Mirica (film)

Mirica is a 1998 American animated science fantasy adventure film produced by Disney MovieToons. The film focuses on an outcast named Mirica who must rise up and stop an evil tyrant from taking over her galaxy while learning more about her heritage on the way.

The film was released to theaters by Walt Disney Pictures on April 10, 1998, and marked the second theatrically released Disney animated film by Disney MovieToons after DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) as well as being the second Disney animated film to be produced by Walt Disney Television Animation under the banner of Disney MovieToons and animated by Walt Disney Animation France S.A. A comic book adaption was released at the same time, with a cover identical to the theatrical poster.

The film received generally positive reviews although it was criticized for it's excessive violence and being too dark for family audiences. Nonetheless, the film was a box office success making $178 million worldwide, spawning a franchise including a tv series of the same name.

A sequel titled Mirica 2: Multiversal Warfare, is scheduled to be released April 5, 2024 theatrically.

Plot
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Cast

 * Sarah Paulson as Mirica, an alien warrior from the Planet Alakaina whose an outcast while being the leader of her own force and the daugther of Merku, the legendary Star Warrior
 * Amanda Peet as Qerkrud, Mirica's best friend.
 * Maggie Gyllenhaal as Driesur
 * DeForest Kelley as Emperor Yudo, the evil tyrant of the galaxy and the main antagonist of the film.
 * Russell Crowe as Taggart, Mirica's kind hearted father that's a space assassain.
 * Debbie Harry as Merku, Mirica's overprotective mother whose the legendary Star Warrior.
 * Jenna von Oÿ as Selina
 * Hugh Grant as Stalgax, Yudo's tough assistant.
 * Billy West as Resaix and Mansaix, two twin talking dog-like aliens that often clash.
 * Michael Ironside as Qwintenzel
 * Warwick Davis as Balfa
 * Alan Rickman as Tayfarr
 * Jonathan Lipnicki as Zeno
 * Jerry O'Connell as Lanaldo

Production
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Animation
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Release
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Home media
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Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 82% based on 100 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "TBA." On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 69 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally positive 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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Television series and sequel
Following the success of the film, Disney green-lit a television series set directly after the events of the first film while keeping the original cast and it airing on ABC due to the darker nature of the series as well as to compete with rival studio's hit series Rickey the Wicked the series aired from 2000 to 2012.

After the film spawned a series, talks for a sequel were made but was eventually dropped following the underperformances of various traditionally animated Disney films. Soon after, in 2021, it was announced that a new feature film will be made and released exclusively on Disney+ with the cast members reprising their roles as well as the film's title officially being Mirica 2: Multiversal Warfare. However, following the restructure of Walt Disney Studios, it was announced that the film would instead be released in theaters, making it the first fully 2D animated theatrical film by Walt Disney Pictures since 2011's Winnie the Pooh while blending elements of computer-animation with inspiration from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The film is scheduled to be released on April 5, 2024.