The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
Directed by	Liz Pichon; David Bowers; Simon Wells; Kelly Asbury;
Produced by	Annie Doona; Stewart Till; John Woodward;
Written by	Liz Pichon; David Bowers; Simon Wells;
Story by	Peter Baynham; Brandon Rogers; Cecil Kramer;
Based on	Tom Gates by Liz Pichon
Starring	Aaron O'Donnell; Sean Crosse; Cronan Cooper; Logan Matthews; Mark Bonnar; Harley Broomfield; Issac Parker-Croft; Ahann Gupta; Rob Brydon; David Schneider; Lewis MacLeod; Catherine Tate; Lily Wedlock; Isabella Austin; Georgina Leahy;
Music by	Lorne Balfe; Rupert Gregson-Williams; Heitor Pereira; Additional:; Ramin Djawadi; Patrick Doyle; Gavin Greenaway; Henry Jackman; Christopher Lennertz; Dominic Lewis; Alan Menken; Daniel Pemberton; Liz Pichon; John Powell; Hans Zimmer;
Cinematography	Sam McCurdy
Edited by	Nick Moore; Chris Cartagena; Julian Ulrichs;
Production; company	Warner Animation Group; Irish Film Board; UK Film Council; Black Camel Pictures; TG Entertainment; Wild Child Animation; Scholastic Entertainment; British Film Institute; Vertigo Films;
Distributed by	Vertigo Releasing (United Kingdom and Ireland); Warner Bros. Pictures (International);
Release date	February 10, 2023;
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Ireland; United Kingdom; Canada;
Language	English
Budget	€65 thousand; £58.8 thousand; $68.4 thousand;

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The Brilliant World of Tom Gates is an upcoming live-action/animated musical coming-of-age comedy-drama produced by Warner Animation Group in assocation with the Irish Film Board, the UK Film Council, Wild Child Animation, Black Camel Pictures, TG Entertainment, Scholastic Entertainment, the British Film Institute and Vertigo Films, based on the Tom Gates books by Liz Pichon. The film is directed by Liz Pichon, David Bowers, Simon Wells and Kelly Asbury, written by Liz Pichon, David Bowers and Simon Wells and based on a story by Peter Baynham, Brandon Rogers and Cecil Kramer. It is co-directed by Rob Stevenhagen, Stefan Fjeldmark and Dino Athanassiou. The film stars Aaron O'Donnell, Sean Crosse, Cronan Cooper, Logan Matthews, Mark Bonnar, Harley Broomfield, Issac Parker-Croft, Ahann Gupta, Rob Brydon, David Schneider, Lewis MacLeod, Catherine Tate, Lily Wedlock and Isabella Austin. This is the last film to be directed by Kelly Asbury, who died a few days after the film was announced.

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on February 10, 2023, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Premise[edit]

Tom Gates is a 13 year old boy who likes to doodle and play in his band, Dogzombies. The premise is kept under wraps.

Cast[edit]

Aaron O'Donnell as Tom Gates
- Logan Matthews as Tom Gates's Animation Counterpart
Sean Crosse as Derek Fingle
- Harley Broomfield as Derek Fingle's Animation Counterpart
Cronan Cooper as Norman Watson
- Issac Parker-Croft as Norman Watson's Animation Counterpart
Mark Bonnar as Mr. Fullerman
Ahann Gupta as Marcus Meldrew's Animation Counterpart
Rob Brydon as Bug #1
David Schneider as Gluestick Bug
Lewis MacLeod as Big Bug and Bug #2
Scott McCord as a Annoying Cat
Dee Bradley Baker as Rooster
Catherine Tate as Rita Gates
Adam Longworth as Frank Gates
Adam Neylan as Mr Keen's Animation Counterpart
Lily Wedlock as Amy Porter's Animation Counterpart
Isabella Austin as Florence Mitchell's Animation Counterpart
David Cowgill as Mr Sprocket's Animation Counterpart
Brandon Rogers as Roberto Rodriguez
Georgina Leahy as School Inspector
Liz Kingsman as Delia Gates's Animation Counterpart

According to IMDb, Vincent Tong, Michael Daingerfield, Nicole Oliver, Jason Simpson, Sam Vincent, Ian James Corlett, Michael Dobson, Harland Williams, Maryke Hendrikse, Brian Dobson, Ian Hanlin, Alastair Abell, Greg Tiernan and David Zyler are set to have voice roles.

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

The film was pitched by the UK Film Council and the Irish Film Board in Summer 2020, with Liz Pichon and Kelly Asbury set to direct, but on June 26, Kelly Asbury died. Warner Bros. Pictures was set to distribute the film later that year through it's Warner Animation Group banner. David Bowers joined as director in October to replace Asbury that year with Simon Wells joining in December 2021.

In September 2021, it was announced that Aaron O'Donnell, Sean Crosse and Cronan Cooper would play the lead characters. Filming began in September 2021. Rob Stevenhagen, Dino Athanassiou and Stefan Fjeldmark joined as co-directors in spring 2022, with Catherine Tate and Mark Bonnar joining the cast.

The film is dedicated to the memories of orchestrator John Ashton Thomas, adr mixer/song recording engineer Peter Gleaves, voice actor Kirk Baily, film director Kelly Asbury and Scholastic founder Richard Robinson, who died prior and during production. Thomas worked as a orchestrator, Gleaves worked as a ADR mixer and recording engineer for the songs that were recorded in 2016, Baily worked as a voice actor, Asbury worked as a creative consultant and Robinson developed the film with Deborah Forte at Scholastic Entertainment.

Filming[edit]

Principal photography begun on September 12 2021 in Galway, Ireland. Additional filming locations include Ballinasloe in County Galway and Dooradoyle in County Limerick.

Animation[edit]

Animation services will be provided by Tonic DNA, Cartoon Saloon, Wild Child Animation, Bardel Entertainment, Bento Box Entertainment, Lighthouse Studios, Company 3 Animation, Elliott Animation, Golden Wolf, Mercury Filmworks, Ludo Studio and Yowza! Animation. Clean-up services will be provided by A-Film Animation Studio in Denmark, with Cel Painting provided by Tonic DNA and Digital Animation Checking provided by Sony Pictures Imageworks. The Background Art, Key Posing and Effect Animation are also provided by Company 3 Animation. Fabian Erlinghauser and Frank Macchia are the animation supervisors, with Marc Leighton and Keith Oliver as the animation producers and Scott Morriss as the animation director.

Music[edit]

The film's original score is composed by Lorne Balfe, Rupert Gregson-Williams and Heitor Pereira and recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios, Air Studios, British Grove Studios, The Newman Scoring Stage, Eastwood Scoring Stage, Encompass Music Partners, Glasgow Music Studios and Windmill Lane. Original songs for the film will be written by Liz Pichon, Mark Flannery and Alan Menken.

Release[edit]

The film was originally set to release on December 23 2022, but it was later post-poned to February 10 2023 for unknown reasons.

Notes[edit]

↑ Despite dying a few days after the film was announced, Asbury still remains as the director, he also worked as a creative consultant to the film. the film is also dedicated to him.

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[1] Despite dying a few days after the film was announced, Asbury still remains as the director, he also worked as a creative consultant to the film. the film is also dedicated to him.

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