Alexis Moonbeam

Alexis Moonbeam is a 1990 animated spy film produced by Universal Feature Animation and Amblin Entertainment. It is the first animated adult film from Amblin Entertainment. it was directed by Michael Wildshill and written by Wildshill, Deanna Oliver, Tom Ruegger, Steven Spielberg, and Brad Lewis. It stars Full House’s Jodie Sweetin, Christina Ricci, Courteney Cox, Gary Cole, Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, Mary Kay Bergman, Jodi Benson, and Jim Cummings. The film is about a teenage girl name Alexis, who find out her family’s history of being spies, at the International Location Worldwide Headquarters of Spies (I.L.W.H.S [pronuced eye-will-his]) she will join forces with Janice Polanski/Aqua Saturn (Christina Ricci), Roxanne Maxwell/Jolly Dynamo (Courteney Cox), Archie Griffin/Jasper Phantom (Rob Paulsen) saving the day from the evil Entity Forces of Calamitius (Jim Cummings), Látte Emerald (Mary Kay Bergman) and Pearl Angelic (Tress MacNeille).

Development of Alexis Moonbeam began in 1987, when Spielberg expressed on doing a spy film. The animation of the film combines 2D traditional hand-drawn animation with the extensive use of anime-influenced animation.

Alexis Moonbeam premiered in Los Angeles on June 10, 1990 and was released in the United States on June 17, 1990. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its animation, story, performances, and score, and earned over $379 million worldwide on its $98 million budget, making it the fifth highest-grossing film of 1990, the highest-grossing animated film of the year, and the ninth highest-grossing non-Disney animated film.

The film was re-released in 3D on June 17, 2011 on the franchise’s 21st Anniversary. It later spawned an franchise of three theatrical sequels and direct to video sequels that were praised by critics, with a television series that ran from 1998-2009, video games, merchandise, musicals, and live shows, and educational PC games. A musical adaptation of the original 1990 film that has been filmed in 2019, is planned to arrive on the HBO Max streaming service.