Digimon: The Duel of BlackWarGreymon

Digimon: The Duel of BlackWarGreymon is a Japanese-American science fiction fantasy action-adventure film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written and produced by Drew Gars. This is the sequel to Digimon: A New Digitude and it is the fifth installment of the live action Digimon film series. It stars Dylan Minnette, Ty Sympkins, Joey King, Mason Cook, Hailee Steinfeld, Noah Crawford, Ansel Elgort, Josh Hutcherson, Asa Butterfield, Bella Thorne, Robert Sheehan and Liana Liberato.

Plot
After Ken's defeat, he repents for his evil deeds and joins the Digi-Destined as they fight two evil Digimon named Arukenimon and Mummymon. Arukenimon has a unique power to turn the Control Spires into super-strong, artificial Digimon under her control, but then she creates a renegade Control Spire Digimon who refuses to follow Arukenimon's orders and starts wreaking havoc on the Digital World. To fight this new threat, the gang learns of DNA Digivolution, enabling their Digimon to fuse with each other in pairs for more power.

Cast

 * Dylan Minnette as Davis Monaghan, The new leader of the DigiDestined.
 * Ty Simpkins as T.K. Jordans, an original DigiDestined and is the younger brother of Matt.
 * Joey King as Kari Kamden, An original DigiDestined and is the younger sister of Tai.
 * Mason Cook as Cody Hill, the youngest in the new DigiDestined.
 * Hailee Steinfeld as Michelle "Yolei" Irvine, an energetic new DigiDestined.
 * Noah Crawford as Ken Ichabod, a prodigy in sports and academics and a DigiDestined.
 * Ansel Elgort as Tyler "Tai" Kamden, He was the leader of the previous DigiDestined and Kari's older brother. He attends high school.
 * Josh Hutcherson as Matt Jordans, T.K.'s big brother and a member of the original DigiDestined.
 * Asa Butterfield as Korbin "Izzy" Isaacs, a computer expert and a member of the original DigiDestined.
 * Bella Thorne as Sora Taylor, Tai's best friend and a member of the original DigiDestined.
 * Liana Liberato as Mimi Thatch, a blunt and outspoken teen and a member of the original DigiDestined.
 * Robert Sheehan as Joe Kingston, the eldest member of the original DigiDestined.
 * Tom Cruise as Thomas Norstein, the former President of the United States and the leader of of the Founding DigiDestined
 * Jennifer Garner as Zoe Norstein, the former First Lady of the United States and President Oliver's wife. She is a member of the Founding DigiDestined.
 * Halston Sage as June Monaghan, Davis' older sister.
 * Matthew Broderick as Patrick Monaghan, Davis and June's father.
 * Connie Britton as Samantha Monaghan, Davis and June's mother.
 * J.K. Simmons as Christian Hill, Cody's grandfather.
 * Sutton Foster as Felicia Hill, Cody's single mother.
 * Maria Bello as Barbara Irvine, Yolei's mother.
 * Mark Ruffalo as Louis Irvine, Yolei's father.
 * Georgie Henley as Christine Irvine, Yolei's older sister.
 * Lucy Fry as Mona Irvine, Yolei's older sister.
 * Calum Worhty as Malcolm Irvine, Yolei's older brother.
 * Andy Buckley as Daniel Ichabod, Ken's father.
 * Clea DuVall as Kelly Ichabod, Ken's mother.
 * Will Arnett as Hilton Jordans, the news director for KNSD and Matt and T.K.'s father.
 * Radha Mitchell as Nancy Tanner, Matt and T.K.'s mother and Hilton's ex-wife.
 * Ashley Judd as Katherine Isaacs, Izzy's adopted mother.
 * Jason Bateman as Mason Isaacs, Izzy's adopted father.
 * Leslie Mann as Jessica Kamden, Tai and Kari's mother.
 * Ty Burrell as Tom Kamden, Tai and Kari's father.
 * Danica McKellar as Naomi Ashley, the DigiDestined's homeroom teacher.
 * Aasif Mandvi as Alvin Kapoor, the school principal.
 * Wayne Bastrup as Henry Hill, Cody's deceased father.
 * Logan Lerman as Sam Ichabod, Ken's deceased older brother.
 * Anne Hathaway as Mysterious Man, an unknown that Tom Norstein may know from his past.

Voice Cast and Motion Capture

 * Derek Stephen Price voices Veemon, Davis' Digimon partner. DemiVeemon is Veemon's In-Training form. ExVeemon, Veemon's champion form. Paildramon, an Ultimate-level Digimon who is the DNA digivolved form of ExVeemon and Stingmon.
 * - Doug Jones as Flamedramon (motion capture), the "Fire of Courage", is the form that Veemon takes when he armor digivolves using the Digi-Egg of Courage.
 * - Steve Blum voices Flamedramon. Raidramon, the "Storm of Friendship", is formed from Veemon digivolving with the Digi-Egg of Friendship.


 * Robert Axelrod voices Armadillomon, Cody's Digimon partner. Ankylomon, Armadillomon's champion form. Shakkoumon, an Ultimate-level Mutant Digimon DNA-digivolved from Angemon and Ankylomon.
 * - Tara Strong voices Upamon, the In-Training form of Armadillomon.
 * - Tom Fahn voices Digmon, the "Drill of Power", is the form Armadillomon takes when he Armor Digivolves with the Digi-Egg of Knowledge. Submarimon, the "Reliable Guardian of the Seas", is the form Armadillomon takes when he Armor Digivolves with the Digi-Egg of Reliability.


 * Neil Kaplan voices Hawkmon, Yolei's Digimon partner.
 * - Monique Ganderton as Silphymon (costumed performance)
 * - Tara Strong voices Poromon, Hawkmon's In-Training form.
 * - Neil Kaplan voices Halsemon, the "Wings of Love", is the form that Hawkmon becomes when he Armor Digivolves using the Digi-Egg of Love. Shurimon, the "Samurai of Sincerity", is the form that Hawkmon becomes when he Armor Digivolves using the Digi-Egg of Sincerity. Aquilamon, Hawkmon's natural Champion form. Silphymon, an Ultimate level Digimon who is the DNA Digivolved form of Aquilamon and Gatomon.


 * Laura Summer voices Patamon, T.K.'s Digimon partner.
 * - Daniel Cudmore as Angemon, Patamon's Champion form.
 * - Dave Mallow voices Pegasus, the "Flying Hope", is the form Patamon becomes when he armor digivolves using the Digi-Egg of Hope. Shakkoumon, an Ultimate-level Mutant Digimon DNA-digivolved from Angemon and Ankylomon.


 * Edie Birman voices Gatomon, Kari's Digimon partner. Nefertimon, the "Angel of Light", is the form that Gatomon takes when she Armor Digivolves using the Digi-Egg of Light. Silphymon, an Ultimate level Digimon who is the DNA Digivolved form of Aquilamon and Gatomon.
 * Paul St. Peter voices Wormmon, Ken's Digimon partner. Stingmon, Wormmon's natural champion form. Paildramon, an Ultimate-level Digimon who is the DNA digivolved form of ExVeemon and Stingmon.
 * Tom Fahn voices Agumon, Tai's Digimon partner.
 * - Michael Lindsey voices Greymon, Agumon's Champion form.
 * - Joesph Pilato voices MetalGreymon, Agumon's Ultimate form.


 * Kirk Thornton voices Gabumon, Matt's Digimon partner. Garurumon, Gabumon's Champion form.
 * Tifanie Christunn voices Biyomon, Sora's Digimon partner.
 * - Melodee Spevack voices Birdramon, Biyomon's Champion form.


 * Jeff Nimoy voices Tentomon, Izzy's Digimon partner. Kabuterimon, Tentomon's Champion form.
 * Anna Garduno voices Palmon, Mimi's Digimon partner.
 * - Mari Devon voices Togemon, Palmon's Champion form.


 * R. Martin Klein voices Gomamon, Joe's Digimon parnter. Ikkakumon, Gomamon's Champion form.
 * Toby Kebbell as BlackWarGreymon (motion capture and voice performance), a Mega Level Virus Digimon who is created by Arukenimon's Spirit Needle attack, and 100 Control Spires. But after he easily defeated the DigiDestined, BlackWarGreymon refused to obey Arukenimon nor Mummymon's orders. BlackWarGreymon's first goal was to find a powerful adversary, then his second goal was to destroy the Destiny Stones in order to find out his true nature. He is the titular main antagonist of the film.
 * Jennifer Anniston as Arukenimon, a Digimon/human hybrid and the secondary antagonist of the film.
 * Peter Serafinowicz as Mummymon, Arukenimon's right-handed partner who is not very bright. He is the tertiary antagonist in the film.
 * Javier Botet as Andromon
 * Frank Welker as various digimon voices
 * Tom Kenny as various digimon voices
 * Tara Strong as various digimon voices
 * Mark Ryan voices Azulongmon

Production
Industrial Light & Magic was chosen to create the visual effects for the first film and the second film. Hongo and Gars hired Oscar winners John Knoll and Hal T. Hickel, both known for their work on the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Legacy Effects was hired to do the special and practical effects on the film. Shane Mahan, known for creating the armored suits for Iron Man, was hired on as effects supervisor. John Rosengrant was also brought in for his work on Real Steel. Oscar winner Clay Pinney, known for his work on Independence Day and Star Trek, was also brought on board. Hybride Technologies, a division of Ubisoft, and Rodeo FX also contributed to the visual effects music: hero by skrillet and digimon theme song. Some of the practical creature effect were provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

Trivia

 * The running time is 165 minutes.
 * The film is rated PG-13 for action violence and language.
 * The film is distributed by Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures, while being produced by Saban Films and Toei Company.