Digimon: A New Digitude

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

Plot
Four years later after the events of the Myotismon attack in San Fransisco, most of the original DigiDestined have moved on with their lives and the Digital World was supposedly secure and peaceful, in the meantime, San Francisco is still repairing itself after the Myotismon attack and they moved to San Diego. However, a new evil has appeared in the form of the Digimon Emperor. This new villain is different—he’s a human just like the DigiDestined. The Digimon Emperor has been enslaving all Digimon in sight with Dark Rings and Control Spires and, to make things worse, has somehow made regular Digivolution impossible. Because of this situation, Three new youths are chosen to save the Digital World and, along with T.K and Kari, make up the new generation of DigiDestined.

Cast

 * Dylan Minnette as Davis Monaghan, The new leader of the DigiDestined. Like Tai, he is brave, but very stubborn and impulsive. Like his senior, he plays football (soccer). He has a crush on Kari, which leads to a rivalry with T.K. due to their strong friendship.
 * 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, but despite that he is very mature and thinks things through much like Izzy and admires Joe.
 * Hailee Steinfeld as Michelle "Yolei" Irvine, an energetic new DigiDestined. She is headstrong but is sometimes stubborn and over-dramatic. She takes after Izzy when it comes to her computer skills and technical knowledge.
 * Noah Crawford as Ken Ichabod, a prodigy in sports and academics who dons the alias of The Digimon Emperor, where he attempts to conquer the Digital World. Unlike the main characters, he been a DigiDestined years before them.
 * Ansel Elgort as Tyler "Tai" Kamden, He was the leader of the previous DigiDestined and Kari's older brother. He attends college.
 * 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.
 * Matthew Broderick as Patrick Monaghan, Davis and June's father.
 * Connie Britton as Samantha Monaghan, Davis and June's mother and Patrick's wife.
 * Halston Sage as June Monaghan, Davis' older sister.
 * Ellie Kemper as Felicia Hill, Cody's single mother.
 * J.K. Simmons as Christopher Hill, Cody's grandfather and Henry's father.
 * 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.
 * Britt Robinson as Mona Irvine, Yolei's older sister.
 * Calum Worthy as Malcolm Irvine, Yolei's older brother.
 * Greg Grunberg as Daniel Ichabod, Ken's father.
 * Clea DuVall as Kelly Ichabod, Ken's mother.
 * Will Arnett as Hilton Jordans, the news director of the San Diego Inside News and Matt and T.K.'s father. He runs the station when Ernie Hartman retired. He is a member of the first DigiDestined that defeated that Apocalymon and The Dark Masters.
 * 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.
 * TBA as Theodore Reynolds, the school principal.
 * Bobby Cannavale as Baxter James, the lead anchorman for Inside News.
 * Rose Byrne as Selina Hassall, the lead anchorwoman for Inside News.
 * Timothy Simons as Charlie Jeffers, Hilton's assistant at Inside News.
 * Deborah Ann Woll as Stephanie Goodwin, a reporter for Inside News.
 * Jorge Garcia as Nathan Sala, Stephanie's camera man.
 * Logan Lerman as Sam Ichabod, Ken's deceased older brother.
 * Michael Fassbender as Henry Hill, Cody's deceased father. He was a police officer who died in the line of duty protecting a politician from an assassination attempt.
 * Tom Cruise as Thomas Oliver, the President of the United States and the leader of the first DigiDestined that defeated that Apocalymon and The Dark Masters. (cameo)
 * Ken Watanabe as Satsuma Rentarō, head of D.A.T.S. and a member of the first DigiDestined that defeated that Apocalymon and The Dark Masters. (cameo)
 * Jennifer Garner as Zoe Oliver, the First Lady of the United States and President Oliver's wife. She is a member of the first DigiDestined that defeated that Apocalymon and The Dark Masters. (cameo)
 * Emma Watson as Sara Jean Aubrey, a D.A.T.S. scientist. (cameo)
 * Ed Helms as Doug Fulbright, the DigiDestined's former high school science teacher and the new head of the computer club. (cameo)

Voice Cast and Motion Capture:
 * Derek Stephen Price voices Veemon, Davis' Digimon partner; DemiVeemon, Veemon's In-Training form.
 * - 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.
 * - Steven Jay 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.
 * - Pamela Segall Adlon 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.
 * - Kath Soucie 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. Halsemon's name is derived from Horus, an ancient Egyptian bird god. Shurimon, the "Samurai of Sincerity", is the form that Hawkmon becomes when he Armor Digivolves using the Digi-Egg of Sincerity. Shurimon's name is derived from the ninja weapon Shuriken.


 * 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.


 * Edie Mirman 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.
 * Paul St. Peter voices Wormmon, Ken's Digimon partner who Ken abuses.
 * 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.
 * Danny Trejo voices Baromon, the leader of the Resistance against The Digimon Emperor.
 * TBA as
 * TBA as Gizumon, a species of artificial Digimon, created by Ken as mindless servants. Those who disobey The Digimon Emperor
 * Frank Welker as various digimon voices
 * Terry Notary as [Andromon]
 * Tom Kenny as various digimon voices
 * Tara Strong as various digimon voices
 * Chris Pine voices [Wizardmon] (cameo)

Production
Despite the intention for the third film to be the last, a 4th film was announced. Gars will return to produce. The film's plot revolves around the the second season of the anime, meaning it will focus a new group of DigiDestined, while the old DigiDestined will serve for support role. Patrick Stewart will not return for the film. It was announced that Greg McLean (who previously directed the 2nd film) will direct the film.

It was announced the Elgort, Hutcherson, Thorne, Hyland, Butterfield, Sheehan, Simpkins, and King will reprise their role as the previous DigiDestined. More recently, Hailee Steinfeld was cast in the film playing Michelle "Yolei" Irvine. Mason Cook has comfirmed to portary Cody Hill. Noah Crawford joined the cast as Ken Ichabod aka The Digimon Emperor, the film's main antagonist. Later on, it was comfirmed that actor Dylan Minnette was cast to portray Davis Monaghan. The voice actors from the anime will return to reprise their roles as the Digimon partners. It was announced that Acadamy Award winners Julianne Moore and J.K. Simmons joined the cast of the film.

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.