Teen Titans (film)

Teen Titans is a 2015 live-action superhero comedy film adaptation based onto the comic with the same name by Legendary Pictures, Syncopy Films and DC Comics and Warner Bros and directed by Joe Carnahan. Originally titled for Teen Titans: The Movie, but was retitled to just Teen Titans to avoid confusion as title used for the film adaptation of the animated 2003 TV series from Cartoon Network, Teen Titans: The Movie in 2012. The film is also titled as Teen Titans 3D, but only for the support for the release of the film in 3D theaters.

Teen Titans stars Tyler Posey as Robin, Nathan Kress as Beast Boy, Corbin Bleu as Cyborg, Elizabeth Gillies as Raven and Aimee Teegarden as Starfire, the Teen Titan members - Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven and Starfire lives into the Titan tower where they first began a battle of evil. Johnny Deep also stars as the villain Slade. The film will be significantly similar to the Teen Titans episode "Go", but experiencing earlier life of the Titans before meeting and teaming together to fight against evil.

Teen Titans was released on June 26, 2015. Filming for Teen Titans begins in March 2015 and runs for five months in Los Angeles, California. Like other many films, Teen Titans will also be released in Real D 3D, IMAX 3D and 2D theaters. The film will first have it's world premiere in New York City starting June 15, 2015.

Teen Titans received so far positive reviews so far, with most calling it "one of 2015's most anticipated films yet. It currently set a record as 2015's biggest midnight gross ever beating Avengers: Age of Ultron, and third biggest opener of all-time. It's opening weekend also sets box office records, including biggest DC Comics film and Warner Bros film ever, and was also 2015's second biggest opener behind only Jurassic World, and also had the third biggest opening weekend in history behind Jurassic World and The Avengers.

Director Carnahan hints that Teen Titans may be the first film in the planned trilogy. It was rumored that the second film may be released in summer 2017. On June 26, 2015, a day of the film's release, it was confirmed that the second film will be released on July 21, 2017, and the third film is set for July 20, 2018. Carnahan states that the Teen Titans trilogy will be the next new "blockbuster" franchise.

Plot
Raven lives in her hometown called Azarath with her Arella. After her mother married a demon Trigon, disguised as a handsome man. Soon after discovering his true nature, she got upset and devastated, where Raven was born with his demotic powers, and escapes from never seeing him again. Years later, Raven told her mother that she wants to see her father again, but said she tried to refuse to not see him. However, due to her having to control her emotions, she eventually led to him. Later on, she discovers his secrets, and vows to not see him again and leaves Azarath and decides to never come back.

Garfield Logan lives with his scientist parents who develops evolulation to bring back extint creatures. While in a African country called Lamumba. While he was eating a coco nut, he gets ill and somehow gets diagnosed with a disease called Sakutia. To save his life, his father later uses an untested serum to change him into a West Africa green monkey for only 24 hours so that the virus could die out. However, as he managed to get well, his skin and hair has turned green, and now he has the ability to turn into any animals he wants. He later changed his name to Beast Boy after he did bunch of rescues in the city and becomes a hero.

Victor Stone is very athletic, but with very poor IQ, which later began to grow. However, after hanging out with troubled friends, who got involved in violence, which led him getting injured. While visiting his parents at work, an experiment with an inter-dimensional portal goes horribly wrong and massive gelatinous monster kills his mother Elinore. The creature than turns on Victor and severely mutilates him before his father Silas forces the creature back through the portal. To save him, Silas outfits him with experimental prosthetics in which his body is now build mostly in metallic implants, horrifying Victor. He initially wants to die, but eventually changes and learns to control his implants. Later, he finds it difficult to socialized and most of the people find him a freak, and decides that he would never been seen again. However, after saving someone's life, he eventually becomes a hero and has given himself a new name; Cyborg.

Starfire is the princess of her planet of Tamaran and was in line to rule the planet. She is first seen imprisoned as "prize" by group of Gordanian slave master. Eventually, she manged to escape and flee to the closet planet, Earth. While trying to hide, the people of the Earth gets frightened by her, she begins to attack. She later met up with Robin, and the two than start fighting against each other. They also met up with three other teams; Raven, Beast Boy and Robin, all fighting against her. After they mistreated her, she becomes aggressive and refuses to to get along with the Titans, who are trying to explain to her that they were not trying to hurt her. After the group realizes that the aliens are after Starfire, she eventually joined them to protect herself against them, in order to save the world. After defeating them, they all eventually saved the world and all become very good friends calling themselves "Teen Titans".

After joining the team, Robin and Starfire's romantic relationship begin to blossom. While the Titans were at a party, they were interrupted when attack occurs by their new nemesis, Slade, warning them that he may be earth's new threat. Later, all of them got into a final fight against himself and members of the H.I.V.E. The battle ended, but Slade warned them that he will be back. After the final battle against Slade, the Titans also discovered that his daughter has mysteriously disappeared, curious on where has she went. Slade overhears the Titans conversation and already have plans on what he is planning on doing next.

Cast

 * Tyler Posey as Robin, the member of the Teen Titans, as well as the leader for the team.
 * Eliabeth Gillies as Raven, one of the member of the Teen Titans, discovering with her dark powers.
 * Nathan Kress as Garfield Logan / Beast Boy, one of the member of the Teen Titans, green creature, who can transform into different animals.
 * Corbin Bleu as Victor Stone / Cyborg, one of the member of the Teen Titans, has a human and robotic appearance with a red eye on the left.
 * Aimee Teegarden as Starfire, one of the member of the Teen Titans, a girl who was raised by aliens from her home of Tamarain.
 * Johnny Depp as Slade, the villain who seeks to destroy the Teen Titans.
 * Selena Gomez as Jinx, the member of the High Five.
 * Jake Gyllenhaal as Mammoth, the member of the High Five.
 * Zachary Gordon will play as Gizmo, the member of the High Five.
 * JoJo as Blackfire, Starfire's evil sister from Tamaran.
 * Sterling Knight as Justin, Raven's crush.
 * Carmen Electra as Nancy Stewart, news reportrer.
 * Dane Cook as Ben Stewart. Nancy's cameraman and brother.

Development
Warner Bros. is developing a Teen Titans movie on July 2007. Akiva Goldsman & Mark Verheiden are writing the scripts for the characters to play. Greg Cipes, the voice of Beast Boy on the show, had stated that work on a new season was underway and that a live action Teen Titans film was planned for release at the end of 2012.

The producers for the movie begin to work on writting scripts for the movie on December 18, 2009. They are currently still working on the scripts for the film, which will take months of it to finish. The release date for movie has announced for July 15, 2011 release, but delayed it till November 18, 2011. The release date is now over June 28, 2013 release, following the release of the film adaptation of the 2003 TV series Teen Titans: The Movie.

Teen Titans movie adaptation made an interesting idea of the sets were met to made for the same idea of the other film adaptation like Thor, which set for release of May 6, 2011, Green Lanterm, also set for release of June 10, 2011, The First Avenger: Captain America, set for release of July 2011 and The Avengers, setting for release of May 4, 2012. The film will be competing as a summer movie like The Dark Knight, which brought its' box office success as well as Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Legendary Pictures, Syncopy Films and DC Comics were producing the movie like they did with The Dark Knight, which was released on July 18, 2008, Watchmen, which was released on March 6, 2009 or Jonah Hex, which set to release of June 18, 2010. They also admitted that the film will not only feel like a superhero film, but will also feel like a action comedy, with a similar feeling to that Guardians of the Galaxy's genre.

It was revealed that the film is based on the idea came from the Cartoon Network animated TV series, which ran from 2003 to 2006, from episode "Go" where it focus on where the Titans first met. Not just that but will also have some extended parts of the Titans earlier life, before quickly meeting up together to save the world for the first time. However, it will be different than the story from the episode "Go", though the origin of the Teen Titans will act as a reboot of the story.

Filming
Costing to an estimated $130 million to produce, Teen Titans began production on March 10, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, aiming for June 26, 2015 release. Sets for the Titan Tower was yet to be build setting in the middle of the ocean, which will not, but will be build at the end of the block. Filming for Teen Titans will take place in Los Angeles.

Tyler Posey and Aimee Teegarden were confirmed that they are filming a romantic scene between their characters Robin and Starfire. The different between Starfire from the TV show and the film will be different. Instead of wearing a wig, Teegarden dyes her hair red for the role as Starfire. She also wears red hair extensions for the film as well.

Though the announcement says that the film will be releasing in 3D, the film was not shot entirely in 3D. Though, Warner Bros. is converting that the film will be made and will be released in 3D and IMAX 3D.

Casting
Most characters from the film are being replaced by different actors. Tyler Posey will play as Robin, the leader of the Teen Titans. Jenkins caught the role as Robin on January 2010. Although, Carter Jenkins and Cody Linely were originally is catching the role as Robin for the movie, but Jonas beaten him. Elizabeth Gillies will play as as Raven, one of the member of the Teen Titans, discovering with her dark powers. Gillies caught the role of Raven on January 2010, after searching for an child actress who would be able to play Raven for the new Teen Titans movie. Nathan Kress will play as Beast Boy, one of the member of the Teen Titans, green creature, who can transform into different animals. Kress caught the role of Beast Boy on January 2010. The producers of the movie stated that Lerman will not be painted in green, but will be only using the technology that they will paint his skin green.

Brandon Mychal Smith will play as Cyborg, one of the member of the Teen Titans, has a human and robotic appearance with a red eye on the left. Smith caught the role of Cyborg on January 2010. And Aimee Teegarden will play as Starfire, one of the member of the Teen Titans, a girl who was raised by aliens from her home of Tamarain. Tammie caught the role of Starfire on January 2010. Even though the character is taller than Beast Boy, Raven and Robin, Fanning will be wearing high heel boots to look slightly taller than Raven, when Fanning is the shortest cast member of the film. Tammie dropped 20 lbs to get some catch on playing a character who has a "extreme skinny and toned body". She also decides to dye her hair "red" rather than wearing a "red" wig for the role including making her hair longer by wearing red hair extensions. AnnaSophia Robb will play as Terra, Beast Boy's love interest, who joins the Teen Titans, but joins with Slade to attack them. Robb caught the role of Terra on February 2010. Although, writers of the film drops the character from the film because they feel that Terra is no longer a friend of the Titans.

Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten will play as Mas y Menos, the members of the Titans East, the twins who has their speeding abilit. The Sweeten twins both caught the role of Mas y Menos on February 2010. Although, the two are replaced by singer Greyson Chance, who makes his acting debut. Mike Erwin will play as Speedy, member of the Titans East, ability similar than Robin with mostly same weapons. Erwin caught the role of Speedy on February 2010. Erwin since voice Speedy from the TV series on Cartoon Network Teen Titans. Alex Meraz will play as Aqualad, the member of the Titans East, who has a ability to have powers to control water. Valderrama caught the role of Aqualad on February 2010. Solangle Knowles will play as Bumblebee, the member of the Titans East, wears a Bee costume and avoids to be a Bee. Knowles caught the role of Bumblebee on February 2010. Although, Raven-Symoné, Kelly Rowland and Beyoncé Knowles caught the role for Bumblebee, but Zoe Saldana has beat them for the role. She dropped out of the project due to filming another film, and Rihanna instead got the role.

Johnny Depp will play as Slade, the villain who seeks to destroy the Teen Titans. Deep caught the role of Slade on March 2010. Selena Gomez will play as Jinx, the member of the High Five. Cyrus caught the role of Jinx on March 2010. Although, Debby Ryan, Emily Osment and Demi Lovato also battle each other to play the role as Jinx, but Miley Cyrus beats them for the role. Gerard Butler will play as Mammoth, the member of the High Five. Butler caught the role of Mammoth on March 2010. Butler would need to gain some muscle in order to play Mammoth. Jake T. Austin will play as Gizmo, the member of the High Five. Austin caught the role of Gizmo on March 2010. And JoJo will as Blackfire, Starfire's evil sister from Tamaran. JoJo caught the role of Blackfire on March 2010. New characters will include Sterling Knight as Justin, Raven's crush. , Cameren Electra as Nancy Stewart, news reportrer. and Dane Cook as Ben Stewart. Nancy's cameraman and brother.

Release
After Warner Bros. release Teen Titans: The Movie in theaters on April 13, 2012, they will than release a live action Teen Titans film in theaters on June 26, 2015 in US, CAN, AUS and UK. The release date were usually set for other countries as well. The film will have its' IMAX and IMAX 3D release as well. The film has a different release date before and has significantly changed it a couple of times. It was originally schedule to release on November 11, 2011, but it waws delayed to May 30, 2012, than it got moved up about a few weeks early to May 9, 2012. Than, it got delayed again to April 23, 2013, than chose either August 16, 2013, and than got pushed forward to June 28, 2013. before Warner Bros. had enough and decided to cancel the project. The reason behind so many rescheduling release date for the film is due to "production issues".

Warner Bros. later decided to give it another chance, and chose the new release date for June 26, 2015, after the box office success of Teen Titans: The Movie and commercial rating success of Teen Titans Go. Warner Bros. is happy for both success, and they feel like they should give another chance to start production for the film once again and hopefully not to have any issues, before finally picking the June 26, 2015 release worldwide.

Teen Titans will first be releasing in Germany on June 24, 2015, also followed by various releases in international countries that same day as well.

Like most major Hollywood films, Teen Titans will be having a late night showings in theaters starting June 25, 2015 around 8:00 to 9:30 pm, and also including 12:00 am and later showings as well, before it's theatrical release in theaters on June 26 the next day.

The film will open in an estimated 4,275 theaters, making it one of the year's widest release yet. It will also be opening in 815 IMAX theaters worldwide beginning internationally on June 24, within 366 IMAX will be open in United States on June 26. That made it the most widest release for a film in IMAX yet, surprising Furious 7.

Promotion
The film debut it's teaser trailer on November 2014. A one minute preview for the film was showing during a commercial break of the 2015 Super Bowl beginning on February 1, 2015. On May 2015, the final feature length trailer for the film was released.

Tickets for the film start going on sale starting April 24, 2015, just two months prier before the release of Teen Titans in theaters. Just hours after the beginning of ticket sales, it is already the fastest selling ticket seller of 2015 in Fandango, which has nearly has been sold them since then. 2D tickets has been sold as more than 3D tickets. This is due to the facts that audiences refuses to see Teen Titans in 3D, due to the ticket sale prices.

The United States world premiere for the film was held in New York City on June 15, 2015, about a week before the film's theatrical release in theaters. It will also be promoting a London premiere for Teen Titans on June 22, 2015 for the United Kingdom.

As of June 2015, the film is rated PG-13 by the MPPA for "intense sequences, some mild sensuality and language."

In Mid May 2015, the first TV spot for the film was released on television as well as online, a month before the film's theatrical release. In early June 2015, the behind the scenes looks aired on Cartoon Network. Various TV spots were released throughout May 2015 and June 2015.

Title
The film's title has changed multiple times depending on the film's project to be about.

The main title for the film was supposed to be titled as Teen Titans: The Movie. Though, they released the film adaptation of Cartoon Network's 2003 TV series, Teen Titans: The Movie, released in theaters on April 13, 2012, so they changed the title to just Teen Titans.

Despite that the film is being released in 3D, most of the time the film would be titled as Teen Titans 3D, including some film posters release to support the release for the film in 3D.

Critical reception
Before the film was released, Teen Titans is called by various critics saying that it is yet by far one of 2015's "most anticipated films" yet. However, it already received mixed praise by fans for the film. It involves about the film's moments, as well as cast members of the characters and more. Some say that "the film is the best movie in years," and "the movie looks good, but the casting does not look that great.

Teen Titans than was praised by mixed to positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes scored the film a 92% out of 100 on the charts, based on currently 101 views, praising that it is one of the most anticipated films in decades. Also, it have a fresh 99% from Top Critics, and Materic of 60 reviews, also giving them positive reviews for the film.

The Guardian review Kevin Sheerman gave the film 3.5/5 stars. He praises on performances, film background, plot summary and storyline saying "excellent casting, excellent story that focuses on the beginning of The heroes lives before teaming up together and becoming good friends, should be considered as a very interesting movie to see. The Hollywood Reporter's Brooke Harris gave the film a positive review. She states that Teen Titans could be the next big blockbuster this year; we seen Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Jurassic World are box office monsters, and Teen Titans should be the same way.

Teen Titans also met up with mixed and negative reviews. A negative review said Teen Titans is "not a feel good movie, and they are wrong that the film is the most anticipated for the year, clearly it is not that anticipated.

Box office
As of June 28, 2015, Teen Titans grossed $192.2 million in North America. With $179.0 million overseas, brings it's worldwide total to $371.2 million so far.

North America
Teen Titans has earned $32.2 million during it's midnight premiere. Not only that it is 2015's biggest midnight premiere ever, but also had the third biggest midnight opener of all-time. It ultimately grossed $73.5 million in it's opening day, making it the eighth biggest single / opening day gross of all-time.

In it's opening weekend, the film than made $192.2 million, which made it the third biggest opening weekend of all-time behind Jurassic World ($208 million) and The Avengers ($207 million) and 2015's second biggest opening weekend ever behind only Jurassic World. It also set a new records as well, except that it has the second biggest opening weekend for a Legendary Pictures film behind only Jurassic World ($208 million), but also had the biggest opening weekend ever for a DC Comics film beating The Dark Knight Rises ($160 million) and for Warner Bros. beating Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 ($169 million). It also had the second biggest opening weekend ever for a superhero film behind only The Avengers.

Outside North America
Outside the United States, Teen Titans has made a record breaking $32.2 million on it's opening day from the foreign markets. In total, the film so far made $179 million on opening weekend from over 80 markets.

Sequels
Warner Bros. is aiming for a sequel of a planned live-action Teen Titans trilogy, leading production to begin at least a year. If Teen Titans becomes a blockbuster success, two more films will be made for the Titans journey to find Slade's missing daughter. The original cast, who played the Teen Titans are expecting to reprise their roles, as Posey already confirmed that he will "definitely" be returning as Robin for the film, though Teegarden confirms that she may be thinking about returning. Kress says "it feels awesome to play my charcter" and says he is "looking forward" on returning as Beast Boy for a projected sequel.

Director Carnahan hints that Teen Titans may be the first film of the planned trilogy, as he is currently working on writing scripts for the second film, though it was not yet green lighted. It was rumored that the release date for the second film is set for summer 2017, though it was not officially revealed yet about the film's announcement.

However, it was revealed that filming for the second film will begin in April 2016 and will conclude in August or September 2016. The release date for the film is set for July 21, 2017, two years after the release of the first film. Posey, Kress, Bleu, Gillies and Teegarden has officially confirmed that they all will return as their roles as the Teen Titans. They also set the release for the third film for July 20, 2018 release. Since it will be a trilogy franchise within the third film being the final installment, it was rumored that the third film may be divided into two parts with each releasing the following year with Part 1 in summer 2018 and Part 2 in summer 2019.