DVD release includes first feature-length movie from Emmy Award-winning series plus commentaries, original storyboard pitches, animatics and art galleries.
Prior to its still-to-be announced network premiere this fall, Cartoon Network’s Regular Show: The Movie, the first full-length feature from the Emmy Award-winning series, has made its U.S. debut on DVD. The highly-anticipated epic adventure centers around Mordecai and Rigby who, after accidentally creating a Timenado, have to go back in time and battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe…and their friendship.
In addition to the 70-minute animated feature from series creator JG Quintel and Cartoon Network Studios, the Regular Show: The Movie DVD also features more than one hour of exclusive bonus materials original storyboard pitches, animatics, art galleries, movie trailer and commentary with JG Quintel and supervising producer Sean Szeles. The DVD is distributed by Warner Home Video.
Since its debut on Cartoon Network in 2010, Regular Show has emerged as one of Cartoon Network’s most popular original series. Originally developed as an animated short for Cartoon Network’s Cartoonstitute, the series hasbeen nominated and presented many prestigious awards including a 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program for the episode “Eggscellent” and the 2012 Ottawa Intl. Animation FestivalBest Television Animation Made for Children. The show is currently in its seventh season with premieres on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT.
Check out the trailer, along with an art gallery and exclusive Board Pitch clip, below:
Here’s the official synopsis:
From the Emmy Award-winning animated series Regular Show comes their first feature-length film… REGULAR SHOW: THE MOVIE. Mordecai and Rigby are two slackers who work in a city park. When a spaceship from the future crashes in front of them, an intergalactic warrior warns that a Timenado is on the verge of destroying the universe, and they’re the only ones who can stop it. Mordecai and Rigby will have to go up against their old high school principal, an evil volleyball coach, and even their high school selves in the most epic job of their lives. With the help of Muscle Man, High Five Ghost, Pops, Skips and Benson, can Mordecai and Rigby save the universe and keep their friendship intact?
Regular Show: The Movie was directed by JG Quintel, with Sean Szeles and Mike Roth serving as supervising producers. Featured voices include Quintel (Mordecai and High Five Ghost), William Salyers (Rigby), Sam Marin (Pops, Benson and Muscle Man), and Mark Hammil (Skips), each reprising their roles from the television series.
Source: Cartoon Network
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
