The Pixelators (franchise)

The Pixelators is an American media franchise primarily consisting of an animated comedy film series produced by 20th Century Animation and released by 20th Century Studios. The franchise began with the 2016 film The Pixelators, and has since grown to include a sequel, The Pixelators: Level Two; a television series, The Pixelators: Game On!; a television special, The Pixelators Holiday; and two video games. The series has grossed $1 billion worldwide.

The franchise involves two video game designers which they get sucked into a video game universe deep inside the realms of a magic arcade cabinet. The series is notable for featuring cameos of characters from various 20th Century franchises.

The Pixelators (2016)
The Pixelators is a 2016 American computer-animated comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox, following two video game designers which they get sucked into a video game universe deep inside the realms of a magic arcade cabinet.

The film was released on December 9, 2016. The film features the voices of Tom Holland, Anna Kendrick, Kevin Hart, Jason Statham, Ryan Reynolds, Zoe Saldana, Keegan-Michael Key, Jason Sudeikis, Gabriel Iglesias, Ellie Kemper, Kristen Wiig, and Jenny Slate.

The Pixelators: Level Two (2020)
The Pixelators: Level Two is a 2020 American sequel to the 2016 film The Pixelators, again produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox, following the Bryce Jones teaming up with Lord Hex in order to rescue Bryce's friends from a whole new video game dimension while an advanced and powerful supervillain from an abandoned video game that threatens to destroy the entire video game universe while Alice is taken to a new video game titled Flower Heaven and is crowned princess there.

In August 2017, 20th Century Fox announced that a sequel was set to be released on November 1, 2019, but was delayed to February 7, 2020. Along with the returning cast of the first film, the film features the voices of Zach Galifianakis, Daisy Ridley, Tiffany Haddish, James McAvoy, Sterling K. Brown, Trey Parker, and Josh Gad.

The Pixelators: Supercharged (2023)
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Future
Directors Lord and Miller also said that a Pixelators spin-off film focusing on the Fox Animation Girls could be made depending on the audience's response, and "if there's a good story to be told".

Virtual Reality Officer (2018)
Virtual Reality Officer is a computer-animated short film featuring the characters from The Pixelators, released theatrically on September 21, 2018 with Puppet Pals Forever. The short follows Officer Alice Summers and Peppy Penguin, as they find a mysterious virtual reality helmet where it takes Alice into a dangerous level of the VR game, and she must escape from it by completing the level.

The Pixelators: Game On! (2018–present)
A traditionally-animated television series based on the film titled The Pixelators: Game On! debuted on June 8, 2018 on Fox Family. All of the the main cast were replaced by Josh Keaton, Amanda Leighton, Seth Green, Phil LaMarr, Catherine Taber, Roger Craig Smith, Grey Griffin, Kari Wahlgren, and Michael Gough, respectively.

The Pixelators Holiday (2020)
The Pixelators Holiday is a 2020 American computer-animated Christmas television special produced by 20th Century Animation and directed by Rebecca Wilkinson. Almost all of the main cast reprised their roles, as their respective characters, most notably Tom Holland, Anna Kendrick, Kevin Hart, Zoe Saldana, and Jason Statham, as Bryce, Alice, Carl, Nya, and Lord Hex, respectively, with Peppy Penguin being voiced by Seth Green instead of usually being voiced by Ryan Reynolds. The special takes place between the events of The Pixelators (2016) and its sequel The Pixelators: Level Two (2020).

Cast and characters

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Video games
A video game based on the film was released on December 6, 2016 for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, and published by Activision and developed by Beenox.

A Lego video game based on both films was announced at E3 2019 and was released on February 4, 2020, three days before the film's release, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

Attractions
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Chronology
Chronological order of The Pixelators ' franchise history:
 * 1) The Pixelators (2016)
 * 2) The Pixelators Holiday (2020)
 * 3) Virtual Reality Officer (2018)
 * 4) The Pixelators: Game On! (2018–present)
 * 5) The Pixelators: Level Two (2020)
 * 6) The Pixelators: Supercharged (2023)