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A Knight's Story is a 2008 American CGI animated fantasy comedy film directed by Gil Kenan from a screenplay by David Hoselton starring the voices of Nicolas Cage Tom Hanks Will Arnett Robin Williams and Elijah Wood the film follows a knight Silver who has to slay a dragon Doomcreator before he destroys the whole village the film was theatrically released on July 12 2008 by Warner Bros Pictures to generally positive reviews for it's humor characters voice acting writing and CGI animation the film was a box office success scoring $324.3 million against a $60 million budget
Plot[]
A knight named Silver must stop a dragon from destroying the whole village before it's too late
Voice Cast[]
Nicolas Cage as Silver
Will Arnett as Doomcreator the dragon
Tom Hanks as Paul the wizard
Robin Williams as Blade Knight a retired knight
Elijah Wood as Castile a prince that is one of Silver's friends
Production[]
Development[]
In 2001 It was reported Alcon Entertainment was developing a animated feature titled ''Silver Knight" (The film's former name in development) with Warner Bros distributing it as per most Alcon productions the film was also produced by Tom Hank's production company PlayTone with Animal Logic providing animation services for the CGI animation the film was reported to star Nicolas Cage Tom Hanks Will Arnett Robin Williams and Elijah Woods the film is Alcon Entertainment's first animated film the film needed an enormous group of computers for the animation and Animal Logic worked with IBM to build a server farm with sufficient processing potential. The film took four years to make. Lighting Supervisor and VFX Department Supervisor Ben Gunsberger said that this was partly because they needed to build new infrastructure and tools. script rewrites where also done
Marketing[]
The teaser poster for the film was first revealed on January 2008 on a leak additionally some marketing stunts included a website for the film a flash game based on the film on the Warner Bros website additionally Cartoon Network did some marketing for the movie given the film is distributed by Warner Bros Pictures
Release[]
Theatrical[]
A Knight's Story was released theatrically on July 12 2008 by Warner Bros Pictures the film was originally set for release on June 2 2008 but was moved up to July 12
Home Media[]
A Knight's Story was released on DVD HD DVD and Blu Ray on October 26 2008 by Warner Home Video the home media releases included deleted scenes special features audio/track commentary etc
Reception[]
Box Office[]
The film opened at number three in the United States on its first weekend of release (12-14 of July) grossing $41.3 million it remained number three on the Summer season making $51.6 million over the five-day period In total, the film was the top grosser for three weeks A Knight's Story had grossed $196.0 million in the US and Canada, and $184.3 million in other countries, making approximately $324.3 million worldwide
Critical Reception[]
A Knight's Story generally positive reviews from critics on Rotten Tomatoes the score for the film is 80% based on 170 reviews with an average rating of 7.9/10 The site's consensus reads: ''Visually dazzling funny and action packed A Knight's Story is enough to keep kids and adults entertained Metacritic reported a ''78'' out of 100 rating based on 30 critics
Marjorie Baumgarten, film critic for The Austin Chronicle praised the film stating ''It is funny a classic subversion of fantasy/knight story tropes and has a bunch of action sequences that will keep viewers entertained''
Trivia[]
1: It is Alcon Entertainment's first animated film
2: It is PlayTone's third animated film for Warner Bros after The Ant Bully and The Polar Express
3: Kids WB and Cartoon Network also did a lot of marketing for the film given the film is distributed by Warner Bros
4: The CGI animation for the film was provided by Sydney based Australian studio Animal Logic
5: The final fight scene between Silver and Doomcreator was the most expensive part of the movie as a hundred of computers were used for the scene
6: On 2009 Warner Home Video released a compilation/bundle DVD between The Polar Express, The Ant Bully, Happy Feet, and A Knight's Story,
7: A video game based on the film was released on July 13 2008 for PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS
8: The film aired numerous times on Cartoon Network in the early 2010s additionally it also airs a lot on HBO Family nowadays
9: While the film is rated PG it is a pretty ''mature'' PG for it's fantasy violence language and some adult jokes
10: As seen on the poster it is promoted as ''from the producers of The Polar Express and The Ant Bully" (PlayTone)
11: In The opening Warner Bros Pictures Alcon Entertainment and PlayTone logos the Warner Bros logo has swords being thrown at the shield at the end while the PlayTone has two swords come and draw the PlayTone logo out of the 3 the Alcon Entertainment logo is the only one to be normal