Ruby Rivest

Ruby Rivest is a 2005 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by IDT Entertainment. Directed by Ash Brannon and written by Tab Murphy, Peter Baynham, Roger S. H. Schulman, J. David Stem, and David N. Weiss, the film features the voices of Mandy Moore, Tobey Maguire, Samuel L. Jackson, David Spade, Steve Zahn, Whoopi Goldberg, Stanley Tucci, Anthony Anderson, Nathan Lane, Eric Idle, Dakota Fanning, and Paul Giamatti. The film is a homage to, and a self-parody of sci-fi space films of the 1950s/1980s.

The film was released on December 21, 2005, in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and internationally by Columbia Pictures. The film grossed $303 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics who praised the humor, animation, and vocal performances of Moore, Maguire, Spade, Jackson, and Giamatti but criticized the lack of originality, writing, tone, and the use of pop cultural references. However, through home video releases and television syndication, it later gathered a cult following in recent years. A television series, titled Ruby Rivest and the Cosmic Warriors, aired on Cartoon Network from 2007 to 2010.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Mandy Moore as Ruby Rivest, a optimistic space human girl who dreams of a becoming a Cosmic Warrior. She later becomes Robert Stawls' love interest.
 * Tobey Maguire as Robert Stawls, Ruby's best friend and partner.
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Ray Moonblazer, a retired Cosmic Warrior who helps Ruby and her friends on their adventure.
 * David Spade as Crimson, a cat-like alien who often clashes with Barney in a frenemy way.
 * Steve Zahn as Barney, a talking space dog that Ruby befriends.
 * Whoopi Goldberg as Linda, a optimistic yet dim-witted alien who lives on the planet Museria.
 * Stanley Tucci as Ben Rivest, Ruby's deadpan adoptive father.
 * Eric Idle as Fredrick, the empathetic British emperor of Nebulaville.
 * Anthony Anderson as Kerry, a goofy one-eyed alien.
 * Nathan Lane as Louie, a clumsy alien who is a con artist.
 * Dakota Fanning as Vivian, a feisty young girl who looks up to Ruby.
 * Paul Giamatti as Galcer Spasotin, a villainous and selfish alien tyrant.
 * Alan Rickman as Rodal, Galcer's dim-witted servant.
 * Sigourney Weaver as R.U.T.H., Galcer's computer.
 * William Shatner as Zarry, one of Galcer's top henchmen.
 * Bill Hader as Larry, one of Galcer's top henchmen.
 * Tom Kenny as Tuck, an insane alien who believes Ruby is a monster.
 * Patrick Warburton as Bean, an giant, naïve, yet philosophical gorilla-like alien.
 * Dick McClane as Morvis / Alien Guard #1
 * Jennifer Hale as Ruby's biological mother.
 * Tom Kane as Ruby's biological father.
 * Cathy Cavadini and Grey DeLisle as Vivian's friends.
 * DeLisle also voices Alien Guard #3.
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Mexican Food Dude
 * Phil LaMarr as Robot / Alien Guard #2

ADR Group
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Development
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Casting
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Animation
The animation services for the film were provided at IDT Entertainment in Toronto, Canada, with additional animation services by Reel FX Creative Studios. The traditionally-animated 2D sequences were provided by Rough Draft Studios in South Korea.

Theatrical
Ruby Rivest was originally scheduled for theatrical release on September 16, 2005, but in February 2005, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer moved the release date up to December 21, 2005.

Marketing
The film's teaser trailer was released on November 9, 2004 and was attached into The Polar Express a day later. The film's official trailer was released on July 7, 2005. The final trailer was released on October 6, 2005, and was released theatrically in front of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Upon its release, Burger King promoted the film with a set of 6 kids' meal toys featuring the characters from the film. Tie-ins with General Mills, Hasbro and American Express were also made to promote the film.

Home media
Ruby Rivest was released on DVD and VHS by MGM Home Entertainment through Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on April 4, 2006, followed by a Blu-ray release on May 26, 2009 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 47% based on 131 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 44 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.

Box office
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Cancelled sequel
Following the box office success of the film, a sequel to Ruby Rivest was announced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in March 2006. Ash Brannon, the director of the first film, would not return for the sequel as he was already co-directing Surf's Up with Chris Buck at Sony Pictures Animation at the time. Peggy Holmes, who was a story supervisor on the first film, was announced as the film's director, replacing Brannon. Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky were hired to write the sequel's script. At that time, the film was scheduled to be released in December 2008, but was delayed to April 17, 2009, before being removed from the release schedule. However, in March 2008, Craig McCracken and Kate Mallory confirmed that the project was subsequently abandoned in favor of Drilling Pursuit and the Upside Mystery sequel, owing to production issues and creative difficulties.

Main
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Trailers
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