Journey to Skull Island is a 3D animated adventure film. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros.
The film stars the voices of Jack Black, Allias Salmon, Dwayne Johnson, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Angelina Jolie, Giancarlo Esposito, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Vin Diesel, Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon, Emma Thompson, Jean Claude Van-Damme, Ray Romano, Saoirse Ronan, Cee Lo Green, James Hong, Dan Fogler, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Jim Cummings, Jacqueline Obradors, Ian McShane, Emma Watson, Michael Pena, Neel Sethi, Malin Åkerman, Jenny Slate, Djimon Hounsou, Awkwafina, John C Reilly, Alan Tudyk and Donald Glover.
The film features the Charlton Park Academians go on a journey to the Pacific Ocean to explore the mysterious Skull Island to encounter terrifying creatures. The film hit screens in 3D with music by John Powell. The film was released in theatres in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D on July 20, 2018. This film has positive reviews for the quality of animation, cast, score, songs and action.
Plot[]
Cast[]
- Jack Black as Ryan Burke
- Donald Glover as Allias Salmon
- Angelina Jolie as Megan Hassan
- Giancarlo Esposito as Bear
- Vin Diesel as Arnel
- Cameron Diaz as Katie
- Reese Witherspoon as Nicola
- Emma Thompson as Lyn
- Dustin Hoffman as Sean Burke
- Ray Romano as Manny
- Francesca Capadli as Ellie Burke
- JK Simmons As Boat Captain
- David Hyde Pierce as Sailor
- Saoirse Ronan as Cornita, a girl with American-Irish accent
- Gal Gadot as Debara, a prehistoric expert and Allias' closest friend from Alaska
- Ariana Grande as Stephanie
- Channing Tatum
- Cee Lo Green as Samy
- Jacqueline Obradors as Ella Williams
- Dan Fogler as Sean Casserley
- John Goodman as Bailey Walker
- Steve Buscemi as Ledall
- Jim Cummings as Kayley
- Ian McShane as Skylar Jones
- as Arnel Salmon
- Emma Watson as Megan Hassan
- Michael Pena as Dhurv
- Eric Andre as Aston Salmon
- Lupita N’Yongo as Sazra
- Malin Åkerman as Marianne
- Beyoncé as Adina
- Queen Latifah as Dhurv’s mother
- Julie Andrews as Sian
- Lucy Liu as Kendra
- David Cross as Ben
- Queen Latifah as Dhruv’s mother
- Jenny Slate as Lisa
- John C Reilly as
- Alan Tudyk as Reece
- as Jennifer
- Rachael Taylor as Rosetta
- Denis Leary as Diego
- Lou Diamond Philips as Morgan Burke
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Amanda Jane Burke
- Awkwafina as Emma
- Max Charles as
- Deborra Lee Furness as Sara
- Damon Wayans Jr as Timi
- Cee Lo Green as Samy Tchangoum
- Willow Smith as Tehelliah
- Bonnie Hunt as as Jade
- Dennis Haysbert as
- Djimon Hounsou as Allias’ dad
- as Rashan
- as Dami
- as Kamran
- as Kamil
- as Comfort
- Jennifer Saunders as
- Toni Colette as Kimberly, Allias’s mom
- Keegan Michael Key as Arnel
- Tommy Lister as Garbar
- as Zak
- as Elliott
- as Lewis Patience
- as Barbara
- as Omar
- as Darren
- as Karen
- Ashley Jensen as Brenda
- Geoffrey Rush as Gordon
- Ving Rhames as King Kong
- Scott Grimes as
- Kathleen Barr as Trixie
- Frank Walker as animal and creature sounds.
Production[]
Casting[]
Donald Glover was announced to play Allias as the lead role. 2 days later, Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman were both officially announced to join the cast along with Rachael Taylor, Dan Fogler and Michael Peña.
4 days later, Ian McShane was cast as Skylar Jones following his voice of Tai Lung in Kung Fu Panda. Glover, Black and Fogler were officially joined the cast and recorded their dialogue in the film.
On July 14, Arianna Grande, Dennis Haysbert, Beyoncé, Francesca Capaldi, Keegan Michael-Key and Angelina Jolie joined the cast.
On September 4, Black, Hoffman, Jolie, Glover, McShane, Liu, and Taylor officially recorded their lines, while other cast were officially announced to join the cast including Eric Andre as Aston, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ray Romano as Manny and Denis Leary as the sabre tooth tiger Diego.
On October 3, Australian actress Toni Colette, Jennifer Saunders, Djimon Hounsou, Julie Andrews, Emma Thompson, Geoffrey Rush, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Queen Latifah and Dan Fogler joined the cast of the film. Collette played the role Allias’ mother Kimberly, Saunders played Amanda Jane Burke, Hounsou as Allias’ dad, Andrews as Sian, Thompson as Lynn, Rush as Gordon, Van Damme as Mr. Tong, Latifah as Dhruv’s mother and Fogler as Sean Casserly.
On October 17, Awkwafina has officially joined the voice cast by signing in the role along with Vin Diesel and Emma Watson.
Release[]
The film will be released in July 2018. It was also released in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D. It will be released in July 20, 2018 in the USA and UK. Fox and Warner Bros. plans to release the film in 3D.
Soundtrack[]
Trivia[]
- King Kong will appear in the film.
- Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, Angelina Jolie, David Cross, Ian McShane, Dennis Haysbert, Jean Claude Van-Damme and Dan Fogler appear in Kung Fu Panda.
- Saoirse Ronan portrays a new character in the movie.
- John Goodman and Steve Buscemi both appear in Monsters Inc.
- John C Riley and Alan Tudyk appear in Wreck it Ralph.
- Emma Thompson and David Hyde Pierce both appear in Treasure Planet.
- Lupita N’Yongo, Giancarlo Esposito and Neel Sethi appear in The Jungle Book.
- Vin Diesel, Djimon Hounsou and Dwayne Johnson appear in Fast and Furious.
- Jack Black and Dwayne Johnson appear in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.
- Emma Thompson and Emma Watson co-starred in Harry Potter.
- Reese Whiterspoon and John C Riley appear in Sing.
- Ray Romano and Denis Leary both co-starred in the Ice Age franchise.
- Julie Andrews and Jennifer Saunders both starred in the Shrek franchise.
- First debut of Cornita and Stephanie. Cornita was Ryan’s love interest when they first met while Stephanie was a close friend of Allias ever since they were kids.
- John Powell dropped out of Ryan and Dory’s Family due to scheduled conflicts to score the film.
- Donald Glover was officially cast as Allias Salmon following his performance as the voice of Simba on the 2019 LA remake of Disney’s The Lion King.
- Donald Glover and Jack Black’s first movie together.
- Cee Lo Green and Dustin Hoffman were featured in Pandas! The Movie.
- Cornita’s design is she has brown hair and a high heels. She has blue eyes and green shirt with dark shorts.
- The scene where Charlton Park Academians travel to the Skull Island.
- First collaboration between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. Pictures. The studios were officially announced to be merged a few years later.
- Released the same year as Aquaman, also starring Djimon Hounsou and Julie Andrews and both distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
- Francesca Capadli was cast by the filmmakers in the film. Also, Jean Claude Van-Damme and Denis Haysbert were caused following their performances as Master Croc and Master Storming Ox from Kung Fu Panda 2.
- Fox stated that this film will be released in IMAX 3D. Like Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, it will be released in 3D format.