Cheap Thrills (2025 Disney film)

Cheap Thrills is a 2025 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars the voices of Chris Pratt, Bobby Moynihan, Tom McGrath, Will Ferrell, Kevin Kline, Amy Adams, Patrick Warburton, and Alan Tudyk. The film follows four birds named Carl (a rooster), Eddie (an ostrich), Emperor (an emperor penguin), and Professor Beaks (a dodo), who all want to fly but can't, so they invent flying machines that they call, "cheap thrills" in order to do so. The film was released on July 25, 2025, to both positive reviews and a box-office success. It was nominated for the 2025 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Pixar's Gatekeeper.

Synopsis
The film tells the story of four birds named Carl, Eddie, Emperor, and Professor Beaks, who all wish to fly, and build flying machines they call "cheap thrills" in order to do so.

Cast

 * Chris Pratt as Carl, an incompetent rooster who wishes to fly, but due to the laws of nature, he cannot.
 * Bobby Moynihan as Eddie, a wisecracking ostrich and Carl's longtime best friend.
 * Tom McGrath as Emperor, an emperor penguin and a demolitions expert who serves as the explosives man to Carl and Eddie.
 * Will Ferrell as Professor Beaks, an intelligent dodo bird who is believed to be the last of his kind.
 * Kevin Kline as Old Wiser, an elderly wolf who serves as the wiseman to Undersville, the city where the four birds live.
 * Amy Adams as Katie, a winged weasel and Old Wiser's apprentice.
 * Patrick Warburton as Simpleton a dimwitted rat.
 * Alan Tudyk as Professor John H. Black, a professor from Undersville University who serves as the antagonistic rival to the four birds.
 * Brad Garrett as Hunter Hay, a big-butt donkey who is a regular singer in Undersville.
 * Charles Kimborough, Jeffrey Donovan, and Michael Keaton as the trio of wolves.
 * Owen Wilson as Darrell Wood, an overweight crow.
 * Donald Glover as Jefferson Bird, a sarcastic stork.
 * Barry Bostwick as the mayor of Undersville.
 * Frank Welker as a dog.