Breakneck Rush

Breakneck Rush is a 2021 American live-action/animated racing crossover film produced by Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies, Channel Awesome, Skinny Ugly Pilgrim, The SpringHill Company, and Point Grey Pictures and released by Netflix. The film was directed by Emma Tammi from a screenplay by Edgar Wright, Jim Jarosz, Juel Taylor, Rachel Tietz, Jon Watts, and Jordan Roasto. It is the fourth film to feature Nostalgia Critic, the titular character of Channel Awesome's web series of the same name, after Kickassia (2010), Suburban Knights (2011) and To Boldly Flee (2012) and the first film to feature character from Nickelodeon's animated series The Loud House. The film stars Doug Walker reprising his roles as the aforementioned Nostalgia Critic and other characters, with Doug's older brother Rob Walker reprising his role as the character of Santa Christ and Malcolm Ray, Tamara Chambers, Jarosz, Walter Banasiak, Heather Reuz, and Aiyanna Wade mostly portraying fictionalised versions of themselves while also playing some other characters; Christopher Walken, Levi Miller, Mara Wilson and LeBron James star in live-action roles, while Asher Bishop, Andre Robinson, Stephanie Beatriz and Jessica DiCicco headline The Loud House voice cast. In the film, after being thrown into the ViacomCBS Digiverse by a corrupt algorithm, Nostalgia Critic and his friends enlist the aid of The Loud House and The Casagrandes characters to win a high-stakes auto race against the algorithm's team of avatars and rescue the Critic's estranged nephew while trying to prevent an ominous prophecy from materialising.

Responding to the cancellation of the proposed Space Jam sequel at Warner Bros., a crossover film between Nostalgia Critic and The Loud House entered development on July 27, 2018 as a collaboration between Nickelodeon and Channel Awesome. At the time, the project divided the public, with many considering the timing of the announcement to be untimely coincidental and questioning how the crossover would work considering the vastly different tones, humor and target audiences of the respective franchises; however, the people behind the film were reassured that it'll turn out better than expected. Tammi was announced as director the following weekend, with much of the cast being revealed upon Walken's casting in August 2018, with Doug Walker reprising his role as Nostalgia Critic. Filming took place from September to December 2019. The traditional animation was provided by Mercury Filmworks and Top Draw Animation, while both visual effects and computer animation for The Loud House characters were provided by DNEG.

Originally scheduled for a theatrical release by Paramount Pictures, the film instead was digitally released on Netflix on July 16, 2021. The film received mixed to positive reviews for its performances, animation, visual effects, cinematography, humor, themes, and particularly for its faithfulness to its source materials, while the script, idea, runtime and extensive product placement of ViacomCBS properties, with a few of the YouTube cameos received polarized reception.