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Quest is 2012 American 3D computer animated fantasy action adventure comedy film produced by Universal Animation Studios for Universal Pictures. 16 animated features in Universal Animation Studios canon, it was directed by Audel LaRoque, Karey Kirkpatrick, and John France (in his directional debut), from screenplay by Kirkpatrick, Thomas Lennon, Len Blum, Joe Stillman, and Ben Queen, and story by LaRoque. It features voices of Elijah Wood, Simon Pegg, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michael Clarke Duncan (in his final role), Danny McBride, with Jennifer Tilly, and Alan Tudyk. Film is set in ancient medieval times, where evil lord Glomos captures Princess Pela soul using spellbinding crystal ball. young prince and wannabe swordsman name Ri sets out to rescue Pela and save Wonder Kingdom from Glomos psychic control.

Quest premiere on November 19, 2012, at Westwood Village Theater in Los Angeles, and was release in US on December 7, 2012, in 2D, 3D and RealD 3D formats. It was met with positive reviews from critics, with praise for animation, story, direction, and voice. It was box office success, grossing $524 million worldwide against budget of $97 million. TV series titled Quest: Adventures of Ri premiere on Netflix on October 7, 2016.

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Production[]

Concept for Quest was conceived by Audel LaRoque in 2006, while directing Computeropolis 2. Rest of team at Universal Animation Studios began work on Quest after finish production of Computeropolis 2.

Universal Animation Studios announced film to public in 2008, where it was humorously title Untitled Fairy Tale. LaRoque and Karey Kirkpatrick were on board to direct film, with Thomas Lennon, Len Blum, Joe Stillman and Ben Queen writing story. In 2011, Universal Animation Studios announced that film would be title Quest. In 2011, Universal announced that Elijah Wood, Simon Pegg, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michael Clarke Duncan, Danny McBride, with Jennifer Tilly, and Alan Tudyk had join cast.

Quest was originally set for release on November 21, 2012, but was pushed back by almost 3 week to December 7, 2012, with Rise Of Guardians taking place.

Soundtrack[]

Main article: Quest (soundtrack)

Mark Mancina composed original soundtrack for film, which was release on February 19, 2013, by Back Lot Music.

Release[]

Quest had premiere at Westwood Village Theater in Los Angeles, California on November 19, 2012, before it was release on December 7, 2012, in US by Universal Pictures.

Marketing[]

Home media[]

Quest was release on Digital HD on January 11, 2013. It was later release on Blu ray, Blu ray 3D and DVD on February 3, 2013, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Walmart exclusive Blu ray DVD combo pack included special, limited edition Ri action figure.

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Critical reception[]

Based on 294 professional critic reviews, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 100% of those reviews were positive, with an average rating of 8.35/10. On the website, the critics' consensus reads, "Quest glows with strategic comedy, lightheartedness and true funny wit, and it may be 1 of Audel LaRoque best works". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 100 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Box office[]

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TV Series[]

Main article: Quest: Adventures of Ri

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Main[]

To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

Trailers[]

To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.

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v - e - dUniversal Pictures theatrical animated features
Universal Animation Studios (Universal Animated Features)
Universal Animation Golden Age Ama and the Mysterious Crystal (1997) · Galaxion (1999) · Paint World (1999) · Mistress Masham's Repose (2001) · Me & Mobo (2002) · Magina (2003)
Universal Animation Dark Age Computeropolis (2004) · M.I.S.S.I.O.N. (2005) · BJ and Wally (2006) · Computeropolis 2 (2007) · Swapped (2008) · Woo La La (2009) · Computeropolis 3 (2010)
Universal Animation Revival Gabriel Garza (2011) · Plucky Chicken (2012) · Quest (2013) · Gabriel Garza 2 (2014) · Paradoria (2015) · Luna & Zak (2015) · Imagimals (2016) · Gabriel Garza 3 (2017) · Lix (2017) · Computeropolis: The Deep Web (2018) · Paradoria 2: Enchanted Realm (2019) · Imagimals 2 (2020) · Luna & Zak: Level Two (2020) · Earth Farm (2021) · Hyper (2021) · Computeropolis: Webcation (2023)
Illumination

Despicable Me (2010) · Hop (2011) · The Lorax (2012) · Despicable Me 2 (2013) · Minions (2015) · The Secret Life of Pets (2016) · Sing (2016) · Despicable Me 3 (2017) · The Grinch (2018) · The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) · Sing 2 (2021) · Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) · The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) · Migration (2023)

Upcoming

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Antz (1998) · The Prince of Egypt (1998) · The Road to El Dorado (2000) · Chicken Run (2000) · Shrek (2001) · Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) · Nessy: Tale of the Sea Monster (2002) · Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) · Dusk and Dawn (2003) · Shrek 2 (2004) · Shark Tale (2004) · Madagascar (2005) · Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) · Over the Hedge (2006) · Flushed Away (2006) · Shrek the Third (2007) · Bee Movie (2007) · Kung Fu Panda (2008) · Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) · Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) · Dusk and Dawn 2: The Belt of Venus (2009) · How to Train Your Dragon (2010) · Shrek Forever After (2010) · Megamind (2010) · Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) · Puss in Boots (2011) · Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) · Rise of the Guardians (2012) · The Croods (2013) · Turbo (2013) · Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) · How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) · Penguins of Madagascar (2014) · Home (2015) · Blue & Golden (2015) · Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) · Prism (2016) · Trolls (2016) · The Boss Baby (2017) · Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) · Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night (2018) · How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) · Abominable (2019) · Trolls World Tour (2020) · The Croods: A New Age (2020) · The Boss Baby 2 (2021) · Spirit Untamed (2021) · The Bad Guys (2022) · Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) · Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) · Trolls Band Together (2023) · Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
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Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) · The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008)

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Animated Films Distributed by Universal
The Snow Queen (1959) · Pinocchio in Outer Space (1969) · An American Tail (1986) · The Land Before Time (1988) · Jetsons: The Movie (1990) · An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) · We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) · Romeo and Juliet (1994) · Ghost Vision (1995) · Balto (1995) · Cassiopeia (2000) · The Gabriel Garza Movie (2002) · Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) · Tony Tom-Tom's Delivery Service (2003) · Zina and the Vivid Crew (2004) · Curious George (2006) · Tony 2: Across the Nation (2007) · The Tale of Despereaux (2008) · Dash and Dot's Wild Ride (2009) · The Pandemoniums Movie (2009) · Defender D (2011) · ROBLOX: The Movie (2011) · Uploaded (2012) · Too Late for the 2000s (2015) · Defender 2D (2017)
Animated Films Distributed by Focus Features

Coraline (2009) · 9 (2009) · ParaNorman (2012) · The Boxtrolls (2014) · Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

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