- Not to be confused with Abominable (2019 film)
Everest is a 2019 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Movie Land Animation Studios and Panko and Panda Studios, the film stars the voices of Jenna Ortega, Ryan Potter, Jacob Tremblay, Rebel Wilson, Chris Pine, Karen Fukuhara and Kausar Mohammed.
Everest had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater on October 4, 2019 and was released in theaters on October 11 by Panko and Panda Studios in China and October 18 in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing via its Columbia Pictures label. The film garnered positive reviews from critics for its animation, themes and storytelling, but criticism for its similarities to DreamWorks Animation's Abominable. Unlike Gwen and Dan, it was Panko & Panda's first box-office success, earning $412.7 million worldwide on a $81 million budget.
Plot[]
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Production[]
Development[]
Plans for an animated film about Everest and as of March 2016, it was announced that Touchstone Animation Studios will be set to produce the film. As of August 31, 2016, Clay Kaytis will be set to direct the film with the screenplay from Henry Selick & Roberto Orci, story by David Silverman and Chris Meledandri is set to produce the film and he is also set to executive produce the film and also Industrial Light & Magic is set to provide the animation service. During Touchstone Animation Studios' shut down in February 1, 2018, Touchstone Pictures will not be producing it. Instead, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Movie Land Animation Studios, Panko and Panda Studios, Arad Productions, Lord Miller Productions, The Kerner Entertainment Company and Pascal Pictures will produce the film, as Sony Pictures acquired the film's right, with the screenplay from Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman & Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman, who is collaborated with Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Arad Productions, Lord Miller Productions and Pascal Pictures on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, were set to direct the film. On August 19, 2018, Sony delayed the film's release date to October 18, 2019, with the animation service provided by Movie Land Digital Production Services.
Writing[]
In March 2016, Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman revealed via Twitter that he had begun writing the screenplay for the film along with Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman.
Casting[]
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Animation[]
As of September 22, 2017, it was announced that Industrial Light & Magic is set to provide the animation service. On February 1, 2018, Movie Land Digital Production Services will be set to provide the animation services and the movie's animation was created using Maya. The animation of the human characters were done via motion capture. CGI animation was produced by Movie Land Digital Production Services with help from Panko and Panda Studios and designed by Scarlet Letters.
Pre-production[]
Pre-production officially began in the United Kingdom by early December 2015. That same month, director Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman stated that the film will be another great love story with a new love interest being cast. The next month, production designer Bill Boes was announced to be designing the film's production designer, as well as Kasia Walicka-Maimone, also making the movie as costume designer.
Music and soundtrack[]
The score for the franchises was composed by Henry Jackman, James Newton Howard, Lorne Balfe and Daniel Pemberton at Remote Control Productions. The film originally had no songs until six months into production when the suggestion of making the film a musical came from Toby Emmerich who was recently elected as chairman of the Sony Pictures Entertainment at the time. The theme song for the film is "Send Me Your Love", a song performed by Taryn Manning. The song was played in the film's end credits. The soundtrack album was released by Interscope Records on October 1, 2019.
Technology[]
PIX System provided the production crew with secure access to production content and project management throughout the suite of devices used.
Release[]
The film was released in the United States on October 18, 2019 in IMAX, 4DX, ScreenX, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and 2D theaters by Sony Pictures Releasing via its Columbia Pictures label.
Marketing[]
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Home media[]
Everest will be released via video on demand and Movies Anywhere on January 14, 2020 with the Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD release on January 28, 2020 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Reception[]
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Critical responses[]
Based on 120 professional critic reviews, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 87% of those reviews were positive, with an average rating of 8.3/10. Using a weighted average calculator, Metacritic assigned the film a score of 75 out of 100, based on 100 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
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References[]
External links[]
- Official website
- Everest at IMDb
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Films directed | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • 21 Jump Street (2012) • The Lego Movie (2014) • 22 Jump Street (2014) • Tom the Hand 3 (2019) • Faster Bike (2020) |
Films produced | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Storks (2016) • Brigsby Bear (2017) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (accolades) • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Gwen and Dan (2019) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Ghost in the Shell (2019) • Everest (2019) • Las Vegas (2020) • The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) • Cocaine Bear (2023) • Fast & Furious Spy Racers (2023) • Strays (2023) • Backrooms (2023) |
Television series created | Clone High (2002–2003) |
Television series produced | The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018) • Son of Zorn (2016–2017) • Making History (2017) • Unikitty! (2017–2020) • The JH Movie Collection Show (2018–2021) • Bless the Harts (2019–2021) |