 * Christopher McDonald as Kent Mansley
 * Fogler also plays Sean Casserly
 * Lucy Liu as Viper
 * Jackie Chan as Monkey and Himself
 * Randall Duk Kim as Oogway
 * James Hong as Mr Ping
 * Joe Jonas as Himself
 * Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo (Archive recordings, footage and audio)
 * Vincent Pastore as Lucas
 * Michael Imperioli as Morgan John Burke
 * Robert De Niro as Movie Boss
 * Renee Zellweger as Maisie
 * Angelina Jolie as Sharon
 * Martin Scorsese as James
 * Matthew McConaughey as
 * Steve Coogan as Duke
 * Kevin Pollak as Bob, an assistant.
 * Bill Hader as Jamie
 * Aziz Ansari as Bob
 * Danny McBride as John

Release
Journey to Atlantis has been released on the same box office opening weekend, but even tough they’re both released on the same days as Jurassic World but on the other hand, despite the film being released on Sunday for the first time, critical reception pushed it too far but it was a box office success. In the UK, the film had topped the UK box office of Minions, Terminator Genisys, Ted 2, and Ant-Man.

As for Australian release, the film has mixed reviews and praised for the stars performance.

London Premiere
The film was also premiered on June 4, 2015 in Vue, Leicester Square. During the premiere, one of the men hang lanterns on the Vue Cinema and put an Atlantean statue on the carpet. Rappers Dizzie Rascal and Common were invited at the film’s premiere. 14 year old autistic Ryan Burke and Allias Salmon were invited to the film’s premiere. They had their make-up for being harsh on each other about film ideas and apologised to each other for being horrible to each other.

During the film’s introduction, Ryan says that making the most 100 millions dollars on the film “this month, this year’s Kung Fu Ryan.” The cast and crew were invited for the introduction including Jack Black, Dwayne Johnson, Michael J. Fox and Cree Summer along with his co-stars from Atlantis. Black and Johnson did much promotion on the films’ Release.

Soundtrack

 * I Wish - Stevie Wonder
 * He Lives In You - Elijah Kelly
 * Forget You (End credits) - Cee Lo Green
 * Stay Home (End Credits) - Self
 * Best Years of Our Lives - Baha Men
 * I Wish - Fantasia, Patti LaBelle and Yolanda Adams
 * I’m A Beliver - Smash Mouth
 * Where the Dream Takes You - Mya
 * Dancing in the Street - Myra
 * Forget You - Cee Lo Green and Jack Black (End Credits version)
 * Locomotion - Atomic Kitten

Trivia

 * This film is dedicated to the memory of James Garner, Robin Williams, Leonard Nimoy, Jim Varney and Florence Stanley.
 * The short was originally going to planned but was dropped and replaced by Po's Car Problem.
 * Final film of John Mahoney, before his death 3 years later.
 * Dustin Hoffman (Master Shifu), Claudia Christian (Helga) and Jack Black (Po) all born in August.
 * The footage was moving the same shot each 10 weeks a day.
 * The film had began production in 2013 and ended in January 2014. This is the first time that Charlton Park Academians played themsleves during filming. One of the writers stated that they might have copied This is the End but the studio might have let it go. Both movies, on the other hand, starred Emma Watson.
 * The film has similarities to Atlantis: The Lost Empire; But has a lot a diferrences, Rourke was an anti-hero instead of being evil like in the original movie, the lava whales, land beast and squid bats appear in the film, Helga has a goon Clayton and furthermore, Milo is serious rather than nerdish and get very angry sometimes, Sweet interacts with Helga and Audrey, Mole is playful and Vinny is completely fed up of Helga’s abuse. Helga appeared in the film but unlike the original film, however, where she is seductive, reluctant, sympathetic, charming, and manipulative, Helga is violent and aggressive and very abusive to his team members inculding Clayton, but unlike Clayton from Tarzan; however; he doesn’t do any violence and despite that, stands up to Helga.
 * The Lava Whales, The Land Beast and Lava dogs will appear in the movie.
 * James Garner, who voiced Commander Rourke, died at the age of 86 after finishing his voice work when he completed his lines at recording session. The film dedicated to his memory. Following the premeire, James Garner never lived to see it happen because of his death. The filmmakers were tearful at Garner's performance with the last line "Thatch, go back to bed!!!". He passed away after saying that line. Garner's dedication will be the end credits of the movie.
 * The film will be rated PG, despite the content for audiences. Some scenes may have gotten a film a PG-13 or R rating.
 * While recorded dialouge for his character, Jack Black quoted his interviews, his films and video games lines. He also quoted Goosebumps, which also stars Jack Black.
 * The film was released 2 days after Jurassic World which came out on June 12.
 * Eli Marienthal was too old to play Hogarth in the film since his voice deepend and yet he gone through puberty, so the producers having him sound like a "nine-year old kid" again. But it was soon possible that recordings had started and Marienthal stated that he wants to play Hogarth again. The filmmakers often used archive unused audio to use Hogarth's younger voice, like he did in The Iron Giant.
 * The short Po's Car Problem was shown in UK cinemas. The audiences started laughing at the scene of the short. The manager stated that it was the most funniest short in years. The man in the back started snickering in the front row. While the man started chuckling at the sight of them.
 * Ryan Burke and Allias Salmon stated in a interview that the two played themselves during filming like in This is the End when Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen play themselves each other.
 * In all verisons, Vinny is voiced by Don Novello, in Italian and Spanish versions. Same for Audrey who was voiced by Jacqueline Obradors in English, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian, Mexican, Espanol and Latina versions of the film. Helga, of course, is voiced by Claudia Christian who voices her in German and Dutch versions.
 * Screenwriter Justin Theroux and Claudia Christian (Helga) share the same birthday (August 10) 1 year apart.
 * First time that Jack Black directed and producing this film, but not only voiced Po. But he directed this film.
 * Robert De Niro has a cameo in the film, but only appears in promotional material, but was absent in the trailers for somewhat reasons unknown. He was rumoured to have a role in the film, until he accepted the part where the studio asked Niro to have cameo role in the film which he stated that a "clause in his contract that people don’t speak about me until it’s revealed. I got a surprise to be in the film". His co-stars from Shark Tale; Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Renee Zellweger, Martin Scorsese, Peter Falk, Vincent Pastore and Michael Imperioli appear in this film.
 * Was released on the same year as Goosebumps, also starring Jack Black and Fast and Furious 7, also starring Dwayne Johnson. The film also released as the same month as Ant-Man, also starring Michael Pena and was released on the same year as Joy, also starring Robert De Niro and Zipper, also starring Christopher McDonald.
 * Robert De Niro and Jack Black appear in The Fan.
 * Michael Pena, Nick Nolte and Sean Penn appear in Gangster Squad.
 * Jack Black and Kevin Pollak appear in The Big Year.
 * Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller appear in Meet the Parents.
 * Movie Boss said that "What are you, Mr. Mansley, Another Midnight Run”, which is a reference to Another Midnight Run, which stars Christopher McDonald, who plays Kent in this film. At one point, Kent said that he regrets replacing Movie Boss in Another Midnight Run, which it’s a reference to how Christopher McDonald replaced Robert De Niro, who appears in the first Midnight Run.
 * The film has few references of Harry Connick Jr’s films and jazz music, James said that "Dean McCoppin likes jazz music and he is singing it”. Thats because Harry Connick Jr did the voice of Dean McCoppin in this film and The Iron Giant. Also, Movie Boss said that "Dean is best known for his films including Will and Grace, Independence Day, P.S. I Love You and American Idol”.
 * The end credits where Kent Mansley dances to Get Back by Ludacris is used in Tropic Thunder, which also stars Jack Black.