OK K.O.! Let's Save the Universe

'OK K.O.! Let's Save The Universe (also known as OK K.O.! The Movie') is an upcoming 2019 American animated action-adventure superhero science fiction comedy film based on the television series ''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes''. The events of the film take place during the second season of ''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'' and it is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. This makes it the first and only theatrical OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes film to hit the big screen.

The film features Courtenay Taylor, Ashly Burch Ian Jones-Quartey, David Herman, Kate Flannery, Melissa Fahn, Jim Cummings, Kari Wahlgren and Robbie Daymond reprising their roles from the series, with guest performances by Rosario Dawson and Jack Black. The film releases theatrically in the United States on March 22, 2019 in 3D and RealD 3D by Warner Bros. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a box-office success, grossing over $60 million worldwide against a $12 million budget.

Premise
After years of failing to attack Lakewood Plaza Turbo and Gar's Bodega, Lord Boxman is just about ready to give up. As a last effort, he invents a dimension-traveling device and which takes him in an alternate dimension where he is actually successful in his Boxmore business and villains have been dominant over heroes. Lord Boxman then meets an alternate version of himself named Neo Boxman, and the two of them team up and create the ultimate plan to destroy Lakewood Plaza Turbo and take over the entire universe, which means that K.O. and the rest of the heroes of Lakewood must travel through the two dimensions in order to stop the two Boxmen and save the entire universe.

Cast

 * Courtenay Taylor as K.O.
 * Ashly Burch as Enid
 * Ian Jones-Quartey as Radicles
 * David Herman as Mr. Gar
 * Kate Flannery as Carol
 * Rosario Dawson as T.K.O.
 * Jack Black as Neo Boxman
 * Michael "Flea" Balzary as Darrell
 * Melissa Fahn as Dendy
 * Jim Cummings as Lord Boxman
 * Kari Wahlgren as Shannon
 * Robbie Daymond as Raymond

Announcement
On October 2017, it was announced that Cartoon Network Studios is developing an animated theatrical OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes feature film and its release date of March 22, 2019 was also announced, with the show's cast reprising their roles. Toby Jones, who directed and wrote the show, is producing and writing the film, and Erin Shade and Dave Tennant are also going to be writing the film. On April 2018, it was announced that Warner Bros. Animation will be co-producing the film and Ian Jones-Quartey, the original show's creator, will direct the film and will also be the co-executive producer with Toby Jones. A month later, it was announced that Rosario Dawson and Jack Black had joined the cast. On July 2018, Michael Peter Balzary, known professionally as Flea, has joined the cast as the voice of Darrell.

Development
Warner Bros. Animation had already begun the process of starting development of movies with budgets of around $100 million. The intellectual property for these films was meant to be supplied by Warner Bros. Animation, Hanna-Barbera (Warner Bros. Animation's in-name only division), Cartoon Network and Turner Entertainment (also both Time-Warner divisions) among others and included The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Samurai Jack, Adventure Time, Cow and Chicken, and more, of course, Codename: Kids Next Door. Cartoon Network had been approaching the original crew from the television series to make a high-profile, animated theatrical feature-length film adaptation and had long wanted to partner with Warner Bros. Pictures to release an OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes film given the network's extraordinary legacy in the world of animation, including some of the most enduring characters on cable television history.

Creator Ian Jones-Quartey agreed to make a feature film version of the show with the promise it would be the first of a planned trilogy. During development stages of the film, he and his co-director/co-writer Toby Jones and co-writers Erin Shade and Dave Tennant intended to revisit some of the greatest films of the time, with Scarface and The Dark Knight having the core inspirations for the film.

Music


Jake Kaufman, who composed the series will compose the film score.

Rating
''OK K.O.! Let's Save The Universe ''is Rated PG for Parental Guidance.

Theatrical release
The film is to release theatrically in the United States on March 22, 2019 in 3D and RealD 3D by Warner Bros., on the same year as Cartoon Network's previous film Steven Universe: The Movie. The film will be presented in a 1.85:1 format, rather than Warner Animation Group's standard 2.39:1 format on its previous titles. The film will also be preceded by Going NOT Hero!!, a short film based on Cartoon Network's 2016 reboot series Ben 10.

Home media release
The film will release on Digital HD on June 4, 2019, and on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K-Ultra HD on June 25, 2019, by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It contains the deleted scenes, a Ben 10 short film Going NOT Hero!!, the 18-minute featurette, the behind-the-scenes look at ''OK K.O.! Let's Save The Universe, featuring interviews with most of the principal cast and crew, animatics, the pilot episode, the audio commentaries and the sneak peek of The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 2''.

Box office
''OK K.O.! Let's Save The Universe'' has grossed $30 million in the United States and Canada, and $54.6 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $60 million, against a production budget of $12 million.

In the United States and Canada, ''OK K.O.! Let's Save The Universe was released alongside Us'', and was initially projected to gross around $16 million from 3,190 theaters in its opening weekend, with a chance to go as high as $20 million. However, after making $5.2 million on its first day (including $2 million from Thursday night previews), estimates were lowered to $12 million, and it ended up debuting to $12.5 million, finishing 4th at the box office.

Critical Reception
Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 92% approval rating based on the 90 reviews, and its average rating is 8/10. The critical consensus reads, "The cute K.O. manages to receive a feature film with talented cast members, some rad characters and a lot of science fictional fun and adventure." Metacritic, assigns the film a score of 75 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore gives the film a "A" on its A+ to F scale.

Trivia

 * This is the first ever feature film of the series.
 * This is the first animated OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes movie to hit theaters.
 * This is also the first ever OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes movie in general to hit theaters.


 * This film will be produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios California.
 * The movie will be Rated PG.
 * This was one of the successful films of 2019.
 * This is the next theatrical film with a wide release to be based on a Cartoon Network TV series, after "The Powerpuff Girls Movie" released 16 years prior,   Star Wars: The Clone Wars  released 10 years prior,  Regular Show: The Movie  released 3 years prior,  Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: M.O.T.I.O.N.-P.I.C.T.U.R.E.  released 2 years prior,  The Lego Ninjago Movie" released a year before,   Teen Titans GO! To The Movies  released 8 months prior,  Adventure Time: The Kingdom of Ooo  and  The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie  both released 7 months prior,  Clarence's Big Break  and  Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie  both released 5 months prior,  Rick and Morty: The Movie  released 2 months prior,  Steven Universe: The Movie  released a month before and  Unikitty! The Movie ''  released this month.
 * Although, Teen Titans Go!, Unikitty! and Ninjago are only aired by CN, and they’re made by Warner Bros. As well, Rick and Morty is an Adult Swim show.
 * The original cast reprised their roles in the movie.
 * This is the sixth theatrical 2D animated movie in 20 years after Quest for Camelot (1998), 19 years after The Iron Giant (1999), 2 years after Tiny Toon Adventures: The Motion Picture (2016) and The Animaniacs Movie (2016) and a year before after Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Movie (2017).
 * This marks as Warner Bros.' next 2D animated theatrical film. Warner Bros. had its original feature animation division, which produced 2D animated films.
 * Before the movie, a short film called "Going NOT Hero!!" based on Cartoon Network's 2016 reboot series Ben 10 was played.


 * This is Jack Black's first voice role as Neo Boxman in the theatrically released traditionally animated Warner Bros. film.
 * This is the first time Rosario Dawson guest stars as the voice of T.K.O. in the theatrically released traditionally animated Warner Bros. film.
 * This is Jim Cummings ' second theatrically released traditionally animated Warner Bros. film since  Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: M.O.T.I.O.N.-P.I.C.T.U.R.E.  released 2 years prior.
 * This is Rosario Dawson 's second theatrically released superhero animated Warner Bros. film since  The Lego Batman Movie   released back in February 2017.
 * This is Courtenay Taylor 's second theatrically released traditionally animated Warner Bros. film since  Regular Show: The Movie II   released last year.
 * This is Warner Animation Group's fifteenth traditionally animated film.
 * The film will be animated by Digital eMation, Inc. and Sunmin Image Pictures.
 * This is the thirteenth theatrically released traditionally animated Warner Bros. film since  Clifford's Really Big Movie  14 years prior.
 * This is the eleventh Theatrical Warner Bros. Film to rely solely on Traditional Animation mixed with CGI Animation instead of Flash Animation.

Transcripts

 * OK K.O.! Let's Save the Universe/Transcript
 * OK K.O.! Let's Save the Universe/Trailer Transcripts

Outtakes

 * OK K.O.! Let's Save the Universe/Outtakes

Gallery

 * OK K.O.! Let's Save the Universe/Gallery

Credits

 * OK K.O.! Let's Save the Universe/Credits