Sunnie

Sunnie is a 2017 American 3D computer animated fantasy comedy drama film produced by Frenzy Animation and distributed by 20 Century Fox, and is based on Mike Copeland daily comic strip of same name. It was written and directed by Ryan Marshall from a screenplay by Nicholas Stoller, Brad Garland, Daniel Lane, Eve Steele from a story by Marshall. Film stars Amanda Leighton as titular character, Ben Schwartz, Katie Crown, Josh Gad, Chris Pratt, David Cross, Elizabeth Banks, Rob Riggle, Zac Efron, Nick Offerman, with Amy Poehler, and Peter Dinklage. Animation services were provided by Reel FX Animation Studios and Mikros Image Montreal.

Film follows a teen girl name Sunnie, where she meets Justin, ROBERT and Bella for very 1 time and they are enlisted by Zenn Crew to set off on a journey in order to prevent a villain from opening Darkworld and conquering world with it sentient creatures.

Sunnie premiere on September 30, 2017, at Regency Village Theatre and was released in theatres and RealD, IMAX, and Dolby Cinema on October 13, 2017. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised it animation, voice cast, and score, but criticized plot and lack of originality. Sunnie was a box office success, grossing over $347.7 million worldwide against its $70 million budget. A sequel, is scheduled to be released on February 12, 2021.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Amanda Leighton as Sunnie Stewart, an adventurous and cute teenage girl.
 * Ben Schwartz as Justin Barker, an clumsy teen boy, who has a crush on Sunnie.
 * Katie Crown as Bella Robbins, an beauty obsessed teen girl who is Sunnie rival.
 * Josh Gad as ROBERT, an talking smart robot who met Sunnie when she was a kid and Hunter creation.
 * Chris Pratt as Captain Zenn
 * Rob Riggle as Hunter
 * Nick Offerman as Rick Stewart
 * Amy Poehler as Emily Stewart
 * Elizabeth Banks as Alyia Starling
 * Zac Efron as Louis Gibbs
 * David Cross as Doctor Dog
 * Peter Dinklage as Travis
 * Jenny Slate as Ms Fitzgerald
 * Keegan Michael Key as Jeff
 * Anthony Anderson as Carl
 * Tony Hale as Todd
 * Rhys Darby as Hugh Larson

ADR Loop Group

 * Stephen Apostolina
 * Daniel Booko
 * Catherine Cavadini
 * Cam Clarke
 * David Cowgill
 * Debi Derryberry
 * Terri Douglas
 * Johnny Gidcomb
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Grey Griffin
 * Yuri Lowenthal
 * Mona Marshall
 * Scott Menville
 * Max Mittelman
 * Heidi Brook Myers
 * Raymond Ochoa
 * Arthur Ortiz
 * Devika Parikh
 * Courtney Peldon
 * Ben Pronsky
 * Warren Sroka
 * Kelly Stables
 * Fred Tatasciore
 * Audrey Wasilewski

Production
In 2011, While directing Puppet Pals 3 at Fox, Ryan Marshall pitched and wrote a treatment of a film adaptation of Sunnie daily comic strip as an 3D computer animated film.

In 2013, Frenzy Animation announced that film was in development with it scheduled release in 2016 with Ryan Marshall writing and directing.

In May 2015, it was announced that Fox would distribute film after winning a bidding competition against Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Paramount Pictures for distribution rights with film rescheduled for 2017.

In 2015, it was that Amanda Leighton and Ben Schwartz were in voice their lead characters which were confirmed. In July 2016, Katie Crown, Josh Gad, Chris Pratt, David Cross, Elizabeth Banks, Rob Riggle, Zac Efron, with Nick Offerman, and Amy Poehler joined voice cast. In 2016, Henry Jackman was announced to score film. Reel FX and Mikros Image Montreal animated film.

Release
Sunnie was initially scheduled to be released on July 21, 2017. However, in September 2016, 20 Century Fox moved release date to October 13, 2017. It was accompanied in theaters by Homer And Lisa Virtual Odyssey, a short film directed by David Silverman and Steve Markowski based on Simpsons.

Marketing
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Video game
A video game based on film was released on October 10, 2017 for Xbox 1, Play Station 4, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and PC. It was developed by Outright Games and published by Activision.

Home media
Sunnie was released on Digital HD on January 2, 2018 and on Blu ray, 4K Ultra HD Blu ray, and DVD on January 23, 2018.

Box office
Film grossed $159.1 million in US and UK and $188.6 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $347.7 million.

Sunnie open alongside Happy Death Day and Foreigner and is expected to gross $40 45 million in it open week from it 4,019 theaters. Film made $21 million in it open day and later grossed $53.5 million from it open week. Film fell 100% in it 2 week while still remaining in 1 place, grossing $31 million. In it 3 week, film still remained in 1 and grossed $20.6 million. By it 4 week, it was dethroned by Thor 3 Ragnarok, fall to 2 place and grossing $18.2 million.

Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, film has an approval rating of 100%, based on 196 reviews. Website critical consensus reads, Sunnie may satisfy young viewers and hardcore fans of the comics, but it exhausting and predictable plot continues Frenzy Animation mediocre streak. On Metacritic, film has a weighed average score of 100 out of 100, based on 27 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews. Audiences polled by Cinemascore gave film an average grade of A+ on an A+ to F scale.

Television series
An 3D CGI animated TV show based on film, title Sunnie World, premiered on April 5, 2019 on Fox Family. Amanda Leighton, Ben Schwartz, Katie Crown, with Josh Gad, and Jenny Slate reprises their roles while Chris Pratt was replaced by AJ Location for Captain Zenn.

Ryan Marshall and Marcus Crawford served as executive producers of show.

Main
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Trailers
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