Sunnie

Sunnie is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Frenzy Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox with animation handled by Reel FX Creative Studios and Mikros Image, and is based on Mike Copeland's daily comic strip of the 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. The film stars Amanda Leighton as the titular character, with Ben Schwartz, Katie Crown, Josh Gad, Chris Pratt, David Cross, Elizabeth Banks, Rob Riggle, Zac Efron, Nick Offerman, Amy Poehler, and Peter Dinklage.

Sunnie premiered on September 30, 2017, at the Regency Village Theatre and was released in theatres and RealD 3D, IMAX, and Dolby Cinema on October 13, 2017. It received mixed reviews from critics but 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
Coming soon!

Voice cast

 * Amanda Leighton as Sunnie Stewart
 * Ben Schwartz as Justin Barker
 * Katie Crown as Bella Robbins
 * Josh Gad as R.O.B.E.R.T.
 * 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

 * Bob Bergen
 * Gregg Berger
 * Grey Griffin
 * Cam Clarke
 * David Cowgill
 * Johnny Gidcomb
 * Debi Derryberry
 * Terri Douglas
 * Audrey Wasilewski
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Jess Harnell
 * Catherine Cavadini
 * Mona Marshall
 * Scott Menville
 * Raymond Ochoa
 * Devika Parikh
 * Ben Pronsky
 * Warren Sroka
 * Fred Tatasciore
 * Yuri Lowenthal
 * Stephen Apostolina
 * Heidi Brook Myers

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

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

In May 2015, it was announced that 20th Century Fox would distribute the film after winning a bidding competition against Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Paramount Pictures for the distribution rights with the film rescheduled for summer 2017.

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

Release
Sunnie was initially scheduled to be released on July 21, 2017. However, in September 2016, 20th Century Fox moved the release date to October 13, 2017.

It was accompanied in theaters by Homer and Lisa's Virtual Odyssey, a short film directed by David Silverman and Steve Markowski based on the The Simpsons franchise.

Marketing
Coming soon!

Video game
A video game based on the film was released on October 10, 2017 for Xbox One, PlayStation 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
Sunnie opened alongside Happy Death Day and The Foreigner and is expected to gross $40-45 million in its opening weekend from its 4,019 theaters. The film made $21 million in its opening day and later grossed $53.5 million from its opening weekend.

Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 53%, based on 196 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a weighed average score of 46 out of 100, based on 27 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.

Accolades
Coming soon!

Television series
An animated television show based on the film, titled Sunnie's World, premiered on May 31, 2019 on Fox Family. Amanda Leighton, Ben Schwartz, Katie Crown, Josh Gad, and Rob Riggle reprises their roles while Chris Pratt was replaced by A.J. Locascio for Captain Zenn.

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

Main
To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

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