Rumble is an American computer-animated sports comedy film directed by Hamish Grieve. The film stars the voices of Will Arnett, Terry Crews, Geraldine Viswanathan, Joe "Roman Reigns" Anoa'i, Tony Danza, Becky Lynch, Susan Kelechi Watson, Stephen A. Smith, Jimmy Tatro, and Ben Schwartz. Produced by Paramount Animation, WWE Studios, Walden Media and Reel FX Animation Studios. Originally scheduled for a 2022 thertical release due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the movie was exclusively released on Paramonut+ on December 15th, 2021.
Premise & Plot[]
Premise[]
In a world where giant monsters and humans collide, the monsters are superstar athletes and compete in a popular professional wrestling global sport called Monster Wrestling. A young girl named Winnie seeks to follow in her father's footsteps as a manager by coaching a lovable underdog yet-inexperienced monster named Steve. Winnie plans to turn Steve into a champion so that he can go up against the reigning champion Tentacular.
Plot[]
In a world where giant monsters and humans coexist, monsters compete in a popular professional wrestling global sport known as monster wrestling, with each city having its own monster wrestler. After the current wrestler for the small town of Stoker, the shark-like Tentacular becomes the new world champion, he announces he no longer wants to represent Stoker. The townspeople are later told if they do not find a new wrestler, they will lose the town's stadium and its revenue, which prompts wrestling enthusiast Winnie Coyle to search for a new monster representative for her town.
Winnie heads to an underground fight and finds Rayburn Jr., the son of the famous late Stoker champion Rayburn Sr., fighting under the name of "Steve The Stupendous". Winnie interferes in the match and causes Steve to win instead of taking a dive, as the underground arena employer wanted. Steve is confronted by his employer and threatened unless he can get the owner back the money she just lost. Winnie tells Steve she can help him get the money by training him to fight Tentacular. Realizing he has no other way to make the money, Steve agrees to be trained.
Steve initially is uninterested in learning how to fight properly and wins his first match by evading his opponent. Steve later tells Winnie he left Stoker because everyone saw him as an extension of his father and could not live up to his name. Winnie learns Steve loves dancing and decides to train him using dance moves. As they progress up the league's rankings, Tentacular announces he and his agent have bought Stoker's stadium and wants to demolish it as Tentacular sees it as a reminder that he will be always compared to Rayburn. Even though Steve repays his underground arena employer, he decides to help Winnie, reveals his identity as Rayburn's son and challenges Tentacular to a match for the stadium.
During the fight, Steve avoids most of the hits by Tentacular in the first round, but Tentacular counters his dance moves in the second round. After convincing Winnie not to give up, Steve, in the third round, lands several hits with his dance moves. Winnie tells Steve to use Tentacular's suckers to stick him to one of the corner posts. When Steve goes in for the final move, he and Tentacular collide and are both knocked out. Tentacular gets up first but is too rattled to end the match. The crowd gets Steve back up by clapping a salsa beat and he is able to defeat Tentacular, becoming the new monster wrestling champion and saving the stadium.
Cast[]
- Will Arnett as Steve/Rayburn Jr., a giant red reptilian monster and amateur wrestler with a passion for dancing[2]
- Gracen Newton as young Steve/Rayburn Jr.
- Geraldine Viswanathan as Winnie Coyle, an aspiring monster wrestling trainer and Jimbo's daughter
- Kaya McLean as young Winnie Coyle
- Terry Crews as Tentacular, a shark-headed and tentacled monster who is the reigning Monster Wrestling champion and is jealous of Rayburn Sr.'s legacy
- Fred Melamed as the Mayor
- Charles Barkley as Rayburn Sr., Steve's late champion father[2]
- Chris Eubank as King Gorge, a horned bulldog-like monster who is a former champion[2]
- Bridget Everett as Lady Mayhem, a toucan-like monster with manicured nails who runs the underground wrestling matches[2]
- Ben Schwartz as Jimothy Brett-Chadley III, Tentacular's agent
- Brian Baumgartner as Klonk, a warthog-like monster
- Jimmy Tatro as Lights Out McGinty/Mac, an anglerfish-like monster and wrestling commentator[2]
- Becky Lynch as Axehammer, a reptile-like monster from the underground wrestling[2]
- Roman Reigns as Ramarilla Jackson, a gorilla-like monster with ram horns[2]
- Tony Danza as Siggy, Tentacular's elderly coach who was Jimbo Coyle's former assistant and protégé[2]
- Susan Kelechi Watson as Maggie Coyle , Winnie's mother and Jimbo's widow[2]
- Carlos Gómez as Jimbo Coyle, a legendary monster wrestling trainer and Winnie's late father[2]
- Stephen A. Smith as Marc Remy, a monster wrestling commentator[2]
- Michael Buffer as a Stoker announcer[2]
- Tony Shalhoub as Fred, a man who owns a diner in Stoker
- Greta Lee as the Councilwoman
- John DiMaggio as Tattoo Guy and Betting Guy
- Jamal Duff as Denise
- Carlos Alazraqui as Nerdle, a spider monkey-like monster
- Chris Anthony Lansdowne as Farmer
- Christopher Knights as King Gorge's Coach
- Fred Tatasciore as Referee
Production[]
On April 25, 2018, the film was announced with the title Monster On The Hill, based on the 2013 graphic novel of the same name by Rob Harrell, at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.[3] The title was subsequently changed to Rumble.
Casting[]
The first casting announcement consisted of Geraldine Viswanathan, Will Arnett, and Terry Crews. Becky Lynch, Roman Reigns, Ben Schwartz, Jimmy Tatro, Tony Danza, Susan Kelechi Watson, Carlos Gómez, Charles Barkley, Chris Eubank, Bridget Everett, Michael Buffer, and Stephen A. Smith, revealing their involvement in the film.[2]
Release[]
On September 19, 2019, the film was scheduled to be released on July 31, 2020.[4] On November 12, 2019, the release date was pushed to January 29, 2021.[5] On October 27, 2020, the release date was then moved to May 14, 2021,[6] and later to February 18, 2022, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8] The film will be available to stream on Paramount+ 45 days after it releases in theatres.[9]
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- This is the second Paramount Animation film not to have a theatrical release after The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
- Thus, it is also the eighth animated film to be released straight to digital instead of having a theatrical release following the COVID-19 pandemic, the others being Warner Animation Group's Scoob! (which would eventually get a theatrical release one year later), Disney/Pixar's Soul, Paramount Animation's own The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies) (which had a theatrical release in Canada, though, and was already released on Netflix internationally as the second animated film to do so in international countries), Sony Pictures Animation's The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Disney/Pixar's Luca, Sony Pictures Animation's Vivo, and Boulder Media's My Little Pony: A New Generation.
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is currently the third longest-advertised animated film ever (due to a 22-month gap between its theatrical teaser trailer and its official release) behind Universal/Illumination's Minions: The Rise of Gru and Disney/Pixar's upcoming Elio.
References[]
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- ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (April 25, 2018). "Paramount Grows Its Animation Slate With 'Monster on the Hill,' 'Luck'". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ Anthony D'Alessandro (September 19, 2019). "Paramount Animation & WWE Studios Partner For Upcoming Feature 'Rumble'". Deadline Hollywood.
- ↑ Pedersen, Erik (November 12, 2019). "Paramount Grounds ‘Rugrats’ Movie, Moves WWE’s ‘Rumble’ Back Six Months & Titles Next ‘SpongeBob’ Pic". Deadline Hollywood.
- ↑ "Paramount’s Animated ‘Rumble’ Release Date Moves Deeper Into 2021", Deadline, 28 October 2020.
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 27, 2021). "Paramount Pushes Animated Pic ‘Rumble’ To 2022". Deadline Hollywood.
- ↑ dlathwal3 (2021-01-28). "Film Paramount Animation's movie 'Rumble' Delayed to 2022" (en-US). moviesinner.
- ↑ Kit, Borys (February 24, 2021). "'A Quiet Place Part II,' 'Mission: Impossible 7' to Debut on Paramount+ 45 Days After Theatrical Launch".
Transcript[]
Main article: Transcript:Rumble
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