Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm: Book VII: The Forest Awakens, marketed simply as Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm, is a 2022 American
The film is the first of
Plot
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Several years ago,
Frylock now works at the IT department of megacompany Amazin, which is led by reclusive and diminutive owner Neil from his llama-shaped skyscraper Llama Dolly, rumored to be a functioning spaceship. One day Frylock is summoned to Neil, who explains that he wishes to become taller. He has a scientist assistant, Elmer, who had no success in that regard and who is shown (seemingly also without success) working on creating plants with human-like intelligence. Neil requests Frylock to repair one of Elmer's stretching machines, but Frylock suggests DNA splicing to clone a larger version of Neil, who enthusiastically agrees.
Later that night, Frylock is attacked by muggers and badly mutilated, before he is rescued by Neil and Elmer. Since Frylock's old shell is destroyed in the attack, he is given a new metal shell by Neil and Elmer, who admire the crystal that is attached to Frylock and powers him. During his convalescence, it seems that a friendship develops between him and Neil. After several failed experiments, Frylock can splice the DNA of a giraffe and former basketball player Shawn Kemp into Neil's, which creates an extremely tall clone. The clone calls himself Big Neil and immediately usurps Neil's position, locking him inside a wooden box.
Meanwhile, Master Shake and Meatwad arrive in short succession at former neighbor
Big Neil and Elmer plan to replace the aliens with the plant creatures Elmer has finally successfully developed by synthesizing Frylock's crystal. Neil comments that he only got close to Frylock to obtain access to his crystal and that all Amazin packaging consists solely of seeds, which develop into the creatures when they are watered. When a storm creates the plant creatures all over the land and they seem to overwhelm the humans, Big Neil fires Elmer and wants to kill the creatures with pesticide. Elmer consumes plant seeds and drinks some water to transform into a giant treelike human/plant hybrid, takes control of the plant creatures, and attacks Big Neil and Neil, who flee in Llama Dolly.
Frylock rushes to Shake and Meatwad and helps them defend themselves from the plant creatures. When they are about to be overwhelmed, Carl arrives with his car and takes them in. They flee to Used Babywipe Mountain, the only place in
While this is happening, Carl, Shake, and Meatwad create a Mad Max-like car and attack the plant creatures with it. After some initial successes, they are about to get overwhelmed when the Japongaloids and the Fraptaculans join the battle, evening the odds. When the moon is finally pushed in front of the sun, all plant creatures, including Elmer, die, but the Earth starts to freeze over.
When the Neils return to Earth, they are immediately brutally killed by the Japongaloids and the Fraptaculans, who then ask themselves what to eat now that the Earth is freezing over. Carl mentions that the Aqua Teens are made of food, which leads to the Japongaloids and the Fraptaculans devouring them.
In a
Cast
- Master Shake
- Frylock
- Ignignokt
- Markula
- Peter Serafinowicz as Neil and Big Neil
- Paul Walter Hauser as Elmer
- Natasha Rothwell as Japongaloid (Japongaloid Natasha)
- Robert Smigel as Fraptaculan (Fraptaculan Robert)
- Tim Robinson as Fraptaculan (Fraptaculan Tim)
- Kyle Kinane as Elric in IT
- Jo Firestone as Felicity in IT
- Lauren Holt as Liz
- Comedian CP as Stretch Instructor and Japongaloid (Japongaloid Chris)
- Blair Socci as Japongaloid (Japongaloid Blair)
- Shawn Kemp as himself
- Lavell Crawford as Street Tough
- John Wilson as Amazin' Board Member
- Jaime Melineas Street Tough
- Killer Mike as Boxy Brown
Production
Development
There has been talk of producing a sequel to Colon Movie Film for Theaters titled Death Fighter.[2] While little has been confirmed by Adult Swim in regards to the film, there have been many statements regarding it. On December 15, 2008, Willis stated no script was written and that the film would be released in Spring 2009 (though, as he also stated that Death Fighter was a T-shirt he was working on, he likely wasn't being serious).[3] Following this, in an April 2009 interview, Willis joked about the film lacking any sort of funding and being sold out of the back of his car.[4]
In a 2010 interview,
Progress
In 2014, Willis claimed that the script had been completed & approved and that the film would be released sometime in mid-2015, then jokingly stated that the film was shelved as it was not G-rated;[6][7] however, on April 25, 2015, at a C2CE convention panel, Willis indirectly stated that the project was scrapped, soon after announcing the series' cancellation.[8][9] He later mentioned on Reddit that it would need a $3.4 million budget, and expressed interest in funding via Kickstarter. He reportedly stated that release could happen within the next two years.[10]
Plantasm
A new film was confirmed to be in production in May 2021, with no further details confirmed aside from it being direct-to-video.[11]
On May 12, 2021, Adult Swim confirmed the production of three new original films, including a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force film to make exclusive debuts on
On May 18, 2022, the title was revealed as Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Plantasm.[14] The title was then later changed to Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm in August 2022.[15] Ahead of the film's release in October 2022, rapper Killer Mike was revealed to be the new voice actor for Boxy Brown, who was originally voiced by Willis.[16]
Release
A sneak preview was shown at Adult Swim Festival in August 2022, and the film was confirmed to be released on Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD and digital on November 8, 2022.[17]
The film made its streaming premiere on Max on February 8, 2023, and premiered on Adult Swim on March 19, 2023.
Reception
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm received mostly positive reviews. On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 100% rating, based on reviews from 5 critics with an average score of 6.80/10.[18]
Series revival
In a December 2022 interview, Maiellaro revealed that he had begun working on scripts for five new Aqua Teen episodes.[19] A month later in January 2023, a twelfth season of Aqua Teen Hunger Force was announced due to the film's positive reception.[20]
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- ^ Daniels, Hunter (July 30, 2010). "Radical Axis Interview Comic-Con; CEO Scott Fry, VP of Production Craig Hartin and Animation Director Todd Redner". Collider. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ Daniels, Hunter (July 30, 2010). "Radical Axis Interview Comic-Con; CEO Scott Fry, VP of Production Craig Hartin and Animation Director Todd Redner". Collider. Archived from the original on April 25, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ^ Mike Gencarelli (July 23, 2012). ""Aqua Teen Hunger Force" co-creator Matt Maiellaro chats about new season". Media Mikes. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ Willis, Dave (January 24, 2014). "@JohnMcBloom mid 2015 finally! Got shelved since we didn't get the G-rating". Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ^ Dave Willis speaking at a C2CE convention panel on April 25, 2015 posted on Twitch
- ^ Martin, Garrett (June 15, 2015). "The Life and Death of Aqua Teen Hunger Force". Paste. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- ^ Statement made by Dave Willis on June 16, 2015 Archived November 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine on Reddit
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (May 12, 2021). "Adult Swim Greenlights 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force,' 'Metalocalypse' & 'The Venture Bros.' Original Movies". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 12, 2021). "Adult Swim Has Three Movies In The Works For 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force', 'The Venture Bros.' & 'Metalocalypse'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "New Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Sets Release Window". Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
- ^ "Rick and Morty S06, Aqua Teen Return Highlight Adult Swim Block Party". May 18, 2022. Archived from the original on September 9, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
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- ^ Asarch, Steven (October 16, 2022). "Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm takes on Amazon and tech oligarchs: "It's a lot more epic"". Inverse. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ Jason Price (April 13, 2022). "'Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm' â€" All-New Original Film Set To Drop In November!". Icon Vs. Icon. Archived from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ "Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- ^ Development, PodBean. "Matt Maiellaro Interview | ATHF Co-Creator, Voice of Err and Markula | Dancing Is Forbidden: An Aqua Teen Hunger Force Exploration". www.dancingisforbidden.com. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ^ "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Trailer Shares Season 12 Release Date". Anime. Retrieved October 30, 2023.