Strange World is a 2022 American computer-animated science fiction adventure film directed by Don Hall, screenplay by Qui Nguyen, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union, and Lucy Liu in the voice roles. The film was based on the fictional pulp magazine in the classic 1900s, and the 61st film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It follows a legendary family of explorers, the Clades (Gyllenhaal, Quaid, Young-White, and Union), who must set aside their differences as they embark on a journey to a mysterious subterranean land inhabited by surreal lifeforms, in order to save a miracle plant Pando that is their society's source of energy.
The film was under the title as Searcher Clade following the film was announced to be in development, with the inspiration of the films like Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864 novel; 1959 film), Fantastic Voyage (1966), Jurassic Park (1993), and King King (1933). Many animators would created the original creature character Splat to worked creating to the movement. Eric Goldberg and Mark Henn also making a traditional animation was part of the beginning scene and was used leading 2D animation by Randy Haycock. This was a first animated film by Walt Disney Animation Studios to received LGBTQ+ lead character, leading up to banned all of the countries including China and 20 location regions in the theatrical release.
The film was released on November 23, 2022 in United States as part of the Thanksgiving holiday. It received positive reviews from film critics, but was flopped at the box office, losing up to $197 million for Disney. But became a most successful hit on Disney+, turn up to number one being on 19 days.
Plot[]
In Avalonia, a land surrounded by an endless wall of mountains, Jaeger Clade and his 15-year-old son Searcher are adventurers who brave the wilderness to explore new worlds. While trying to traverse the mountains, Searcher discovers a green plant that gives off energy. Searcher and the rest of the expedition team decide to return to Avalonia with the plant while Jaeger angrily continues his mission alone. 25 years later, Searcher, now 40, has made a name for himself by introducing the miracle plant, dubbed Pando, as a fuel source for Avalonia. He and his wife Meridian are Pando farmers, while their son, Ethan, has a crush on his friend Diazo and chafes at his father's expectation that he will become a farmer as well.
One night, Callisto Mal, the president of Avalonia and one of Jaeger's former expedition teammates, shows up in her airship, the Venture, informs the Clades that Pando is losing its power and asks Searcher to help find the cause. He joins an expedition to travel into a giant sinkhole, in which the roots of Pando have been located. When Ethan stows away on the Venture with their dog, Legend, Meridian chases after them in her crop-duster to find him. The Venture, attacked by red wyvern-like creatures, crash-lands in a subterranean world, where Searcher and Legend are separated from the group. They are attacked by a creature called a "Reaper", but are rescued by Jaeger, who has been living underground all these years. He has been trying to cross the mountains from below, but is blocked by an acidic ocean, and states his intention to board the Venture to attempt to cross it. Meanwhile, Ethan sneaks away from the Venture to find his father. He befriends an amorphous blue creature, naming it Splat, before being reunited with Searcher, Legend and Jaeger. They are attacked by more Reapers, but are rescued by Meridian and Callisto and return to the Venture.
Searcher insists on completing their mission, while Jaeger wants to continue journeying across the Strange World. Ethan becomes frustrated with them and their opposing worldviews. After another wild encounter, Searcher and Jaeger finally have a heart-to-heart talk and realize that they do respect each other's goals in life. Eventually they find a cluster of Pando's roots, which is being attacked by the Strange World's creatures.
After he learns that Ethan wants to explore more of the Strange World, Searcher blames Jaeger's influence on him. Frustrated with Searcher, Ethan jumps off the Venture and on to one of the Reapers. Searcher follows him aboard a small flying vehicle, but as they are reconciling, they realize that they have passed through the mountains to the ocean beyond, where they see the eye of a giant turtle-like creature. The two realize that Avalonia is on the creature's back, and that they have been traveling through its body, meaning that the Reapers and all the other creatures are its immune system. Seeing that Pando is an infection attacking the creature’s heart, they head back to inform the expedition team that Pando must be destroyed, but Callisto has them locked up to prevent them from stopping the mission, while Jaeger furiously sails off to see for himself. After Legend and Splat free the family, Searcher and Ethan head to the creature's heart to clear a path for the Reapers, while Meridian takes over the ship and convinces Callisto to help. Jaeger returns, and with his help, they break through Pando, and the creatures appear and destroy it, bringing the heart back to life and saving the land.
One year later, Ethan is in a relationship with Diazo as they and their friends collect resources from the Strange World; Avalonia has shifted from Pando energy to wind turbines; Jaeger revisits his ex-wife Penelope, who has remarried during his absence; and Searcher and Jaeger's relationship has improved.
Voice cast[]
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Searcher Clade
- Dennis Quaid as Jaeger Clade
- Jaboukie Young-White as Ethan Clade
- Gabrielle Union as Meridian Clade
- Lucy Liu as Callisto Mal
- Karan Soni as Caspian
- Alan Tudyk as Duffle
- Adelina Anthony as Captain Pulk
- Abraham Benrubi as Lonnie Redshirt
- Jonathan Melo as Diazo
- Nik Dodani as Kardez
- Francesca Reale as Azimuth
- Emily Kuroba as Ro
Additional voices were provided by Reed Buck, Terri Douglas, Liza Del Mundo, Alice Kina Diehl, Matt Yang King, Dave Kohut, Katie Lowes, Melanie Minichino, Arthur Ortiz, Michael Ralph, Shane Sweet, Alan Tudyk, and Shondalia White.
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