Following the success of the Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, ace producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs; The LEGO Movie) are reentering the animated space with an all-new kind of adventure in The Mitchells vs. the Machines.
The plot will revolve around a teenager named Katie (Abbi Jacobson) and her quirky family as they find themselves caught smack dab in the center of a robot apocalypse, which only they may hold the key to stopping.
While initially slated to open in theaters early last year, Sony Pictures had moved the film to October 2020 before removing it from its schedule entirely as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic worsened across the globe. The distribution rights (excluding China) were ultimately sold to Netflix at the top of this year for $110 million.
Mike Rianda was the director on the project with a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeff Rowe.
The Mitchell family will be voiced by Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, and Mike Rianda while the supporting cast is comprised of Eric Andre, Academy Award-winner Olivia Colman, Blake Griffin, Doug the Pug, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Charlyne Yi, Conan O'Brien, Sasheer Zamata, Elle Mills, Alex Hirsch, Griffin McElroy, and Jay Pharoah.
The Mitchells vs. The Machines arrives on Netflix on April 30.
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity’s unlikeliest last hope!
Watch The Mitchells vs. The Machines only on Netflix on April 30.
Directed by Michael Rianda (Gravity Falls), produced by Oscar winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and Kurt Albrecht, and featuring the voices of Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Beck Bennett, Fred Armisen, Eric Andre, and Oscar winner Olivia Colman, The Mitchells vs. The Machines is about embracing the things that make us unique, learning what it means to be human in a world increasingly filled with technology, and holding tight to the people most important to you when the unexpected hits.