Chuck's Choice: The Movie

Chuck's Choice: The Movie is a 2020 Canadian-American animated comedy film based on the TV series of the same name by Kervin Faria, who serves as the director in his directorial debut and writer of the movie. It is the first theatrical Warner Bros. film to be 2D animated since Osmosis Jones. The film takes place after the show's series finale and it is also the first theatrical animated film based on the series to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment. The film was released theatrically in movie theaters for the United States and Canada on January 10, 2020, by Warner Bros. Pictures. This makes it the first and only theatrical Chuck's Choice film to hit the big screen. In theaters, an Animaniacs short entitled Shopping Scheme was shown prior to the film. In the film, Chuck, UD, and Mish are out for the summer, and their summer plans are thwarted when Cedar Hills's most-wanted criminal Joshua Reubens escapes prison and wreaks havoc throughout the city.

The film stars series regulars Sabrina Pitre, Ryan Beil, and Kira Tozer, with the guest voices of John C. Reilly, Robert Redford, James Badge Dale, Pamela Anderson, and Ethan Hawke. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $482 million worldwide against a $80 million budget, making it the next non-Disney animated film to gross as high as $100 million in the United States since The Simpsons Movie, and also beating out Tarzan 's record for highest-grossing 2D-animated film of all time and making it the highest-ever grossing film based on an animated television series.

Synopsis
Set in the summertime, the film revolves around Chuck, Mish, and UD, as their summertime plans are thwarted by Cedar Hills criminal Joshua Reubens, who wreaks havoc throughout the city.

Voice cast

 * Sabrina Pitre as Chuck McFarlane, the titular hero of the film.
 * Ryan Beil as U-Decide 3000 / UD, Chuck's robot servant who can help him choose the right decision to save the day.
 * Kira Tozer as Misha "Mish", Chuck's tomboyish best friend.
 * John C. Reilly as Bob Murray, the overweight and slightly dimwitted mayor of Cedar Hills.
 * Robert Redford as Joshua Reubens, Cedar Hills' most wanted criminal who has escaped prison and is wreaking havoc throughout the city.
 * James Badge Dale as Rob, Chuck's old friend from elementary school who is now a much-respected lawyer.
 * Pamela Anderson as Amy Roberts, a kindhearted girl with a ponytail who becomes Chuck's love interest.
 * Ethan Hawke as Edward McFarlane, Chuck's unknown father who hasn't been seen in years.
 * Rebecca Shoichet as Ellen McFarlane, Edward's wife and Chuck's mother.
 * Peter Kelamis as Norm McFarlane, Norm's elderly and somewhat nerdy older brother.
 * Amandla Stenberg as Ashley "Ash", a purple-haired girl with pigtails who is Norm's girlfriend.

Production
On March 4, 2019, the film was announced and its release date of January 10, 2020 was also announced, with the show's cast members reprising their roles. A month later, the film's title and teaser poster debuted, and it was announced that John C. Reilly and Robert Redford had joined the cast. The film marks the eleventh time a theatrical Warner Bros. Animation film isn't produced by Warner Animation Group since the group's formation in 2013.

On September 16, 2019, it was announced that actors James Badge Dale and actress Pamela Anderson were part of the cast, as the new characters Rob and Amy Roberts, respectively, with Ethan Hawke revealed as Edward McFarlane the same day.

Music
Mark Mothersbaugh composed the soundtrack for the film, with David Newman and Joel McNeely serving as the soundtrack producers. In addition to using the original series' music work from Mike Shields on the film, he also composed themes for Chuck, Mish, and UD. Chuck's adventure score was the major focus and he also composed themes for Bob Murray, Joshua Reubens, Rob, Amy Roberts, Edward McFarlane, Ellen McFarlane and Norm McFarlane, and Ash. The music score was recorded and mixed at Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage in Burbank. The score is orchestrated and conducted by Alan Silvestri.

Rating
Chuck's Choice: The Movie is Rated PG for Parental Guidance.

Theatrical run
The film was released theatrically in movie theaters on January 10, 2020 in the United States and Canada, by Warner Bros. Pictures, on the same year as Warner Animation Group's upcoming film Scoob!. 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 Shopping Scheme, a short film serving as a sneak peek to the 2020 animated reboot series Animaniacs.

Home media
Chuck's Choice: The Movie was released on Digital on March 24, 2020 and Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K-Ultra HD on April 14, 2020, by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It contains Deleted Scenes and Outtakes, an Animaniacs short film Shopping Scheme, the documentary Behind the Story of Chuck: The Making of Chuck's Choice: The Movie, featuring interviews with most of the cast and crew, animatics, the pilot episode, the audio commentaries and a sneak peek of Scoob!.

Box office
Chuck's Choice: The Movie has grossed $177 million in the United States and Canada, and $305 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $482 million, against a production budget of $80 million.

In the United States and Canada, Chuck's Choice: The Movie was released alongside Underwater, My Spy, Like a Boss and The Informer, and was initially projected to gross around $86 million from 4,295 theaters in its opening weekend, with a chance to gross over $100 million. Therefore, Chuck's Choice: The Movie was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $482 million worldwide, making it the next non-Disney animated film to gross as high as $100 million in the United States since The Simpsons Movie, and also beating out Tarzan '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 92% approval rating based on the 115 reviews and its average rating is 6.40/10 on IMDb. The critical consensus reads, "It plays like an extended episode, but Chuck's Choice: The Movie is still lots of fun". Metacritic, assigns the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore gives the film a "B+" 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 Chuck's Choice movie to hit theaters.
 * The movie is Rated PG.
 * This is Warner Bros. Animation’s sixth theatrical animated film, the first films were "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" released 27 years prior, "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies" released 2 years prior and "Unikitty! The Movie", "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz: A Star is Born!" and "Krypto the Superdog: The Movie" all released a year before.
 * This is the next theatrical 2D animated movie in 22 years after Quest for Camelot (1998) and 21 years after The Iron Giant (1999).
 * 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 "Shopping Scheme" serving as a sneak peek to the 2020 animated reboot series Animaniacs was played.
 * This is Warner Bros.' next animated film to be produced at 1.85:1 after The Ant Bully (2006).
 * This is Warner Animation Group's thirty-seventh traditionally animated film.
 * The film was animated by Top Draw Animation.
 * This is Warner Bros.' thirty-seventh traditionally animated film to be released theatrically, after  Clifford's Really Big Movie  released 16 years prior.
 * This is the first Warner Bros. Animation film of the 2020s.
 * This is the twelfth theatrical Warner Bros. film to rely solely on Flash animation instead of hand-drawn animation, or CGI animation.
 * This is Warner Animation Group's second film to be produced in a 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio after Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018).
 * This is YTV's first animated film of all time, which was released under its theatrical division, YTV Movies.
 * This is John C. Reilly's fourth animated film, after Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Sing (2016), and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).
 * The film marks Kervin Faria's directorial debut.
 * This is the second Warner Bros. animated film to be released in January, after "The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries: The Motion Picture" released 3 years prior.
 * This is DHX Media 's second animated film to be released theatrically, after  My Little Pony: The Movie   released 3 years prior.
 * This is the first Warner Bros.' animated film of 2020s to be rated PG by the MPAA.
 * This is the eleventh Amblin Entertainment animated film to be released theatrically, after An American Tail, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Land Before Time, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Balto, Monster House, The Adventures of Tintin, Tiny Toon Adventures: The Motion Picture and The Animaniacs Movie.
 * This is the first animated film of 2020s to be produced in 1.85:1.
 * Despite The Old Man & the Gun and Avengers: Endgame being his last films, Robert Redford has signed on to co-star with John C. Reilly.
 * This is Robert Redford's first and so far only animated film.
 * From the executive producer of Tiny Toon Adventures: The Motion Picture and The Animaniacs Movie.
 * This is the Peter Kelamis ' third Warner Bros. animated film to be released theatrically, after  Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Movie   released 3 years prior and "Krypto the Superdog: The Movie" released a year before.
 * This is of the only 5 theatrically released traditionally animated American films to release in the 2020s.  The next films are The Magic School Bus Movie, The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 3, We Bare Bears: The Movie and Bob's Burgers: The Movie.

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