Strange World (film)

Strange World
Searcher, Jaeger and Ethan Clade, Legend, and Splat are running away from a creature called Reaper in the mysterious subterranean world.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDon Hall
Written byQui Nguyen
Produced byRoy Conli
Starring
CinematographyTracy Scott Beattie (layout)
Brian Leach (lighting)
Edited bySarah K. Reimers
Music byHenry Jackman
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures[a]
Release dates
  • November 15, 2022 (2022-11-15) (El Capitan Theatre)
  • November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$135–180 million[b]
Box office$73.6 million[4][5]

Strange World is a 2022 American animated science-fiction adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Don Hall, co-directed and written by Qui Nguyen, and produced by Roy Conli. Starring the voices of Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union, and Lucy Liu, it follows a legendary family of explorers, the Clades (Gyllenhaal, Quaid, Young-White, and Union), who must set aside their differences as they embark on a journey to a mysterious subterranean land inhabited by surreal lifeforms, in order to save the miracle plant Pando, which is their society's source of energy.

Hall conceived Strange World in 2017 while finishing co-directing Moana (2016). Strange World draws inspiration from pulp magazines, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Fantastic Voyage (1966), Jurassic Park (1993) and King Kong (1933). To communicate non-verbally, several animators worked to create the movement of the character Splat. While the film is predominantly CGI, the film does incorporate 2D animation from Randy Haycock, with additional 2D animation by Eric Goldberg and Mark Henn in certain scenes. Henry Jackman provided the musical score. The film introduced Walt Disney Animation Studios' first openly LGBTQ lead character, leading to the film being pulled out for a theatrical release in some regions.

Strange World premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on November 15, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 23. Although the film received generally positive reviews from critics, it only grossed $73.6 million with a projected loss of $197 million for Disney, making it one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time.


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  5. ^ "Strange World (2022) – Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2023.