Mister Mosquito

Mister Mosquito is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy-action film produced by Sensation Animation for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was written by Mike Reiss and directed by David Silverman. It is based on the PlayStation 2 video game of the same name. It was released on May 25, 2007.

The cast includes Matthew McConaughey as Mister Mosquito, Kristen Schaal as Rena Yamada, Phyllis Diller as Kaneyo Yamada, Danny DeVito as Kenichi Yamada, and Aubrey Plaza as Ayaka. New characters introduced in the film are Wippy (Robert De Niro), Kia (Jennifer Lopez), Seko (J. K. Simmons), and Yuol (Jodi Benson).

The film received negative reviews from critics and performed poorly in the United States box office, costing $81 million to create while earning $31 million in the United States and Canada and just shy of $74 million worldwide. After the film's release, Universal Pictures canceled a planned sequel to the film based on Ka 2: Let's Go Hawaii.

Plot
The player controls a mosquito named "Mister Mosquito", the game's title character, who has taken up residency in the house of the Yamada family, life-sized humans that serve as the protagonist's food source in the game. The goal of the game is to stock up on blood through the summer so that the mosquito will survive the winter ahead. The player is tasked with sucking blood from specific body parts of the family members without being noticed. If the player is not careful, the human will become stressed and eventually attack.

Cast

 * Matthew McConaughey as Mister Mosquito, a mosquito who has taken up residency in the house of the Yamada family, life-sized humans that serve as the protagonist's food source.
 * Kristen Schaal as Rena Yamada, the daughter of the Yamada family.
 * Phyllis Diller as Kaneyo Yamada, the mother of the Yamada family.
 * Danny DeVito as Kenichi Yamada, the father of the Yamada family.
 * Aubrey Plaza as Ayaka, Rena's best friend.
 * Robert De Niro as Wippy, Mister Mosquito's boss who orders him to take up residency.
 * Jennifer Lopez as Kia, Mister Mosquito's love interest.
 * Jodi Benson as Yuol Mosquito, Mister Mosquito's mother.
 * J. K. Simmons as Seko Mosquito, Mister Mosquito's father.
 * Laraine Newman and Jason Marsden as cross-eyed mosquitoes.
 * Jessica DiCicco as little girl neighbor.
 * Kari Wahlgren as shopper woman.
 * Fred Tatasciore as a fly.

Production
The idea for the film was initiated by David Silverman, who had an established partnership with Scott Miles, the producer of the film. Silverman approached Miles when the original Mister Mosquito game was released, saying "This is the one I want to do next".

The film was officially announced in March 2004, with Miles attached as the producer and Silverman as the director. Mike Reiss is set to write the screenplay, with Universal Pictures financing and distributing the film for a 2006 release. In October 2005, production officially began. That same day, it was announced that Matthew McConaughey would be voicing the titular character.

Marketing
The voice cast appeared at the 2004 San Diego Comic Con International. In December 2004, The first clip was released on Sensation Animation's website for one day only. On September 18, 2005, the first poster was released.

In August 2006, Burger King released 6 Kids' Meal toys based on the characters from the film.

Trailers

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Release
The film was released on September 1, 2006, in the United States and Canada.

Home media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 19, 2007.

Critical response
The film holds a 15% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 19 out of 100, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

Box office
The film grossed $74,482,651 worldwide at the box office.

Cancelled sequel
Matthew McConaughey stated in an interview (on the day the film was released) that he expected a sequel since there was a sequel to the game. A sequel based on Ka 2: Let's Go Hawaii, tentatively titled Mister Mosquito 2, was in development, a little more than a month before the film's release. However, because of the box office failure, the sequel was cancelled.