Moshi Monsters: The Movie

Moshi Monsters: The Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWip Vernooij
Written bySteve Cleverley
Jocelyn Stevenson
Based onMoshi Monsters
Produced byJocelyn Stevenson
Giles Healy
Starring
Edited byMark Edwards
Music bySanj Sen
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • 20 December 2013 (2013-12-20) (United Kingdom)
Running time
81 minutes[2]
CountryUnited Kingdom[3]
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1.5 million[4][better source needed]
Box office$2.9 million[5]

Moshi Monsters: The Movie is a 2013 British animated musical adventure film directed by Wip Vernooij and co-directed by Morgan Francis, based on the massive multiplayer online game Moshi Monsters. The film features the voices of Emma Tate, Tom Clarke Hill, Phillipa Alexander, and Keith Wickham. The film was released to UK and Irish cinemas on 20 December 2013 and grossed $2.9 million. The film’s plot follows Monsters Katsuma and Poppet, who are starring in a documentary about their home and have to try and retrieve a giant golden egg named the Great Moshling Egg from Dr. Strangeglove and his glumpified sidekick Fishlips.

Although the film did not receive a theatrical release in North America, it was broadcast on Starz in May 2019, and was available on Hulu and Sling TV. Its North American release was cancelled.[6][7]

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  6. ^ Grant Hermanns (28 April 2020). "Starz Unveils May 2020 Calendar Including Mother's Day Collection". ComingSoon.net.
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