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Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie is a 2026 English/Filipino 3D computer-animated adventure film produced by Columbia Pictures. DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures Animation, Star Cinema, Viva Films, Pascal Pictures, and Man of Action Entertainment. It was a Collaboration between Sony Pictures Animation, DreamWorks Animation SKG. The Animation style was based to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The film follows the 13-Years old Grade 7 Student from Earth-1218 (Our Reality), Hydro Pilgrim, gets sucked on a Paradox Prism that led him to Earth-XXXL8 (A world where fictions and everything exists). The multiverse winds up having to save the multiverse by an evil organization that wanted the Paradox Prism and the Pandemonicon Exmortis, which was held by Hydro. It stars an ensemble voice cast that includes Roger Craig Smith, Abbi Jacobson, Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anna Kendrick, Sasheer Zamata, Lana Condor, Annie Murphy, Anne Curtis, Iko Uwais, Aziz Ansari, Aga Muhlach, and Eugene Domingo.
From making Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost Word: The Movie, with Lord and Miller interested in directing and writing. Luis C. Suárez, the Filipino director of RPG Metanoia (the Filipino animated film) was hired to direct together with Bob Persichetti. Soon later, Edgar Wright (the director of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World film) was hired to also being a director to the film. The Characters based to any cartoon shows and movies were fully inside of the box from this movie. The film's title and new cast members were announced in December 2024, with a 2026 release date. The cast was revealed later in 2024. The film uses famous features of its Toronto setting and matches the style of video game and comic book imagery. It used real musical artists, including Beck and Metric, as a basis for each fictional group in the battle of the bands plot, with some of the actors also performing. A combination of digital and physical methods were used to create the extensive visual effects. To begin the Collab, Sony Pictures Animation collaborates with DreamWorks Animation SKG, with the director Kirk DeMicco, the director who directed the DreamWorks animated movie Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken.
Synopsis[]
Hydro Pilgrim - a 13 years old kid - who died and gets revived again. The Energy of the Paradox Prism rises at Earth-1218 (Our Reality) from his country. Hydro then gets sucked onto the Paradox Prism with the Pandemonicon Exmortis that led him to Earth-XXXL8. Little did he know there are some of the Evil Axis finding the Paradox Prism and the Book that was held by Hydro, from making Pandemonium free to Earth-XXXL8. Hydro then teams up with the weird Mitchell Family and other the fictional misfits to find anything about his alternate counterpart. Would he break the 4th Wall? Or Would he have it's 4th Wall Awareness?
Plot[]
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13 Years old Hydro Pilgrim lives in Earth-1218. After Paradox Prism Crack and Breaks from holding the Pandemonicon Exmortis, Hydro gets warped to Earth-XXXL8 - a reality where every fictions exist. And so the Earth was bigger than the Jupiter - and experiences his imagination coming from his head. He met his classmates in another reality, causing him to confuse everyday. Hydro learns that how it takes to be a painful hero, with a character development. After being trapped for 5 months, Summertime hits. He has friends which are fictional characters. Well of course, 5 months summer. Probably School ended, or college.
Later, a Mecha Version of Hydro attacks Mario, Luigi, Sonic, Shadow, and Yoshi by raiding their land. Mecha Hydro steals all the Chaos Emeralds and leaves 5 fictional characters while 1 is harmed. Mecha Hydro puts the seven Chaos Emeralds and puts the Phantom Ruby at the center, and when the strong surge of the energy was now released while Mecha Hydro laughs. The Emeralds starts to get brighter and brighter and all of the black striped circles were in it, containing for the full energy to shoot the earth. The Chaos Energy Cannon starts to open. The Chaos Energy Cannon fires a beam on earth. The earth makes a large giant hole and starts to emerge from the planet's core. Mecha Hydro watches the event, when Bowser and Eggman was worried. This leads the world to be a disaster.
Hydro was with his friend Electroman, Atlas, Mhebo, and Hyper, and many many more. They think something is really not fresh going on for them, as if, they started leaving Hydro alone without arguments. Yoshi was harmed and was taken to Peach's Castle. An alarm sounds. Shadow looks up and jumps out of the way of E. Gadd riding a Poltergust machine. E. Gadd crashes into the wall, toppling everyone over. Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Sonic get up off the ground. Hydro met 2 Fictional misfits Ruby Gillman and Chelsea, the girls who are the actors of Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken. Mario and Sonic travel from Mario's house to the Emerald. Luigi goes every which way. Apparently, there are many people sitting and playing around in the park. Four silhouetted Koopas in the background. Zoom in to show the Koopa Bros. Red Ninjakoopa is holding the Yellow Chaos Emerald, which after the Cannon Fires, some emeralds dropped, well Mecha Hydro didn't mind. Mecha Hydro once again is seen on top of the defeated Big Foot holding a Chaos Emerald. As The Koopa opens his eyes, they is suddenly surrounded by G.U.N. Not imprisoning them, but they knew what's going on.
A few minutes later, Hydro needs to spend more time alone. But there is a mysterious shop in the alleyway. Sooner and later, it was a shop with just ultimate weapons, vehicles, and even more epic. He came across a tuba merchants, Hydro remembered that Tuba Merchants are not harmless at all, they just want to help unless if you are at their shop. Hydro bought an Infinity Gaunlet from the Tuba Merchant. Then, A Motorcycle that has Hankook Hexonic, which is like a Fat Bob Tires appearance, and the engine is futuristic, and it's like a V8 Engine, and the sound was like Jackson Storm's engine from Cars 3. Well, it looks like Shadow's Dark Rider Motorcycle but has been modified. Hydro hands in 12k Red Orbs and he wants to even buy more interesting. Not buy, but an Upgrade. He removes one of the Regulators. The Tuba Merchant duplicates it 100x from the Duplicating Machine, then the four was given to Hydro, and later attaches to his hands, and the back of the shoes. And the 2 additional Ubercharges was given for his Knee Pads. Suddenly, a mysterious spider is climbing down, going through Hydro's pocket. Hydro brings his motorcycle outside, but, the shop was gone. It's very strange, but yeah, he got these some of the cool upgrades. Meeting back with his friends would be a good idea. He nods. He touched the motorcycle as it turns small and was inside of a Orb-sized Transparent Ball, seeming that it looks like an inventory. Hydro goes outside as the shop disappears, but then, there was a Meteor landing in the location, causing a large impact. He found the strange gem, and he takes it mysteriously and goes away. The news has said there was a Gate spawned in the Philippines, which the medieval times raided the city square, and eventually they got arrested. AFPs are going straight to the Gate and see what's going on. They have arrived at Berbanya and meets King Salermo and Queen Valeriana.
Hydro was bumped and met Aliza, his old classmate, weird things is going on but touching her outfit makes it sticky. Aliza took Hydro to bring him from the fiction society, and then the duel starts. As soon as Hydro was beating the opponents, he starts winning. Heartless was hunted by Mecha Hydro but soon he was sucked onto the Portal where Hydro was in, since then Hydro needs an alone time. Soon Hydro goes to the sewer and fought the Foot Clan members, stealing the key of the Pandemonium. Then he was invited to the birthday of Kate Rosebud. Hydro went onto the fashion store, and finds a Pants and a Bag, paying it, Until... The Scarf starts to be "burning" in the sides, with his right hand, it really makes the Scarf more magical, Until... The Scarf starts to be "burning" in the sides, with his right hand, it really makes the Scarf more magical, Hydro touched the Sling Bag with his right arm seeing if it's cursed, after opening the bag, the inside is... Kinda large... Actually, the largest space to ever fit, well no, the sling bag is now magical. Hydro sweats and opens the door, rushing outside. But then, there was a stranger stalking him, leading Hydro to punch him in the face, and he sees a picture of him and his friends. Hydro took him to Kate's place. They interrogated The Stranger named Jonas, but then Jonas tells them he's from the future, but then he realizes it was together he was warped in the past, and goes to another Universe.
Hydro runs onto Gensokyo and had a quick duel with Jetstream Sam which he was possessed, soon he was defeated, now Yukari was next to finish off Hydro. After Yukari's defeat, Hydro explains what is going on to Yukari. After the information was given, Hydro was about to walk away, but then Yukari gave Hydro a small boomstick with the strongest shots and many many barrels. Hydro then was invited to Aliza's birthday party. Something strange was going on, and the Leage of the Evil Axis - Infinite's organization - ruins Aliza's birthday party just to hunt Hydro down. Hydro then fights Matthew Patel and Black Doom. After going outside, the police found out Hydro was a "criminal" which the leader of the Renegades, Miguel O'Hara, Grandmamah, King Salermo, and Queen Valeriana contacts all fictional characters to chase down Hydro, so then the fictional characters were out of the Portal as Miguel activated them near Hydro. Miguel orders all other members of the Society to stop Hydro. Hydro gets at the top of the train and fights them, but the creatures tried to stop both the society of fictional characters, and Hydro. Chelsea saw Hydro at the train and tries to help him stopping them, but eventually, Hydro dies by getting pierced by his "mother". So then, his body glitches and boom, gone.
Hydro was in the place called the Grim, eventually, he went to the another location called the Cyberspace. There were deceased people there: Dante, Vergil, Sundowner, Raiden, and Jetstream Sam. Most importantly, Sonic, Shadow, Mario, Eggman, Bowser, Luigi, Yoshi, and Jonas. Hydro told them what's going on, and told them some information. The Portal was opened, it was about time Dante, Vergil, Sundowner, Raiden, Sam, Sonic, Shadow, Mario, Eggman, Bowser, Luigi, Yoshi, and Jonas to go. Leaving Hydro. But then, there is a mysterious voice talking to Hydro. Hydro realizes it was his alternate variant. Hydro was confused, but it was about time the alternate variant explains everything about him, and Infinite. Hydro realizes the truth of this world. The Alternate Variant turns into a pixelated version of the main variant's head. Hydro touches it and gets another life, giving him the bracelet an Upgrade. He tries to open a portal to go back. He goes back to Earth-XXXL8 again to stop everything they were doing.
Cast/Characters[]
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Production[]
Development[]
After HydroDoesWhackyStuff finished the Novel, Sony decided to take a request with HydroDoesWhackyStuff to make a film adaption of the book. Sony requested a collaboration with DreamWorks Animation SKG, and the creators of Scott Pilgrim vs. The Word, and RPG Metanoia. During the time Sony Pictures Animation was busy making the movie of Spider-Man Beyond the Spider-Verse. Pascal approached Lord and Miller about making an imaginative movie, to which Lord and Miller agreed with the condition that they could adapt HydroDoesWhackyStuff's novel. Miller was waiting for them to respond. Miller said that it would "co-exist" with the fictional, videogame, and comic book characters, even novels; though Sony soon stated that the film would "exist independently of the projects in one of the directors' cartoon movie projects," as it is set in an alternate universe from those films. Tom Rothman, Sony Pictures chairman, contacted Viva Films and Star Cinema to collaborate with the film together with the Filipino Actors.
At the 2024 CinemaCon in April, Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman announced that Spider-Man Beyond The Spider-Verse film had to be released at 2026, release date, and would be produced by Lord and Miller, Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and Pascal, with Lord and Miller also writing a treatment for the film. For this, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse will be finished while Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie will be as the same year to the movie. At November 2024, Lord had written a script for the film, and the studio chose Bob Persichetti to direct. The Directors have to think any ideas, so then HydroDoesWhackyStuff proved to make the film understandable and more accurate. Luis C. Suárez, Edgar Wright, and Kirk DeMicco had joined the film as a co-director by that point. The Directors brought their Editors, Producers, and Screenplayers. Lord and Miller announced the film's full title in August 6 and said that multiple fictional characters would appear in the film. Edgar Wright said the film was meant to be more imaginative, and by seeing their favorite characters on-screen. Not to be confused, the Infinite was the same to be in Sonic Forces said by Kirk DeMicco, but a human version, so they decided to ask SEGA for permission if they can make the character Infinite as a human and a well-written character.
Mike Rianda, Kiran Sangherra, Andrew Duncan, and Akiva Schaffer joined as the Co-Directors team. Mike Rianda told the directors "What if we make it more imaginable like the Novels wrote?" then Edgar said "Oh yeah! That would be heck of a ride!", Suarez once said "Let's make the movie a mix of a Comic and Game genres, much more different to the Scott Pilgrim Film, it would have Healthbars, Manas to Hydro's glasses." Schaffer added "Yeah, like fictional characters as actors, if you know what I mean." Persichetti said "What a great Idea! I was thinking about the character living in our reality, like the Earth-1218 from Marvel. For an inspiration, let's make Earth-XXXL8 a better place." Soon later, Mike Rianda had an idea, and told the directors "Hey, what if we add The Mitchells in the movie? If there's no family, the movie won't go well." The directors agrred to Mike Rianda, and decided to make the Mitchells into asupporing character for Hydro.
The movie was going to be have a Sinister, Evil, Threatening, Menacing, and The Intensity of the antagonist, making the main character goofy. The movie was going to be the Inspiration and styled of Sonic Unleashed, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Sonic Frontiers, and more.
Sony and DreamWorks managed to ask permission to Disney with the Kingdom Hearts characters/voice actors to be appeared in the movie, and it's well accepted. It was later shown from the Crawl Art of the Credits.
Casting[]
Roger Craig Smith - the actor of Sonic the Hedgehog - was cast as Hydro Pilgrim in December 6, 2024 with Adam DeVine as the mechanical pug Shiro, along with Daniel Southworth as the film's then-unspecified main villain. A month later, Abbi Jacobson, Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Sasheer Zamata, Lana Condor, and Annie Murphy joined the cast as one of Hydro's friends from Alternate Reality, which is Katie Mitchell, Shanian Keith Rosebud, Hazel Asheley Kerrigan, Jade Johnson, Ruby Gillman, and Chelsea. That December, Lord and Miller said they need a Filipino Casts for Hydro's parents in the character, and even one friend. Aga Muhlach, Eugene Domingo, and Anne Curtis joined the casts. Respectively, Aga Muhlach plays as Dexter Pilgrim/Dexter Garcia which is one of Hydro's father, Eugene Domingo as Hydro's mother, Maria Hazel Pilgrim/Maria Hazel Garcia, and lastly Anne Curtis as the morena female character, Maria Christina Blair, which is one of Hydro's friends. It was also announced that the characters Infinite, Pandemonium, Mecha Hydro, Earth-XXXL8 Hydro and more.
In January 2025, Sony confirmed further casting, including Dan Southworth playing as Infinite, Iko Uwais playing as Dastan "Electroman" Kogoya, Aziz Ansari as Atlas "Floop" Jalmeta, Arifin Putra as Regan "Hyper" Tabuni, Joe Taslim as Marcel "Mhebo" Wonda, Michael Peña as Jack Pedroza, and Mark Consuelos as Heartless. A Month later, multiple casts were announced to be multiple fictional characters would come: Michael Cera, will play as Scott Pilgrim, Oscar Isaac as Spider-Man 2099, Jane Fonda as Grandmamah, Coco Martin as King Salermo, Angel Locsin as Queen Valeriana, Ray Chase as Guile, Jennie Kwan as Chun-Li. More and more casts was announced at February: Jason Griffith as Sonic the Hedgehog, Chris Pratt as Mario, Charlie Day as Luigi, Ian Hanlin as Shadow, Jack Black as Bowser, Mike Pollock as Dr. Eggman, Reuben Langdon as Dante, Quinton Flynn as Raiden, Crispin McDougal Freeman as Sundowner, and Philip Anthony-Rodriguez as Jetstream Sam. More importantly, Wright wanted Southworth to voice both Infinite, and his iconic character, Vergil. Weeks later, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Anna Kendrick joins the cast: Winstead will play as Aliza, and Kendrick will play as Irish. 1 Month Later, Bryce Papenbrook decided to join the cast, and will be playing as Mecha Hydro.
March 2025, more actors were casted to the film: Ben Schwartz as Iann, Ryan Drummond as Zenth, Drake Bell as Carl, Jason Schwartzman as The Spot, Young Yea as Enrico Pucci, Tony Daniels as Mundus, Louis Herthum as Bob Barbas, Alyssa Mireles as Rye Cookie, Tara Strong as Byte the Goat. Rob Wiethoff as Agony, Brandon Coleman as Exiled, James Franco as Jevance, Vince Tong as Richard Ambrose, and Phillip Reich as Angelo the Hedgehog.
Respectively, they brought back the actors of The Mitchells vs. The Machines and Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken's family characters: Maya Rudolph as Linda Mitchell, Mike Rianda as Aaron Mitchell, Danny McBride as Rick Mitchell, Toni Collette as Agatha Gillman, Colman Domingo as Arthur Gillman, Sam Richardson as Brill, and Blue Chapman as Sam.
Music[]
Main Article: Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie/Soundtrack
The Composer, Tomoya Ohtani was hired to compose the original score of the movie, which he is the one who composed the music for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Mark Mothersbaugh joins Tomoya for composing music. Months later, Hans Zimmer, Hideaki Naganuma, and Pendulum was hired to compose music for the movie. Tomoya Ohtani was the lead composer and sound director for Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie. In accordance with the tone, the film soundtrack is less upbeat and is "focused more on helping to create a mysterious feeling surrounding the islands". The soundtracks of Sonic Frontiers was used to this movie, like the prior Titan battle themes in the game; "Undefeatable" (Giganto), "Break Through It All" (Wyvern) and "Find Your Flame" (Knight), which will be the soundtracks to the album of the Vocal Traxx Album, which their versions was extended and mixed.
Artists on the soundtrack include Nathan Sharp (a.k.a NateWantsToBattle), Juice WRLD, Crush 40, Chris Madin, Runblebee, Shawn Christmas, Swae Lee, Post Malone, Jaden Smith, Andy Bane & Tyler Smith from Dangerkids, Kellin Quinn, Rick Ross, Rich Brian, and DJ Snake who was marketed as a special guest. A separate album containing Ohtani, Mothersbaugh, Zimmer, Pendulum, and Naganuma's score was released by Sony Classical Records on August 5 2027. Weeks later , Friedrich Habetler was hired for the composing team, and Daniel Prmberton hopped in for a suspenful music. The names was later added to the album.
Animation Design[]
The film's animation was handled by Sony Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver, who had handled nearly all of Sony Pictures Animation's prior films. According to Lord and Miller, for the second time, making the film to feel like the viewer had "walked inside a comic book," and were excited about telling the story in a way they believed the live action films could not. An "inimitable look" of manga and video game (particularly 16-bit) iconography with bright colors and graphics mixed into the live action; visual effects supervisor Frazer Churchill described the look as "tricky" to achieve, calling the film's style and appeal "very high-tech images with a very hi-fi feel". This also mixes “hand-painted watercolor style” look for the film that is used from the film The Mitchells vs The Machines. Persichetti and Wright concurred, feeling that animation was the best medium to honor the comics, allowing the production team to adapt 70-year-old comic art techniques for the film's visual language to feel like the Spider-Verse Animation Style. It took around a year for three animators to create 10 seconds of footage that reflected the producers' vision; the animation work was created from there. During initial development, the directors has worked with the animator once again, Alberto Mielgo, to establish the film's look. Although Mielgo was let go by Sony before the movie had been significantly produced due to artistic differences, this number eventually grew to 70 animators during production. It became clear that they could not complete the film on time, so the crew was expanded further. The number had reached 157 animators by April and at one point to 197 animators, this includes the DreamWorks animators with 107 animators worked, the largest animation crew that Sony Pictures Imageworks had ever used for a film.
Churchill described all the fights as "the most challenging". The scene also incorporates the video game scrolling background effect, which was filmed by a second unit over a full day. Churchill added that one moment in particular required much work. The Film was used to be the design like the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse decided by Bob Persichetti. To make the film look more like storybook illustrations, from an idea suggested by production designer Nate Wragg from Puss In Boots: The Last Wish that is decided by Kirk DeMicco. Using new technology, the team at DreamWorks focused more on a painterly style design, to make the film look like a fairy-tale, cybernetic, modernistic, and classics world. Wright said he had an idea: when Hydro kills an opponent, the enemy turns to coins, which inspired to his film. Animation work was completed in October 2026.
Title Sequence[]
The opening title sequence was designed by Richard Kenworthy of Shynola, and was inspired by drawn-on-film animation. The sequence also begins with an 8-bit version of the Universal title slate and music, which Art of the Title calls the film's "amuse-bouche" and which was designed by Oscar Wright. The Title sequence was similar to Scott Pilgrim vs. The World film. Edgar and the directors approached Shynola to create it. Edgar told them to make it a really bit different and similar at the same time from the Scott Pilgrim film. The style was a TV Static and Glitches on screen, showing the Comic backgrounds of the film. The Japanese sequence mixes the sequence style of Spies in Disguise. The Opening sequence was animated by Ufotable, the animators of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime series. The opening shows more like an Anime Opening with a lot of foreshadowing and sick transitions. In Japanese, it will make a Japanese logo of the Film.
Parental Guidance[]
In addition to the violent scenes mentioned above, Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie has some scenes that could scare or disturb children aged 8-13 years. Children in this age group might be sensitive to the themes, for example:
From 5-12[]
- The Incident of Hydro's Parents being infected by Krangs.
- Scenes that is having darker tones.
- Dexter Pilgrim's past and divorce of his wife.
- Hydro recklessly drives the Burnt Orange 1998 Station Wagon in a dangerous way, like:
- Inertia Drift: The scene would intentionally scare children because of the car almost falling down at the edge of the bridge
- The Past of the alternative variant, Hydro having darker tones
- This includes his family's death.
- Similar to the Movie Next Gen, this movie also have Bleeped Profanity.
- The Family is involved by dangerous situations because of Hydro.
- The Appearance of Metal Gear X. His appearance may be sick, but it may disturb children.
- Younger children might be upset by the film’s setting:
- A Robot Apocalypse - in which humans have been enslaved or killed
- Krangs - Aliens who would eat and infect Humans, turning them to Zombies. This would be iffy for children.
- The Way Metallic Soul fights is very violent. Larger guns, Larger Explosions, this would lead children to distress young children.
- Stand Arrows raining in the sky, causing to target people. They aren/t hurt, but a bit.
Over 13[]
Violence[]
Violence is always displayed on screen, however, it's not blood dripping out, The way Hydro fights turns opponents to coins.
Coarse Language[]
Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie had some coarse language.
- There is also a scene of Hydro saying "crap" in Japanese, which means くそ(kuso)
- Iann Thatcher saying 'idiot' in Japanese, which means ばか(Baka)
Horror Scenes[]
13 Years old will be disturbed by Hydro playing Horror games, like:
- Tattletail - a 2016 horror video game created by Waygetter Electronics. The player must care of their virtual pet toy, A Furby, while avoiding the pursuit of its recalled predecessor, Mama Tattletail. This essentially had a jumpscare scene.
- Five Nights at Freddy's - a video game series and media franchise created by Scott Cawthon. This would eventually scare Hydro when Bonnie is at the door with a scare ambient.
Product Placement[]
Product Placement in Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie:
- Smartphones.
- Sony Headphones.
- K-391 Headphones.
- Sony Video camera.
- YouTube.
- Twitch.
- Twitter.
- Reddit.
- Discord.
- Furby Toys.
- Tattletail Box.
- Nintendo Switch.
- PlayStation 5.
- Xbox 360.
Marketing[]
Sony released a toyline theme of over 37+ sets and polybags based on scenes from the film, including collectable Minifigures. There will also be a DDOHL:LW SDCC Set called "Hydro & Hydro", an original and a different one.
In the Philippines, Smart Communications Inc. and PlayStation promoted Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie along with PLDT, TNT, & DITO with the promo GigaSurf50, where you get 2GB for free Netflix and Amazon Prime. Philippine Airlines also updated their safety video for their airplanes to promote the entire franchise and the film itself, and added the entire Sony franchise to their touch-screen devices. Turkish Airlines also followed, and Japan.
Other worldwide brands that partnered with the film include Mitsubishi for promoting Montero Sport, Sky UK, Sky PH, Unilever and Frito-Lay for all of its worldwide brands, Nestlé, and General Mills for their breakfast cereals, Colgate toothpastes and toothbrushes along with the Colgate Plax brand, Cignal TV, PureFoods for the Tender Juicy Hotdog brands, McDonald's for Happy Meal toys and Coca-Cola glasses, Duty Free Philippines, and LOTTE.
Hasbro will make a deal with Sony, DreamWorks, and Viva Films to promote Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie, as well as it includes The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Spider-Man: Spider-Verse trilogy, and RPG Metanoia, with various toy brands, such as Play-Doh, Battleship, and Potato Head, and various games promoting the film, such as Monopoly, Uno, Exploding Kittens, Twister, Candy Land, Battleship, Taboo, and Jenga. Mattel will follow suit, producing various toys promoting the film, and also various games from its Mattel Games unit, such as Uno, Exploding Kittens, and Pictionary.
The 52th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) held its "Gabi ng Parangal" awards ceremony on December 8 at the New Frontier Theater in Quezon City. Sony found out Festivals provide an opportunity to screen films in front of large, engaged audiences and can lead to distribution deals, critical acclaim, and exposure to industry professionals. For indie filmmakers, film festivals can be an invaluable way to showcase their work and build their careers. The big winners of the night were Best Actress Aga Muhlach, hhis movie Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie.
A variant for the rollercoaster policy trailer, which promotes Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie, will be created by Star Cinema and Sony Pictures Animation, where Hydro, Katie, and Jade are added in the rollercoaster seat. The cinema at the end is also filled with other characters from every fictional movies.
Sony decided to also promote an ad for Taekwondo, a video was called "How to Fight like Hydro" where Hydro is from a traditional Japanese building featuring Cyber-Ninjas.
Release[]
Theatrical[]
Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie was released by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures and Viva Films label on December 14, 2026. In April 2025, Sony had made its first official announcement that an animated film was in development, with a release date scheduled for June 2026. This was inspired to Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse and Across the Spider-Verse, and Sonic Prime. At the end of 2023, the release date was changed to June 7, 2026. Viva premiered the film at the Star Cinema in Los Angeles on June 17, 2026. And United States will Premiere the Movie in June 25, 2023.
Internationally, the film was released on dates ranging from May 31, 2026, to June 22, 2026. In Philippines, the film premiered in Manila on May 31, and was released on June 7.
Home Media[]
Main Article: Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie/Home media
Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie was released on DVD and Blu-ray in North America on August 15 2026, Philippines on August 20, 2026, and in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2026. Among the special features included are the Blu-ray exclusive short film Taki 183, by story artist Caitlin VanArsdale and written by Kirk DeMicco. Sony and Viva signed deals with Netflix, following the films' theatrical and home media windows. Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie is scheduled to be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD on August 10, 2026.
Short films[]
On October 23 2027, Japanese Airlines and Philippine Airlines released a special safety video featuring characters from the franchise. Sony Pictures Animation released a short film "Taki 187" Along with Hydro and his friends going for a swimming. And The Second one is "Hydro Riders" Starring Hydro, electroman and his friends.
Reception[]
Following Receptions from Other Countries[]
United States[]
Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie received average reviews by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 87% based on 217 reviews and an average rating of 8.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie explains the movie to confusing from understanding the plot and the movie. Facing the darker version of you is how grown kids must learn one day. They really gave moral to one of the entertainers". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 83 out of 100 based on 46 critics, indicating "average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A.
Philippines[]
In the Philippines, It received generally positive reviews from critics. Oggs Cruz of Rappler gave a a positive critics from the movie commenting on the film's plot as "suprisingly the most greatest CGI added together with the American Producers!", and adds that "Hydro Pilgrim was a well written Filipnio Character, having the saddest backstories, incuding his alternate Variant. Hydro exactly looks like Miles Morales from Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse, which Miles fluently speaks Spanish, but fails the Spanish Exam, while Hydro speaks Tagalog fluently, and fails the Filpino test, to be honest, this was a well inspired character. Despite being a 13 years old kid, the story shows the moral to make teens more mature." Reviewer Jansen Musico of CNN Philippines was displeased with the film, commenting that "[T]his two-hour American/Filipino film was with a great, healthy doses. The film has the well-made CGIs for a Filipino/American Movie."
Julius Edward B. Penascosa of The Philippine Star gave Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World a positive review, praising the film for its originality, characters and plot, also noting its depiction of Philippine culture and for not relying on star power. Julius said "The Film gives you the RPG Metanoia feels of Luis C. Suarez's comeback! The Filipino creators of RPG Metanoia collaborates with the company that made the Spider-Verse Trilogy and Puss in Boot's: The Last Wish!"
Popular Response[]
Philbert Ortiz Dy of ClickTheCity.com declared the film worthy of comparison to CGI animated features released by sony, stating: "Luis C. Suarez. the director of RPG Metanoia comes back for another animated movie, collaborating with Sony Pictures Animation and DreamWorks Animation SKG. Hydro was completely like a fusion of Scott Pilgrim from the Scott Pilgrim book series, Nico from RPG Metanoia, and Miles from the Spider-Verse trilogy. Filipino actors Aga Muhlach, Eugene Domingo, Anne Curtis, Coco Martin, and Angel Locsin had a great job with their acting. Despite the main character's actor is an American, the Filipino tradition is inside him, and always will. Thanks to Roger. The Americans and the Filipinos did great for this movie. Great job!"