Fun Facts About Scooby DooIn 2. Spider Man, The Dark Knight, and Iron Man. And so came Megamind, an animated action comedy about a clumsy villain whose world turns upside down once he actually defeats his superhero nemesis. THE PREMISE WAS INSPIRED BY SUPERMAN. Essentially, the pitch boiled down to What if Lex Luthor defeated Superman Except instead of Luthor being a wealthy, vicious human, the film offers Megamind Will Ferrell, a cowardly, odd looking but still bald misfit from another planet. Since 1969, a Great Dane dog named Scooby full name Scoobert, his loyal human companion Shaggy, and three of their teenaged friends have been on TV in many. A HannaBarbera cinematic universe is coming, starting with the ScoobyDoo reboot S. C. O. O. B. in 2018. Get all the details from CinemaCon here. Jetsons The Movie is a 1990 American animated musical comic science fiction film produced by HannaBarbera. Based on the cartoon series The Jetsons, the film stars. Metro Man voiced by Brad Pitt is more the Superman type, an alien from another planet who is strong, handsome, and can fly. Its easy for the people of Metro City to love Metro Man, whereas the oddball with the big blue head is instantly regarded as other and bad. Its up to Megamind to prove himself, and find his true path. IT WAS INTENDED AS A VEHICLE FOR BEN STILLER. The original script by Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons was pitched to Ben Stillers production company, Red Hour Films, with hopes hed star as its titular baddie. It was written as a live action movie, Stillerexplained in the spring of 2. The new animated ScoobyDoo movie in development from Warner Animation Group has brought on Dax Shepard as codirector along with Tony Cervone. WillowTara Fiction Archive Home Stories Updates FAQ Links Chat. Tom and Jerry The Movie is a 1992 American animated musical buddy comedy film starring Tom and Jerry, produced and directed by Phil Roman, released by Miramax Films. DC and Marvel are definitely the big men on campus, but these prospective franchises are looking to get in on the fun. But we thought it would work as an animated movie so we brought it to Jeffrey Katzenberg CEO of Dream. Works Animation, and now were in pre production. STILLER TURNED DOWN THE LEAD, BUT STILL PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN MEGAMIND. Instead of voicing Megamind, Stiller opted to executive produce the moviebut he does pop by for a quirky audio cameo as the curmudgeonly curator Bernard, who works at the Metro Man Museum. PRODUCERS WANTED ROBERT DOWNEY JR. The Full S.C.O.O.B. Movie' title='The Full S.C.O.O.B. Movie' />FOR THE LEAD. Riding high off the career revitalization of his live action superhero hit Iron Man, Downey was game to bring his sarcastic charms to Metro Citys menace. But scheduling conflicts ultimately killed the deal. So producers turned to beloved funnyman Will Ferrell, who brought a zany charisma to Megamind, and some crucial gags. THE FILM CYCLED THROUGH VARIOUS TITLES BEFORE MEGAMIND STUCK. In the fall of 2. Stiller was teasing the movie as Master Mind. In that version, Megaminds longtime foe was named Uberman a more overt spoof of Superman, but by spring of 2. Oobermind, while Uberman had become Metro Man. SEVERAL DIRECTORS TOOK A CRACK AT MEGAMIND. There were two or three sets of directors on the movie, each of which started making a different version of the movie before it went to someone else, illustratorauthor Jason Porath, who helped with the film as an employee at Dream. Works Animation, told Mental Floss. The project was kicked off by Gary Trousdale, who had co helmed a string of Disney animated movies including Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Atlantis The Lost Empire. Next, Kyle Jefferson and Cameron Hood, whod directed the DWA short First Flight, were brought on. But the final version of Megamind is credited to Tom Mc. Grath, who had co directed Madagascar and Madagascar 2 Escape 2 Africa with Eric Darnell, and would go on to helm Madagascar 3 Europes Most Wanted also with Darnell and Boss Baby. For their earlier efforts, Trousdale, Jefferson, and Hood ultimately received a special thanks credit on Megamind. ITS PRETTY COMMON FOR AN ANIMATED MOVIE TO CHANGE DIRECTORS. In the case of Dream. Workss How To Train Your Dragon, credited directors Dean De. Blois and Chris Sanders were brought on about one year before the films release. Then, the beloved movie about a boy and his pet dragon would have been unrecognizable to its fans. At that point, I think Hiccup was like 9 or 1. Toothless as we know him didnt exist, Porath tells us. Those little bug eyed tiny green dragons he fights for fish in the first movie, one of those was supposed to be his companion dragon. It was a lot closer to the book source material. Thispractice extends far beyond Dream. Works At Pixar, The Good Dinosaur went from Bob Peterson to Peter Sohn. Mark Andrews replaced Brenda Chapman on Brave, and Brad Bird took over directing duties from Jan Pinkava on Ratatouille. At Sony Pictures Animation, Hotel Transylvania cycled through six directors before committing to Genndy Tartakovsky. OTHER VILLAINS VANISHED THROUGH PRODUCTION. One version of Megamind had its eponymous fiend as part of a supervillain league known as the Doom Syndicate. To concoct this crooked but colorful crew of criminals, Dream. Works had an open call, encouraging its artists to pitch villain ideas. Story artist Ryan Savas has publicly shared his sketches for such quirky baddies as White Zombie, The Barista, The Ectopus, the Liberace inspired Rhinestone, and Alec Baldwin, who can hypnotize his victims with awesome acting skills. But as the script became streamlined and the budget got tighter the Doom Syndicate was cut from Megamind, meaning characters like Destruction Worker, a smoking skeleton, and geriatric flame wielder Hot Flash never made it to the big screenbut they didnt disappear completely. Three years after the films release, Dream. Works unleashed the video game Megamind Ultimate Showdownfor the Xbox 3. PS3. Some of the Doom Syndicate characters reappeared here, including Hot Flash. But Porath told us the fiery old broad made her mark at the animations offices as well. Every year, Dream. Works Animation has a big Halloween costume contest, he shared. And the winner one year was one of the producers who dressed up as Hot Flash. SOME CHARACTERS WENT THROUGH RADICAL PHYSICAL CHANGES. Concept art reveals that love interestjournalist Roxanne Ritchie Tina Fey had a variety of longer haircuts before the filmmakers settled on her perky pixie cut. During his Uber Man days, Metro Mans Elvis inspired look toyed with some more outlandish iterations, which involved fur collars, sunglasses, and plenty of glitter. Sometest sketches even showed Megamind with spiky hair. But the biggest transformation came to the cunning characters devoted sidekick. Though fans of the film have come to know Minion as a fanged, talking piranha who gets around in a robo ape mechasuit, his origins were once far less fantastical. Early concept art shows a version of the character imagined as a chubby man with a tiny jetpack. STILLER WANTED TO SATIRIZE THE SUPERHERO GENRE. This genres been done so many times, that its always interesting to try to find a postmodern version of it, Stiller told MTV. So he spearheaded a story about how people are not always what they seem. Notably, this wasnt Stillers first tme parodying superheroes and villains. In 1. 99. 9, Stiller starred in the comedy Mystery Men, which followed a batch of wannabe superheroes as they face off with a nefarious foe who was way out of their league. Their powers included farting, bowling, being furious, and shoveling well. MEGAMIND UNDERWENT A GAG PASS TO MAKE IT EVEN FUNNIER. In an informative blog post, Porath explains that a gag pass is essentially the part toward the end of production where filmmakers find opportunities to work in more jokes. In this case, the writers and storyboard artists crafted humorous dialogue and visual gags. Meanwhile, Ferrell was encouraged to improvise to bring some more of his unique brand of comedy to the mix. THE FILMS MARKETING CAMPAIGN ACHIEVED A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD. To promote the film,Ferrell invited all wannabe superheroes to suit up and join him for a party on October 4, 2. But the event also set a Guinness World Record for Largest Gathering of Superheroes. With 1. 58. 0 costumed attendees, Ferrell and his friends made hero history, breaking the old record by 7. THERES AN ANCHORMAN EASTER EGG. Toward the end of the movie, Megamind is channel surfing and crosses a news report about a water skiing squirrel. A very similar story is covered in Ferrells 2. Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy. MEGAMIND WAS HURT BY DESPICABLE ME. Cruel timing meant that Megamind opened four months after audiences went wild for Universals Despicable Me, an animated movie about a villain who goes good. While Megamind pulled in a decent 3. Jetsons The Movie Wikipedia. Jetsons The Movie is a 1. American animatedmusicalcomic science fiction film produced by Hanna Barbera. Based on the cartoon series The Jetsons, the film stars George OHanlon, Penny Singleton and Mel Blanc, all veterans of the series, in their last voice roles. In 1. 98. 9, both OHanlon on February 1. Blanc on July 1. The film serves as the series finale to the television show. It was the last official Jetsons production until the 2. The Jetsons WWE Robo Wrestle. Mania Jetsons The Movie was released by Universal Pictures on July 6, 1. In the late 2. 1st century, Spacely Sprockets and Spindles has opened a new mining colony on an asteroid. The proposed project is meant to increase productivity at 11. Earth. However, the factory continues to be sabotaged by someone or something. As Cosmo Spacely voiced by Mel Blanc and Jeff Bergman checks up on the Orbiting Ore Asteroid again, the latest head of the factory, Alexander Throttlebottom, has run off, making four vice presidents of the new plant that Spacely has lost so far. Fearing for his company and profits, Spacely names George Jetson voiced by OHanlon and Bergman as Throttlebottoms successor and sends George and his family to the plant. While the family is thoroughly upset at being thrown from their normal lifestyle and the plans that they had that day, they set up apartments on the adjoining apartment community to the asteroid and its neighboring shopping complex. While it takes the family time to adjust, Elroy Jetson voiced by Patric Zimmerman meets a robot boy named Teddy 2 voiced by Dana Hill, with whom he first is at odds, but eventually befriends. Teddy 2s father, Rudy 2 voiced by Ronnie Schell, is the plant engineer and shows George around. Meanwhile, Judy Jetson voiced by Tiffany is having a hard time adjusting, and accepting the fact that she lost her chance at a date with rock star Cosmic Cosmo voiced by Steve Mc. Clintock which a friend of hers later takes, but soon feels better after meeting a teenaged boy named Apollo Blue voiced by Paul Kreppel. George soon figures that he is ready to set the plant running again, and Mr. Spacely is all set to see the plant working full throttle, and soon to churn out the one millionth Spacely sprocket. However, the opening day festivities give way to panic as the factory is sabotaged once again. Over the next several days, George and Rudy 2 try to fix things, but the problems persist, to the point that Mr. Spacely heads on up to check on things. Thinking he has to take charge, George stays overnight, only to fall asleep and be taken off by the mysterious saboteurs. Elroy, Teddy 2, and their neighbor Fergie Furbelow voiced by Russi Taylor sneak into the plant, and meet Squeep voiced by Frank Welker, a member of a furry alien race known as Grungees. Squeep tells them with Teddy 2 translating that the factory is actually drilling into his peoples community, which is based inside the asteroid. Soon, Jane, Judy, Apollo, Rudy 2, and Astro show up, and realize what is happening, as well. George is found hog tied in the Grungees colony, and although he soon realizes just what the factory is doing, Spacely does not. Seeing his factory at a stand still, he starts it up despite that it is the night after disconnecting Rudy 2, who tries to stop him, nearly burying Elroy and Squeep alive under rubble, and prompting everyone in the asteroid to get top side, where George manages to shut down the factory and show his boss exactly what he is doing. After some talk, when George finally stands up to his boss, telling him that all he cares about is money, they come to an agreement the Grungees will run the plant, and create new Spacely sprockets through recycling old ones thus stopping the further destruction of the Grungees homeworld. Spacely Sprockets reaches the millionth sprocket, and when George asks about being vice president, Spacely retorts, stating, hes lucky that hell be getting his old job back. Only when pressured by everyone else does he reluctantly promote him to vice president without a raise. However, George knows that with the Grungees now running the plant, he is no longer needed as head of the asteroid and will have to return home. The Jetsons then bid their new friends a tearful goodbye, including Fergie, who attempted to stow away aboard the Jetsons car. They then head back to their apartment on Earth. As the family passes over the factory, the Grungees arrange themselves to form the words THANKS GEORGE, as a final grateful goodbye to him for saving their home. Voice casteditProductioneditA problem that arose during production of the movie was the advanced age and poor health of many of the voice actors from the series all of the major cast members except Don Messick himself in his early 6. Daws Butler, the voice of Elroy, was the first to die he died in 1. To replace Butler, voice coordinator Kris Zimmerman brought in her then husband Patric, then a relative unknown, to fill the role of Elroy. George OHanlon died of a stroke on February 1. Romano later recalled that he could record only an hour at a time due to ill health and had his final stroke while at the studio. Mel Blanc, the voice of Mr. Spacely, would also die during the films production on July 1. Jeff Bergman, already on the payroll for bit parts in the film, filled in roles left unfinished when Blanc and OHanlon died the film is dedicated to the memory of OHanlon and Blanc. Janet Waldo, the original voice of Judy Jetson, recorded the role for the film but her voice was later replaced by singer Tiffany though she still provided the voice of a robot secretary. Studio executives hoped that Tiffanys involvement would result in a stronger box office performance. Displeased with the casting change, voice director Andrea Romano had her name removed from the finished film. Tiffany said her singing voice was what initially drew the attention of Barbera. Tiffany sang three songs used in the film I Always Thought Id See You Again, You and Me and Home, which are on the soundtrack album along with Jetsons Rap by XXL and tracks by other artists. Tiffany did not write any of the songs, but she cited I Always Thought Id See You Again as one of her favorites to sing. ReleaseeditJetsons The Movie was originally slated for a 1. Disneys. The Little Mermaid, United Artists All Dogs Go to Heaven which were both released on the same day, Universals own Back to the Future Part II and Warner Bros. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. Universal released The Wizard in its place. Home Media releaseseditThe film was first released on VHS, Betamax, and Laserdisc on October 2. Hi-Def Doctor Strange Movie. On April 2. 8, 2. DVD in the United States and re released to DVD in new packaging art on September 8, 2. Universal HD on February 2, 2. The film is also available via digital download on the Sony Entertainment Network and the i. Tunes Store. 1. 3 A Region B Blu ray was released on June 6, 2. United Kingdom. 1. ReceptioneditJetsons The Movie received a 2. Rotten Tomatoes based on 1. The film is often both criticized and praised for its messages about protecting the environment, and observing ethical practices when doing business in developing countries. The movie is also noted for its early use of CGI including digital ink and paint the technique had already been used in Disneys. The Black Cauldron 1. The Great Mouse Detective 1. Oliver Company 1. The Little Mermaid 1. Hanna Barberas own 1. The animation artwork follows the lead of the series in its art direction and character designs, although additional flourishes such as full animation and form shadows on the characters were added for the film. Siskel Ebert gave this film two thumbs down, citing both the story and the animation as having no imagination whatsoever. Ebert later named the film as one of the ten worst films of 1.