Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie is a 2018 American animated fantasy comedy-drama adventure film, based on the Cartoon Network animated television series of the same name. The film will be written and directed by series creator Craig McCracken and written by Noah Baumbach. The film takes place after the show's series finale and it is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios with animation provided by Atomic Cartoons and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. This makes it the first and only theatrical Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends film to hit the big screen as House of Bloo's, Good Wilt Hunting and Destination: Imagination were just made-for-television films.

The film stars the voices of Keith Ferguson, Sean Marquette, Grey Griffin, Tom Kane, Phil LaMarr, Tom Kenny and Candi Milo, with Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Maybaum and Kevin Hart. The film was theatrically released in movie theaters on October 19, 2018 in the United States and Canada, by Warner Bros. Featuring the new single "Can You Imagine" by Madcon (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR & D.R.A.M.).

The movie received generally positive reviews from critics and was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $438 million worldwide against a $96 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 Beauty and the Beast 's record for highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film of all time and the highest-ever grossing film based on an animated television series.

Plot
A supposed "real estate operator" wants to destroy Foster 's home and capture the world of all of the imaginary friends because he finds them to be nothing more than childish distractions and a waste of time and life, so it's up to Mac, Bloo and their friends to save Foster's home and all of the captured imaginary friends before it's too late. Also, Mac befriends with a new kid in school, who is actually the son of the supposed real estate operator.

Cast

 * Bloo (Keith Ferguson)
 * Mac (Sean Marquette)
 * Frankie (Grey Griffin)
 * Mr. Herriman (Tom Kane)
 * Wilt (Phil LaMarr)
 * Eduardo (Tom Kenny)
 * Coco/Madame Foster (Candi Milo)
 * Jackie Khones (Dennis Haysbert)
 * Goo (Katie Crown)
 * Cheese (Lauren Tom)
 * Terrence (Tara Strong)
 * Duchess (Helena Bonham Carter)
 * Fluffer Nutter (Andrea Libman)
 * Yogi Boo Boo/Handy (Rob Paulsen)
 * Scissors (Danny Pudi)
 * Sassyfrass (Carolyn Lawrence)
 * George Mucus/Sloppy Moe (Kenan Thompson)
 * Myron Giant/Boris the Florist (John DiMaggio)
 * Ringo Rango/Clambake (Justin Roiland)
 * Madame Mustachio (Ashleigh Ball)
 * Belly Bob Norton (Ian Jones-Quartey)
 * Pinecone Cola (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
 * Red Rusher/Galoot Palooka/Dyno (Seth Green)
 * Pokey Toehair (Jack McBrayer)
 * Frit and Frat (Ben Schwartz)
 * Don Lickles (Fred Armisen)
 * Two Head Fred (Andy Samberg)
 * Myopic Patootie (Dave Foley)
 * One Eye Cy (Joe Manganiello)
 * Mr. Edmonton (Edward Norton)
 * Rodney Squiddlebeak (Brian Stepanek)
 * Spritz Coleman (Richard Horvitz)
 * Big Beaver (Khary Payton)
 * Mabel Licorice (Kristen Schaal)
 * Talking Racer Car (Paul Greenberg)
 * Socket Tubey (Christopher Knights)
 * Jokey (Eric Bauza)
 * Wally (Scott Menville)
 * Harold (Dee Bradley Baker)
 * Bone (Louis C.K.)
 * Nerd Shark (Greg Cipes)
 * Groucho the Rubber Chicken (Frank Welker)
 * Bloppy Pants (Jeff Bennett)
 * Randolph (Wally Wingert)
 * Bing Bong (Richard Kind)
 * Billy the Squid/Sunset Junction (Michael Cera)
 * World (Max Burkholder)
 * Mac and Terrence's Mother (Noël Wells)
 * Moose (Peter Linz)
 * Abraham Lincoln Pen (Steve Carell)

New Characters

 * Presley K. Blanford (Neil Patrick Harris), a supposed "real estate operator" who wants to destroy Foster's home and capture the world of all of the imaginary friends, finding them to be nothing more than childish distractions and a waste of time and life.
 * Carl (Jason Maybaum) a new kid in school who is Presley's son and met Mac and befriends with him.
 * Bibbles the Rabbit (Kevin Hart) is Carl's pet rabbit.

Other Imaginary Friends

 * Chester n' Nester
 * Orange Bloo
 * Orange Girl
 * Orange Girl Friend with Angel Wings
 * Orange Girl Friend with Angel Wings with Two Legs
 * Orange Girl Friend with Angel Wings with Four Legs
 * Orange Girl Friend with Angel Wings & Elephant Trunk
 * Tears
 * Violin
 * Crying Friend
 * Star Friend
 * Snow Man
 * Clock
 * Bendy
 * Eurotrish
 * Green Sponge
 * Card
 * Tiny Humans
 * Red
 * Rainbow Sponge
 * Master Willy the Clown
 * Giant Turtle
 * Puppies
 * Flowers
 * Santa Claus
 * Pizza
 * Hen
 * Cute Bird
 * Slug
 * Four Eyes Friend
 * One Eye Friend
 * Dog
 * Three Eyes Friend
 * Talking Snail
 * Mr. Meow Meow the Black Cat

Characters

 * 1) Mac is one of the two main protagonists in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Mac's voice was high in the series premiere, but became slightly deeper in later episodes. He has brown hair, and wears a red t-shirt with a white sweater underneath, black and white tennis shoes, a dark green backpack, and tan khaki pants. Mac also has a crush on Goo. He is voiced by Sean Marquette.
 * 2) Blooregard Q. Kazoo, also known as Bloo for short, is one of the two main protagonists in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, voiced by Keith Ferguson. Mac created Bloo when he was three years old, meaning that, by the start of the series, they had been creator and creation for five years.
 * 3) Wilt Michaels is an imaginary friend created by Jordan Michaels, and one of the main characters in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. He is voiced by veteran comic/actor Phil LaMarr.
 * 4) Eduardo is a character in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, voiced by comedian/voice actor Tom Kenny. He speaks with a strong Spanish accent, sometimes even using Spanish words.
 * 5) Coco is a fictional character in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and is voiced in English by voice actress Candi Milo.
 * 6) Frances "Frankie" Foster is the caretaker at her grandmother's home for imaginary friends. She is voiced by voice-acting/singing veteran, Grey Griffin.
 * 7) Mr. Herriman is a character in the Flash-Animated cartoon Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends on Cartoon Network, voiced by Tom Kane. He is the owner of Foster's, and is Frankie's boss.
 * 8) Madame Foster is a character in the animated television series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and whose voice is portrayed in English by Candi Milo. She is the founder of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (the place), creator of Mr. Herriman, and grandmother of Frankie Foster.

Rating
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie is Rated PG for Parental Guidance.

Announcement
On September 16, 2013, it was announced that there will be an Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends animated feature being developed at Warner Bros., with the show's cast members reprising their roles. Cartoon Network Studios will also be involved with production. On September 12, 2016, it was announced that Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Maybaum and Kevin Hart had joined the cast, but the film's release date wasn't revealed yet. The film marks the twelfth time a theatrical Cartoon Network film is produced by Warner Bros. Animation, instead of Warner Animation Group since the group's formation in 2013.

On February 13, 2017, it was announced that actor Dennis Haysbert and actresses Katie Crown and Lauren Tom were part of the cast, as Jackie Khones, Goo and Cheese, respectively, with Helena Bonham Carter, Andrea Libman and Rob Paulsen revealed as Duchess, Fluffer Nutter and Yogi Boo Boo and Handy the same day. Danny Pudi was announced to voice Scissors in the film. On December 18, 2017, Warner Bros. officially scheduled the film for an October 19, 2018 release.

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 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends film given the network's extraordinary legacy in the world of animation, including some of the most enduring characters on cable television history.

Creator Craig McCracken 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 Lauren Faust and co-writer Noah Baumbach intended to revisit some of the greatest films of the time, with Scarface and The Dark Knight having the core inspirations for the film.

Soundtrack

 * 1) Can You Imagine (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR & D.R.A.M) - Madcon, written by Jessie J, Demi Lovato, Ray Dalton, Mixed by Calvin Harris
 * 2) Domino - Jessie J
 * 3) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Theme - James L. Venable
 * 4) Live It Up - Keith Ferguson, Sean Marquette, Phil LaMarr, Tom Kenny, Grey Griffin, Katie Crown and Candi Milo, written by Daft Punk and Keith Ferguson, Produced by Daft Punk
 * 5) Live It Up - Group 1 Crew
 * 6) U Can't Touch This - Crazy Frog
 * 7) Move On Up - Pharrell Williams, written by Pharrell Williams (cover by Curtis Mayfield)
 * 8) Let It Roll (feat. Lil Wayne) - Flo Rida
 * 9) Africa - Toto
 * 10) Try Everything - Shakira
 * 11) My Superstar - Jessie J
 * 12) Fireball (feat. John Ryan) - Pitbull
 * 13) More - Usher

A Studio Operation

 * Digital Intermediate by: EFilm

Special Effects

 * Animation Services: Atomic Cartoons, Snipple Animation Studios, Top Draw Animation, Bardel Entertainment, Cyber Chicken Animation, DQ Entertainment
 * Overseas Animation Production: Boulder Media, Rough Draft Studios, Inc.
 * CGI Animation: Sony Pictures Imageworks, Mercury Filmworks, Savage Frog!, Virtual Magic Animation, Inc., Munich Animation Film
 * 3D Stereo Conversion: Legend3D

Music & Lyric Video

 * Can You Imagine: (PARTYNEXTDOOR & D.R.A.M) - Madcon (From Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie)

Lyric Video

 * Move On Up - Pharrell Williams (From Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie)

Trailer Song

 * Now Or Never: By Outasight

Mini-Movies

 * Best Friends Day
 * Frankie's Alone Time
 * Say "Cheese"
 * Basketball Game

Short Film

 * Dexter's Laboratory in The Road Trip, Written and Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky

Cast

 * Dexter (Candi Milo)
 * Dee Dee (Kat Cressida)
 * Mom (Kath Soucie)
 * Dad (Jeff Glen Bennett)
 * Mandark (Silent role)

Soundtrack

 * Honey, I'm Good: By Andy Grammer

Marketing
The film's title and teaser poster debuted on February 12, 2018. The teaser trailer was released on April 11, 2018, posted on the Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Pictures YouTube channels. A second teaser trailer was released on August 14, 2018. McDonalds released Happy Meal toys to promote the film. WaterTower Music and Cartoon Network Records released the film's soundtrack. On September 10, 2018, promotional tie-ins on Cartoon Network consist of bumpers with Mac and Bloo in a movie theater announcing the film. In addition, they host the entire line-up, in intermissions between commercial break.

Theatrical release
The film was theatrically released in movie theaters on October 19, 2018 in the United States and Canada, by Warner Bros., on the same year as Cartoon Network's previous film Clarence's Big Break. 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 preceded by The Road Trip, a short film based on Cartoon Network's animated television series Dexter's Laboratory.

Home media
The film was released on Digital on January 1, 2019 and Blu-Ray and DVD on January 22, 2019. It contains the deleted scenes, a Dexter's Laboratory short film The Road Trip, the 18-minute featurette, the behind-the-scenes look at Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie, featuring interviews with most of the principal cast and crew, animatics, 4 Mini-Movies, the audio commentaries and a sneak peek of Rise of the Powerpuff Girls.

Box office
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie has grossed $177 million in the United States and Canada, and $258 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $438 million, against a production budget of $96 million.

In the United States and Canada, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie was released alongside Can You Ever Forgive Me?, and was initially projected to gross around $102 million from 4,768 theaters in its opening weekend, with a chance to gross over $100 million. Therefore, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $438 million worldwide against a $96 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 Beauty and the Beast 's record for highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film of all time and the highest-ever grossing film based on an animated television series.

Critical reception
Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 90% approval rating based on the 118 reviews and its average rating is 6.85/10 on IMDb. The critical consensus reads, "This movie is the reason kids and adults love so much action and fun". Metacritic, assigns the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 46 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore gives the film a "B+" on its A+ to F scale. 

Trivia

 * The film shares the same style as the 2004 TV series.
 * This is the first ever feature film of the series.
 * This is the first animated Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends movie to hit theaters.
 * This is also the first ever Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends movie in general to hit theaters. The previous Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends films (House of Bloo's, Good Wilt Hunting and Destination: Imagination) were all made-for-T.V. releases.


 * The characters are animated in 2D while the backgrounds are animated in CGI and cel-shaded.
 * The movie is in IMAX and Rated PG.
 * This is Cartoon Network's seventh original program to get a theatrical release, 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,  The Lego Ninjago Movie" released a year before and   Teen Titans Go! To the Movies  and  Clarence's Big Break ''  both released this year.
 * Although, Teen Titans Go! and Ninjago are only aired by CN, and they’re made by Warner Bros.
 * The original cast reprised their roles in the movie.
 * This is the seventh 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 after Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Movie (2017) and Dexter's Laboratory: The 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 "The Road Trip" based on Cartoon Network's animated television series Dexter's Laboratory was played.
 * Unlike the show itself, The characters from the show and the new characters from the movie are animated in 2D Flash animation by Atomic Cartoons using Toon Boom Harmony while the backgrounds are animated in 3D CGI by Sony Pictures Imageworks, but with a stop-motion feel and cel-shading to match the style of the show.
 * The recurring characters and the background characters from the animated television series will be voiced by all of the guest stars, except Terrence because he will be voiced by Tara Strong once again.
 * This is Keith Ferguson 's third Warner Bros. animated film, after  The Lego Movie   released 4 years prior and "The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries: The Motion Picture" released a year before.
 * This is the first time Katie Crown and Lauren Tom voice Goo and Cheese in the Warner Bros. animated film.
 * This is Cartoon Network's second theatrical film to be preceded by a Dexter's Laboratory short, after "The Powerpuff Girls Movie" released 16 years prior.


 * This is Katie Crown 's third Warner Bros. animated film, after  Storks   released 2 years prior and "Clarence's Big Break" released this year.
 * This is Lauren Tom 's third Warner Bros. animated film, after  Teen Titans: The Movie  released 6 years prior and  Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: M.O.T.I.O.N.-P.I.C.T.U.R.E.  released 2 years prior.


 * This is the 3rd collaboration between Lauren Tom and Dee Bradley Baker. Their first was   Teen Titans: The Movie   released 6 years prior and their second was  Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: M.O.T.I.O.N.-P.I.C.T.U.R.E.  released 2 years prior.


 * This is Kevin Hart 's third Warner Bros. animated film, after  The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie   and  WordGirl: The Movie  both released this year.
 * Bibbles the Rabbit is similar to Snowball the Rabbit from  The Secret Life of Pets   because they are both voiced by Kevin Hart.


 * This is Carolyn Lawrence 's fourth animated film, after  Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius  released 17 years prior,  The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie  released 14 years prior and  The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water   released 3 years prior.
 * This is Kenan Thompson's first animated film, followed by Wonder Park (2019).
 * This is Edward Norton 's third animated film, after  Sausage Party   released 2 years prior and "Isle of Dogs" released this year.
 * This is Andy Samberg 's second Warner Bros. animated film, after  Storks   released 2 years prior.
 * This is the 2nd collaboration between Andy Samberg and Katie Crown. Their first was   Storks   released 2 years prior.
 * This is the next Boulder Media film to debut on the big screen in 2018, after  The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie  .
 * This is Dave Foley 's fifth animated film, after  A Bug's Life   released 20 years prior,  South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut   released 19 years prior, "Toy Story 2" released 19 years prior, "Cars" released 12 years prior and  Monsters University   released 5 years prior.
 * This is Seth Green 's second Warner Bros. animated film, after  The Lego Batman Movie''" released a year before.
 * This is Christopher Knights 's second animated film, after  Penguins of Madagascar   released 4 years prior.


 * This is Scott Menville 's fourth Warner Bros. animated film, after  Teen Titans: The Movie  released 6 years prior,  Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: M.O.T.I.O.N.-P.I.C.T.U.R.E.   released 2 years prior and   Teen Titans Go! To the Movies   released this year.
 * This is Brian Stepanek 's second Warner Bros. animated film, after  Mixels: The Movie, Mixing It Up A Notch   released this year.


 * This is Warner Animation Group's eighteenth traditionally animated film.
 * The film was animated by Atomic Cartoons using Toon Boom Harmony, with the overseas animation provided by Boulder Media and Rough Draft Studios, Inc.
 * This is the 2nd collaboration between Danny Pudi, Jack McBrayer and Joe Manganiello. Their first was   Smurfs: The Lost Village   released a year before.
 * This is the 4th collaboration between Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton and Tara Strong. Their first was   Teen Titans: The Movie  released 6 years prior, their second 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 third was  Teen Titans Go! To the Movies   released this year.
 * This is Fred Armisen 's second Warner Bros. animated film, after  The Lego Ninjago Movie   released a year before.
 * This is Warner Bros.' eighteenth traditionally animated film to be released theatrically, after  Clifford's Really Big Movie  released 14 years prior.
 * Bing Bong from Disney & Pixar's 2015 animated film, Inside Out, makes a surprise appearance in this film, with Richard Kind reprising his role.
 * This is the very first theatrical Warner Bros. film to rely solely on Flash animation mixed with CGI animation instead of traditional hand-drawn animation.
 * This is the 2nd collaboration between Tara Strong, Andrea Libman and Ashleigh Ball. Their first was   My Little Pony: The Movie   released a year before.

Presenters

 * Written and Director: Craig McCracken
 * Production Designer: Michael Kurinsky
 * Character Designer: Craig Kellman
 * Art Director: Andre Medina
 * Head of Layout: James Williams
 * Casting Director: Mary Hidalgo
 * End Title Sequence: Mercury Filmworks

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Credits

 * Written and Directed by: Craig McCracken
 * Screenplay by: J. David Stem & David N. Weiss and Peter Baynham
 * Written by: Noah Baumbach
 * Produced by: Brian A. Miller, p.g.a.
 * Executive Producers: Craig McCracken, Simon Lucas, Michelle Murdocca
 * Executive Producer: Seth Grahame-Smith
 * Co-Director: Lauren Faust
 * Digital Producer: Lisa Jacqueline Bechard
 * Based on Foster's home for Imaginary Friends by: Craig McCracken
 * Production Designer: Kendal Cronkhite, Art Director: Andre Medina
 * Editor: John Venzon, ace
 * Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh
 * Music Supervisor: Kier Lehman & Manish Raval
 * Head of Story: Craig Berry
 * Animation Direction: Mike Moon
 * Character Designers: Timothy Lamb, Craig Kellman
 * Visual Effects Supervisor: Daniel Kramer
 * Modeling Supervisor: Joshua West, Rigging Supervisor: Josh Murtack, Surfacing Supervisor: V. Balaji
 * Effects Animation: Yash Agrawal, Character Effects Artist: Kevin Carney
 * Casting by: Leslee Feldman
 * Keith Ferguson, Sean Marquette, Grey Griffin, Tom Kane, Phil LaMarr, Tom Kenny, Candi Milo, with Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Maybaum and Kevin Hart
 * A Cartoon Network Presentation
 * In Association with: Boulder Media
 * A Craig McCracken Film
 * Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: The Movie