Commander Rob

Commander Rob is a 2008 American-Canadian computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by Mike Young Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. Directed by Eric Robles and Chris Parrish, and stars the voices of Justin Long, David Spade, Mitchel Musso, Patrick Warburton, Alan Tudyk and Kevin Michael Richardson. The film centers about a alien named Rob and his robot sidekick BT-03 from planet Utonus discover Earth after the spaceship crash landed. Rob's 13-year-old human best friend named Leo helping him to protect forcing them fighting from evil alien scientists.

The film was released on June 13, 2008. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed 587.4 million over a $38 million budget. It was nominated by Best Animated Feature at the 17th Academy Awards, and, through home video releases and television syndication.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Justin Long as Rob
 * David Spade as BT-03
 * Mitchel Musso as Leo
 * Patrick Warburton as Major Volnex
 * Alan Tudyk as Ricky Goldman
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Dr. Isaac Lunarium
 * Tom Kenny as Mr. Mortsovich, Bitty Bongo, Evil Alien Scientist #2, NetsCorp Alien #2, Damien, Utonus Announcer
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Coop, Wideless Young Alien, Buddy Buckets, Majesty Guard #1, Evil Alien Scientist #1, Dr. Lunarium's Minions, NetsCorp #1
 * Mark DeCarlo as Bubblegum Headed Misfit Alien
 * Grey DeLisle as Brittany, Jak, Police Officer Lady, Bratty Girl, Baby Bonnie's Mom, NetsCorp #3, Joshua
 * Adam Carolla as Chief Alien, Poor Alien, Gax
 * Kimberly Brooks as Chief Lady, Rob's Ship
 * Phil LaMarr as Mr. Duffman, Majesty Guard #2, Evil Alien Scientist #3, Man #3
 * Candi Milo as Baby Bonnie, NetsCorp #4, Ms. Peterson, Gillian, Schmunchy, Old Woman, Leo's Mother
 * Tara Strong as Commander Teena
 * Jeff Bennett as Eddie, Major Volnex's Assistant, Commander Wayne, Weird Kid, Grumpy Alien, Mayor Wayport, Man #1, Police Officer, Leo's Father
 * Rosearik Rikki Simmons as Jonah, Kid #1, Little Girl, Neighbor, Dr. Lunarium's Minions
 * Nolan North as Commander Sprig, News Reporter
 * Chris Parrish as Hermes
 * John DiMaggio as Burt, Machine Voice, King Globart.
 * Eric Bauza as Carl Reed
 * Andy Berman as Jaime, NetsCorp Alien #5, Governor Audience Member
 * "Weird Al" Yankovic as Big Singer Davey
 * Richard Steven Horvitz as Timmy
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Rob's Computer, News Anchor Man, Boy, Blob Monster, Man #2, Junk Monster
 * Eric Robles as Cranky Joe, Hugo, Brainium, Man at Evil Artficial Intelligence Laboratory
 * Jhonen Vasquez as Stanley, Dr. Lunarium's Rob, Camera Man, Command Officer, Dr, Lunarium's Minions

Additional Voices

 * Kari Wahlgren - Ralph
 * John DiMaggio
 * S. Scott Bullock
 * Scott Grimes
 * Nika Futterman

Development
In August 2004, while creating Invader Zim for Nickelodeon, Jhonen Vasquez developed and pitched an idea where a alien boy to arrive into the earth has been protected by the evil alien scientists was initially optioned by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.

On September 18, 2005, Universal Pictures announced that it had picked up the rights to a computer-animated movie titled Commander Rob with Joseph Purdy producing through Mike Young Productions. By 2006, Purdy announced that director Eric Robles had been hired to direct the film while also receiving a scheduled summer 2008 release date.

Casting
In July 2006, it was announced that stars Justin Long and David Spade have joined the cast alongisde Mitchel Musso, Patrick Warburton and Alan Tudyk. On April 2007, Kevin Michael Richardson have voicing the villain character.

Animation
Splash Entertainment (originally known as Mike Young Productions) was announced to be animating the film on December 2, 2006.

Music
The film's score was composed by Michael Tavera.

Marketing
Universal released a teaser trailer and poster on April 2, 2007. On October 14, 2007, another teaser poster was released, followed by the film's first full trailer in the following day. On January 20, 2008, a second trailer and the theatrical release poster were released.

Home media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 16, 2008, by Universal Home Entertainment. The DVD and Blu-ray release features an audio commentary, animatics, deleted scenes, and more.

Video game
A video game based on the film was released for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC on June 1, 2008. It was also the final game published by Activision before it gets folded.

Box office
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Critical reception
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Transcripts
To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

Trailers
To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.