Toei Animation’s ‘Hypergalactic’ Gets Fan Engagement Boost from Spaceport, Roblox and Fortnite (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Popular gaming platforms Roblox and Fortnite will be key marketing platforms for the launch of Toei Animation’s upcoming English-language film “Hypergalactic.” “Hypergalactic” is directed by David N.
Weiss (“Shrek 2,” “The Smurfs”) and Joseph Chou (“Blade Runner 2022: Black Out,” “Ghost in the Shell”) and created by Oshima Naoto.
It follows an adventurous teenage girl and her baby brother in the not-so-distant future, after they liberate the forgotten protector of Earth, Ohkan in the hopes that he can help reunite them with their missing parents.
Adam Devine, J.K. Simmons, Sam Richardson and Elsie Fisher lead the voice cast. While Europe’s Charades is handling conventional film licensing, Los Angeles and Boston-based digital tech company Spaceport has been recruited by the Japanese studio (“One Piece,” “Dragon Ball”) to power the countdown to blast-off of the English-language feature which is in post-production and is expected to release in 2025.
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