Villains

Villains is an upcoming American adult computer-animated superhero-comedy film directed, written, and produced by Seth MacFarlane, along with being co-produced by Basil Iwanyk, and co-written by Spike Jonze. It will be produced by Dreamworks Pictures (their first animated film under their own label since Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit), Fuzzy Door Productions, MRC, and Bluegrass Films with animation provided by Mikro Images and distribution provided by Lionsgate. The film features the voice of Seth MacFarlane as Joshua Simmons / Pigman alongside an all-star ensemble voice cast consisting of Jennifer Lawrence, Christian Bale, Patrick Wilson, Eric André, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr, Ice Cube, William Shatner, Harry Styles, Nick Kroll, Morgan Freeman, Kristen Wiig, Kathy Bates, and Kiefer Sutherland. In Villains, former superhero Pigman and his friends in the A.S.S. (Assembled Superhero Supremes) decides to find a new super-villain to cause trouble after the world is shown to not need superheroes anymore due to Securetron being invented.

Villains is set to be released on January 12, 2024 in the United States, in IMAX and 3D.

Synopsis
Pigman, the leader of the A.S.S. (Assembled Superhero Supremes), decides to create a new supervillain after new technology is shown to no longer need superheroes.

Cast

 * Seth MacFarlane as Joshua Simmons / Pigman, a washed up superhero whose job is replaced by Securetron while also being the leader of A.S.S. (Assembled Superhero Supremes) and often get made fun of for not having superpowers. He is a parody of DC Comics' Batman.
 * Jennifer Lawrence as Linda Qin / Solar Flare, a member of the A.S.S. (Assembled Superhero Supremes) whose powers including generating flames and surround herself with them and flying. She is a female parody of the Fantastic Four member Johnny Storm / Human Torch.
 * Christian Bale as John Banksworth / Captain Freedom, a Alabama-raised Republican patriotic member of the A.S.S. (Assembled Superhero Supremes) who was frozen in 1953 and unmelted in 2003. He is a parody of Captain America from The Avengers.
 * Eric André as Bruce Kent / Reddy, a short tempered member of the A.S.S. (Assembled Superhero Supremes) who can turn into a red Monster. His name is in reference to Bruce Banner of The Avengers and Clark Kent of the Justice League while being a parody of the former's alter-ego, the Hulk.
 * Kevin Hart as Deiondre Harris / Stretch, an African-American member who has the ability to squash and stretch his body like a cartoon character. He is a parody of Plastic Man from DC Comics.
 * Patrick Wilson as Oliver Nipples, a smart scientist who is the creator of Securetron designed to give tiring superheroes a break as well as replace them completely while stopping crime. His name is a play on the phrase "I love your nipples."
 * Bill Burr as Electropical, a man who has the power to control anything with electric in it.
 * Ice Cube as Gizmo Horn, a gangsta supervillan who has magic powers.
 * William Shatner as Tucker Jones, a news anchor for Bunny News, a parody of Fox News.
 * Harry Styles
 * Nick Kroll
 * Morgan Freeman as the voice of the Securetron robots.
 * Kristen Wiig
 * Kathy Bates
 * Kiefer Sutherland

Several cast members from Family Guy and American Dad will also be providing voices for the film in undisclosed roles.

Production
In January 2020, Universal and Dreamworks Pictures announced the development on an untitled animated superhero film directed by Mike Disa as well as being written and starring Seth MacFarlane with Disney provided international distribution under 20th Century Studios. MacFarlane called the film "a huge parody of all modern superhero movies including the MCU ones" and reinstated that the film would be more graphic than Deadpool. In February, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson were announced to star, but the latter dropped out before production began due to scheduling conflicts with The Batman. Margot Robbie was reportedly considered for Lawrence's role, while Jamie Foxx was considered for Jordan's. In October, Christian Bale was cast as Pattinson's replacement. The rest of the ensemble cast was revealed between January and June 2022.

Later on in 2022, it was announced that the film would be released by Lionsgate in a distribution deal after Universal put the film in a turnaround with Lionsgate acquiring the worldwide distribution rights from Universal and Disney with animation being provided by Mikros Image. The distribution deal was made to where Lionsgate is solely distributing the film getting merchandise profits and 8% of box office while Dreamworks Pictures and Seth MacFarlane will receive 92% of the profits made at box office.

Originally in production, the film wasn't intended to be released in 3D until MacFarlane insisted a 3D release to give audiences a more better experience of the film.

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Release
The film is scheduled to be theatrically released on January 12, 2024 by Lionsgate after previously being pushed back from a October 13, 2023 release date to avoid competition with Rickey the Wicked: Alaxesis and later being pushed back again after a change in Lionsgate Animation's release schedule to accomodate Kittens.

Marketing
The official red-band teaser trailer was released on December 13, 2022, and was later attached to early screenings as well as official screenings of ''Detective Carl Returns. Additionally a teaser poster, parodying 2017's Justice League''. Lionsgate revealed versions of the trailer in English along with dubbed versions in Spanish, French, Italian and German. It soon became the top trending video on YouTube, and a top trending topic on Twitter, while inspiring numerous internet memes and reaction videos. A green-band trailer was released on January 6, 2023 and later attached to M3gan as well as Ico II.