Fan Casting Calvin and Hobbes (2018) (Blue Sky Studios)

Calvin and Hobbes is a 2018 American animated comedy film based on Bill Watterson's 1985-1995 comic strip of the same name, produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was directed by Troy Quane and Nick Bruno from a story written by Cindy Davis and a screenplay by Brad Copeland and Lloyd Taylor. The film stars Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Keegan-Michael Key as the voices of the title characters, alongside Kevin Kline, Melanie Griffith, Nev Scharrel, Patrick Warburton, Aziz Ansari, Michelle Pfeiffer, Idris Elba, John Goodman and Angela Lansbury. Calvin and Hobbes premiered in New York City on July 30, 2018, and was released in the United States five days later on August 17. It grossed $246 million worldwide against a $99 million budget to become the 7th highest-grossing animated film of 2018. The film was met with generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the animation, voice acting, and faithfulness to the source material, but received minor criticism for its lack of ambition. It received nominations for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature and was the first Blue Sky Studios film to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, but lost to Incredibles 2.