Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Movie (2022) – Watch Online, Release Date, Cast, Story, Budget, Collection, Trailer, Poster, Review

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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Movie Information:
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Adventure fantasy comedy |
Release date | November 25, 2022 (Lincoln Center) December 21, 2022 (United States) |
Running time | 1hr 42min |
Age rating | PG |
Starring | Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Samson Kayo, John Mulaney, Wagner Moura |
Directed by | Joel Crawford |
Story by | Tommy Swerdlow Tom Wheeler |
Screenplay by | Paul Fisher Tommy Swerdlow |
Produced by | Mark Swift |
Cinematography by | Chris Stover |
Edited by | James Ryan |
Music by | Heitor Pereira |
Production Company | DreamWorks Animation |
Distributor | Universal Pictures |
Budget | $90–110 million |
Box office collection | $485.3 million |
About Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Movie:
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is an American animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The sequel to the spin-off film Puss in Boots (2011) and the sixth installment of the Shrek film series.
The film was directed by Joel Crawford, co-directed by Januel Mercado, and written by Paul Fisher, Tommy Swerdlow, and Tom Wheeler. As with its predecessor, the film is based on the character introduced in Shrek 2 (2004) and inspired by the fairy tale of the same name.
The film’s voice cast includes Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek reprising their respective roles as the titular character and Kitty Softpaws, with new additions to the cast including Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Samson Kayo, John Mulaney, and Wagner Moura. The story follows Puss in Boots, who teams up with Kitty Softpaws and Perrito to find the Last Wish of the fallen Wishing Star to restore eight of his nine lives.
Plans for a sequel to Puss in Boots began in November 2012 but languished in development hell until it was revived in November 2018, with Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri confirmed as an executive producer. It was announced in February 2019 that the film would be helmed by Bob Persichetti, head of story of the first film and co-director of Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). However, Crawford signed on and replaced Persichetti as director in March 2021, along with Mercado.
The story draws inspiration from Spaghetti Western films, with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) cited as a particular influence. The film’s style is inspired by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. With new technology, the team was able to give the film a painterly style to resemble a fairy-tale story, diverging from the visual style of previous installments in the Shrek franchise.
Following delays due to a restructuring at DreamWorks, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish premiered at Lincoln Center in New York City on November 25, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 21. It received acclaim from critics, with praise for its animation, story, humor, themes, and vocal performances.
The film was also a commercial success, grossing over $485 million worldwide on a production budget of $90–110 million and becoming the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2022. At the 95th Academy Awards it was nominated for Best Animated Feature, as well as receiving nominations at the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, and British Academy Film Awards.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Movie Storyline (Plot):
Sadly, Puss in Boots, the undaunted Spanish lover and hero, is now down to the last of his nine lives, a decade after the events of Puss in Boots (2011). And as if that weren’t enough, the unstoppable bounty hunter known as The Big Bad Wolf is after him. To restore all of his precious lives and escape an inglorious fate, Puss must pluck up his courage to embark on a dangerous quest into the Dark Forest to find the legendary Wishing Star. However, Puss isn’t the only one seeking the map to the magical star. As the daring outlaw puts his skills to good use to stay one step ahead of formidable adversaries determined to get their hands on it, a crucial question arises: Does he have what it takes to face his most skilled and terrifying opponent and get his life back on track?
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Movie Voice Cast and Characters:
- Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots, a swashbuckling cat fugitive from the law and a hero of San Ricardo who has lost eight of his nine lives. In Mama Luna’s Cat Rescue, Mama Luna named him “Pickles”.
- Salma Hayek Pinault as Kitty Softpaws, a street-savvy Tuxedo cat who is Puss’ ex-fiancée, and seeks the Wishing Star to find somebody she can trust.
- Harvey Guillén as Perrito, a friendly and naïve dog who is initially disguised as one of Mama Luna’s pet cats and wants to become a therapy dog.
- Florence Pugh as Goldilocks – known as Goldi, the leader of the Three Bears Crime Family.
- Kailey Crawford as Young Goldilocks
- Olivia Colman as Mama Bear – Papa Bear’s wife, Baby Bear’s mother and Goldilocks’ adoptive mother.
- Ray Winstone as Papa Bear – Mama Bear’s husband, Baby Bear’s father and Goldilocks’ adoptive father.
- Samson Kayo as Baby Bear – Papa Bear and Mama Bear’s son, and Goldilocks’ adoptive brother.
- John Mulaney as “Big” Jack Horner, a feared pastry salesman and a crime lord who plans to use the Wishing Star to gain control of all magic. He has collected various magical items, creatures and people ever since being denied fairy-tale fame by calling himself “Little” Jack Horner as a kid. His group of henchmen cooks is called “the Baker’s Dozen”. An insane and psychopathic killer, he is an egomaniacal and megalomaniacal man who regularly kills his own men to further his goals.
- Wagner Moura as the Wolf / Death, a wolf who is initially presumed to be a bounty hunter before revealing his true identity to Puss, who he wants to personally kill as punishment for Puss wasting eight of his nine lives. He wields twin sickles that combine into a double-bladed glaive.
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mama Luna, an elderly cat lady who initially takes Puss in.
- Anthony Mendez as the doctor who tells Puss to retire after informing him of his eight deaths
- Kevin McCann as the Ethical Bug, a parody of the Talking Cricket, who attempts to act as Jack Horner’s “conscience” As the film progresses, he loses his faith in Jack, eventually deeming him as “horrible”. In the climax of the film, he is responsible for helping the Phoenix burn the map, thus effectively killing Jack.
- Bernardo De Paula as the Governor of Del Mar
- Betsy Sodaro and Artemis Pebdani as Jo and Jan Serpent, twin criminal sisters who deliver the map of the Wishing Star to Jack.
- Conrad Vernon as Gingy
- Cody Cameron as Pinocchio
- Kaley Alyssa Flanagan as Little Girl