Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (franchise)

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film) logo.svg
Created by Phil Lord
Chris Miller
Original work Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Owner Sony Pictures Animation
Years2009–2018
Based on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs By Judi Barrett
Films and television
Film(s)
Short film(s)
Television series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18)
Games
Video game(s)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a science fiction comedy media franchise produced by Sony Pictures Animation and loosely based on the book of the same name by Judi Barrett. The films have received generally positive reviews from critics. The series has grossed $517 million at the box office.

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The franchise revolves around Flint Lockwood, a genius inventor who invents the FLDSMDFR, a device that creates food out of water. Despite its success, the device's power unintentionally creates havoc and natural disasters of which Flint and his friends have to stop.

Feature films

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Flint Lockwood, a young failed inventor, builds a machine that can turn water into food and calls it the Flint Lockwood Diatomic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator, or FLDSMDFR for short. The townspeople of Swallow Falls, a tiny island that had nothing but sardines for food, benefit from the food weather that the machine brings, until the foods increase in size and the weather becomes unstable. Flint eventually loses all control of the FLDSMDFR and must shut it down before the world is destroyed.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

After having seemingly destroyed the FLDSMDFR, Flint Lockwood is determined to prove himself a great inventor. He is given the chance by his idol Chester V who informs him that his machine survived and has turned the island of Swallow Falls into a dangerous, tropical jungle full of sentient food creatures based on existing animals. Flint teams up with his friends and return to the island to shut down the machine. When they realize that Chester V has his own plans for them, they set off to stop him and protect the foodimals.

Television series

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–2018)

On October 9, 2014, DHX Media announced that it would develop and produce a television series based on the film franchise, titled Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs , released on March 6, 2017 in the United States and April 6 of the same year in Canada. [1] The series is traditionally animated and consists of 26 22-minute episodes. [1] It takes place before the first film, showing Flint Lockwood as a high school student who dreams to become a serious scientist. [1] In his adventures, he is joined by Sam Sparks, a new girl in town and the school's "wannabe" reporter, along with Flint's dad Tim, Steve the Monkey, Manny as the head of the school's audiovisual club, Earl as a school gym teacher, Brent as a baby wear model, and mayor Shelbourne. [1] DHX Media handles the global television and non-US home entertainment distribution, along with worldwide merchandising rights, while Sony distributes home entertainment in the US. [1] Commissioned by Teletoon in Canada, the series airs on Cartoon Network in the United States, [2] and on the Boomerang channel in other territories. [3]

Short films

Super Manny

Super Manny is a short film, released in October 26, 2013.

Earl Scouts

Earl Scouts is a short film, released on October 26, 2013.

Steve's First Bath

Steve's First Bath was released on January 28, 2014.

Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear

Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear was released on January 28, 2014.

Cast and characters

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CharactersFilmsShort filmsTelevision series
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Super MannyEarl ScoutsSteve's First BathAttack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Season 1Season 2
Flint Lockwood Bill Hader Bill HaderMark Edwards
Max Neuwirth Y Bridget Hoffman Y
Samantha "Sam" Sparks Anna Faris Anna Faris Katie Griffin
Tim Lockwood James Caan Seán Cullen
Steve Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick HarrisMark Edwards
Brent McHale Andy Samberg David Berni
Officer Earl Devereaux Mr. T Terry Crews Terry Crews Clé Bennett
Mr. T A
Manny Benjamin Bratt Patrick McKenna
Calvin "Cal" Devereaux Bobb'e J. Thompson Khamani Griffin Baby sounds onlyUncredited voice actor
Patrick Patrickson Al Roker
Mayor Susan Shelbourne Bruce Campbell Silent cameo in end creditsSeán Cullen
Fran Lockwood Lauren Graham PaintingUncredited voice actressPainting
Regina Devereaux Angela Shelton Silent cameo Kim Roberts U Uncredited voice actress
Joseph "Joe" Towne Will Forte Character is mute
Chester VWill Forte
Barb Kristen Schaal
Barry Cody Cameron Cody CameronCharacter is mute
Dill Pickles
Gil ShelbournePatrick McKenna
Old RickSeán Cullen
  • A dark gray cell indicates the character does not appear.

Crew

RoleFilms
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Director(s) Phil Lord & Christopher Miller Kris Pearn & Cody Cameron
Producer(s)Pam MarsdenPam Marsden & Kirk Bodyfelt
Writer(s)Phil Lord & Christopher MillerStory by:
Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Erica Rivinoja
Screenplay by:
Erica Rivinoja
John Francis Daley
Jonathan Goldstein
Executive Producer(s)Yair LandauPhil Lord & Christopher Miller
Composer Mark Mothersbaugh
EditorRobert Fisher Jr.
Studio Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Animation
Distributors Sony Pictures Releasing

Reception

Box office performance

FilmU.S. release dateBox office grossAll-time ranking [4] Budget (millions)Ref.
U.S. and CanadaOther territoriesWorldwideU.S. and CanadaWorldwide
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs September 18, 2009$124,870,275$118,135,851$243,006,126542688$100 [5]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 September 27, 2013$119,793,567$154,532,382$274,325,949569568$78 [6]
Total$244,663,842$272,668,233$517,332,075157165$178

Critical response

FilmCriticalPublic
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 86% (143 reviews) [7] 66 (24 reviews) [8] A− [9]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 71% (124 reviews) [10] 59 (31 reviews) [11] A− [9]

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