Monster Trucks (film)
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| Directed by | Chris Wedge |
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| Screenplay by | Derek Connolly |
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| Music by | Dave Sardy |
| Cinematography | Don Burgess |
| Edited by | Conrad Buff IV |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $125 million |
| Box office | $41.9 million |
Monster Trucks is a 2016 American action comedy film produced by Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies and Disruption Entertainment. It was directed by Chris Wedge and written by Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Derek Connolly and Matthew Robinson. The film stars Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Danny Glover, Barry Pepper and Holt McCallany, and follows a high schooler who finds an escaped monster living in his truck.
Principal photography of the film began on April 4, 2014, in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Released by Paramount Pictures throughout Europe in December 2016 and in the United States in January 2017, the film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $41 million worldwide.
Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp Coley (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a monster truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed whom he names Creech, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend.
On July 31, 2013, Paramount Animation announced that they were developing a new live-action/animated franchise, with a entry film titled Monster Trucks, and Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger set to write film's script.Chris Wedge was set to direct the film, which was produced by Mary Parent, with an initial release date set for May 29, 2015. Production took place in Vancouver Film Studios in Vancouver. On February 19, 2014, Jane Levy and Lucas Till joined the cast of the film. On March 24, Amy Ryan was cast in a role, and later that week, Holt McCallany joined the cast as a villain. On April 1, Frank Whaley and Danny Glover joined the cast of the film. Later that month, Thomas Lennon joined as well, and on April 14, Barry Pepper joined the cast. On April 24, Tucker Albrizzi, who starred in Big Time Rush, joined the cast, with Rob Lowe added five days later.
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