Big Hero 6 (Film)

Big Hero 6 is an upcoming film from Marvel Entertainment and Walt Disney Animation Studios. The film marks the first Marvel animated movie released in theaters and first Disney animated Marvel film.

Story
In their announcement statement, Disney stated:


 * From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes "Big Hero 6," an action comedy adventure about brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. With the help of his closest companion—a robot named Baymax—Hiro joins forces with a reluctant team of first-time crime fighters on a mission to save their city. Inspired by the Marvel comics of the same name, and featuring comic-book style action and all the heart and humor audiences expect from Walt Disney Animation Studios, the CG-animated "Big Hero 6" hits theaters in 3D on November 7, 2014.

More details were revealed at the 2013 Disney D23. The movie will follow and his inflatable robot, who Hiro "mechs" out into a superhero robot. They join fellow crime fighters, , , and. Their mission is to save from an underworld plot.

Cast
In an interview with Bostinno, T. J. Miller confirmed he was voicing a character, the first confirmed actor. Rotoscoppers later confirmed he was playing Fred, a weird and quirky filmmaker. Miller said of the role, "I'm in Disney's 'Big Hero 6,' which will be their big release this Thanksgiving. It ranges, usually it’s the stoner-slacker, or you know, a guy who is very immature. Immature but confident." Fred originally volunteered to be a test subject for the the robot experiments by Tadashi, but then stuck around to help the Tech Lab research team with their projects. Miller confirmed the role on his Twitter page, though since removed the tweet.

Jamie Chung's biography on NBC's website was changed to include the film on her upcoming projects. While it was since taken down it can still be seen in Google Cache. It is rumored she will play GoGo Tomago.

The day after Chung's announcement, The Wrap revealed that Maya Rudolph had signed on for a lead role. The site reached out to Disney, but the representative did not respond for a comment.

As of yet, there is no official word from Disney or Marvel on the cast.

Animation
The film will be animated by the Walt Disney Animation Studios in computer generated imagery and presented in 3D.

Background
Big Hero 6 was a series started by Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau in 1998. After Disney's purchase of Marvel, many within the company began looking through Marvel's history for projects to work on in an effort to revitalize the Disney brand. Director Don Hall said, "I was looking for something on the obscure side, which would give us more license to make it our own."

The film will go into production after Disney's Frozen for a 2014 release. Don Hall approached John Lasseter and proposed the project. Lasseter approved the project for development. They felt that the elements of a child hero and humor fit within Disney.

The obscurity of the piece allowed Hall to interpret and revise various elements of the comics.

Joe Quesada stated, "The storytelling aspects are very frenetic, very visceral. It takes tropes of Japanese culture, manga, anime. There are giant dinosaurs that invade a city, big robots, youth fashion, cutesy stuff in the vein of Hello Kitty."

The film is currently in the early stages of development.

In the comics, Big Hero 6 is a superhero team formed by the Japanese government, similar to the Avengers. The original six members of the team were Sunfire, Silver Samurai, Hiro, Honey Lemon, Baymax, and GoGo Tomago. Later members included Ebon Samurai, Sunpyre, Wasabi-No-Ginger, and Fred. However, rights to Sunfire, Silver Samurai, and most likely Sunpyre belong to Fox as part of the X-Men-related characters and likely would not be included in a Marvel-Disney production. Silver Samurai already appeared in the film The Wolverine. However, the character of Quicksilver has been stated to appear in both X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Avengers sequel, hinting that the two studios are willing to share characters.

The film was formally announced on May 9, 2013 for a November 7, 2014 release date.

Kristina Reed will produce.

In regards to the design, Hall stated, "Marvel properties take place in the real world. We were looking for something to do where we could make our own world, bring in the Japanese influences, have recognizable landmarks mashed up with a Japanese aesthetic."

On December 31, 2013 The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Chris Williams would join Hall as co-director while Roy Conli would be a producer. Williams previously co-wrote and co-directed Bolt while also writing Mulan, The Emperor's New Groove, and Brother Bear. Conli previously produced Tangled and Treasure Planet.