Evolupia

Evolupia is a 2016 American computer-animated fantasy comedy adventure film produced by Geo LTD. Animation. It is the 50th feature film from Geo LTD. Directed by Taylor Grodin and written by Josh Klausner, the film features the voices of Josh Peck, Kate McKinnon, Willem Dafoe, Whoopi Goldberg, James Corden, and Elizabeth Banks.

The film follows two tourists named Al Messere and Caressa Watson, who visit the ancient kingdom of Evolupia, where a dormant spell put on the kingdom by wicked sorceress Cerramas is concealed inside a chain of forest vines, which if broken will unleash its spell upon the kingdom creating disastrous results. Al unwittingly breaks one of the vines and causes Evolupia's population to fall under a mutant creature transformation spell which will be completed in two days unless Al and Caressa can look for and defeat Cerramas.

Evolupia was released by Universal Pictures on November 18, 2016 and it received mixed reviews. The film grossed $205.1 million worldwide on a $70 million budget.

Plot
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Cast

 * Josh Peck as Al Messere
 * Kate McKinnon as Caressa Watson
 * Willem Dafoe as the Evolupian chief.
 * Whoopi Goldberg as Rana Gogos, the Evolupian tour guide.
 * James Corden as Tygon Bellhouse, a former human being who was transformed into a kangaroo/dragon hybrid "kangragon" by Cerramas's spell and trapped inside a deep cavern with no memory of his human life.
 * Elizabeth Banks as Cerramas, an angry sorceress responsible for the kingdom's spell.
 * Taylor Grodin as Bobbie, a gorilla/dinosaur hybrid "gorillasaur."
 * Michael Wildshill as Noet, a tiger/lizard hybrid "tizard."
 * Gregg Berger as Lok, a bird/chimpanzee hybrid "chimpbird."

Production
Geo LTD. announced plans for another film directed by Taylor Grodin as early as 2012, after the release of Chicken and Hen, in which Grodin directed. This version was to be written by Grodin, Erica Rivinoja and Michael Wildshill. Rivinoja served as a consultant of the film. In March 2013, Geo LTD. Animation announced that the film with the working title Evolupia would be released on June 3, 2016, with Taylor Grodin set to direct the film, written by Josh Klausner.

In September 2013, the studio announced a voice cast that includes Ryan Reynolds, Kate McKinnon, Willem Dafoe, Whoopi Goldberg, James Corden, and Elizabeth Banks. By January 2014, Reynolds was replaced by Josh Peck. In April 2015, Universal Studios and Geo LTD. announced that the release date for Evolupia was being pushed back five months to November 18, 2016, the release date that was originally slated for Gabriel and the Wacky Pack 3. That film was later moved to November 26, 2017.

Evolupia shares some plot elements with Disney's Moana, another animated film released on the Thanksgiving market.

Soundtrack
Taylor Grodin reteamed with Rupert Gregson-Williams on the score for Evolupia since they got along well during the scoring of Chicken and Hen. Geo LTD. Records released the soundtrack on November 11, 2016.

Track listing
All music composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams, except where noted.

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Release
The film was theatrically released on November 18, 2016, in the United States by Universal Pictures.

Home media
Evolupia was released on Digital HD on January 31, 2017, and on DVD and Blu-ray on February 19, 2017.

Box office
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Critical response
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