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Created by | Judi Barrett |
Original work | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (1978) |
Owner | Sony Pictures Animation (Sony Pictures) |
Years | 2009–2018 |
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Television series | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18) |
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a science fiction comedy media franchise produced by Sony Pictures Animation and loosely based on the book of the same name by Judi Barrett. The films have received generally positive reviews from critics. The series has grossed $517 million at the box office.
The franchise revolves around Flint Lockwood, a genius inventor who invents the FLDSMDFR, a device that creates food out of water. Despite its success, the device's power unintentionally creates havoc and natural disasters of which Flint and his friends have to stop.
On October 9, 2014, DHX Media announced that it would develop and produce a television series based on the film franchise, titled Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs , released on March 6, 2017 in the United States and April 6 of the same year in Canada. [1] The series is traditionally animated and consists of 26 22-minute episodes. [1] It takes place before the first film, showing Flint Lockwood as a high school student who dreams to become a serious scientist. [1] In his adventures, he is joined by Sam Sparks, a new girl in town and the school's "wannabe" reporter, along with Flint's dad Tim, Steve the Monkey, Manny as the head of the school's audiovisual club, Earl as a school gym teacher, Brent as a baby wear model, and mayor Shelbourne. [1] DHX Media handles the global television and non-US home entertainment distribution, along with worldwide merchandising rights, while Sony distributes home entertainment in the US. [1] Commissioned by Teletoon in Canada, the series airs on Cartoon Network in the United States, [2] and on the Boomerang channel in other territories. [3]
Super Manny is a short film, released in October 26, 2013.
Earl Scouts is a short film, released on October 26, 2013.
Steve's First Bath was released on January 28, 2014.
Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear was released on January 28, 2014.
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- A U indicates an actor or actress was uncredited for their role.
- A Y indicates an actor or actress voiced a younger version of their character.
Characters | Films | Short films | Television series | |||||
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Super Manny | Earl Scouts | Steve's First Bath | Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | ||
Season 1 | Season 2 | |||||||
Flint Lockwood | Bill Hader | Bill Hader | Mark Edwards | |||||
Max Neuwirth Y | Bridget Hoffman Y | |||||||
Samantha "Sam" Sparks | Anna Faris | Anna Faris | Katie Griffin | |||||
Tim Lockwood | James Caan | Seán Cullen | ||||||
Steve | Neil Patrick Harris | Neil Patrick Harris | Mark Edwards | |||||
Brent McHale | Andy Samberg | David Berni | ||||||
Officer Earl Devereaux | Mr. T | Terry Crews | Terry Crews | Clé Bennett | ||||
Mr. T A | ||||||||
Manny | Benjamin Bratt | Patrick McKenna | ||||||
Calvin "Cal" Devereaux | Bobb'e J. Thompson | Khamani Griffin | Baby sounds only | Uncredited voice actor | ||||
Patrick Patrickson | Al Roker | |||||||
Mayor Susan Shelbourne | Bruce Campbell | Silent cameo in end credits | Seán Cullen | |||||
Fran Lockwood | Lauren Graham | Painting | Uncredited voice actress | Painting | ||||
Regina Devereaux | Angela Shelton | Silent cameo | Kim Roberts U | Uncredited voice actress | ||||
Joseph "Joe" Towne | Will Forte | Character is mute | ||||||
Chester V | Will Forte | |||||||
Barb | Kristen Schaal | |||||||
Barry | Cody Cameron | Cody Cameron | Character is mute | |||||
Dill Pickles | ||||||||
Gil Shelbourne | Patrick McKenna | |||||||
Old Rick | Seán Cullen |
Role | Films | |
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | |
Director(s) | Phil Lord & Christopher Miller | Kris Pearn & Cody Cameron |
Producer(s) | Pam Marsden | Pam Marsden & Kirk Bodyfelt |
Writer(s) | Phil Lord & Christopher Miller | Story by: Phil Lord Christopher Miller Erica Rivinoja Screenplay by: Erica Rivinoja John Francis Daley Jonathan Goldstein |
Composer | Mark Mothersbaugh | |
Editor | Robert Fisher Jr. |
Film | U.S. release date | Box office gross | All-time ranking [4] | Budget (millions) | Ref. | |||
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U.S. and Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | U.S. and Canada | Worldwide | ||||
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | September 18, 2009 | $124,870,275 | $118,135,851 | $243,006,126 | 542 | 688 | $100 | [5] |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | September 27, 2013 | $119,793,567 | $154,532,382 | $274,325,949 | 569 | 568 | $78 | [6] |
Total | $244,663,842 | $272,668,233 | $517,332,075 | 157 | 165 | $178 |
Film | Critical | Public | ||
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Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | ||
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | 86% (143 reviews) [7] | 66 (24 reviews) [8] | A− [9] | |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | 71% (124 reviews) [10] | 59 (31 reviews) [11] | A− [9] |
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