The Mitchells vs. the Machines

The Mitchells vs. the Machines (previously titled Connected) is an upcoming American computer-animated science fiction road comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation. The film is directed by Michael Rianda and written by Rianda and Jeff Rowe (who also serves as co-director), with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Kurt Albrecht serving as producers.[2][3][4] It stars the voices of Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda, Eric Andre, and Olivia Colman, and follows a family that winds up having to save Earth from a technological singularity.

The Mitchells vs. the Machines
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Directed byMike Rianda
Produced by
Written by
  • Mike Rianda
  • Jeff Rowe
Starring
Music byMark Mothersbaugh
Edited byGreg Levitan
Production
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Distributed by
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50–100 million[1]

Originally set to be theatrically released by Sony Pictures Releasing via its Columbia Pictures label, The Mitchells vs. The Machines is scheduled to be released by Netflix after it acquired the film in January 2021.

Premise

When Katie Mitchell (Abbi Jacobson), a creative outsider, is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her plans to meet "her people" at college are completely upended when her nature-loving dad Rick (Danny McBride) plans for an ultimate family road trip. This means instead of flying there as she planned, Rick, her wildly positive mom Linda (Maya Rudolph), her quirky little brother Aaron (Mike Rianda), and the family's pet pug Monchi, will drive Katie to her school together. However, Rick's plan of getting all of them to truly bond as a family for one last time is suddenly interrupted by a tech uprising: all around the world, the electronic devices that Katie, Linda, Aaron and most all other people love – from mobile phones to home appliances to an innovative new line of personal robots – decide it is time to take over. With the help of two friendly malfunctioning robots, the Mitchells will have to get past their problems and work together to save each other and the world.

— Sony Pictures

Cast

Production

Development

On May 22, 2018, Sony Pictures Animation announced the title of a Phil Lord and Christopher Miller-produced animated film that was in development, entitled The Mitchells vs. the Machines. The film is the duo's fourth collaboration with SPA following the two Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, as well as the studio's first original feature film since The Star. Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe, former writers of the Disney Channel animated series Gravity Falls, served as the film's screenwriters, with Rianda serving as director and Rowe as co-director.[7]

Further details were revealed a year later at the 2019 Annecy International Animated Film Festival that June, when Sony Animation president Kristine Belson revealed that the film would be using an animation style similar to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and that the worlds the Mitchell family and the robots live in are initially separate universes before colliding.[8] Animation work at Sony Pictures Imageworks had already begun the previous month, as confirmed by animator Nick Kondo on Twitter.[9]

On February 20, 2020, first images were revealed through Entertainment Weekly, and it was announced the title was changed to Connected.[5]

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Sony sold the distribution rights to Netflix in January 2021, upon which the film was renamed back to The Mitchells vs. the Machines.[1]

Casting

On February 19, 2020, Abbi Jacobson was cast as Katie Mitchell.[10] This was followed by the casting announcements of Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, director Rianda, Eric Andre, and Olivia Colman the next day.[5] During a watch party for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse that was held on Twitter on May 6, 2020, Lord confirmed that basketball player Blake Griffin had joined the voice cast as one of the robots.[11]

Music

Following the release of the first trailer, Phil Lord confirmed on Twitter that his frequent collaborator Mark Mothersbaugh will compose the score for the film.[12] The film's director Mike Rianda revealed on Twitter that the movie's soundtrack will incorporate songs from various artists, including Los Campesinos!, Sigur Rós, Talking Heads, Grimes, Le Tigre, The Mae Shi and Madeon, as well as a brand new original song by Alex Lahey.[13]

Release

The Mitchells vs. the Machines was originally scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on January 10, 2020,[14] but was later delayed to September 18 of that year. It was delayed again to October 23 when Sony Pictures made changes to its theatrical release schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15] The film was later removed from the release schedule in September.[16]

On January 21, 2021, the theatrical release was cancelled as Netflix bought the worldwide distribution rights to the film (besides China) for about $110 million.[1][17]

References
  1. Rubin, Rebecca (January 21, 2021). "Netflix Buys Lord and Miller Animated Film 'The Mitchells vs. The Machines' From Sony". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  2. "The Mitchells Vs. The Machines': Chris Miller & Phil Lord To Produce AI-Gone-Wild Toon For Sony". Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. "Sony Pictures Animation". Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. "Michael Rianda". tumblr.com. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. Coggan, Devan (February 20, 2020). "First look: A family battles a robot uprising in Phil Lord and Chris Miller's 'Connected'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  6. Phil Lord [@philiplord] (May 6, 2020). "So @blakegriffin23 plays baseball in Miles' universe. Fun Fact: he plays an indestructible robot in our next animated production @ConnectedMovie #BreakingNews #SpiderVerse #QuarantineWatchParty" (Tweet). Retrieved May 7, 2020 – via Twitter.
  7. Galuppo, Mia (May 22, 2018). "Phil Lord, Chris Miller to Produce Animated Feature 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  8. Hopewell, John (June 12, 2019). "Sony Pictures Animation Links to Tencent, Sets New 'Boondocks,' Tartakovsky Duo". Variety. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  9. @NickTyson (May 27, 2019). "Super excited to start working on a new movie at Sony this week called The Mitchells Vs. The Machines!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on April 8, 2020 – via Twitter.
  10. N'Duka, Amanda (February 19, 2020). "Abbi Jacobson To Star In Sony Animated Film 'The Mitchells Vs The Machines' From Producers Chris Miller & Phil Lord". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  11. Phil Lord [@philiplord] (May 6, 2020). "So @blakegriffin23 plays baseball in Miles' universe. Fun Fact: he plays an indestructible robot in our next animated production @ConnectedMovie #BreakingNews #SpiderVerse #QuarantineWatchParty" (Tweet). Retrieved May 7, 2020 – via Twitter.
  12. Phil Lord [@philiplord] (March 3, 2020). "AND a gorgeous score by the great Mark Mothersbaugh and his team at @MutMuz" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 3, 2020 – via Twitter.
  13. Michael Rianda [@michaelrianda] (January 22, 2021). "I LOVE the soundtrack to our movie!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Twitter.
  14. McLean, Tom (May 22, 2018). "Sony Dates 'The Mitchells Vs. The Machines' for 2020". Animation World Network. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  15. Bean, Travis (April 24, 2020). "'Spider-Man 3' And 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 2' Get New Release Dates". Forbes. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  16. D'Alessandro, Anthony (17 September 2020). "Sony Pictures Animation's 'Connected' Also Moves Out Of The Immediate Fall Schedule". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  17. D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 21, 2021). "Sony Sells Lord & Miller Film 'The Mitchells vs. The Machines' To Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
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