The Sea Beast (2022 film)

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The Sea Beast
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Promotional release poster
Directed by Chris Williams
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  • Jed Schlanger
  • Chris Williams
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Story by Chris Williams
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Music by Mark Mancina
Edited by Joyce Arrastia
Production
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Distributed by Netflix
Release dates
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  • June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24) (United States)
  • July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08) (Netflix)
Running time
 115 minutes
Country
  • Canada
  • United States
Language English

The Sea Beast is a 2022 animated adventure film directed by Chris Williams, who co-wrote the screenplay with Nell Benjamin and produced with Jed Schlanger.[1][2] The film stars the voices of Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. It tells the story of a sea monster hunter and a young orphan girl who joins his group of sea monster hunters on their search for the elusive Red Bluster.

The film began a limited theatrical release on June 24, 2022, before debuting on Netflix on July 8. It received critical acclaim and became the most-successful Netflix original animated film, with 165 million hours viewed over its first five months of release.[3] The film earned several nominations, including Best Animated Feature at the 95th Academy Awards, only to lose to another Netflix original animated film, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. A sequel is in development.

Plot

For centuries, sea beasts have surfaced to wreak havoc against humankind. In response, crews of "hunters" venture outward on their ships to hunt the beasts; the most famous and successful being the crew of the Inevitable, led by the legendary Captain Crow, his first mate Sarah Sharpe, and his adopted son and boatswain Jacob Holland. The hunters are supported by the King and Queen of The Crown by means of the Three Bridges Society as a result of the hunters' success over the centuries. After nearly being killed during a hunt, Crow tells Jacob he will make him captain once they kill "Red Bluster", who took his left eye years earlier.

The crew returns to Three Bridges to collect payment for their latest catch, but the King and Queen inform them that they will soon be replaced by the modern naval vessel Imperator, headed by Admiral Eric Hornagold, on the grounds that the hunters are too expensive and technologically obsolete. This angers Crow and Sarah and nearly results in their arrest before Jacob proposes that his crew be given one more chance to kill Red Bluster as a test of worth. Admiral Hornagold accepts, with the Crown declaring a contest between the crews of the Imperator and Inevitable and the winner being allowed to hunt the sea beasts in their name.

After they depart, the crew discovers an orphan girl named Maisie Brumble has stowed away on the ship to join them, having been inspired to do so by her late parents, who were themselves hunters. The Inevitable finds and attacks Red Bluster. When the ship is in danger of being pulled under, against Crow's orders, Jacob hesitantly allows Maisie to cut Bluster free, which saves the crew, but lets the monster escape and throws Jacob and Maisie into the sea. Angered, Crow holds both of them at gunpoint and demands Jacob bring Maisie to him before Bluster emerges from the depths and swallows Maisie and Jacob whole.

Jacob and Maisie are taken to an isolated island populated by several other beasts. Maisie discovers that Bluster is not malicious and befriends the beast, renaming her Red, while also befriending a smaller beast named Blue. Maisie begins to believe the monsters are really just misunderstood creatures, which Jacob initially denies. Jacob and Maisie convince Red to take them to Rum Pepper Island, so they can secure a ship to return to Three Bridges.

Believing Jacob to be dead, a grieving Crow seeks out the renowned hunter and merchant Gwen Batterbie, who gives Crow a poison-tipped harpoon powerful enough to kill Red. While travelling on Red's back, Jacob and Maisie bond with the creature and each other, with Jacob growing to support Maisie's belief that the beasts are innocent. They reach Rum Pepper Island but discover the Imperator and Hornagold are stationed there. Red attacks the vessel after being shot at and inadvertently wounds Maisie in the scuffle.

After she destroys the Imperator, Jacob stops Red's rampage and prevents her from killing Hornagold but re-engages after she spots the Inevitable, and nearly dies after being struck with the poison-tipped harpoon, with Crow keeping her alive long enough to bring her to The Crown as a trophy. Maisie is nursed back to health, but then imprisoned aboard the Inevitable as it arrives at Three Bridges with Red in tow. After Blue frees Maisie, she realizes the hatred of sea beasts is simply propaganda created by the Crown to extend their corrupt rule.

Crow prepares to publicly execute Red before being stopped by Jacob. Crow and Jacob fight, while Maisie and Sarah, who begins to believe Maisie's worldview of the beasts, free Red from her binds. Maisie and Jacob convince Red to spare Crow, subsequently exposing The Crown for their deceptions. After witnessing the passive nature of the beasts, Crow and the people of the kingdom renounce their beliefs. With Red and the other sea beasts left alone, Maisie, Jacob, and Blue begin their new lives together as a family.

Voice cast

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Production

On November 5, 2018, Netflix announced that Chris Williams would write and direct a brand new animated film Jacob and the Sea Beast,[1] based on his own original story. On November 7, 2020, the film was retitled to The Sea Beast.[4]

Animation and design

Animation services were provided by Sony Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver who have provided new technology build upon the film.[5] For the look and feel of the film, they were drawn close to the artwork of N. C. Wyeth for the wide open oceans and Caspar David Friedrich for low contrast on the cinematic looks of the film. To match the wrinkles around Captain Crow, the inkline tool used for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was reworked into crease-lines to give custom wrinkles to curve depth in a more sculptural way around Crow's face. For the camera shots on the ship, a new camera tool was developed to counterbalance the camera to scenes set on the ship or the boat for a more live-action approach from the classic sea monster films along with a new pivoting tool called Sea Legs, which was engineered for characters balancing on moving surfaces. Another new tool that was used for the webs in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was a new animation rig used on the ropes from the ship with more flexibility and control over how much rope was used in the film.[6]

Music

Mark Mancina composed the film's score.[7][8] Mancina also produced an original song called "Captain Crow" a sea shanty depicting the character written by Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe.

Release

In March 2022, Netflix announced its premiere date for July 8, 2022.[9] The film was released in select theaters on June 24, 2022, before its Netflix debut.[10][11]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 108 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "An original animated tale that's often as daring as its characters, The Sea Beast sends audiences on a voyage well worth taking."[12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[13]

Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Academy Awards March 10, 2023 Best Animated Feature Chris Williams, Jed Schlanger Nominated [14]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 5, 2023 Best Animated Film Chris Williams Nominated [15]
Annie Awards February 25, 2023 Best Animated Feature Netflix Animation Nominated [16]
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Kiel Gnebba, Oleksandr (Alex) Loboda, Jeremy Hoey Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production Joyce Arrastia, ACE, Will Erokan, Vivek Sharma, Michael Hugh O’Donnell, Daniel Ortiz Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production Mark Mancina, Nell Benjamin, Laurence O'Keefe Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Matthias Lechner, Jung Woonyoung Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production Zaris-Angel Hator Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards February 15, 2023 Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Yohan Bang, Enoch Ihde, Denil George Chundangal, John Wallace(The Hunting Ship) Nominated [17]
Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Brian D. Casper, Joe Eckroat Nominated
Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project Maxx Okazaki, Susan Kornfeld, Edward Lee, Doug Smith Nominated
Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Joshua Beveridge, Christian Hejnal, Stirling Duguid, Spencer Lueders Nominated

Sequel

In a January 2023 with The Hollywood Reporter, Williams announced he had signed a deal with Netflix and would be working on a sequel to The Sea Beast following the film's massive success.[18]

References

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External links

  • The Sea Beast on NetflixLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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