Henry Abraham Jackman: Journey to the Massachusetts is a 2023 animated comedy-drama, co-production with Universal Animation Studios and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film was directed and written by Jeff Rowe. It stars Jett Klyne who voiced of Henry Abraham Jackman Other voice actors of the film are Jacob Tremblay, Matilda Lawler, Hugh Jackman, Rainn Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Jason Statham, Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone, George MacKay and Mallory James Mahoney, Henry goes on adventures with his old best friend Jeremiah, across the Massachusetts when he enters to his school Lexington High School, when he meeting his old best friend Mandy, who learned about Pregnancy, avoid her way to safe his girlfriend Susan to save her before before died in childbirth.
Henry Abraham Jackman: Journey to the Massachusetts premiered at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California on May 4, 2023, and was released in the United States on July 19, having been delayed from its original August 2022 theatrical release date. It became the ninthy-highest-grossing film of 2023, the third-highest-grossing animated film, the 17th-highest-grossing film of all time, and the highest-grossing film produced by Illumination. At the 81st Golden Globe Awards, the film received three nominations: Best Animated Feature Film, Best Original Song, and Cinematic Box Office Achievement
The third and final installment in the trilogy, Henry Abraham Jackman: Far Away Into United States, is in production, while a spin-off film titled Jeremiah is in development.
Plot[]
In 2020, Jeremiah has become increasingly isolated from her friends and estranged from her father Avery. Avery is hunting secret heroes for killing Muth, unaware that it was an accident after Muth turned into Dinosaurs. Jeremiah encounters a version of Volution from year 2087, when Mindy comes to save the Jonas Clarke Middle School, Avery corners Jeremiah and he reveals him identity to him, and he attempts to arrest him before she leaves with Mindy.
Nine Years Later, in Massachusetts, Lexington High School Henry Abraham Jackman who is a senior and has issued problems his grades and assignments due when his girlfriend Susan who become pregnant, and is grounded when he is late to a party celebrating his mother upcoming marriage, Henry encounters the Eyeless Slap, an art teacher-turned-supervillain whose body was infused with portals during the explosion. The Eyeless blames Henry for causing his mutation, and reveals that the he was born in Virginia , while the Eyeless was testing the collider. The Eyeless accidentally transports himself into a void and as he learns all about women transforming.
Jeremiah secretly tracks the Eyeless, and opens a portal to the next states he has gone to, Springfield, Massachusetts. Henry discreetly follows Jeremiah into the portal, and the two team up with Springfield, Max and later Benny against the Eyeless. The Eyeless absorbs the power of the machines, When he visions of the future his girlfriend Susan who dying during the childbirth and also Bella Fred's mother who is Benny's. The Eyeless escapes and Miles saves Bella from the machines's destruction, but the world begins to collapse before other Police from Lexington arrive to contain the damage.
Henry, Jeremiah and Max were taken back to Lexington High School has become future stuff, all students and staff are working on together, when he meet his old friend Mindy in middle, and reunites with Jake, who introduces him to his brother Jeremy, Mindy explains Henry all about happened of pregnancy, will birth to healthy which of women become sick will died after childbirth, Henry realizes that his girlfriend Susan will died of childbirth that was Maternal death and is imprisoned by Mindy to prevent Susan from being saved. Henry frees himself with help from Max, and flees with the people in high school in pursuit. Mindy corners Henry and tells him that Susan is not his girlfriend someone has a boyfriend didn’t have one because of him. Henry his power Mindy and, with help from Maja, flees back to his own home. Jeremiah stands up for Henry, and is angrily ejected to her own home by Mindy.
At home, Jeremiah reunites with Avery and they reconcile when he reveals he has decided to resign from the force instead of arresting her. Avery gives Jeremiah a makeshift transfer portal left for her by Max. Jeremiah uses it to travel to Lexington and begins searching for Henry, as do other members of the staff. Henry tries to reveal his secret identity to his mother Brittany, much to her confusion. Henry and Jeremiah realize that the former state is in Fairfax County, Virginia and not his own states. His uncle Dave use to be poor, Dave restrains Henry, and is joined by his cousin become a serial killer Bunny Man. As the Eyeless begins his attack on Lexington, Henry prepares to escape his restraints. Jeremiah, after promising to Susan and Garrett that he will find Henry, teams up with Jake, Jeremy, Max, Benny, Simon, Maja, and Ray.
Cast[]
- Jett Klyne, as Henry Abraham Jackman (or his nickname HAJ), a 19-year-old, teenage in Lexington High School, Jake's best friend and Susan's boyfriend.
- Jacob Tremblay, as Jeremiah, a inventor and former musician, Henry's old best friend in middle school.
- Matilda Lawler, as Susan, a journalist, and scientist, Henry's girlfriend and Garrett's daughter.
- Hugh Jackman, as Garrett, kind-like superheroes, inventor and anchorman, and Susan's father.
- Rainn Wilson, as Jake, Henry's old best friend they were met each other since middle school.
- Zach Galifianakis, as Johnny " Eyeless Slap" Reynolds, Henry's nemesis and former art teacher and become supervillain familiar to Eyeless Jack.
- Michael Cera, as Benny, a Canadian-Indian-American explorer and Jeremiah's idol.
- Jason Statham, as Max, former farmer and become rockstar musician.
- Melissa McCarthy, as Eva, staff of Lexington High School, Mindy's assistant helper.
- Emma Stone, as Mrs.Beth, principal of Lexington High School and Henry's close friend.
- George MacKay, as Simon, a 22 year old composer and Henry's old best friend
- Mallory James Mahoney, as Mindy, 18 years old girl from Lexington High School who learned all about Pregnancy and Henry's former old best friend and become arch-rival.
- Tom Kenny, as Jeremy, kind-like excited curious and little shy, Jake's brother.
Additional voice cast includes: Kelsey Grammer, as Avery, Jeremiah's father, Kevin Spacey, as Volution, a supervillain who from future 2087. Ian McDiarmid, as Dave, a criminal robber and Henry's Uncle, Ed Helms, as Austin, a most criminal and serial killer as Bunny Man, and Henry's cousin. Eva Amurri, as Brittany, Henry's mother, Armie Hammer, as Mack, former drug dealer becomes cleaner, Jessie Cave, as Maja, a computer scientist and inventor becomes Henry's best friend/crush, The Undertaker, as himself, George Lopez, as Jay, Mexican American sheriff officers, Clémence Poésy, as Ray, French-American inventor, Maja's Sister, Chris Cooper, as Evil Deadpool.
All other cast inspired there role Cameo appearance, Danny DeVito, as Dr. Larry Arbogast from Junior (1994), Steve Martin as Gill from Parenthood (1989). Ludovico Tersigni, as Samuele "Sam" from Slam (2016), Seth Rogen as Ben Stone and Katherine Heigl as Allison Scott from Knocked Up (2007). Tina Fey as Katherine "Kate" Holbrook from Baby Mama (2008). Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones From Bridget Jones's Baby. John Krasinski as Burt Farlander and Maya Rudolph as Verona De Tessant from Away We Go (2009).
Production[]
Development[]
Co-writers and director Jeff Rowe
In November 2018, Jeff Rowe and Mike White were planning make of Henry Abraham Jackman due to the "incredible buzz" surrounding the project. Director Jeff sign as direct and writer and Mike announced to be writer, On March 2019, Mireille Soria, Sarah Schechter and Greg Berlanti signed as producer. Universal officially confirmed the sequel in December 2019, with Mike and Jeff returning as producers and a release date of May 19, 2022, announced. In May 2020, Universal shifted the film's release to September 13, 2022. In June 2020, Deadline Hollywood reported that Annnapurna Animation was developing a CG-animated Henry Abraham Jackman film for Universal Pictures. Additionally, a general rule he made for himself was for there to be no fart jokes. Work on the film shifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was done remotely following the temporary closure of Cyber Group Studios.
Casting and voice recording[]
On March 4, 2022, Mike and Jeff announced their be casting roles play for the sequel Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone and George MacKay announced joining the cast as their role play, Mallory James Mahoney confirmed in December to be reprising her role of Mindy, Also in December, Steve Martin who Gill confirmed for the cameo appearance from Parenthood (1989). Ludovico Tersigni may confirm to role play on cameo appearances of Slam (2016), Arnold Schwarzenegger would play as Dr. Alexander "Alex" Hesse, Universal confirmed that Arnold would role play from Junior (1994). Schwarzenegger and his co-star Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson all expressed interest in appearing in the upcoming films. Other cast members revealed in their respective roles for the movie Jacob Tremblay, Matilda Lawler, Jett Klyne, Zach Galifianakis, Melissa McCarthy and Emma Stone. Jeff Sneider of The Ankler reported in February 2023 that Schwarzenegger was set to appear in a live-action sequence and that this had caused the film's delay from 2022 to 2023; Schwarzenegger ultimately did not appear.
Design[]
Like with his previous outing, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Rowe wanted Journey to the Massachusetts to look different from what was expected from an animated film. The director's aim was to make it heavily resemble the concept art.[1] He was inspired by sketches he made in school notebooks as a teenager and how they tend to have a lot of exaggerated features, spikes, and random effects lines, and wanted the film's animation to reflect a similar feeling.[2] Rowe inspired familiar unlikely animation designs like Lego Jurassic World: The Secret Exhibit.
Animation and cinematography[]
Journey to the Massachusetts was animated by Illumination Studios Paris in France and Paris and Image Engine in Vancouver and British Columbia. Illumination Studio Paris was hired in 2022 to handle the bulk of the animation, with Image Engine joining soon after to produce nearly 25 minutes.[3]
Illumination was one of many studios that completed a test shot for the feature. It featured 40 seconds of Jake talking. The studio was tasked with matching the CGI animation as closely as possible to the 2D reference provided. According to Mikros visual effects supervisor Robert Legato, Rowe told them, "If the picture looks like a 2D painting when it is not moving, that means we are good". The test helped Illumination realize the need to make specific developments to their rendering for the film: stylized shaders, curves, and edges.
Illumination built a shader prototype using the toonshader of the Sony Pictures Imageworks render engine as a starter base. While the prototype was good for the test, the team knew they had to develop it further for the scale of a film. Rowe told the studio to avoid a "Photoshop filter feeling". The team realized the sophistication of the look and the need to be able to add graphic features to the lighting, "making it look as if they were painted one after another with different strokes". Illumination worked with Sony Reinhard—the lead developer of shading, lighting, and rendering—to develop a shader that could isolate lights on the shading of objects and characters and give them special treatments. These treatments included scribbles, cross-hatching, stepping, and color transitions.
As the film's stylized CGI employs elements of 2D animation to achieve a sketchbook look, Illumination's staffers, who had only had experience with CGI, had to quickly learn how to use 2D. To speed up the process, they sought out sequences and style guides from Illumation. Additionally, a group of five traditional 2D effects animators to train the team were assembled, and Chemical Computing Group software was brought into their pipeline. Using these resources and tools, Cinesite developed internal animation tests, with regular feedback from Rowe on whether they matched Illumination' work.[3]
Sharon Calahan, head of cinematography, wanted to highlight the Characters' youthfulness by keeping the camera close, handheld, and alive. He described it as being shot like "[you're] on the run" and used teenagers knack for getting into trouble as inspiration. To capture the characters as they engaged in antics both comedic and action, When shooting scenes, they would alternate between these two different methods to present a dichotomy of the teenage world and the adult world: "what we can do reprimanded by Mindy, [we] would be much steadier with the camerawork, and then when we cut back to the kids, they'd be a little bit more handheld, a little more loose, and those kinds of things started to creep into the cinematography."[4]
Music[]
- Main article: Henry Abraham Jackman: Journey to the Massachusetts (soundtrack)
The film score was released through A24 Music on September 23, 2022. Jeff and Mike confirmed that Shawn Mendes would create music for its soundtrack. Several Singers joined Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Chris Brown, and Justin Bieber For the Japanese release, an original song, "Worries" performed by Mariah Carey. The film was supported by another single, "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé released on May 4, 2023—the day of the film's premiere. Although originally set to be released as a track on the deluxe edition of the soundtrack album, a few days after its release, the track was removed. On June 23, 2023, it was announced that the track was added into some versions of Fike's second studio album 222, which was released on July 14, 2023.Template:Better source needed
Release[]
Theatrical[]
Henry Abraham Jackman: Journey to the Massachusetts premiered on July 14, 2023, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on July 19, 2023. The film was initially scheduled for release on April 6, 2021, when Universal first announced its slate of Henry Abraham Jackman films, before it was moved to July 17.
In Chile, this film was the first feature film to play in the 4DX motion format, featuring strobe lightning, motion, wind, water sprays, and aroma effects, which premiered at a Cine Hoyts theater in La Reina.[5][6][7]
Streaming and home media[]
Universal Pictures released Henry Abraham Jackman: Journey to the Massachusetts for digital download on August 15, 2023. It was then released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on October 17, 2023. The Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray copies contain deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, an audio commentary, and the short The Only Blue Cat. It was released on Peacock on August 7, 2023.
Universal announced that Henry Abraham Jackman: Journey to the Massachusetts had 13,4 million views in the five days following its release on Peacock, becoming the most watched animated film on the platform during the week of its premiere since Christ Blood (2021).
Sequel[]
A sequel to Henry Abraham Jackman: Journey to the Massachusetts film was confirmed in December 2021 when Mike and Jeff revealed that Journey to the Massachusetts was being split into two films. In April 2022, the film was titled Henry Abraham Jackman: Far Away Into United States and it was given a release date of May 2, 2024, but was removed from this release in May 2023 due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. The May 2024 date was given to Universal's The Fall Guy. Production had resumed by September 2023, returning, among others. Voice recording was slated to begin later in 2024, and that December, Pam Brady were confirmed to be co-directing the film. With Mireille, Sarah, and Greg were announced to return as producers, Far Away Into United States is intended to conclude the trilogy of Henry Abraham Jackman films.
Spin-off[]
Universal began developing a Jeremiah film in November 2018 that would focus on three generations of male, Mike White writers for the film John Lasseter was in talks to direct. Soria said the film would focus on the characters Jeremiah and said Journey to the Massachusetts would serve as a "launching pad" for it. Schechter and Berlanti were confirmed to be producing the film in April 2021, when the project was undergoing rewrites. Soria and Schechter reaffirmed that the film was in development in May 2023, when Soria said it would be made sooner than expected, while Tremblay expressed interest in the film.[8]
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External links[]
- Official website
- Henry Abraham Jackman: Journey to the Massachusetts at IMDb
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