Spy Friends is an 2021 American live-action/computer-animated science-fiction spy action buddy comedy film starring the featured characters of Jerry and his best friend, William and Ella Ray from the previous film, Jerry and Will. The film was directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman from a screenplay by Phil Lord and Rothman. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios in association with Wanda Pictures, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film stars the voice of Daryl Sabara, Tom Cruise, Julia Michaels, Moisés Arias, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Jake T. Austin, Dane Cook, Matthew McConaughey and Robert G. Chiu.
Spy Friends was released theatrically by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label, first in China on May 28, 2021, before a release in the United States on October 22, 2021.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- Daryl Sabara as Jerry, a 16-year-old teenager who is kind and being super cool.
- Tom Cruise as William Renschen, a 16-year-old teenager who is Jerry's best friend.
- Julia Michaels as Ella Ray, a senior grade leveled woman who is Jerry's girlfriend.
- Moisés Arias as Danny Macknyk
- Tenzing Norgay Trainor as Alejandro Munoz
- Jake T. Austin as Marcos Rivera
- Dane Cook as Charles "Charlie" Bivona
- Matthew McConaughey as Lucas Moseley
- Robert G. Chiu as Aaron Beach
Production[]
Development[]
In August 2017, Movie Land Animation Studios announced an untitled SPA/MLAS film in 2021 by Sony Pictures Animation to develop the live-action/computer-animated film with Peter Ramsey is set to direct the film with the writers of Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman. As of April 14, 2018, Peter saying his films always did well on their service and that no one else makes the kind of live action family friendly films he makes.
In December 2018, Movie Land announced to name the film title as "Spy Friends" after Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman were served as a director.
Casting[]
Daryl Sabara, Tom Cruise and Julia Michaels were announced to star on February 3, 2018.
Filming[]
Preliminary production on the film officially started on May 30, 2018, in Seattle, Washington. Principal photography was scheduled until March 9, 2020, in San Francisco, California; Los Angeles, California; Joliet, Illinois; Orland Park/Tinley Park; Illinois; Merrillville, Indiana; St. John, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois.
Visual effects[]
The visual effects, animation and computer graphics were provided by Movie Land Digital Production Services, Digital Domain, Moving Picture Company (MPC), Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Rising Sun Pictures, who were filmed with Phantom high speed cameras which shoot at 1,000-25,000 frames per second and was done remotely during the pandemic, with the filmmakers doing creative exploration on certain shots, and finalizing material through production groups.[1] William Renschen and Stephen Rosenbaum were the main visual effects supervisor and Shiyoon Kim was hired to design the characters.
Music[]
On December 21, 2018, Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios revealed that Henry Jackman, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Lorne Balfe, Tom Holkenborg and Daniel Pemberton, for best known for their collaborations on the MLAS films such as Tom the Hand 4, Famous 5 and The JH Movie Collection Movie 4: Friendship Vacation.
Release[]
Spy Friends was originally scheduled to be released by Sony Pictures Releasing on January 22, 2021. On Christmas Day, it was delayed to July 9, 2021, partially due to Jerry's friendship separation, as well as the recent delays of Overwatch and Spy Penguins due to the rise of COVID-19 cases, before being delayed two weeks from July 23, 2021, to avoid competition with Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, right before releasing the trailer on April 3, 2021, before bring delayed again to October 22, 2021, to avoid competition again with Hotel Transylvania: Transformania.
Marketing[]
The film's logo was released on July 21, 2020. After the day that the film is being delayed to July 23, 2021, the official trailer was released on April 3, 2021.
Home media[]
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Reception[]
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References[]
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 8, 2020). [TBA How Animated Pics Like 'Tom & Jerry', 'SpongeBob Movie', 'Sing 2', Skydance's 'Luck' & More Are Working Through The COVID-19 Crisis]. Penske Business Media, LLC.
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| Feature films | Computer animated | Open Season (2006) • Surf's Up (2007) • Open Season 2 (2008; direct-to-video film) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • Open Season 3 (2010; direct-to-video film) • Arthur Christmas (2011; Produced with Aardman) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • Open Season: Scared Silly (2015; direct-to-video film) • Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017; direct-to-video film) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (accolades) • The Animals in the Attic (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Carmen Sandiego (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Spider-Gwen (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Everest (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Grossology (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Bunny (2019; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Cool Girls (2020; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Las Vegas (2020; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Disney+ original film) • Famous 5 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021; Netflix original film) • Animals vs. Monsters (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Wish Dragon (2021; Netflix original film) • Sushi (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Totally Spies! (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Netflix original film) • Vivo (2021; Netflix original film) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Crown 2 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Netflix original film) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Grossology 2 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Super Bowl (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022; Amazon Prime Video film) • Cool Girls 2 (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Animals in the Attic 2 (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Red (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios; Amazon Prime Video film) • League of Techs (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
| Live-action/computer animated | The Smurfs (2011) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Goosebumps (2015) • Peter Rabbit (2018) • Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) • Overwatch (2020; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Jerry and Will (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • The Hollow (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Tom the Hand 5 (2021; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) • Arcane (2022; Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios) | |
| Stop-motion animated | The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012; Produced with Aardman) | |
| Upcoming films | Goat (2026) • David and Ryan: Into the Tooniverse (2029) • Fixed (TBA) | |
| Television Series | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18) • Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–2020) • The Tom the Hand Show (2021–present) • JH Movie Collection: League of Visions (2021–present) • Agent Elvis (2023) • Young Love (2023–present) • Open Season: Call of Nature (2023–present) | |
| Online series | Go! Cartoons (2017–18) | |
| Short films | The ChubbChubbs! (2002) • Early Bloomer (2003) • Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2007) • The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas (2007) • The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011) • So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012) • Goodnight Mr. Foot (2012) • The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013) • Super Manny (2013) • Earl Scouts (2013) • Steve's First Bath (2014) • Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear (2014) • Puppy! (2017) • The Bunnies in a Christmas Caper (2018) • Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham (2019) • Hair Love (2019) • Live Stream (2019) • Ty and Abby's Bun Run (2020) • Monster Pets (2021) • Dog Cop 7: The Final Chapter (2021) • The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story (2023) | |
| Franchises | Open Season (2006–present) • Surf's Up (2007–17) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009–18) • The Smurfs (2011–17) • Hotel Transylvania (2012–22) • Goosebumps (2015–18) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018–present) | |
| Associated productions | The ChubbChubbs! (2002) • Early Bloomer (2003) • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Sausage Party (2016) • The Crown (2019) • Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021) • Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022) • The Garfield Movie (2024) • Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024) | |
| See also | Sony Pictures Imageworks • Unproduced projects • Silvergate Media • Adelaide Productions • Screen Gems Cartoons • United Productions of America • List of Sony theatrical animated feature films | |
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| Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) • Rise of the Guardians (2012) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) • Carmen Sandiego (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Grossology (2019) • Cool Girls (2020) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021) |
| v - e - dPhil Lord and Christopher Miller | |
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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) |
| v - e - dWilliam Renschen | |
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| Films directed | Las Vegas (2020) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 4: Friendship Vacation (2021) • Animals vs. Monsters (2021) • Jerry and Will (2021) • Panko the Dragon (2021) • The Hollow (2021) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania (2022) • Black vs. White (2022) |
| Films produced | Sarcastics 2 (2019) • Ned's Newt (2020) • Twister (2020) • Tom the Hand 4 (2020) • Panko the Dragon (2021) • Famous 5 (2021) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 4: Friendship Vacation (2021) • The Chinese vs. The Korean (2021) • Animals vs. Monsters (2021) • Sushi (2021) • Marcos (2021) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • 6teen (2021) • The Crown 2 (2021) • The Hollow (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021) • Grossology 2 (2021) • Go Touching (2021) • Super Bowl (2021) • The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania (2022) • The Sarcastics Adventures of Alexa (2022) • Sally Bollywood (2022) • The Animals in the Attic 2 (2022) • Red (2022) • League of Techs (2022) • Voltron (2022) • Bunny: The Rise of Dylan (2022) |