“DC League of Super-Pets” is a new 3D computer-animated superhero comedy film based on the DC Comics.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new film.
- DC League of Super-Pets is a 2022 American 3D computer-animated superhero comedy film
- The film is produced by Warner Animation Group
- It is based on the DC Comics superhero team Legion of Super-Pets
- It is directed by Jared Stern
- This is his theatrical directorial debut
- He co-wrote the story with John Whittington
- The film stars the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna, Thomas Middleditch, Ben Schwartz, and Keanu Reeves
- DC League of Super-Pets premiered in Los Angeles on July 27, 2022
- It was theatrically released in the United States on July 29, 2022, by Warner Bros. Pictures
- The film received generally positive reviews from critics
- In July 2018, Jared Stern was hired to write and direct an animated film about DC’s Legion of Super-Pets
- In January 2019, it was announced that Sam Levine would serve as co-director with Stern, and that Patricia Hicks had signed on as producer
- Stern developed a pitch for the film after working on an animal shelter
- There he noticed how older animals were less likely to be adopted and wondered “what if those pets got superpowers?”
- In May 2021, it was announced that Dwayne Johnson would star as the voice of Krypto the Superdog
- In addition to starring in the film, he, alongside Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, and Stern would be joining Hicks as producers
- While John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, and Nicholas Stoller were set to executive produce
- In June 2021, additional cast members were announced, with Kevin Hart starring as the voice of Ace the Bat-Hound in the film
- Additionally, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna, and Keanu Reeves were cast in undisclosed roles
- The following week, Jameela Jamil joined the film
- By September 2021, Marc Maron had joined the cast as the voice of Lex Luthor
- By November of the same year, additional roles were revealed to be: Chip, Green Lantern’s squirrel (Luna); Merton, The Flash’s turtle (Lyonne); PB, Wonder Woman’s pig (Bayer), Superman (Krasinski) and newer additions, Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz
- In March 2022, Reeves was revealed to be voicing Batman
- The following month, it was revealed that Dascha Polanco would be voicing Jessica Cruz / Green Lantern
- Three weeks before the film’s release, the remainder of the cast for the Justice League and Lois Lane were announced in July 2022 through posters
- The animation was provided by Animal Logic in Sydney and Vancouver
- The studio also provided animation for the Warner Animation Group’s The Lego Movie series
- Approximately 70 animators worked on the film
- Animators worked on the film for 2 years
- As well as an extra 3–4 months after the film’s release date was delayed by a year
- The film’s art style was inspired by Art Deco architecture and illustrator J.C. Leyendecker
- Stern wanted the characters and environments to have both visible brushstrokes and “chunky heroic shapes”
- Character designers Mayumi Nose and Matt Williamês drew inspiration from the Superfriends animated series and Superman comics from the Silver Age of Comic Books for the designs of the characters
- While still having a comedic edge to them
- The film’s original score was composed by Steve Jablonsky
- In the United States and Canada, DC League of Super-Pets was released alongside Vengeance
- It is projected to gross $25–30 million from 4,300 theaters on its opening weekend
- The film made $2.2 million from Thursday previews
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 72% rating
- Based on 92 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 6.30/10
- The website’s critical consensus reads, “Although it never quite soars, DC League of Super-Pets is a more than satisfactory diversion for families in search of four-legged fun”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100
- Based on 26 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
- Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A–” on an A+ to F scale
- A video game based on the film titled DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace was announced during DC FanDome
- The game was released on July 15, 2022
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