Malachi: The Movie

Malachi and his pals are coming to the big screen for the first time

Malachi: The Movie is a 1992 American animated-adventure comedy film based on the series, Malachi Universal, created by Mala Miles. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States, and Universal Pictures internationally under United International Pictures, and produced by Mala Miles Productions, DiC Entertainment, and Film Roman.

The film was released in theaters on November 5, 1992, on home video on July 21, 1993 and made its network premiere on HBO on May 15, 1995. The film went on to gross $13 million worldwide in theaters while produced on a modest $50 million budget, making it a critical and financial success, and it received generally positive reviews from critics, who appreciated the humorous plot. A sequel, titled Malachi 2: The Rise of Red Ghost, was released on July 19, 2002.

Plot
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Cast

 * Mala Miles as Malachi / Purple
 * Frank Welker as Takashi
 * Tress MacNeille as Jenny
 * Anndi McAfee as Lotta
 * Susan Blu as Tiana
 * E.G. Daily as Kally
 * Jeannie Elias as Lola
 * Doug Lawrence as Lignen
 * Jack Angel as Dr. Beanson
 * Tom Kenny as Green Bob
 * Jim Cummings as Gree
 * Don Messick as Edgar
 * Cathy Cavadini as Doom Vercetti

Production
Development of Malachi: The Movie began in 1984. Mala Miles had an idea to make a movie based on the animated television series, Malachi and Friends. In 1985, the film was originally planned as a direct-to-video release under the working title, Malachi's Amazing Movie, but in 1986, the title was changed to Malachi: The Movie. The animation was outsourced to Wang Film Productions and Cuckoo's Nest Studios in Taipei, Taiwan.

The team of animation directors was supervised by Syo Tortellini, Chris Cuddington, Andy Heyward and Oliver Callahan, lead by Craig McCracken, Fred Wolf,, Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez, and directed by Frank Andrina, Zeon Davush, Robert Alvarez, John Rice, Allen Wilzbach and Joanna Romersa, all animation directors for the series, respectively. The layouts for the movie were done between Bardel Entertainment in Canada and Walt Disney Animation Japan.

Mala Miles and Sid John began working on the script. The film began animation production in December 1991.

The film was originally to be scheduled for release on January 15, 1993, but it was moved to November 5, 1992.

Trailers

 * A teaser trailer for the film was released on July 6, 1990 and was attached to Jetsons: The Movie, The Rescuers Down Under, and DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp.


 * The first theatrical Trailer for the film was released on August 2, 1991 and was attached to Rover Dangerfield, Beauty and the Beast, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
 * The second trailer was released on April 10, 1992, and was attached to the re-release of FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Batman Returns, Beethoven, Bébé's Kids, and Cool World.
 * The third trailer was released on October 2, 1992 and was attached to The Mighty Ducks.
 * A TV Spot was also aired on September 20, 1992.

Attached short film
The theatrical release of Malachi Tyrus: The Movie was accompanied by A Mouse Surprise, featuring Mouse Trapz.

Marketing
On October 15, 1992, Burger King began promotions for the film, giving out a selection of nine exclusive Candy Caddies based on the Malachi Tyrus characters, in Kids Club Meal and Meal orders. Playmates Toys released a line of action figures based on the film. M&M's released packages of the characters and came with a code for the video game of the same name. This was to support the film's VHS release.

Home media
The film was originally released onto VHS on July 21, 1993 by Family Home Entertainment in the United States, by MCA-Universal Home Video in international markets. Paramount later 2-disc released onto DVD on February 1, 2002, along with Sony Wonder (who owned video rights to Malachi Tyrus and its various series) releasing an alternate version in November 1995, and later re-released on April 5, 1999. It was also released on Game Boy Advance Video in September 2005. The home media releases accompanied with a exclusive animated short film Takashi Goes Nuts. The film was also released on UMD for the Sony PSP on June 23, 2005. It was also released on Blu-ray + DVD combo pack on March 13, 2009.

A 3D version of the film was released on Blu-ray 3D on March 18, 2014.

IMAX release
On August 30, 2003, Malachi Tyrus: The Movie was eventually given an remastered IMAX release. This release adds a new intro scene with Malachi, and three deleted scenes were reinstated and eventually animated by the people from the Film Roman unit.

3D Re-release
The film was remastered in 3D, and was re-released on October 2, 2015 to celebrate Malachi Universal's 50th Anniversary.

Blu-ray release
The Blu-ray version for the film was released on March 13, 2009, and then re-released on March 18, 2014.

On March 18, 2014, the film was re-released on Blu-ray, and it includes a sneak peek of Malachi Tyrus: The Movie 2.

Video game
A video game based on the film, was released in the same year. It was developed and published by Konami, and was released on the Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Game Gear, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Soundtrack
2 soundtracks were available. The 1st one was Music From the Movie and More, and the other is a score album by Mark Mothersbaugh.

Sequel
A sequel, titled Malachi 2: The Rise of Red Ghost, was released on July 19, 2002. It was directed again by Mala Miles, Syo Tortellini and Sid John.