Endarkened

Endarkened is a Australian CGI-animated comedy/adventure film released in 2023. The film was produced by Actionio Productions and distributed by Hollan Lio Distribution.

Synopsis
Nick Williams (Ed Helms) is a normal person trying to make a big business. But when he makes a business that becomes the top business in the world, he takes it too far and begins doing whatever it takes to keep his place as the worlds best business. Jerry Thompson (Bill Hades) wants to stop Nick Williams from taking his business to the next level, but will he be able to do it in-time?

Cast

 * Bill Hades as Jerry Thompson (Main Protagonist)
 * Ed Helms as Nick Williams (Main Antagonist)
 * James Rallison as James Mike (Deuteragonist)
 * Will Smith as Mayor Smith (Tritagonist)
 * Mark Bromander as Nick Mike (Secondary Deuteragonist)
 * Adam Ortiz as Nick Mike (5 Year Old)
 * Rebecca Parham as Rebecca Sydney (Secondary Tritagonist)
 * Rebecca Parham as Rebecca Sydney (5 Year Old)
 * Adam Ortiz as Ronald Van Mitchell (Third Deuteragonist)
 * Jason Sudeikis as Justin Greenwood (Citizen)
 * Rhys Darby as Ryan Jason (Court Judge)
 * Tara Strong as Lucy Raven (Lawyer)
 * Will Arnett as Unnamed Police Officer #1
 * Scott Menville as Unnamed Police Officer #2
 * Joshua Barnette as Unnamed Citizen #1
 * Phebe Fabacher as Unnamed Citizen #2
 * Beck Bennet as Disguised Citizen/Robot
 * Abbi Jacobson as Unnamed Citizen #3
 * Olivia Colman as Unnamed Citizen #4

Development
Endarkened was first announced to the public on 22nd May 2022. Actionio Productions announced that production had started 3 weeks prior to the first public announcement. On 14th June 2022, the cast was announced to the public. At the time of the cast being shown to the public, Ronald Van Mitchell was being voiced by Will Smith, it was changed to Adam Ortiz on 2nd July 2022 due to his voice fitting to the character better. On 29th July 2022, James Rallison, Rebecca Parham and Adam Ortiz were put in an interview with Dave Mike, the director of the film. James Rallison, Rebecca Parham and Adam Ortiz are all YouTube animators who all have 3 million subscribers or more. They all said "Our fans would just love to see us in a movie!". From then on, news about Endarkened was kept more private until the 27th November 2022 when the first teaser released. The teaser was 32 seconds long, and was followed by an official trailer 3 days later. On 4th December 2022, the movie was given a rating of 8.9/10 (It was changed to 9.2/10 upon public release). On 14th January 2023, the movie released for Australia, then 23rd January 2023 for New Zealand, then it finally released Worldwide on 30th January 2023. It later released on Netflix without any notice on 15th February 2023.

Trivia

 * There are many references to well-known trademarks, companies and websites
 * Tamazon - Amazon
 * RushBay - eBay
 * TakeBook - FaceBook
 * Tweeter - Twitter
 * TooTube - YouTube
 * Slogans based in the posters:
 * Poster #1 - "Business just got serious"
 * Poster #2 - "Stop the business from getting serious"
 * Poster #3 - "Business is evil. Not for you"

Credits
Director: Dave Mike

Producers: McJames Lio and James McLandon

Executive Producer: Michael Van Sydney

Writer: Harry Stevens

Editors: John Minin, Harry Stevens, Nick Mitchell, Ronald Mitchell, Willy Bin Smith, Jack Jok, Harry Dendy

Distributer: Hollan Lio Distribution

Co-Director: Alan Diego

Computer Graphics Supervisor: Jack Jok

Associate Producer: Alan Van Sydney

Production Managers: Johannes Millinsberg and Mikey Millinsberg

Animation Director: Goa Wong

Animation Supervisor: Shen Wong

Supervising Animators: Shen Wong and Alan Diego

Supervising Crowd Animator: Mike Helsing

Character Supervisors
Modeling: Mike Helsing

Surfacing: Goa Wong

Rigging: Katie Van Sydney

Character Effects: Kate Helsing

Hair & Fur: Kate Helsing

Set Supervisors
Modeling: Johannes Millinsberg

Surfacing: Goa Wong

Organic Enviroments: Kate Helsing

Set Dressing: Cooman Helsing

Total Results

 * 6 Nominations
 * 4 Wins