Danny McBride Making Animated Feature TROUBLE With Rough House Pictures and Spire Animation Studios
Danny McBride, known for acting in Pineapple Express as well as creating The Righteous Gemstones, in which he stars, and writing the 2018 Halloween reboot and its upcoming sequels, is teaming up with Rough House Pictures and Spire Animation Studios to make an animated feature film titled Trouble.
Deadline reports that the story “centers on Jax, a 13-year-old who gets in trouble with his family, and is swept into a parallel reality known as the World of Trouble. Embarking on a whimsical adventure, within this bizarre and fantastic world of chaotic adolescence, he makes new friends, reflects on his character and learns the value of self-forgiveness, all while trying to figure out how to get out of trouble, and get back home.”
McBride and Spire Animation Studios CCO Brad Lewis (Ratatouille, How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, The Lego Batman Movie) created the original story for Trouble, with Kevin Barnett and Chris Pappas (The Wrong Missy, The Do-Over) writing the script.
McBride said of the project:
“The idea of being in trouble is a universal fear we’ve all experienced growing up. Being able to build out what that world could look like and exploring how we can make this an animated adventure with Brad and the team at Spire has been awesome.”
This sounds like a fun original story. McBride has a knack for story telling, and this sounds like a movie my kids would be interested in for sure.