Geo (film)

Geo is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Blur Studio and Geo LTD. Pictures based on the series of the same name. It is the third full-length feature film in the Geo film series. It was directed by Geo G. and Tim Miller, and written by Al Shier and Jeff Fowler. It features the voices of James Arnold Taylor, Jason Marsden, Dakota Fanning, George Lopez, Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny, Tara Strong and Dee Bradley Baker. The film is a reboot of the Geo film series. In this film, Geo and Reo decides to go on adventure to find Uncle Kinder, until then Gree plans to destroy Basopolis. Geo, Reo, Coraline and the gang go on a mission to stop Gree and save the world.

A new Geo film was initially intended to begin production in 2003 for a 2005 release, but endured over a decade of "development hell" as scheduled release dates were pushed back several times while the script went through revisions. The film was released by Universal Pictures on October 4, 2013. Like previous two Geo films, this film received generally positive reviews, and grossed $463 million on a budget of $383 million. A sequel to this film, titled Geo 2, was released on October 2, 2015.

Plot
At a village full of creatures, two creature parents had sacrificed themselves to save their children from Gree's army, two children's mother hiding them in a crate and luring Gree's forces away from them. The crate two creatures were in was shipped far away to Basopolis, and was found by a 11-year-old girl named Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning), who names them Geo (James Arnold Taylor) and Reo (Jason Marsden).

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Cast

 * James Arnold Taylor as Geo, Coraline's small, yellow, spherical creature
 * Nancy Cartwright voiced Geo as a child.
 * Jason Marsden as Reo, Geo's brother
 * Cree Summer voiced Reo as a child.
 * Dakota Fanning as Coraline Jones, Geo and Reo's owner
 * George Lopez as Uncle Kinder, a blue creature and Geo and Reo's uncle
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Gree, Geo's enemy
 * Tom Kenny as Dr. One Eye, a former partner of Gree
 * Tom Kenny also voices Fluff, a talking rabbit.
 * Tara Strong as Neo, a sleepy creature
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Bob and Ralph, Anim8or birds
 * Jonah Hill as Rigo, a orange creature that wears a black coat
 * John DiMaggio as Eric, Rigo's owner
 * Steve Carell as Lenny, a friend of Eric
 * Grey DeLisle as Mallory, a friend of Coraline
 * Gregg Berger as Willy
 * Rob Paulsen as Mink
 * Sally Field as Geo and Reo's mother
 * Kevin McDonald as Geo and Reo's father
 * Additional voices were provided by Jack Angel, Geo G., Tim Miller, David Stinnett, Candi Milo, Tom Kane, Tom Kenny, Keith Ferguson, Hynden Walch, Kevin Michael Richardson, Phil LaMarr, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Bill Hader, Seth Green, Mala M., Aaron Lohr, Jeremy Shada, Debi Derryberry, Jess Harnell, Jim Ward, and Jim Cummings.

Development
In May 2002, series' creator Geo G. denied rumors of a new Geo film. In July 2002, just a month before Geo: The Greatest Movie Ever ' s premiere, Geo LTD. announced that the new film was underway. A presentation by Geo contained a reference to the working title Geo: The Greatest Movie Ever 2, and it was set for a summer 2005 release. In September 2002, actor Bill Hader, who voiced Geo Jones in Geo: The Greatest Movie Ever, said he could not imagine a way for the main character to be involved in another film.

In 2003, it was announced that the film was in pre-production, and would be rescheduled to a fall 2005 release. In June 2003, it was announced that Geo would direct the feature and would be titled Geo: Revolution. On October 11, 2003, Bill Hader said there was a chance he would be reprise his role as Geo in the film. On October 16, Steve Samono was announced as screenwriter, with Terry Ward as producer. In December 2003, Carlos Alazraqui said he had been asked to stay available for a possible return of Gree. On December 21, 2003, it was reported that the story would involve Geo and his friends getting sucked into the TV world. Samono's first draft of the script was finished in March 2004. Bill Hader confirmed he would reprise his role as Geo.

In May 2004, Tara Strong said she would reprise her role as Coraline Jones. On June 5, 2004, Geo was asked about a hypothetical idea of Gree's henchmen evolving from humans. Geo responded "keep thinking about that, and in a couple of years go see our new Geo movie." In July 2004, it was reported that Ian Maxtone-Graham was writing the script. Maxtone-Graham was hired to finish earlier work done by Samono, who had left the project to work on How Frogs Go to London. By August 2004, John H. Williams, the producer of the first two Shrek films and the founder of Vanguard Animation, had joined the project as a producer. In September 2004, it was reported that the film would feature Geo's uncle.

In November 2004, the script was being rewritten, with Danny Jacobs and Maurice LaMarche being considered for two of the new characters and Tara Strong reprising her role as Coraline. In December 2004, Geo G's blog published a review of a leaked draft of the film's script. The story would have involved Geo and the gang recruited by a new character, a young man named Mark Smith, to save the people at Basopolis. Gree would be the main villain in this draft. In 2005, Ian Maxtone-Graham confirmed this to be an early draft of the script, intercepted through Geo G's email by a hacker.

In late December 2004, Johnny Depp was rumored and later reported to voice the new character in the film. Depp was actually in consideration for Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. Maxtone-Graham was still re-writing the script in January 2005, with the film on track for a rescheduled mid-2006 release. Maxtone-Graham's next draft, which involved Geo meeting his biological parents, was scrapped.

In June 2005, Terry Ward confirmed the film was on hold due to repeated revisions of the film's script, none of which satisfied Geo. In March 2006, Geo said he planned to include a scene in the film that would involve Geo and Reo on a car chase by Gree. In October 2006, Geo G. and Terry Ward were working on a new screenplay, with more work on it expected to begin immediately after the 2007 release of Billy Blob. In November 2006, John H. Williams said the film now had a good script, with the film begin production in January 2007 for a summer 2008 release.

In February 2007, Williams said the film had a script. In March 2007, Williams said there was an idea for the film, but not a script. Williams went on to deny that The Simpsons animation director David Silverman would co-write. In April 2007, Carlos Alazraqui said he was open to the possibility of reprising his role as Gree, but had not been contacted about voicing Gree in the film.

In May 2007, Alazraqui said he had been contacted about voicing Gree in the film, with production expected to begin within the year for release in 2008. In December 2007, John H. Williams said further work on the script could not commence until the end of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, with production potentially starting in 2008 for a release in the fall of 2009.

James Arnold Taylor, the current voice of Geo the Creature since 2005, was contacted about voicing Geo in the film.

In February 2008, John H. Williams and Steve Samono were asked if there was any development on the new film. Samono responded, "I don't know. There aren't any plans for the new one yet, but my friend Geo G. tries to figure out to make the plans for the movie." It was said that Williams and Samono would remain involved with Geo LTD. and its plans for the new Geo film. In July 2008, Geo G. discussed the possibility of the new Geo film, stating that the story for the film is completely different from that of its predecessors and would restart the Geo film series. In a August 2008 interview, Geo reiterated that the new Geo film was set to be the beginning of a second Geo film trilogy.

By October 3, 2008, Geo confirmed that he may work on a story for a potential new Geo film.

In November 2008, Geo G. confirmed that preparations for the film were in progress, with a story ready and a script being written. Geo said that it would be possibly released in 2011, with a representative from Geo LTD. saying 2011 would be the preferred deadline for completion.

In June 2009, it was announced that the film would be computer-animated by Blur Studio with Geo and Tim Miller directing the film under the working title The Geo Movie but was changed to Geo: The Untold Story of a Yellow Creature to avoid confusion with Geo G's another film, The Geo Team Movie. In August 2009, it was announced that Travis Knight, who served as the lead animator on Coraline, would be co-producing the film and Al Shier and Jeff Fowler would be writing the script.

In February 2010, David Stinnett announced that he would be the co-producer of the film. In March, Geo LTD. announced that the new film will be neither a sequel or prequel, making this installment a reboot of the Geo film franchise. On May 6, 2010, it was announced that James Arnold Taylor, Jason Marsden, and Dakota Fanning are reprising their roles as Geo, Reo and Coraline Jones. In September 2010, George Lopez, Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny, Tara Strong, Dee Bradley Baker, Jonah Hill, John DiMaggio, and Steve Carell were cast in the film. In December 2010, it was announced that Grey DeLisle would be joining the cast for the film.

Pre-production
On March 26, 2011, Geo LTD. said that the film, simply titled Geo, would be released in 3D on October 5, 2012. On April 5, it was reported that Travis Knight would not be producing the film in favor of focusing on ParaNorman for 2012. Producer John H. Williams said, "No decisions have been made regarding where we are animating the movie." On April 12, 2011, the studio announced it was pushing the release from October 5, 2012, to an unspecified future date, taking different places with Blur Studio's film Zane the Cool Kid. According to Miller in June 2011, production was on hold, and the film's release date had been pushed to 2013. On May 14, 2011, a teaser banner was revealed at Licensing Expo 2011, giving a 2013 release. On July 18, 2011, Geo LTD. confirmed the film would be released on October 4, 2013.

Music
On November 6, 2012, it was announced that John Powell would compose the music for the film. On January 20, 2013, Powell confirmed that Nightcore will create songs for the film, and it is uncredited.

Release
Geo was released in theaters by Universal Pictures in the United States on October 4, 2013 and the United Kingdom on November 7, 2013. The film's first trailer was released on February 5, 2013, the second trailer was released on June 26, 2013. Universal and Geo LTD. announced the film's post-production conversion to 3D on September 9, 2013. It was the first Geo film to be rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for "mild rude humor".

Marketing
On October 4, 2013, McDonald's released ten toys in Happy Meals to promote the film. A video game based on the film, titled Geo, was developed by Toys for Bob and published by Activision. Released on October 1, 2013 for PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, PC, iOS, and Android.

Home media
Geo was released on Digital HD on January 28, 2014, and was released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D in the United States on February 18, 2014 and the United Kingdom on March 22, 2014. A special "Really Yellow Edition" also include a limited edition Geo toy and a collectible 3D Geo photo. It was accompanied by the short animated film, Yellow Quest.

Critical response
Geo has received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 64% based on reviews from 104 critics, with an average rating of 9.8/10, giving it "Certified Fresh" status. The site's consensus reads: "Geo is the #1 movie in America for kids, teens and adults." It holds a 74% on Metacritic, indicating "Generally Favorable Reviews". It holds a 8.4 on the Internet Movie Database. Common Sense Media rated this film on for ages 6 and up and giving this film a 5 stars out of 5 quoting that "This film is fun and will give laughter to the whole family."

Box office
The film grossed $83,831,391 on it's opening day, with a combined total of $36,874,164 for it's opening weekend, being released in 4,167 theaters, leaving it #2 during the weekend behind Gravity, Grace Unplugged, and Runner Runner in the United States. It grossed a total of $334,634,953 worldwide, making the film a box office success. It is the sixth highest-grossing 2013 animated film (behind Despicable Me 2, Monsters University, Frozen, The Croods and The Geo Team Movie 2).

Soundtrack
Geo: Music from the Movie is the soundtrack album for the film, released on September 30, 2013 by Geo LTD. Records. The music was composed by John Powell. The theme is "My Life is a Party" by Nightcore. Nightcore also provided a single "My Life is a Party", which was played at the film's end credits.

Track listing
All music composed by John Powell, except where noted.

Sequels
A sequel, titled, Geo 2, was released on October 2, 2015. It takes place two years after the first film, with Geo, Reo, Coraline, and the gang get sucked in a time machine and lead to the year 2067, and they met the future versions of Geo, Reo, Coraline and the gang. Tobo is planning to take over the world and destroy everything. Meanwhile, Gree wanted to destroy Basopolis and rule the world and changes to Gree T-1000 disguised as the one-eyed red bodied monster. It's up to Geo, Reo, Coraline and the future versions of them to save the future and stop Tobo and Gree before they find the time machine to go home. The original crew and cast returned for the film, with new additions consisting of Johnny Depp as the new villain Tobo, Brendan Fraser, James Franco, and Jessica Alba as the future versions of Geo, Reo, and Coraline.

On September 30, 2015, it was announced that Geo 3 is already in the works, with Universal looking for a director. In November 2015, it was announced that Geo 3 will be released on October 26, 2018.

Live-action reboot
On June 13, 2015, Geo LTD. announced that they are developing a live-action film based on the Geo series with Spike Jonze, director of Where the Wild Things Are, is set to direct. Like the 2011 film Hop, the characters will be animated in CGI like the previous movies.

Specials
A Christmas-themed special, titled A Geo Christmas, was aired on NBC on November 18, 2014. In December 2014, It was announced that a crossover with Gabriel and the Wacky Pack, titled Geo and the Wacky Pack, will be aired on NBC in May 2016.