Oggy Oggy

Oggy Oggy: The Movie (titled onscreen as Oggy Oggy) is an 2021 computer-animated adventure-comedy film starring Jamie Chung as Oggy, and directed by Jon M. Chu.

In 2017, Marc du Pontavice announced that he intends on giving Oggy Oggy a feature length film where Warner Animation Group acquired the rights for it. Initially Pontavice was worried about the film due to the property being generally niche in America. He later assembled a team of writers which consisted of William Davies, Ed Stone, and Nate Hopper to write the play while giving Oggy an archnemesis in the film. Although largely mute in the original show, the characters are given extensive spoken dialogue for the first time to date. The film was also intended to be the series finale for the franchise.

It released on September 24, 2021 in Dolby Cinema and IMAX formats.

The film received generally positive reviews from critics who commended its humor, musical score, animation, and the vocal performances, with criticism on it's screenplay as well as length. However, it was universally panned by fans of the original series, French diaspora, and French critics, who criticized the celebrity voice actors, the lack of faithfulness to the source material, the plot, and the main characters' dialogue, where most called it "disrespectful to Oggy and the Cockroaches". Nonetheless, the film was a surprise box office success and grossed over $323 million worldwide, against it's $60 million budget.

A sequel is scheduled to be released on June 9, 2023.

Plot
A cat named Oggy wants to go to Paris, France After Sporty discovers that Oggy wants to go to Paris in France, Sporty and Mallow want to see if they can go to Paris, where Boggy is hosting a secret hideout far away from France. In the hideout, Boggy brings Cowboy and Katie to his hideout. On the news, Oggy tells Sporty and Mallow and they find out that Boggy’s secret hideout is a trap to catch the people in Catopolis. Oggy then gets mad and Mallow and Sporty tell Oggy that they have a plan. Boggy then hatches a idea to ruin Oggy and his friends' reputation by framing them for making Boggy have a secret hideout. Meanwhile, in Catpolis, Oggy wakes up and gets ready to start his day. Sporty and Mallow are overjoyed that Oggy is up, and fills their day with a full plate of things to do. However, Oggy tries to convince Sporty and Mallow that he also wishes to spend time with his family and friends for a "Saving-Catpolis-Once-Again" party that evening where Sporty and Mallow understand that they will also save Catpolis aswell.

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Voice cast

 * Jamie Chung as Oggy
 * Dua Lipa as Sporty
 * James Corden as Mallow
 * Billy Crystal as Fuzz Fuzz
 * Ray Romano as Dude #1
 * John Leguizamo as Dude #2
 * Anna Faris as Mary
 * Jason Lee as PoliceCat, a police chief who wants to arrest Oggy, Sporty and Mallow for (wrongfully) making Boggy make a secret hideout.
 * Chris Pratt as Cowboy, a smart and nice cowboy who tries to help Oggy, Sporty and Mallow to stop Boggy from making a secret hideout.
 * Bill Hader as Santa
 * Ben Schwartz as Crook #1
 * Steve Carell as Crook #2
 * Sandra Bullock as Katie
 * Charlie Day as Boggy, Oggy’s evil twin who tries to open a secret hideout but get’s arrested at the end of the film.

Additional voices

 * Theo Borders
 * Jason Harris
 * Kristin McGuire
 * Shakira Ja’nal
 * Paye Peter
 * Pamela Rose
 * Jason Linere White

Theatrical
Oggy Oggy: The Movie had its world premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on August 6, 2021, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 24 by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was rated G by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

Originally, it had been set for an September 11, 2020 release. On April 3, 2020, the film was moved up to July 16, 2021 as a result of Warner’s updated film release slate due to the 2019–20 coronavirus (COVID-19). On September 23, 2020, the film was then rescheduled for August 13, 2021 with Space Jam: A New Legacy taking it’s July slot. On November 5, 2020, the film was pushed two months later to November 22, 2021. On January 22, 2021, the film was pushed back three months earlier to July 23, 2021, with Encanto, a Disney film, taking its November slot. On March 23, 2021, Warner Bros. has announced that the film would be pushed back to September 24, 2021. On May 13, 2021, it was announced that the film will have a theatrical release as well as a HBO Max release.

On July 1, 2021, WarnerMedia announced that the film would be released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day for 30 days, in response to rising cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in the United States. However, this was the case for future Warner Bros Pictures movies at the time up until December 2021.

In theaters, the film will be accompanied by Sick as a Hare, a short film meant to be a Looney Tunes Cartoons episode.

Marketing
A teaser trailer was officially released online on Warner Bros. Pictures' YouTube channel on January 4, 2020. The film's official trailer was later released online on March 3, 2021. The film's final trailer was later officially released online on July 7, 2021.

Warner Bros. Pictures partnered with more than 100 licensing and promotional partners to market the film including General Mills, Skittles, Target, Fandango, Dodge,Burger King, and Kraft.

A collaboration with Minecraft, featuring content from the film was released in the game's marketplace in September 2021. 7-Eleven has a limited-edition "Oggy’s Special Surprise Slurpee".

Home media and streaming
Oggy Oggy was released on digital on November 23, 2021, and was released on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on December 7, 2021 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The film later returned on HBO Max on January 30.

Production
On the possibility of a potential film, in February 2017, Marc du Pontavice, the creator of the original series, stated that a feature prequel film for Oggy and the Cockroaches was being considered with the title character being made into a kitten. Six months later, Warner Bros. confirmed that the film is already moving forward from Warner Animation Group. Jamie Chung, Dua Lipa and James Corden have expressed interest in joining the roles in the film. On November 8, 2018, it was reported that Pendleton Ward (creator of Adventure Time) was in talks to co-direct the film with Jon M. Chu. Later that day, Ward confirmed in his interview that he will not co-direct the film. On November 22, 2018, Warner Bros. announced that the film officially began production.

At the 2019 CinemaCon in April, further more details including the plot were announced with original series creator Marc du Portavice revealed that that the film will be released on September 11, 2020, with Chung, Lipa, James Corden, Ben Schwartz, Steve Carell and Bill Hader as the main roles, as Oggy, Sporty, Mallow, Crooks 1 and 2 and Santa respectively, with Chris Pratt and Sandra Bullock joining them, while Charlie Day, Jason Lee, Anna Faris, Ray Romano and John Leguizamo would also join the cast. Portavince also expressed hope that it would be a fun ride. By October 2019, the film was almost complete. In January 2020, The film was screened with test audiences and the test audience liked it. On March 6, 2020, the film was completed. By April 3, 2020, the release date was pushed back to April 21, 2021 as a result of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic's impact on the film industry.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, production of the film was shifted to being all virtually with DNEG providing animation for the film.

Music
In July 2020, it was confirmed that Heitor Pereira will score the film.

Box office
Oggy Oggy grossed $100.5 million in the United States and Canada and $222.7 in other territories for a worldwide total of $323.2 million worldwide.

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Dear Evan Hansen and was projected to gross $10–15 million from 4,002 theaters in its opening weekend. However, after it made $15.3 million on its first day, including $3.9 million from Thursday previews projections were increased to $35 million. It ended up grossing $34.5 million in its opening weekend, placing second at box office behind holdover Alaina Gleen: World's Most Wanted. David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, called the opening weekend "a huge surprise." It later dropped -63.5% and grossed $12.5 million in it's second weekend and later dropped -40.5% in it's third weekend making $7.4 million.

In France, the homeland for the franchise, the film ended up making $76.3 million after opening up to $36.3 million in its opening weekend, despite negative reviews.

Critical response
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 76%, with an average score of 6.7/10, based on 291 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "A refreshing adaptation that surprisingly entertains audiences despite being a bit choppy at points, Oggy Oggy is something to take your kids to." Metacritic assigned a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Oggy Oggy series creators Jean Cayrol and Cédric Guarneri both criticized the film, stating that it disrespects the original series and criticized the characters talking as opposed to staying quiet

Sequel
After the unexpected success of the film, a sequel will be released in June 2023.