Crash Bandicoot (2010 film)

Crash Bandicoot is a 2010 American science fiction fantasy adventure comedy film produced by O Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. Based on the 1996 PlayStation video game of the same name, the film stars Dave Foley, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Renée Zellweger, Keegan Michael Key, Brad Garrett, Jay Leno, Sylvester Stallone, and Jim Broadbent.

Crash Bandicoot was released on August 4, 2010, in the United States. It grossed $30.8 million on a $59 million budget. The film was nominated for two Annie Awards (one for Best Character Animation and Best Animated Effects).

Plot
The film is an origin story that retells the events of the original Crash Bandicoot, depicting on how Dr. Cortex created Crash in his lab and tried to kill him after he ran away from his lab. However, the film expanded on various plot points in greater detail, and also incorporated some elements from later series entries, such as the introduction of CoCo and Crunch Bandicoot.

Cast
Dave Foley as Crash Bandicoot

Morgan Freeman as Aku Aku

Gary Oldman as Dr. Neo Cortex

Renée Zellweger as CoCo Bandicoot

Keegan Michael Key as Crunch Bandicoot

Brad Garrett as Tiny Tiger

Jay Leno as Doctor N. Gin

Sylvester Stallone as Uka Uka

Jim Broadbent as Dingodile

Frank Welker as Polar and Pura

Release
On October 2009, a teaser trailer for Crash Bandicoot, depicting the opening cutscene from the original game where Crash gets created by Dr. Cortex, first played in theaters in front of select prints of Astro Boy.

Crash Bandicoot was released to DVD and Blu-Ray, making it the first O Entertainment film to be released on Blu-Ray.

Critical reception
The film has been criticized particularly for giving dialogue to the normally silent main character Crash Bandicoot. Review Aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 16% of critics gave positive reviews on the film, based on 13 reviews.

Box office
The film opened in the United States and Canada on August 4, 2010. Opening at #12 on its opening weekend, the film made $30,671,570 at the North American box office, making it a box office bomb.

Trivia
This is O Entertainment's first and only video game adaptation.

Originally, The film was supposed to be released on May 28, 2010 to promote Crash Nitro Kart 2, but it was pushed back to August 4, 2010 to avoid competition with Shrek Forever After.

Dave Foley and Brad Garrett were both in the Pixar film, A Bug's Life.

Even though the movie's an origin story, it serves as a grand finale to the Crash Bandicoot franchise.