The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie

The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie (also known as Gumball: The Movie in some countries) is a 2018 British-American-Irish animated musical fantasy comedy-adventure film based on the Cartoon Network animated television series of the same name. From Cartoon Network, the film is produced and executive produced by series executive producer Daniel Lennard and directed, written and executive produced by series creator Ben Bocquelet, along with Mic Graves. The events of the film take place during the series' sixth and final season, produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. This makes it the first theatrical Gumball film to hit the big screen. In theaters, a Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart short entitled Bat Ninja was shown prior to the film.

The film features Nicolas Cantu, Christian J. Simon, Kyla Rae Kowalewski, Teresa Gallagher and Dan Russell reprising their respective roles from the television series, with guest stars Ron Perlman, Scott Grimes, Idina Menzel, Elijah Wood, Maurice LaMarche and Tim Allen.

Although the frequent guest performers on the series Jenny Slate, Kiefer Sutherland, Jace Norman, Madisyn Shipman, Austin North, Bridgit Mendler, Kirsten Dunst, Asher Blinkoff, Collin Dean, Grey Griffin, Colleen Villard, Tara Strong, Michael Peña, Nathan Kress, Nancy Cartwright, Zach Callison, Deedee Magno, Victoria Justice, Paul Bettany, Kira Buckland, Jessica DiCicco, Eileen Montgomery, Sarah Silverman, Kristen Schaal, Greg Cipes and Cathy Weseluck are also reprising their roles, as well as Donielle T. Hansley Jr., the original voice of Darwin from Seasons 5 to 6.

The film was theatrically released in movie theaters on August 31, 2018 in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland, by Warner Bros. The film received very positive reviews from critics for its animation, voice acting, soundtrack and humor and was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $315 million worldwide against a $84 million budget, making it the third Cartoon Network animated film to gross as high as $100 million in the United States, and also beating out Mulan 's record for highest-grossing 2D-animated film of all time and making it the highest-ever grossing film based on an animated television series.

Summary
Gumball, Darwin and the gang try to save summer vacation, from a rogue ex-teacher whose plans (though inaccurate) are to turn summer into winter so that students can be forced to stay inside and study, thus improve their grades.

Plot
The movie begins with an unidentified group of criminals breaking into a U.S. Army base in the southwestern desert. After overpowering and tasering the scientists working on and the guards protecting the secret device, the criminals, most of whose faces are not shown at this point, examine the device. Their leader, whose hands and feet are his only parts seen, tells the group to hide the stolen device and start working on their evil plan inside Elmore Junior High School as soon as summer vacation begins.

On the last day of school at Elmore Junior High, Gumball Watterson and the rest of the gang pull off one big ultimate prank before summer vacation begins. Since school is about to be out for Summer and there is no time left for Ms. Simian and Principal Brown to impose and carry out any more punishments, they have no choice but to let the kids go free. Gumball and Darwin are at first happy that school is out and they will have all summer to play with their friends and their siblings. Their happiness are short lived, however, when their friends and siblings all tell them that they will be at camp all summer long. As it turns out, almost all the students at Elmore Junior High school are spending the summer at different summer camps according to their main interests and future career plans. Gumball and Darwin quickly become very bored and lonely, and actually start wishing that the summer will end soon.

Completely alone and with no enriching activities to do, Gumball and Darwin reluctantly go to hang out with Tobias, who is the most unpopular kid at Elmore Junior High. Apparently, Tobias was the only other kid at the entire school who did not go to camp that summer. On the way to Tobias' house, Gumball and Darwin pass by the school and see strange green glowing light emanating from all the windows. They go over to investigate, but before they can see any more, they are chased away by a tall, burly bald man. The next day, Gumball and Darwin go back to the school to investigate. They climb over the chain link fence, peer into a window, and see some scientist-like people shooting green beams from what appears to be a laser machine. Astonished and horrified, they go home to tell their parents about what they saw, but they do not believe them. They then go to the police station to report their observations, but the police do not believe them either.

Just as they come out of the police station, they spies Principal Brown come out of a nearby golf supply store. They follow Brown's car on their bikes to the golf course, where they tells Brown what he saw. The principal is annoyed by having his own summer vacation interrupted by Gumball and Darwin and also very skeptical of what Gumball and Darwin tell him. However, their friends who are golfing with him convince Brown to go with them to the school to see what is happening. Upon arriving at the school, Brown inserts his key into the school's main entrance. But as soon as he does this, Brown is zapped by a massive surge of green electric energy and is dematerialized, leaving only his smoldering golf shoes on the steps in front of the school.

Knowing that there are no more adults to turn to for help, and that no one is probably going to believe their story now, Gumball and Darwin blackmail their big sister Mandy into driving them to each of their siblings' summer camps to bring them back and help them investigate more. Although they all initially accuse Gumball and Darwin of inventing a story to trick them into coming back to be with them that summer, after the entire group witnesses the school's roof opening up and the giant laser device rising up through the open roof, they are all forced to admit that Gumball and Darwin were telling the truth and agree to help them investigate. Each member of Gumball and Darwin's friends and siblings return to their respective camp during the day and sneak back to spend the night together in the attic in the Watterson's house, from where the school can be clearly seen.

The next day, Gumball and Darwin find Brown's golf pants in a dumpster on the school playground. They also witnesses the big bald man who chased them away from the school earlier using a mask to impersonate Principal Brown. Inside the golf pants pocket is a note requesting help. The Gang decide to infiltrate the school that night to rescue Principal Brown and find out what is really going on. Tobias, who had been spying on them while hiding inside a garbage can in the Watterson's house, goes to Ms. Simian's house that night to tell her about the Gang's plan to break into the school. The Gang, Tobias, and Ms. Simian all arrive at the school. The Gang succeed in entering the school through a window, but Ms. Simian gets stuck in a basement entrance. Inside the school, the Gang crawls through the ventilation passageways (which they had frequently done so throughout the school year). When they reach the section above the auditorium, the Gang peer through an opening to see the auditorium converted into some sort of operation base occupied by strange people who appear to be scientists. In the auditorium is the large laser machine they saw rise through the roof earlier. The section of the ventilation passageway that the Gang are inside breaks under their weight, causing them to fall into the auditorium. The mystery group's leader, whose full body and face are now seen and has been identified (by a member of the mysterious group) as Dr. Wallberg, order his guards, some of whom are dressed like Japanese ninjas, to chase after the six kids. While the other five escape out of the school, Gumball and Darwin are captured by the guards and locked inside the stock room where Brown is also held prisoner.

Dr. Wallberg comes to see Gumball and Darwin and Brown in the stock room. To their surprise, Brown and Wallberg know each other. After he and Brown exchange hostile words at this mutually unpleasant reunion, Wallberg leaves his three captives in the stock room. Brown then tells Gumball and Darwin the full story of himself and Wallberg. Back in the 1960s, Brown first became a teacher at Elmore Junior High School with the intention of benefiting society through teaching children. His good friends who also became teachers at Elmore Junior High at the same time included Lucy Simian and Dr. Carl Wallberg. In 1968, Wallberg became the school's principal and decided to abolish recess, hoping to improve children's academic performance, specifically test scores. His decision greatly upset teachers and parents alike, who staged massive protests at the school against Wallberg's new policy. After Brown informed the superintendent of Wallberg's abolition of recess, the superintendent immediately undid the unpopular policy and replaced Wallberg with Brown as principal of Elmore Junior High. Perceiving this as Brown betraying him, Wallberg ended his friendship with Brown. Wallberg's ex-girlfriend Simian, who was the school's recess monitor and has been ever since, broke up with him because his plan of abolishing recess would have resulted in her being out of a job. As Brown and Simian continued their teaching and school administrative careers, Wallberg entered politics. He eventually became the Secretary of Education, until the president fired him for attempting to abolish recess again on a nationwide scale.

Through both Wallberg's explanation and their own deduction, Gumball, Darwin and Brown learn that Wallberg plans to abolish summer vacation by altering the moon's orbit with a tractor beam, which was what the laser-like machine in the auditorium actually was, thus putting Earth into a permanent ice age. With Mandy's help, the Gang bring all the students of Elmore Junior High from their camps back to the school and have them join forces with the students of Elmore Kindergarten to stop Wallberg's plan.

The kids manage to infiltrate the school, incapacitate Wallberg's guards, and gain access to the tractor beam and other machines that Wallberg's scientists had installed in the auditorium. Realizing that his henchmen are outnumbered and quickly being overpowered by the children, Wallberg prepares to activate his tractor beam. Before he can complete the activation, Ms. Simian arrives with all the school's staff and faculty to help Wallberg and the kids. Wallberg, who is surprisingly still in love with Simian so many years later, asks her to be his lover again. Simian firmly rejects him for still wanting to get rid of recess, and the battle continues. Wallberg's group is now vastly outnumbered and overpowered, and he realizes that he must activate the tractor beam as quickly as possible.

After a brief one-on-one fight with Brown, Wallberg manages to fully activate the tractor beam and fire it at the moon. In the process, the activation lever becomes stuck in the on position and Prickly is unable to shut it off. Gumball tosses a baseball to Finado, who throws the ball into beam's power core, short-circuiting the power supply and causing the tractor beam device to collapse on itself. As the tractor beam begins falling apart, everyone inside the auditorium run for cover. The destroyed tractor beam crashes to the ground, destroying Wallberg's other machines as well, foiling Wallberg's plot for good. Fortunately, the force of the explosions generated by the destruction of the tractor beam and other machines were not sufficient to cause any significant damage to the school. Wallberg and his men, including Dan Limesley, are arrested for their crimes by the same police who had previously laughed disbelievingly when Gumball and Darwin first told them about Wallberg's scheme. Gumball and Darwin, the Gang, and all the other students and staff of Elmore Junior High School celebrate their victory.

Gumball and Darwin's friends and siblings then decide to spend the rest of the summer with them instead of going back to camp. Just before going to have fun with their friends and siblings, Gumball and Darwin meet with Brown in his office, who thanks them for reminding him of his true and original motivation for becoming an educator: to help children. As they leave, Brown somewhat jokingly reminds Gumball and Darwin that they might be facing punishment for their first and only prank of last year when they return to school in September. Gumball and Darwin replies equally humorously that September is still 3 months from today, before heading to the lake with their friends and siblings.

During the credits, a montage with the song "Let's Go" is shown, revealing the characters making their summer memories, including Gumball and Darwin going fishing in the lake, while their friends and siblings are going swimming and jet skiing.

In the post-credits scene, Dan Limesley sends a transmission to let everyone know he's summon the Time Portal by using his spell book to escape from jail, and get his revenge on the Wattersons. In other words, he's coming back.

Main Characters

 * Gumball Watterson - Nicolas Cantu
 * Jacob Hopkins provides Gumball Watterson's singing voice
 * Darwin Watterson - Christian J. Simon
 * Terrell Ransom Jr. provides Darwin Watterson's singing voice
 * Anais Watterson (Gumball's Sister) - Kyla Rae Kowalewski
 * Nicole Watterson - Teresa Gallagher
 * Idina Menzel provides Nicole Watterson's singing voice
 * Richard Watterson - Dan Russell

Guest Stars

 * Dr. Carl Wallberg - Ron Perlman
 * Jeremy Irons provides Dr. Carl Wallberg's singing voice
 * Professor Bernick - Scott Grimes
 * Pamela - Idina Menzel
 * Damon - Elijah Wood
 * Bald Guy - Maurice LaMarche
 * Superintendent - Tim Allen

Supporting Characters

 * Kirby Fisher (Darwin's Mother) - Jenny Slate
 * Don Fisher (Darwin's Father) - Kiefer Sutherland
 * Golfer #1 - Ben Bocquelet
 * Banana Joe, Banana Bob - Mic Graves
 * Penny Fitzgerald, Teri, and others - Teresa Gallagher
 * Rihanna provides Penny Fitzgerald's singing voice
 * Sebastian Fisher - Jace Norman
 * Rebecca Fisher - Madisyn Shipman
 * Patrick Fitzgerald, Marvin Finklehimer, and others - Dan Russell
 * Jamie Russo, Judith Fitzgerald, and others - Maria Teresa Creasey
 * Tobias Wilson, Miss Simian, and others - Hugo Harold-Harrison
 * Ryan Wilson (A Smarter and Nicer Sibling of Tobias) - Jake Short
 * Gumdrop Watterson (Lost Brother of Gumball) - Austin North
 * Ocho, Clayton - Max Cazier
 * Mandy Watterson (Lost Sister of Gumball) - Bridgit Mendler
 * Mi Amore Aidar, Sophie Wilson, Carine, Sofia C. - Kirsten Dunst
 * Carrie Krueger, Sarah Lato, and others - Jessica McDonald
 * Guard #2 - John DiMaggio
 * Anton - Anthony Hull
 * Dianne Smith - Grace Kaufman
 * Clare Cooper, Flight Attendant - Naomi McDonald
 * Rocky Robinson, Jared Dawson, and others - Simon Lipkin
 * Bobert, Leslie, Larry Neddlemeyer, and others - Kerry Shale
 * Dr. Maverick - Albert Brooks
 * Alison Sandra Gator, Karen - Sandra Searles Dickinson
 * Guard #1 - Tyler Perry
 * Eric Watterson - Asher Blinkoff
 * Mr. Small, Phil - Adam Long
 * Principal Brown, Melted Cheese Guy - Steve Furst
 * Dr. Schnik, Tech #2 - Don Cheadle
 * Dr. Brosner, Tech #1 - Chris Tallman
 * King Doug - Yuri Lowenthal
 * Colonel A'Brinestein - Patrick Stewart
 * Ned Kesherson - Logan Grove
 * Andy Nuttels, Digger Clyde - Kwesi Boakye
 * Doppy Detweiiler - Rob Paulsen
 * Dr. Staniehimor - Tom Hanks
 * Moby Connors, Captain Rathbone - Jacob Hopkins
 * Zam Fray, Digger Mikey - Terrell Ransom Jr.
 * Damien Goldbrooke, James Egg - Max Charles
 * Technician - Jess Harnell
 * Junior Nuttels - Amy Palant
 * Golfer #2, Scientist #2 - Ed Helms
 * Scientist #3 - Joan Cusack
 * Jason Synchron - Collin Dean
 * Devin Synchron, Darwin Jr. (DJ) - Donielle T. Hansley Jr.
 * Daphne Synchron, Caroline Nuttels - Grey Griffin
 * Mina Synchron, Sora Synchron - Colleen Villard
 * Jenny Synchron, Sofia H. - Tara Strong
 * Brandon Synchron, Razor, Charcoal - Michael Peña
 * Carbon Watterson - Nathan Kress
 * Scientist #4 - Drew Barrymore
 * Carmen, Golfer #3 - Alix Wilton Regan
 * Gaylord Robinson, Tina Rex, and others - Stefan Ashton Frank
 * Itzel the Clown Girl, Billy Vampuré, Sofia M. - Debi Derryberry
 * Dr. Robertson - Phil Collins
 * Elliot Lance, Kyle, Sofia G. - Nancy Cartwright
 * Dr. Trevor - Steven Yeun
 * Scientist #5 - Wallace Shawn
 * Quint (A Friend of Gumball and Darwin) - Dylan Riley Snyder
 * Randy - William Salyers
 * Greg Watterson, Max - Zach Callison
 * Mr. Stain - Bobby Moynihan
 * Moribunda - Lizzy Greene
 * Finado - Casey Simpson
 * Timmy - Sean Giambrone
 * Randell, Benny Butterson - Jeremy Shada
 * Martha - Estelle
 * Elsa - Deedee Magno
 * Mabel Watterson, Skye, Emma, Gwen - Victoria Justice
 * Mortimer Watterson - Paul Bettany
 * Gummy Lee - Kira Buckland
 * Darling Lee - Jessica DiCicco
 * Anaiuette - Eileen Montgomery
 * Drew Jones - Kodi Smit-McPhee
 * Carol - Sarah Silverman
 * Brittle, Walter Milo Waters - William Lawrenson
 * Marmalade - Kristen Schaal
 * Golfer #4 - John Kassir
 * Dan Limesley - Tom Kenny
 * Bunker - Greg Cipes
 * Mi Amore Cadenza - Cathy Weseluck
 * Rebecca Shoichet provides Mi Amore Cadenza's singing voice
 * Sussie - Aurelie Charbonnier
 * Teenage Angel Girl - Alexa Chapman
 * Mr. Book - Dave Goelz

Additional Voices

 * April Stewart
 * Samuel L. Jackson
 * Mae Whitman
 * Jack Angel
 * Bob Bergen
 * Chris Rock
 * Tress MacNeille
 * Taylor Grodin
 * Clé Bennett
 * Danny Mann
 * Matthew W. Taylor
 * Roger L. Jackson
 * Dustin Hoffman
 * Mr. Lawrence
 * Carlos Alazraqui
 * Bill Farmer
 * Brad Bird
 * Bill Fagerbakke
 * Estelle Harris
 * Tabitha St. Germain
 * Rodger Bumpass
 * Lori Alan
 * Jennifer Lawrence
 * Donovan Patton
 * Dee Bradley Baker
 * Frank Welker
 * Trey Parker
 * Matt Stone

Rating
The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie is Rated PG for Parental Guidance.

Announcement
In an interview with The Times newspaper, series creator Ben Bocquelet mentioned plans for a feature film based on the series. The film was announced on September 14, 2015, with Ben Bocquelet and Mic Graves attached as directors, writers and storyboarders and Michael Carrington, Daniel Lennard and Sam Ward as co-executive producers. In March 2016, Bocquelet's interest in a Gumball movie was seemingly revitalized as he stated that he "might have a good idea" for a movie. He later added that he had two ideas, one for a potential theatrical film and one for potential sequels. The film is one of the first being produced through Cartoon Network Studios' theatrical division Cartoon Network Movies, which also produced The Powerpuff Girls Movie, the animated adaptation of the television series The Powerpuff Girls. On May 15, 2016, Graves said that the movie would be on the big screen and unrelated to the specials, and that the crew was "going all out on it, to make sure it doesn't just feel like an extended episode".

Series producer Sarah Fell was confirmed as the film's producer, respectively; Patricia Hidalgo was also signed on as co-producer alongside Lennard, with Cartoon Network Studios Europe vice-president Daniel Lennard as producer. William Schifrin was later announced as co-writer alongside Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Graves and Jon Foster.

On September 24, 2016, during a Q&A with the series director Mic Graves at Cartoon Network UK's 23th anniversary screening, he confirmed that a script for The Amazing World of Gumball movie is in the works. He also said that he hopes for the movie to happen. Bocquelet retweeted a tweet which states that the script for a film based on The Amazing World of Gumball is being written. On January 15, 2018, Warner Bros. officially scheduled the film for a Summer release of August 31, 2018.

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 a Gumball film given the network's extraordinary legacy in the world of animation, including some of the most enduring characters on cable television history.

Creator Ben Bocquelet 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 and co-writer Mic Graves intended to revisit some of the greatest films of the time, with Scarface and The Dark Knight having the core inspirations for the film.

Casting
The initial Warner Bros. announcement listed the principal voice cast of The Amazing World of Gumball – Nicolas Cantu, Donielle T. Hansley Jr., Kyla Rae Kowalewski, Teresa Gallagher, and Dan Russell – reprising their roles alongside Mic Graves reprising his role as well. On March 12, 2017, it was announced that Ron Perlman joined the voice cast. By April 26, 2017, actors Scott Grimes and Idina Menzel were in negotiations to join the cast. On May 15, Elijah Wood, Maurice LaMarche and Tim Allen were confirmed additions to the cast. On June 19, Alan Menken stated through Twitter that he had begun recording for the film's songs, the same day Ben Bocquelet joined the cast as a new character. At San Diego Comic-Con in July 2017, voice actress Maria Teresa Creasey was announced to reprise her roles as Jamie Russo, and various characters from the series.

On December 6, 2017, it was reported by Variety that Jessica McDonald had joined the cast, reprising her roles as Carrie Krueger and various characters from the series. The Amazing World of Gumball voice actor Hugo Harold-Harrison confirmed via Twitter on December 26, 2017 that he would also be a part of the film's cast, reprising his roles as Tobias Wilson, and various characters from the series. However, due to The Anybody being made first in production order and Donielle T. Hansley Jr. hitting puberty at the time, he was replaced by Christian J. Simon as the new voice for Darwin Watterson on January 9, 2018, meaning his entire dialogue was re-recorded by the crew, helping to speed up the production.

Animation
The feature animation was handled by Boulder Media in Dublin, Ireland. The crew used the same processes from the original television series in the making of the film, most notably the 'skroutlines', which was a seamless blend of a more traditional screenplay with a more simple outline which resembled strong short stories and gave the storyboard artists such as Aurelie Charbonnier, Darren Vanderburg and Amandine Pécharman all the creative and aesthetic freedom neccessary. Bocquelet and Graves themselves provided the film's animatics.

Storyboard artists Miklos Weigert, Jacques Gauthier and Nikolay Moustakov, animation veterans Claudio Acciari and Gail Walton and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic showrunner Meghan McCarthy also provided the film's storyboards. James Baxter helped on the character designs and animation, and special effects work on the film. Another animation veteran Grant Orchard also worked with James Baxter on the character designs of the film, while Rich Moore also worked with James Baxter on the character animation of the film. Michel Gagné joined the film as a visual effects animator and designer.

The bulk of the animation work was done on Apple iMac Computers, Hewlett-Packard Z800 Workstation Computers, Hewlett-Packard Z400 Workstation Servers, Samsung 22 Class LED Computer Monitors and Adesso CyberTablet Z12 Widescreen Graphic Tablets, which allowed drawings to be done directly on screen to facilitate production using programs Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, Toon Boom Harmony, Toon Boom Animate Pro and Adobe Flash. Pencilled key animation sequences would be digitally inked-and-painted, enhanced and composited into backgrounds using Toon Boom Harmony. The character animation was done by going through the clean-up animation department using Toon Boom Harmony, and it was scanned directly into Photoshop. 3D models were scanned directly into backgrounds using Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Softimage 2015 and iClone. The artwork was then enhanced to affect the appearance of painted strokes and fills, and combined with backgrounds, using Adobe After Effects.

The Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer softwares were used to edit some sequences for the movie, while the softwares Audacity and Logic Pro X were being used for the audio recording. Additional pre-production work was done at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California and Cartoon Network Studios Europe in London, England, where the series' pilot episode was produced. Animation and clean-up work was done at Boulder Media's facilities on Dublin. The final animation was also provided by Studio SOI in Germany, Dandelion Studios in the United Kingdom, Yowza! Animation in Toronto, Ontario and Snipple Animation in Manila, Philippines. Hand-drawn animation sequences were provided by Rough Draft Studios in Glendale, California and Seoul, South Korea. Studio La Cachette's Paris-based unit provided some animated dream sequences. Computer animation was done at Reel FX Animation Studios in Dallas, Texas using Autodesk Maya and Pixar's Renderman and stop-motion animation was done at Screen Novelties in Los Angeles, California using Dragonframe. Legend3D also played a role in the stereoscopic 3D conversion. The production of the film ended by May 5, 2018.

Sound and music
Ben Locket composed the soundtrack for the film with Neil Myers, Kevin MacLeod, and Mic Graves serving as the soundtrack producers. In addition to using the original series' music work on the film, he also composed themes for each of the characters. Gumball and Darwin's adventure score was the major focus and he also composed themes for Anais, Gumdrop, Jason, Tobias, Banana Joe, Nicole and Richard, and Dr. Carl Wallberg. The music score was recorded at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California and mixed at Incompetech Music in Green Bay, Wisconsin and New York City, New York. The score is conducted by John Powell and Alan Silvestri. The music score is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Hollywood Studio Symphony.

The sound design work was done at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California and Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California.

The Music from the film is also recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

Soundtrack
A soundtrack for the film, titled The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie: Music from the Motion Picture was released on August 10, 2018 by WaterTower Music, and it features original score by Ben Locket, Neil Myers, Kevin MacLeod, and Willie Dowling. It also features original songs made for the movie by George Gendi and Alan Menken and parodied versions of songs featured in the film, as well as real-life songs.
 * The Amazing World of Gumball Theme Song (Remix) - Ben Locket
 * The World of Elmore - Chorus
 * School's Out - Alice Cooper
 * My Amazing World - The Cast
 * Recess Is Done - Jeremy Irons
 * For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
 * Who Are We - Jacob Hopkins and Terrell Ransom Jr.
 * We're Taking Back Our Recess - Nicolas Cantu, Christian J. Simon, Kyla Rae Kowalewski, Deedee Magno, Jace Norman, Madisyn Shipman, Austin North, Bridgit Mendler, Grace Kaufman, Kirsten Dunst, Asher Blinkoff, Collin Dean, Donielle T. Hansley Jr., Grey Griffin, Colleen Villard, Nathan Kress, Nancy Cartwright, Zach Callison, Victoria Justice, Paul Bettany, Kira Buckland, Jessica DiCicco, Eileen Montgomery, Sarah Silverman, Kristen Schaal, Greg Cipes and Rebecca Shoichet
 * Tonight We Destroy Recess - Ben Locket
 * The Fun Will Never End - Jacob Hopkins and Terrell Ransom Jr.
 * Gremlin Rag Theme - Jerry Goldsmith
 * The Day - Teresa Gallagher
 * Peter Gunn Theme - Henry Mancini
 * Let's Get Rid of Summer Vacation - Ben Locket
 * Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen - Traditional
 * If You Happy and You Know It - Traditional
 * Careless Talk - Joby Talbot
 * You're Gonna Think Big - Ben Bocquelet
 * Stand by Me - John Lennon
 * To the Auditorium - Ben Locket
 * Just Do It, My Boy - Idina Menzel
 * Theme from S.W.A.T. - Barry De Vorzon
 * Goofy Goober Rock - Jim Wise
 * We Are the Big Family - The Cast
 * The World of Elmore (Reprise) - Chorus
 * The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (Looney Tunes Theme Song) - Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin
 * Let the Sunshine In - The 5th Dimension
 * Let's Go - (End Credits) - Tiësto featuring Icona Pop
 * Diamonds (In the Sky) - (End Credits) - Rihanna
 * I'm Alive (Life Sounds Like) - (End Credits) - Michael Franti and Spearhead
 * Other Ways - (End Credits) - Trevor Hall
 * Freedom - (End Credits) - Pitbull
 * Born to Be Wild - (End Credits) - Simple Plan
 * Disturbia - (End Credits) - Rihanna

Trailer Voice-Over

 * For the Teaser Trailer, the Teaser Trailer voice-over will be voiced by Mic Graves.
 * For Trailer, the Trailer voice-over will be voiced by Brian Cummings.
 * For Extended Trailer, the Trailer voice-over will be voiced by Will Foster.

Trailer Music

 * The music for the Teaser Trailer of The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie will possibly be Die Young by Ke$ha. See The Teaser Trailer On March 7, 2018.
 * The music for the Official Trailer of The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie will possibly be Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash / Break the Rules by Charli XCX. See The Official Trailer On June 18, 2018.

Scenes

 * 1) Main Titles/U.S. Army Base
 * 2) Welcome to Elmore
 * 3) School's Out for Summer
 * 4) Going to bed
 * 5) Hang out with Tobias
 * 6) The Green Beam
 * 7) Gumball and Darwin Running Home
 * 8) The Police Department
 * 9) Meanwhile In Elmore Junior High....
 * 10) Blackmailing Mandy
 * 11) Arriving at their friends and siblings summer camps
 * 12) Returning back to the school
 * 13) Getting Caught by Bald Guy
 * 14) Infiltrating the school
 * 15) The Stock Room
 * 16) Escaping the Cage
 * 17) Coming Up with a Plan
 * 18) Elmore Junior High vs. Dr. Carl Wallberg
 * 19) Final Battle
 * 20) The Photon Channeler
 * 21) Arrest
 * 22) Back to Normal
 * 23) Visiting Principal Brown's Office
 * 24) End Titles

Sequels
An episode of The Amazing World of Gumball premiered about a month after the film's release. The episode, titled "The Time Portal", was about Dan Limesley returning through a time portal to get his revenge on the Wattersons for getting Dr. Wallberg, and himself arrested by the Elmore police in the events of the movie.

After the film's success, Ben Bocquelet confirmed that the film will have two sequels entitled The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 2, happening next year after the events of the first film and The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 3, which will be taking place 4 years in the future after the show's series finale.

Theatrical release
The movie was released in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland on August 31, 2018, by Warner Bros., on the same year as Cartoon Network's previous film Adventure Time: The Kingdom of Ooo. The film was presented in a 1.85:1 format, rather than Warner Animation Group's standard 2.39:1 format on its previous titles. The film's theatrical release was also preceded by Bat Ninja, a short film based on Cartoon Network's forthcoming animated television series Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart.

Home media
The film was released on Digital on November 13 and Blu-Ray and DVD on December 4, 2018. It contains the deleted scenes, a Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart short film Bat Ninja, the 18-minute featurette, The Amazing Tale behind Gumball, 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.

International Premiere
International Release Dates: Albania, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, Portugal, Germany, France, Denmark, Croatia, Poland, Israel, Japan, Romania, Turkey, Greece, Armenia, Thailand, Norway, Taiwan, India, Netherlands, Republic of Macedonia, Russia, Italy, South Korea, Lithuania, Hungary, Cyprus, Sweden, Iran, Mexico, United Arabs Emirates, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Australia, USA, Canada, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Serbia, Latvia, Ukraine, Belgium, Iceland, Pakistan, August 31st, 2018 and Latin America/Brazil/Europe/USA/Australia/UK/Ireland/Asia/

Countries from Release Premieres, China, Taiwan, Norway Sweden, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Serbia, Croatia, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, USA, Canada, Australia, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Russia, Romania, Hungary, Sri Lanka, Denmark, Austria, Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Iceland, Spain,

Box office
As of its close date of November 1, 2018, The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie has grossed $114 million in the United States and Canada, and $201 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $315 million, against a production budget of $64 million.

In North America, The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie was released alongside Kin, Destination Wedding, Reprisal, Boarding School and The Little Stranger, and was initially projected to gross around $46 million from 3,495 theaters in its opening weekend, with a chance to go as high as $100 million. Therefore, The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $315 million worldwide against a $64 million budget, making it the next Cartoon Network animated film to gross as high as $100 million in the United States, and also beating out Mulan 's record for highest-grossing 2D-animated film of all time and making it the highest-ever grossing film based on an animated television series.

Critical response
Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 95% approval rating based on the 112 reviews, and its average rating is 8.6/10. The critical consensus reads, "The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie manages to win over the audience and fans of the show because it is perfect and exciting for kids, and very realistic for adults." Metacritic, assigns the film a score of 75 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore gives the film a "A" on its A+ to F scale. 97% of Google users liked the film.

Trivia

 * This is the first ever feature film of the series.
 * This is the first animated Gumball movie to hit theaters.
 * The film was originally intended as the series finale, but Cartoon Network ordered more episodes of the series after the film's success, so Bocquelet resigned as Showrunner, with Graves taking Bocquelet's Place.
 * Lamar Abrams, otherwise known for Steven Universe, was credited as a layout prop designer on the movie.
 * The events of the film take place after the Gumball episode, "The Movie".
 * This movie has received a 95% rating from Rotten Tomatoes & IMDb gave it 8.6/10.
 * The movie is Rated PG.
 * This was one of the successful films of 2018.
 * This is Cartoon Network's eighth original program to get a theatrical release, after "The Powerpuff Girls Movie" released 16 years prior,  Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters  released 12 years prior,  Star Wars: The Clone Wars  released 10 years prior,  Regular Show: The Movie  released 3 years prior,  The Lego Ninjago Movie" released a year before and   Teen Titans Go! To the Movies  and  Adventure Time: The Kingdom of Ooo ''  both released this year.
 * Although, Teen Titans Go! and Ninjago are only aired by CN, and they’re made by Warner Bros. As well, Aqua Teen is an Adult Swim show.
 * The original cast reprised their roles in the movie.
 * The end credits is similar to the end credits from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
 * The film features the same reused animations as "The Remote", "The Signature" and "The Compilation".
 * He is the second character to be voiced by a guest star.
 * The Watterson kids and their friends saving their summer vacation from Dr. Wallberg is a possible reference to Recess: School's Out.
 * The same actors of Steven Universe, Estelle and Deedee Magno, who voiced Garnet and Pearl, reprised their roles as Martha and Elsa, after guest starring in The Amazing World of Gumball: Family Reunion Special and the Gumball episode, "The Wrestle". And the same actors of Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Lizzy Greene and Casey Simpson, who first portrayed Dawn Harper and Ricky Harper and first voiced Finado and Moribunda in the Gumball episode, "The Wrestle", reprised their roles as well.
 * Doppy Detweiiler resembles as Carl Wheezer from the 2001 Nickelodeon animated film, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Like Carl, he is a coward, worried about something and is voiced by Rob Paulsen.
 * The Looney Tunes signature closing, That's All Folks, was used at the end of the movie.
 * Dr. Carl Wallberg is voiced by Ron Perlman, the same voice of Slade from Teen Titans and the Lich from Adventure Time.
 * This is the next theatrical 2D animated movie in 20 years after Quest for Camelot (1998), 19 years after The Iron Giant (1999), 2 years after Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: M.O.T.I.O.N.-P.I.C.T.U.R.E. (2016), a year after Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Movie (2017) and this year after Mixels: The Movie, Mixing It Up A Notch (2018).
 * 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 "Bat Ninja" based on Cartoon Network's forthcoming animated television series Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart was played.
 * This is Warner Bros.' fourteenth traditionally animated film to be released theatrically, after "Clifford's Really Big Movie" released 14 years prior.
 * This is the very first theatrical Warner Bros. film to rely solely on Flash animation, hand-drawn animation, stop-motion animation, puppetry, live-action and CGI animation.
 * Like the series, it uses backgrounds from the real world, including some new locations in the movie.
 * From the creators of The Powerpuff Girls Movie and The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
 * This is Joan Cusack's fifth animated film outside Pixar's Toy Story series, after "Chicken Little" released 13 years prior and "Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil", "Mars Needs Moms" and "Arthur Christmas" all released 7 years prior, followed by "Klaus" released a year later.
 * This is Ron Perlman's third Warner Bros. animated film, after "Teen Titans: The Movie" released 6 years prior and "Adventure Time: The Kingdom of Ooo" released this year.
 * This is the 5th collaboration between Tara Strong and Greg Cipes. Their first was "Teen Titans: The Movie" released 6 years prior, their third was "Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: M.O.T.I.O.N.-P.I.C.T.U.R.E." released 2 years prior and their fourth and fifth were "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies" and "Adventure Time: The Kingdom of Ooo" both released this year.
 * This is Ed Helms 's fourth animated film, after  Monsters vs. Aliens  released 9 years prior,  The Lorax  released 6 years prior and  Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie''" released a year before.
 * This is Madisyn Shipman's first Warner Bros. animated film.
 * "Professor Bernick" is a play on Professor Fenwick, who was the secondary antagonist in the 2001 Disney animated film, Recess: School's Out.
 * This is so far the only animated film of Tim Allen's outside outside Pixar's Toy Story series.
 * The film bears a few similarities to Disney's 2001 animated film, Recess: School's Out.
 * Autodesk Softimage 2015 was purchased by Ben Bocquelet to work on the 3D modeling for the film before it was out of stock, due to Autodesk Softimage being discontinued.
 * This is the first animated film of Cathy Weseluck's outside Hasbro's My Little Pony 2010 toyline.
 * This is the 2nd collaboration between Jace Norman and Madisyn Shipman. Their first was Nickelodeon's live-action crossover special Danger Games, which premiered on Nickelodeon on November 25, 2017 and served as the fourth through sixth episode of the fourth season of  Henry Danger.
 * This is Debi Derryberry, Patrick Stewart and Rob Paulsen's second animated film together, after Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001).
 * This is Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, and Estelle Harris' third animated film together, after Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 3 (2010).
 * This is Tom Hanks' third Warner Bros. animated film, after "The Polar Express" released 14 years prior and "The Ant Bully" released 12 years prior.
 * This is the 2nd collaboration between Lizzy Greene and Casey Simpson. Their first was Nickelodeon's live-action comedy television series  Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn , which aired on Nickelodeon from September 13, 2014 to August 4, 2018.
 * This is Jace Norman's second animated film, after "Spark: A Space Tail" released a year before.
 * The theatrical version used the "To be continued on Cartoon Network" text after the film's end credits and before the closing Boulder Media / Cartoon Network Studios / Warner Bros. logos. However, that text is removed from all home media releases, skipping right to the closing Boulder Media / Cartoon Network Studios / Warner Bros. logos, Due to Cartoon Network airing The Time Portal.
 * Toon Boom Harmony software was used for the animation of the series' 2D characters. Therefore, it is commonly known that the 2D characters were animated in Adobe Flash.
 * The film made $315.1 million dollars at the box office on a $84 million dollar budget.
 * This is Nathan Kress' second Warner Bros. animated film, after "Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: M.O.T.I.O.N.-P.I.C.T.U.R.E." released 2 years prior.
 * Rough Draft Studios used Toon Boom Harmony software for the animation of the film's new characters.
 * This is Michael Peña's second Warner Bros. animated film, after "The Lego Ninjago Movie" released a year before.
 * Jeremy Irons provides Dr. Carl Wallberg's singing voice in the movie.
 * This is William Schifrin 's first Warner Bros. animated film since  Quest for Camelot  released 20 years prior.
 * This is Jeremy Shada's third Warner Bros. Pictures theatrical film based on a Cartoon Network TV series, after "Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: M.O.T.I.O.N.-P.I.C.T.U.R.E." released 2 years prior and  Adventure Time: The Kingdom of Ooo   released this year.
 * "Carl Wallberg" is a play on Mark Wahlberg, who is an American actor, producer, businessman, model, rapper, singer and songwriter.
 * This is Patrick Stewart 's second Warner Bros. animated film, after  TMNT  released 12 years prior.
 * This is Tyler Perry and Steven Yeun's second animated film together, after "The Star" released a year before.
 * This is William Salyers' second Warner Bros. animated film, after "Regular Show: The Movie" released 3 years prior.
 * Simple Plan covered the song, "Born to Be Wild", for the 2018 film The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie, releasing it as a single from the film soundtrack of the same name.
 * This is Phil Collins' third animated film, after "Balto" released 23 years prior and "The Jungle Book 2" released 15 years prior.
 * This is Bobby Moynihan 's fifth animated film, after  Monsters University  released 5 years prior,  Inside Out  released 3 years prior,  The Secret Life of Pets  released 2 years prior and  The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature   released a year before (and so far, his second) Warner Bros. animated film, after "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi 2: The Movie" released 12 years prior.
 * This is John Kassir's second Warner Bros. animated film, after "Tiny Toon Adventures: The Motion Picture" released 2 years prior.
 * This is one of the Cartoon Network movies to be in theaters for a long time since The Powerpuff Girls Movie.
 * This is Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell and Tress MacNeille's second Warner Bros. animated film together, after "The Animaniacs Movie" released 2 years prior.
 * This is Albert Brooks's first traditionally animated film to be released theatrically since "The Simpsons Movie" released 11 years prior.
 * This is Jenny Slate's second Warner Bros. animated film, after "The Lego Batman Movie" released a year before.
 * This is Samuel L. Jackson's second Warner Bros. Pictures theatrical film based on a Cartoon Network TV series, after "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" released 10 years prior.
 * This is April Stewart's second PG-rated animated film, after "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" released 3 years prior.
 * This is Debi Derryberry 's sixth animated film, after  Toy Story" released 23 years prior, "Toy Story 2" released 19 years prior, "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" released 17 years prior, "Ice Age: The Meltdown" released 12 years prior and "Horton Hears a Who!''" released 10 years prior.
 * This is Elijah Wood's third Warner Bros. animated film, after "Happy Feet" released 12 years prior and "Happy Feet Two" released 7 years prior.
 * This is Warner Animation Group's fourteenth traditionally animated film.
 * The film was animated by Boulder Media, with overseas animation provided by Rough Draft Studios.
 * This is the 3rd collaboration between Collin Dean, Jessica DiCicco, Grey Griffin and John DiMaggio. Their first was Nickelodeon 's animated television series  The Loud House , which premiered on May 2, 2016 and   Adventure Time: The Kingdom of Ooo  , which was released in movie theaters this year.
 * The film also marks Cartoon Network Studios' first co-production with Boulder Media, Studio SOI and Dandelion Studios.
 * The voice Collin Dean used for Jason Synchron wasn 't his regular speaking voice since he already hit puberty at the time he voiced Lincoln Loud in Nickelodeon's animated television series  The Loud House , which premiered on May 2, 2016. He had to use a sound machine to make his voice more high pitched.
 * This is Yuri Lowenthal's second Warner Bros. animated film, after "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Movie" released 15 years prior.
 * And for Donielle T. Hansley Jr., he also had to use a sound machine to make his voice more high pitched, so he would voice Devin Synchron and sound just like Darwin Watterson that he previously voiced in Seasons 5 and 6 and then, he used the sound machine again to make his voice even more high pitched, so he would voice Darwin Jr. (DJ).
 * This is Kiefer Sutherland's 3rd theatrically released animated film. His first was "The Wild" released 12 years prior and his second was "Monsters vs. Aliens" released 9 years prior.
 * This is the 5th collaboration between Grey Griffin and Tom Kenny. Their first was "The Powerpuff Girls Movie" released 16 years prior, their second was "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Movie" released 15 years prior, their third was "Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: M.O.T.I.O.N.-P.I.C.T.U.R.E." released 2 years prior and their fourth was the sequel "Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: W.O.N.K.A." released this year.
 * This is the 2nd collaboration between Kiefer Sutherland and Greg Cipes. Their first was "The Wild" released 12 years prior.
 * This is the 2nd collaboration between Tara Strong, Cathy Weseluck and Michael Peña. Their first was "My Little Pony: The Movie" released a year before.
 * This is Wallace Shawn's second Warner Bros. animated film, after "Courage the Cowardly Dog: The Movie" released a year before.
 * This is Drew Barrymore's first traditionally animated film to be released theatrically since "Curious George" released 12 years prior.
 * The film was in Normal 3D Real D 3D IMAX 3D Digital 3D & XD 3D.
 * The movie focuses on Gumball and Darwin than Anais.
 * The film uses the animation from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie for the new characters.

Release Dates
August 31, 2018