SONY PICTURES ANIMATION’S THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES ACQUIRED BY NETFLIX
Directed by Mike Rianda and produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
The original animated comedy is produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller whose film, Spider-Man™: Into the Spider-Verse, won the 2019 Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature.
The Mitchells vs. The Machines is directed by Mike Rianda and co-directed by Jeff Rowe. The screenplay is written by Rianda and Rowe.
The film stars Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Maya Rudolph, Mike Rianda, Eric Andre, Olivia Colman, Blake Griffin and Doug The Pug.
Quote from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller: “We are overwhelmed by the enthusiasm Netflix has expressed for this movie with this acquisition and grateful to everyone at Sony for making a great picture with us and finding a big way to bring it to audiences” said Lord and Miller. “We’re really proud of the film we all made together, plus we understand our subscription fees are waived in perpetuity as part of the deal? We’re not lawyers but it does sound right to us.
Quote from Mike Rianda: “This is a very personal movie about my very weird family. I’m so grateful to all the incredible artists that poured their love and passion into this project to make it a reality, and to everyone at Sony who believed in us and were on board to make a different kind of animated movie.” said Mike Rianda. “I’m so thrilled that everyone at Netflix has been totally in sync with us creatively and are just as excited about the movie as we are! Not only because it’s an original story with a creative visual style that we’re extremely proud of, but also so I can prove to my friends that this five-year journey wasn’t an elaborate delusion on my part.”
Synopsis: The Mitchells vs. The Machines is an original animated comedy about an everyday family’s struggle to relate while technology rises up around the world! When Katie Mitchell (voiced by Abbi Jacobson), a creative outsider, is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her plans to meet “her people” at college are upended when her nature-loving dad Rick (voiced by Danny McBride) determines the whole family should drive Katie to school together and bond as a family one last time.