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The Thundermans Return
Release poster
Directed byTrevor Kirschner
Written by
  • Jed Spingarn
  • Sean W. Cunningham
  • Marc Dworkin
Based onThe Thundermans
by Jed Spingarn
Produced by
  • Zack Olin
  • Shauna Phelan
Starring
CinematographyJohn Simmons
Edited byMichael Karlich
Music by
Production
companies
Nickelodeon Movies
Awesomeness Films
Cross Hoge Productions
Dworkingham Productions
Uptown Productions
Distributed byParamount+
Release date
  • March 7, 2024 (2024-03-07)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Thundermans Return is a 2024 American superhero comedy film, directed by Trevor Kirschner and written by Jed Spingarn and Eric Donald. It is a follow-up reunion film to the comedy television series The Thundermans (2013–18). The film stars Kira Kosarin, Jack Griffo, Addison Riecke, Diego Velazquez, Maya Le Clark, Chris Tallman, and Rosa Blasi, reprising their roles as the Thunderman family, alongside other characters reprising their roles. Filming began in early April 2023[1] in Los Angeles. It was released on March 7, 2024 on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon.

Plot

When meteors strike Metroburg, the Thundermans step in to save the citizens. After the save, the family want to have a fun night, but it is interrupted when another crime breaks out. When another team called the "V-Team" also arrive, Max ends up accidentally dropping a giant donut onto one of their members. Due to this, the Thundermans are fired and sent back to Hiddenville. While Hank and Barb enjoy their return, and Billy and Nora look forward to a normal high school life, Max and Phoebe are determined to regain their superhero status.

Meanwhile, Dark Mayhem, King Crab and Strongdor are in the Metroburg prison. The V-Team approaches them, revealing themselves to be their children. The children decide to devise their own plan, leaving their parents imprisoned. As the Thundertwins are desperate to retrieve their jobs, they come up with the "Tree Force". However, the rest of the family prefers to live a normal life.

Meanwhile, at Hiddenville High, Nora utilizes her laser eyes to obtain friends. When Billy couldn't make a friend alone, he uses the same idea. Nora, angered by this, tries to zap Billy, whilst Billy is blocking said attacks, but ends up accidentally zapping off Principal Bradford's ponytail.

Back at home, Barb and Hank, still worried for Chloe's safety, call Cousin Blobbin requesting to borrow his helicopter to monitor Chloe without her noticing. They end up crashing the helicopter in front of everyone when the Splat Shakes interfere with the circuits.

After that, Max and Phoebe figure out the V-Team are villains, they go by themselves to their lab to try to capture them, but the evil children see them and tie them, after that, the Thundertwins get trapped in a mysterious place called: The Mayhem Cafe, in which they get tortured by Dark Mayhem's pre-recorded guide voice. After escaping from the box, they get locked in with an upcoming self-destruct.

Meanwhile, the children of the villains are trying to locate the Power Plant, which they find in the Thundermans' house. At first, Hank, who is the only one to know where the Power Plant is, refuses to give it to them, but then Dark Mayhem, Jr. shows him on his phone that Max and Phoebe are getting tortured, so Hank agrees to give the evil children the Power Plant if the Thundertwins get released after. The children agree to this, and Hank gives them the Power Plant believing the twins would be released, but they lied. The evil children escape with the Power Plant and Max and Phoebe are still trapped in the mysterious place. And when all hopes are down in the Thundermans' house, Billy finds a blue part of the Power Plant that fell off the plant and can make superheroes. They end up feeding pieces of the blue part to citizens, such as Principal Bradford and Mrs. Wong, turning them into superheroes. After being turned into superheroes, they all work together to break the forcefield, and they succeed. Upon succeeding, Chloe teleports them to the location of Phoebe and Max. With Chloe's teleportation needing a recharge, right before the self-destruct, Hank punches the system, causing it to break and allowing them out.

Afterwards, they confront the villain's children, who are on the top of the mountain planning to release the red pieces of the power plant.

Cast

Main article: List of The Thundermans characters

Production

On March 2, 2023, it was announced that a follow-up film to Nickelodeon television series The Thundermans, titled The Thundermans Return was in development. The entire cast are set to return for the feature film. Trevor Kirschner had been hired to direct, with series showrunner Jed Spingarn writing the screenplay, and Zack Olin and Shauna Phelan producing.[4]

Filming

Principal photography began on April 3, 2023 in Los Angeles.[5][6]

Release

On December 2, 2023, it was announced that The Thundermans Return would premiere on Nickelodeon and Paramount+ on March 7, 2024.[1][2] The first teaser trailer was released in December 2023.[7] The second trailer was released on February 11, 2024 during Super Bowl LVIII. An extended sneak peek was released on February 21, 2024.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Roots, Kimberly (February 12, 2024). "The Thundermans Report for Super Duty in Revival Movie Trailer — WATCH". TVLine. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Team, The Deadline (February 12, 2024). "'The Thundermans Return' Trailer: The Superhero Family Is Back In Nickelodeon's Follow-Up Movie". Deadline. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  3. ^ Cordero, Rosy (April 25, 2023). "Harvey Guillén Reprising Cousin Blobbin Role in 'The Thundermans Return'; Boards 'Alexander 2'". Deadline. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  4. ^ Petski, Denise (March 2, 2023). "Nickelodeon Greenlights 'The Thundermans Return' Follow-Up Movie With Original Series Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  5. ^ Roots, Kimberly (March 2, 2023). "The Thundermans Cast Will Reunite for Nickelodeon Studios' Revival Movie". TVLine. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Kira Kosarin [@kirakosarin] (April 3, 2023). "first day of school ⚡️". Archived from the original on April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023 – via Instagram.
  7. ^ Wu, Valerie (December 2, 2023). "Nickelodeon's 'The Thundermans Return' Film Drops First Teaser Trailer". Variety. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  8. ^ Kosarin, Kira (February 21, 2024). The Thundermans Return [sneak peek]. YouTube. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
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