Founded

Founded is a 2012 animated science fiction comedy film directed and written by Ash Brannon. The film's plot is about an alien who must stop a human invasion while defending his parents and family. Produced and animated by Reel FX Animation Studios with 2D animation by Rough Draft Studios, it is Fox's first film since History Island in 2004 to incorporate elements of traditional animation, and the film features the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Penélope Cruz, Donald Sutherland, James Caan, Danny DeVito, Ryan Ochoa, Emily Osment, Jesse McCartney, Christina Aguilera, and Willow Smith.

The film was released on March 30, 2012 and received generally positive reviews with critics praising the humor while also being a modest box office success, grossing over $228 million worldwide against its budget of $60 million.

A sequel is currently in development.

Plot
On the Planet Leguini, the city of Glaax is inhabited with nothing but various aliens of all sizes and all shapes, however, the city is currently on lock down due to a ongoing war against humans of Earth who are considered armed and dangerous. Warran, the leader of the Telex tribe, reassures the city that the humans will not win against the war. Months later, peace is seen in the city as all the citizens are trained in combat in case of another invasion. More coming soon!

Cast

 * Shia LaBeouf as Rani, a insolent and troublesome teenage alien who isn't scared of humans while also believing that the war is pointless.
 * Penélope Cruz as Teneiri, Rani's overprotective mother who protects Rani after the death's of his grandmother and father.
 * Donald Sutherland as Warran, the leader of the Alien tribe and Rani's grandfather and Teneiri's father.
 * James Caan
 * Danny DeVito as Trussel, a dimwitted and short tempered alien whose shaped like broccoli.
 * Ryan Ochoa as Timothy, a human boy who wanders off and finds Rani.
 * Emily Osment
 * Jesse McCartney as Zayne, a popular alien boy.
 * Christina Aguilera
 * Willow Smith
 * Eric Bauza

Production
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Release
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Marketing
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Home media
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Box Office
Founded grossed $149.5 million in the United States and Canada and $203.6 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $353.1 million worldwide.

In North America, Founded opened on Friday, March 30, 2012, with 3,911 theaters, grossing $17.7 million on its first day. It ended up opening to $48.2 million in its opening weekend, reaching the top spot.

Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Founded holds an approval rating of 71% based on 180 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. Its critical consensus reads, "While broken and uneven at some parts, this old-school science fiction comedy will have your families laughing from start to finish." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an 79% positive score.

Sequel
In 2012, director Ash Brannon said that a sequel "is possible and will have to take time to work on". Brannon also stated that he "wanted a whole trilogy showing the growth of certain characters as well as to development the characters more. On December 27, 2022, it was announced by Brannon that a sequel is development at 20th Century Animation and Reel FX Animation Studios. Brannon also expects to have the cast reprise their roles.

TV series
A television series of the same name aired on Fox Family from 2013 to 2016 with none of the cast members reprising their roles.