The Teenagers Movie

The Teenagers Movie is a 2022 American animated coming-of-age comedy film based on the television series The Teenagers. Becoming the first theatrical film based on the series, it'll also serve as the series finale of the original series as it was previously announced that no more episodes would be produced afterwards. The film will featured the reprised roles of the cast members from the series along with new voices. In the film, Terrance receives a letter from his parents who he invites the other teenagers along to meet. It is the first 20th Century Animation film with a black human lead character and a black director.

The film premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 15, 2022 and is scheduled to released in the United States on December 2, 2022 by 20th Century Studios in 3D and IMAX formats.

Synopsis
After receiving a letter from his parents, Terrance must travel with The Teenagers to find and finally meet his parents.

Cast

 * Jah'Mir Wheeler as Terrance Jacobs, An African-American teenage boy who is usually the toughest one of the teens.
 * Thom Adcox-Hernandez as Jacob Myles, The leader of the teenagers, and the most confident of the teens
 * Tom Kenny as Mark Wilson, Jacob's best friend and right-hand man.
 * Chris Rock as Josiah Freeway, An African-American teenage boy with Dominican heritage who is a bit self-absorbed and fashion-conscious.
 * Jeri Lee Meylar as Daria "Dar" Lawrence, A Caribbean-French girl with Jamaican heritage who is the oldest of the teens and the most bitter of them all, she speaks with a deadpan French accent. Daria often is seen chewing bubble gum or practicing performing voodoo on small children.
 * Christel Khalil as Lauria Michaels, A Brazilian-Japanese girl who can often come as vain and haughty at times due to coming from a wealthy family.
 * Laurence Fishburne as Robert Jacobs, Terrance's long lost biological dad.
 * Gladys Knight as Edith Jacobs, Terrance's long lost biological mom.
 * Keith David as Markeith Richards, a businessman who associates with the Jacobs family.
 * Jurnee Smollett as Debbie Jacobs, Terrance's long lost biological twin sister.
 * Big Sean as Marcus Richards, the son of Markeith Richards.
 * Lizzo as Patty, a popular new student at Greentopia School.
 * Bad Bunny as Alejandro Rivera, a new exchange student.
 * Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Moxy Jones, a mysterious fashionista who tells Terrance abou this parents and attends Greentopia School.
 * Jeannie Elias as Annette Darling

Development
On October 4, 2019, 20th Century Fox announced that a film adaptation based on the Fox animated series The Teenagers was in development, and it was scheduled to be released on November 12, 2021. Like the series, the film will be distributed by 20th Century Fox domestically and Warner Bros. Pictures internationally.

Series creator as well as director of the film Jah'Mir Wheeler had said the film would "cap off the series in a huge finale as well" while hoping that the film would attract more audiences to the already popular series. In July 18, 2020, Wheeler said that the script was submitted and accepted by the studios. On September 13, 2020, Thom Adcox-Hernandez confirmed that work on the film was being done remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while also revealing that recording for the film has already begun, with the cast reprising their roles from the television series. According to Wheeler, he wanted the film to duplicate the success of other TV show adaptations like Jeremy Monroe: The Biggest Movie Ever and Daniel's Big Return as well as 20th's own Cool Spot.

Wheeler said the budget for the film was $89 million and estimated that an additional $190 million was spent on marketing, the most for an animated film by 20th Century Studios.

Animation
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Release
The film will be released by 20th Century Studios on December 2, 2022 in 3D and IMAX formats.

Marketing
The first trailer for the movie was released on July 6, 2022 on Youtube and received 200.2 million views within 24 hours, beating Daniel: Bigger, Badder, and Meaner 's 157.2 million for the biggest views for a trailer based on a TV series. Tickets for the film went on sale on November 14, 2022 and ticket sites crashed as a result of high demand.

Box office projections
The Teenagers Movie will be released alongside Violent Night and is projected to gross anywhere from $80–150 million in its opening weekend. Two weeks ahead of its release, Fandango announced that the film outsold Daniel's Big Return and Daniel: Bigger, Badder, and Meaner at the same point in the sales cycle.