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The Tiger's Apprentice
Release poster
Directed byRaman Hui
Screenplay by
Based onThe Tiger's Apprentice
by Laurence Yep
Produced by
Starring
Edited byWayne Wahrman
Music bySteve Jablonsky
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount+
Release dates
  • January 27, 2024 (2024-01-27) (Los Angeles)
  • February 2, 2024 (2024-02-02) (United States)
Running time
84 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Tiger's Apprentice is a 2024 American animated fantasy film based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Laurence Yep. Produced by Paramount Animation and Jane Startz Productions, it is directed by Raman Hui and co-directed by Paul Watling and Yong Duk Jhun from a screenplay written by David Magee and Christopher Yost. The film stars the voices of Brandon Soo Hoo, Henry Golding, Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh, and Michelle Yeoh.

Cartoon Network originally opted to produce a live-action/CG hybrid television film adaptation of the novel in the late 2000s, but it never came to fruition. Paramount later acquired the rights for an animated film in March 2019, with Carlos Baena attached as director, and Mikros Animation providing animation. Much of the voice cast was revealed between 2020 and 2022, following Golding's casting in July 2020. Hui later replaced Baena as director in January 2022. Steve Jablonsky composed the score.[2][3]

Originally planned for theatrical release by Paramount Pictures, The Tiger's Apprentice was released on Paramount+ on February 2, 2024 after being delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

The film centers on Tom Lee, a Chinese American adolescent tasked with protecting a phoenix egg from evil.

Voice cast

Production

Development

In October 2008, Cartoon Network announced a television film adaptation of Laurence Yep's 2003 novel, The Tiger's Apprentice, set to premiere on the network in 2010. Produced by Cartoon Network Studios, the film would have been a live-action/CG hybrid, with David Magee penning the screenplay and Jane Startz executive producing.[7] The project never came to fruition.

In March 2019, Paramount Pictures announced an animated adaptation of the novel set to be theatrically released in February 2022.[8] In June 2019, Paramount Animation announced that Carlos Baena would direct the film, with Magee and Harry Cripps writing the screenplay, Startz producing, and Raman Hui and Kane Lee executive producing.[9] In July 2020, the film was delayed until February 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] In January 2022, it was revealed that Hui would instead direct the film, with Paul Watling and Yong Duk Jhun co-directing and Bob Persichetti producing.[11] Baena would still remain in an executive producer role.[4] New Republic Pictures co-financed the film, but is not credited.[12]

Casting

In July 2020, Henry Golding was cast in the film as Mr. Hu.[13] In September 2020, Sandra Oh was cast in the film as Mistral, with Michelle Yeoh, Brandon Soo Hoo, Bowen Yang, Sherry Cola, and Kheng Hua Tan also added to the cast in unspecified roles.[5] In November 2020, Leah Lewis was cast in the film as Räv.[6] In July 2022, it emerged that Lucy Liu had been added to the cast in a starring role.[14] In December 2023, along with the trailer, it was revealed that Deborah S. Craig, Jo Koy, Greta Lee, Diana Lee Inosanto, Patrick Gallagher, and Poppy Lui had joined the cast.[4]

Animation

Animation was provided by Mikros Animation, in Paris.[15] The film had a team of 80 animators, and had a four-year production. Animators from Spain, England, Belgium and Canada did remote work.[16]

Post-production

Post-production was finished in mid-2023.[16] On the day the film was released, two crew members who worked on the film revealed on Letterboxd that the film went through a turbulent production. The first user, identified as didiwa, cited harassment and rewrites occurring until 2023, along with some of the production crew doing multiple jobs and working several pay grades above actual roles, with no vacation allowed while others flew across Europe with paid expenses.[17] Devon Manney, the second user, worked as an apprentice story artist from June to December 2019, and was laid off with the rest of the story team a few days before Christmas of that year, saying that Paramount "wanted to make a Spider-Verse knock off".[18][19]

Music

In December 2023, it was announced that Steve Jablonsky would compose the film's score.[4] A cover of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" by Zhu was released on January 26, 2024.[20]

Release

The Tiger's Apprentice had its world premiere in Los Angeles on January 27, 2024, and was released by Paramount+ on February 2, 2024.[4]

The film was originally scheduled for theatrical release by Paramount Pictures on February 11, 2022, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was delayed until February 10, 2023 and later December 20, 2023.[21][22] It was then further delayed to January 19, 2024.[14] However, in September 2023, the film was removed from Paramount's theatrical release schedule and was moved to a streaming release on Paramount+ on an unspecified 2024 date instead.[23] In December 2023, along with the teaser trailer, the film's final release date was revealed.[4]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 52% of 31 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.4/10.[24] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

References

  1. ^ Scheck, Frank (January 27, 2024). "'The Tiger's Apprentice' Review: Henry Golding and Michelle Yeoh Lead a Top-Notch Voice Cast in Paramount+'s Animated Adventure". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Scheck, Frank (January 28, 2024). "'The Tiger's Apprentice' Review: Henry Golding and Michelle Yeoh Lead a Top-Notch Voice Cast in Paramount+'s Animated Adventure". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "What to know about a new family-friendly movie on Paramount+". Deseret News. January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Milligan, Mercedes (December 7, 2023). "Teaser: 'The Tiger's Apprentice' Brings Mythical Martial Arts Tale to Paramount+ on Feb. 2". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Sandra Oh, Michelle Yeoh Join Henry Golding in 'Tiger's Apprentice' (Exclusive) | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 14, 2020. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Kit, Borys (November 10, 2020). "'Half of It' Star Leah Lewis Joins Henry Golding in Paramount Animation's 'The Tiger's Apprentice' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  7. ^ Ball, Ryan (October 9, 2008). "Cartoon Network Trains Tiger's Apprentice". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  8. ^ Pedersen, Erik (March 15, 2019). "Paramount Moves 'Limited Partners' To 2020 & Dates 'The Tiger's Apprentice' Toon". Deadline. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  9. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (June 12, 2019). "'Spice Girls' Movie in the Works as Paramount Unveils Animation Slate (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  10. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 23, 2020). "'A Quiet Place II' & 'Top Gun: Maverick' Moving To 2021". Deadline. Archived from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "Nickelodeon and Paramount Animation Name Latifa Ouaou, Eryk Casemiro as Executive VPs (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. January 20, 2022. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  12. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (August 20, 2020). "New Republic Pictures Signs 10-Pic Co-Fi Deal With Paramount Pictures; 'Top Gun: Maverick' Among Films". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  13. ^ Kit, Borys (July 15, 2020). "Henry Golding to Star in Paramount Animation's 'The Tiger's Apprentice' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  14. ^ a b Pedersen, Erik (July 20, 2022). "'A Quiet Place' Spinoff Gets Title & New Release Date; Ryan Reynolds-John Krasinski Pic Also Slated". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 27, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  15. ^ Russell, Shania (October 27, 2021). "The Tiger's Apprentice: Everything We Know So Far". /Film. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  16. ^ a b Nealy, Devin (January 31, 2024). "The Tiger's Apprentice' Director Raman Hui Takes Us into the Thrilling World of Paramount+'s New Movie". Animation Magazine. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  17. ^ didiwa (February 2, 2024). "Throughout all the 4 years of production, the crew members were harassed, yelled at, admonished, and treated so poorly with some of the production crew doing multiple jobs and work several pay grades above their actual role with no vacation allowed while others flew across Europe all expenses paid. The writing was so bad that they were re-writing this through 2023. Paramount didn't want to spend money on good CGI and went as cheap as possible, so now the art and animation can't even save it". Letterboxd. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  18. ^ Devon Manney (February 2, 2024). "my six months spent working on this were, without question, the nadir of my entire artistic career, so much so that being unceremoniously laid off with the rest of the story team a few days before christmas 2019 was probably the best thing that happened to me at paramount. they wanted to make a spider-verse knock off, and it looks like they succeeded at making something "off" so congrats to paramount animation on yet another stellar business decision". Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  19. ^ "Devon Manney". LinkedIn. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  20. ^ "Zhu's 'Eye of the Tiger' Cover from 'The Tiger's Apprentice' Released". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  21. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 23, 2020). "'A Quiet Place II' & 'Top Gun: Maverick' Moving To 2021". Deadline. Archived from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  22. ^ "The Tiger's Apprentice (@TigerApprentice)". Twitter. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  23. ^ Couch, Aaron (September 22, 2023). "'Smile 2,' 'Mean Girls' Musical Set 2024 Release Dates". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  24. ^ "The Tiger's Apprentice". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
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