Rickey the Wicked Witch of the City

Rickey the Wicked Witch of the City is a 2002 American animated dark fantasy horror comedy film directed by Brad Bird based on the animated series Rickey the Wicked. The film is directed by Brad Bird, who also created the series and features the voices of Candi Milo, Charlie Adler, June Foray, B.J. Ward, Tony Jay, Frank Welker, Jennifer Hale, Jim Cummings, and Jesse Douglas reprising their roles from the series along with newcomers Jodi Benson, Dan Aykroyd, with Richard Kind, and John Goodman. In the film, Rickey who masters his supernatural powers, must stop his parents from haunting and destroying his town.

Rickey the Wicked was initially set to be released as a direct-to-video film, but was instead released theatrically on October 18, 2002 by Warner Bros. Pictures, and received generally positive reviews from critics with most calling it a good bittersweet ending to the beloved series. The film also was a box office success, outperforming it's projections grossing over $243 million against its $60 million budget. It also served as the series finale of the original Rickey the Wicked series, as no further episodes were made to continue from where it left off. A revival was later announced in 2020 along with sequel with the former being released in 2021 while the latter has a slated release on October 13, 2023.

Plot
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Cast

 * Candi Milo as Rickey the Wicked, an apathetic yet smart teenage witch who wants to use his powers for good.
 * Charlie Adler
 * June Foray
 * B.J. Ward
 * Tony Jay
 * Frank Welker
 * Jennifer Hale
 * Jim Cummings
 * Jesse Douglas
 * Jodi Benson
 * Dan Aykryod
 * Richard Kind
 * John Goodman
 * Chris O'Donnell

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Production
Rumors about a possible Rickey the Wicked film started since the beginning of the series. Creator Brad Bird wrote a treatment for a Rickey feature film midway through the series' fifth season production in late 1994. It was to center on a dilemma for Rickey, but it was never pitched. However, in 1998, Bird and the rest of the animation team began working on a feature-length film based on Rickey by putting their finances into Script Development. In September 1999, Warner Bros. officially announced that Rickey the Wicked was to star in his own feature film.

Release
Rickey the Wicked Witch of the City was originally set to be released as a direct-to-video film in Fall 2002, but in February 2001, Warner Bros. announced that the film would be released theatrically.

Box office
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Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 73% based on 173 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's consensus reads: "Rickey the Wicked Witch of the City is one of those TV adaptations that you either love or hate, but either way this adaptation is entertaining as well as scary for the kids as well as adults." Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 58 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Sequel
After various troubles as well as script issues, Brad Bird announced that a sequel would be made. The sequel is scheduled to be released on October 13, 2023.