We Bare Bears: The Movie

We Bare Bears: The Movie
Directed by	Daniel Chong
Written by	Christina Chang Daniel Chong Alex Chiu Manny Hernandez Yvonne Hsuan Ho Quinne Larsen Sang Yup Lee Sooyeon Lee Charlie Parisi Lauren Sassen Sarah Sobole Louie Zong
Story by	Mikey Heller Kris Mukai
Based on	We Bare Bears by Daniel Chong
Produced by	Carrie Wilksen
Starring	Eric Edelstein Bobby Moynihan Demetri Martin Marc Evan Jackson Keith Ferguson
Edited by	Tom Browngardt
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh
Production company	Cartoon Network Studios
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	December 11, 2020(2020-12-11)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

We Bare Bears: The Movieis a 2020 Americananimatedcomedy movie.It is based on theCartoon Networktelevision series of the same name.

Production

It was produced byCartoon Network StudiosandWarner Bros. Pictures.It was theatrically released on December 11, 2020. Directed by series creatorDaniel Chongfrom a story by Mikey Heller and Kris Mukai,We Bare Bears: The Moviestars the voices of series regularsEric Edelstein,Bobby MoynihanandDemetri Martinas the three titular bears Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear; joined byMarc Evan Jacksonas Agent Trout andKeith Fergusonas Officer Murphy. This movie is the series finale ofWe Bare Bears.

Voice cast and characters

• Eric EdelsteinasGrizzly "Grizz",agrizzly bearand the eldest of the Bear brothers. Highly sociable yet socially inept, he among the Bears had the most desire to be accepted and loved by society and cares deeply for the well-being of his younger siblings.
  • Sam Lavagninoas Baby Grizz.
• Bobby MoynihanasPanda,apanda bearand the middle brother. A hopeless romantic, he often changes his online personality to be perceived as a "cool guy".
  • Max Mitchell as Baby Panda.
• Demetri MartinasIce Bear,apolar bearand the youngest of the Bear brothers. Monotonous and stoic, he always speaks in third person and one-liners and has a variety of skills which prove to be useful in situations.
  • Mitchell as Baby Ice Bear.
• Marc Evan Jacksonas Agent Trout, aWildlife Controlagent, intent on capturing the Bears and separating them from human society and themselves, who is later defeated and arrested by Officer Murphy.
• Keith Fergusonas Officer Murphy, who is adamant about punishing the Bears for their antics. Ferguson also voices additional characters in the film.
• Jason LeeasCharlie,aBigfootfriend of the Bears, who is also a yoga instructor and helped free the bears from Trout after some help from Brenda and his animal friends.
• Patton OswaltasNom Nom,an internet sensationkoala.
• Charlyne YiasChloe Park,a collegiate child prodigy and a friend of the Bears.
• Mel RodriguezasDarrell Saragosa,a friend of the Bears who works at a computer mouse shop.
• Cameron EspositoasRanger Dana Tabes,a friend of the Bears who works as a park ranger near their home.
• Ellie KemperasLucy,a friend of the Bears who sells and delivers fresh produce.
• Travina Springer as Dramatic Cow, an internet-famous animal.
• Sarah Sobole as Angry Kitty, an internet-famous cat.
• Josh Cooleyas Painting Elephant, an internet-famous elephant.
• Amber Liuas Jojo Raccoon, an internet-famous racoon.
• Jimmy O. Yangas Joey Raccoon, an internet-famous racoon and Jojo's brother.
• Fabrizio Guido asPizza Rat,an internet-famous rat desperate for followers.
• James Trevena-Brown as Jacked Kangaroo, an internet-famous kangaroo.
• Brian Stevenson as Southern Owl, an internet-famous owl.
• Peter Jessopas the Canadian Border Guard
• Erin Fitzgeraldas the Canadian poutine truck seller
• Additional Voices:Daniel Chong,Travina Springer, Josh Cooley,Ben Diskin,Keith Ferguson, Erin Fitzgerald, Ace Gibson,Grey Griffin,Manny Hernandez, Maggie Lowe,Edi Patterson,Kevin Michael Richardson,Stephanie Sheh,Rick Zieff

Production

According toWe Bare Bearsseries creator Daniel Chong, he was approached by theCartoon Networkstaff with an idea for a feature film based on the series in 2018.Despite having no previous experience in film, Chong accepted the proposal, drawing from his feature animation practice and reasoning that the characters he created have an emotional depth in them and capabilities he knew that could be sustained for a long period of time. Due to the then-continuing production of the series, Chong and his team had to prepare the film while finishing the episodes at the same time, which took over several months. The film's story was written by Mikey Heller and Kris Mukai, the main writers of the series. While writing it, they were inspired by the2018 California wildfiresand theTrump administration family separation policythat were occurring at the time, which lead to a family being separated from each other as a central theme to a forest fire being written in the story's climax. Chong remarked that sensitive topic such as those wouldn't appear to be ideal in the main children's television series. He also wanted the main themes within the series to be displayed in the film, such as diversity and the reason for anthropomorphic characters.

Chong remarked that the original treatment of the film was centered around the three Bears. But to balance the heavy themes, the film's core was shifted to be centralized around Grizz. The original meeting sequence was first written with the three bears reminiscing it but was rewritten to be focused on Grizz, who, as Chong felt, as the eldest of the brothers, was faced with the heaviest burdens and was most concerned with everyone's well-being. Chong also remarked that he was initially opposed to the addition of the other captive bears, as it could risk the main characters as uninteresting. The film was finalized as the Bears' final adventure and a conclusion to the originalWe Bare Bearsseries, though Chong had expressed intentions for it to continue to spin-offs, among other different ways. This was before he announced that he'll be departing Cartoon Network to work on another project. The animation on the film was produced byRough Draft StudiosandSaerom Animation,which had previously animated the television series.

Music

We Bare Bears: The Movie (Original Soundtrack)
Soundtrack albumby We Bare Bears
Released	December 4, 2020(2020-12-04)
Length	4:42
Label	WaterTower Music
Producer	Mark Mothersbaugh

A soundtrack single for the film was released on December 4, 2020, byWaterTower Music.

Track listin

All songs written and composed byDaniel Chong,Estelle Swaray,Ivan Barias,and Louie Zong.

We Bare Bears: The Movie(Original Soundtrack)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"We'll Be There (Extended Version)"(featuringEstelle)	1:33
2.	"On the Road to Canada"(featuringEric Edelstein,Bobby MoynihanandDemetri Martin)	2:22
3.	"Place for Me"(featuringSam Lavagnino)	0:47
Total length:		4:42

Other websites

• We Bare Bears: The MovieonIMDb