Foodfight!

infobox film
name = Foodfight!
caption =
director = Larry Kasanoff
writer = Brent V. Friedman (screenplay)
Rebecca Swanson (screenplay)
Sean Catherine Derek (screenplay)
Larry Kasanoff (story)
Joshua Wexler (story)
producer = Larry Kasanoff
Alison Savitch
George Johnsen
Robert Engelman
Tom Ortenberg
Joshua Wexler
Gregory Castcante
Danny Suh
starring = Charlie Sheen
Hilary Duff
Wayne Brady
Eva Longoria Parker
Greg Ellis
Haylie Duff
Chris Kattan
Christopher Lloyd
music =
editing = Craig Paulsen
cinematography =
released = 2008, date to be announced. [http://www.tribute.ca/movies/Foodfight%21/10496 "Foodfight!"] . Retrieved on 22 March 2008]
distributor = Lions Gate Films
runtime =
language = English
imdb_id = 0249516
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"Foodfight!" is a computer-animated film produced by Threshold Entertainment and directed by Larry Kasanoff. Its distributor Lions Gate Films has announced that the release date is currently undetermined.

The film features the voices of Charlie Sheen, Hilary Duff, Wayne Brady, Eva Longoria Parker, Greg Ellis, Haylie Duff, Chris Kattan and Christopher Lloyd.

Cast

Crew

Controversy

Almost from the moment it was announced, the movie was denounced for taking product placement to the extreme, and doing it in a movie targeted at children. [ [http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/culture/movies/commercial-alert-criticizes-movie-length-ad-targeted-at-kids Commercial Alert Criticizes Movie-Length Ad Targeted at Kids] ] Threshold Digital did not accept payment for any product placement, but potential distributors shied away from the project. [ [http://digitalcontentproducer.com/dcc/revfeat/video_next_generation_digital/ TDRL Pursues Paradigm Shift With Foodfight!] ] A deal was struck with Lions Gate Entertainment in 2005; shortly afterwards, major changes were made to the project. Celebrity voice talent was announced; new scenes, utilizing motion capture animation were filmed [ [http://www.azcentral.com/ent/arts/articles/0904movingout04.html 'Movin' Out' with dance, Joel tunes] ] ; characters were altered to more "kid-friendly" forms (lead character "Dex Detective" was anthropomorphised into "Dex Dogtective", for instance.)

Additional controversy may be anticipated from the announced plot, which seems to cast brand name products as the heroes and generic brand products as the villains. This could be interpreted as encouraging consumerism in the movie's young target audience, much like the society in the dystopian future of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World".Fact|date=March 2008

Release

As of Summer of 2008, no release date has been announced by Lions Gate Films or the cast and crew. [ [http://www.foodfight.com/ Official Website] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.foodfight.com/ Official website]
*imdb title|id=0249516|title=Foodfight!
*rotten-tomatoes|id=foodfight|title=Foodfight!
*mojo title|id=foodfight|title=Foodfight!
* [http://www.thethreshold.com/Threshold_foodfight.html Information at Threshold Entertainment website]
* [http://lionsgatepublicity.com/epk/foodfight/images/01_72dpi.jpgPublicity Still]