El Americano: The Movie

El Americano: The Movie
Mexican theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Ricardo Arnaiz
  • Mike Kunkel
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Ricardo Arnaiz
  • Dulce Belchez
  • Fernando Lewels
Produced by
  • Gerry Cardoso
  • Phil Roman
  • Alex Flores
  • Michael D. Olmos
Starring
CinematographyRicardo de la Rosa
Edited byGrecia Villar
Music byLeoncio Lara Bon[3]
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Never Landing Data Distribution (Mexico)[5]
  • Grindstone Entertainment Group (United States)
[6]
Release dates
  • 22 January 2016 (2016-01-22) (Mexico)[1]
  • 13 June 2017 (2017-06-13) (United States)[2]
Running time
87 minutes
CountriesMexico
United States
LanguagesSpanish
English
Budget$4 million[7] [8]

El Americano: The Movie (also known as Americano[2]) is a 2016 3D Mexican-American animated family film produced by Animex Producciones, Olmos Productions, and Phil Roman Entertainment, and is directed by Ricardo Arnaiz and ex-Disney animator, Mike Kunkel.[9][10][11][12] The film features an ensemble voice cast of mostly Hispanic American and Mexican actors led by Rico Rodriguez, Edward James Olmos, Cheech Marin, Kate del Castillo, Paul Rodriguez, Gabriel Iglesias, Erik Estrada, and Lisa Kudrow.[13][14][15]

The first major animated co-production between studios in Mexico and the United States,[9][16] it is also the first international and CG production for Animex, as well it being its fourth film.[12][15][16] FilmSharks International announced that they have acquired the film's international rights.[16]

The film was released in Mexico on 22 January 2016 in Digital 3D and 2D theaters, distributed by Never Landing Digital Distribution.[5][7][17] The film has received mixed to negative reviews from critics and was a huge box office bomb, earning $587,592 on a $4 million budget.

Lionsgate's Grindstone Entertainment Group released the film direct-to-video and VOD on June 13, 2017, under the title Americano.[6][2]

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