Disney's new animated film, Wreck-It Ralph, is about a video game villain who unleashes a powerful enemy from a first-person shooter. According to these scans from D23 magazine, the movie might have an all-star cast of nemeses, too.
This picture — reportedly of the movie, though admittedly not the finest quality — shows Bowser, Dr. Eggman and Street Fighter's Zangief getting together for a sit down with Ralph in what looks like a talk show setting. Perhaps they're discussing how they stay in shape; we really don't know.
At the moment the details are pretty hazy, but if Disney's making a movie about video games it makes sense to feature some of the gaming world's biggest and brightest stars, even if just in cameo appearances. We'll keep you updated.
Thanks to Mathew for the tip.
[source dvdizzy.com]
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Oh, how hilarious this film could be. Prepares for a let-down.
I'm trusting you with this one Disney.. You've never let me down when I've really needed you before..
For Mother Russia!
Needs more Dr. Wily though.
Hopefully they have permission from the respective companies. Nintendo is ruthless when it comes to copyright infringement.
Oh and i suppose mario and luigi will be on the heros team eh?
what a laugh this will be if they are really in the film
Didn't realise that Zangief was a villan. or is this just because he's Russian?
Where is Metal Gear?
Zangief? Why him? M.Bison is more of a villain.
I'm really looking forward to this movie.
What?!
Why not M.Bison?
Zangief isn't even a villan.
This is not delicious.
Disney can't turn video game to something like that old Super Mario Bros. movie so I'm fine with this.
Its probably going to be like the Megaman Cartoon they have/had on netflix.
In Soviet Russia, princesses kidnap you!
It kinda looks like Dr. Wily is also in the picture, hanging off to the left side of Bowser. Either way, this movie will be an interesting development.
Finally. I wondered how long it would take for Bowser to get some counseling.
I believe is should be Bolshoi(=great) pabeda instead of Dolshoi
@25thquarterking-
yea i saw the snes controllers too hmmmm i just might see this out of curiosity lol
Perhaps M Bison is too creepy. Bowser, Eggman, and Zangief don't take eachother seriously.
@25thquarterking They were using a SNES controller to play that video game Rex was playing.
GRAAAHH!!! It's not Dr Eggman, it's Dr Robotnik!!!
<goes away to sulk>
I was kind of upset that they didn't go with this movie's original plot (the title for it was Reboot Ralph, I believe). I quickly dismissed it as a Despicable Me/Megamind style film. Looks like they're trying to recapture my attention... and dang if it's not working. D:
I attended the D23 2011 Expo, and was fortunate to make it into the movie studios panel. I watched the first five minutes of Wreck-It Ralph, and, indeed, there are a lot of clever cameos in the opening. The movie's tone might change, but my friends and I were laughing like crazy. We're definitely excited to watch it.
They WERE playing on the SNES too lol It was on top of the TV
Here's even pictures of SNES in Toy Story 2. And something you may have not noticed in Toy Story 3: http://www.infendo.com/nintendo-spotting-toy-story/
Movie's Wikipedia page seems to know some characters too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck-It_Ralph
Here's one line I spotted: "For example, one planned scene shows Ralph attending a support group for the arcade's various villain characters, including Doctor Eggman, Dr. Wily, Zangief a ghost from Pac-Man and Coily, the snake from Q-Bert."
Disney? Nothingtodohere.jpg
But where's Reggie ? He's the best villain ever.
@battLeToaD turns out his body wasn't ready.
Im calling fake until it's verified.
But it'd be neat if this winds up in the movie.
If only Pixar was doing this...lol.
I think I got a little more excited for this movie.
Zangief is a russian hero, not a villian.
Disney makes a movie about video games? And Bowser is in it? AWESOME!
Haha, Disney do like to put in the odd reference to non-Disney series - a plush toy Totoro of Studio Ghibli fame appeared quite extensively in a few scenes of Toy Story 3:
i might get this on dvd
He'll always be Dr. Robotnik to me.
@chewytapeworm It's Dr Eggman though.
FInally, a big-screen Bowser that won't disappoint me!
I've been looking forward to this for a long time
@RevolverLink: But he always has and always will be known as Doctor Eggman in Japan (why do you think he had an egg motif even as "Doctor Robotnik"?).
Wikipedia compares the cameos to those in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. That seems about right.
If Eggman is in this movie, I will see it!
IMDB reads "first-person shooter game arrives featuring tough-as-nails Sergeant Calhoun." I was so hoping to see it be Sarge from Quake 3. Oh well. Still sounds good.
I just thought of something...imagine if/when this movie pops in a Kingdom Hearts game.
I'm only going to watch the movie because of the videogame villains,but seriously since when was Zangrief a villain?
If Disney researched these games and came away with the Soviet guy as presumably the villain, my expectations are low.
If only it has mario and sonic as (minor) protagonists, then it will be hilarious. Obviously Mario would be the (sigh) "main" character in that movie if it was about them, but im looking for major cameos
It's a support group for videogame villains, based on the Wreck-it Ralph Wiki page where they talk about how hard it is always being the bad guy and how they are just misunderstood etc, I assume.
Supposedly the ghosts from Pac-Man and Coily, the snake from Q-Bert, are in there too.
I wouldn't totally rule out Disney making a quality film here, people; their animation department is overseen by John Lasster now. Sure, they aren't Pixar (nobody is), but I thought that both Tangled and The Princess & the Frog were very good films. Certainly better than either of the Cars movies.
@Wamtu : I never claimed that it was a rational choice.
lol it's too funny to be true
We will have to wait and see (yes, I saw the pic and I still can't believe it!)
this will obviously be better than that crappy cartoon network show "level-up."
really, it's that bad. but i have faith in this movie.
Now I am very interested to watch this movie.
@BanjoKirby Agreed
Hmmm, could be a fun movie.
It'd better not.
@RevolverLink: Okay. I just think it's weird (and sometimes a little annoying) how most video game fans object to the localized changes, yet not the Sonic fans, especially when Dr. Eggman made more sense than Robotnik anyway, because as I said, the egg motif is just bizarre without his real name (well, more so than with it). If they hadn't made that change, we could've assumed that Eggman was simply his last name, but nooo, they had to change it. I guess in America, he's crazy.
Anyway, on the movie: I'm not sure. If this was any other company (or even another department of Disney) I'd be completely uninterested, but Disney's animation department have been making some pretty great movies lately.
Oh, and another thing, @RevolverLink: actually, at this point, I think Disney Animation basically are Pixar, as I believe a lot of Pixar's best guys are now working for them (which might explain the steady decline in the quality of Pixar films. Have you seen the latest trailers for Brave? >shudder< It looks like a...DREAMWORKS movie. Worse, actually. Their stuff is okay).
um ok disney could pull this off i doubt it i still till this day want disneys to make a kingdom hearts movie
cant this be on cartoon network?it doesent matter cause i watch disney channel or xd
lol, if this was in a kh game, then bowser would be in it...
I don't believe Bowser/Wily/Zanglief would appear in KH. Or at least more than once, if at all, though, I highly doubt at all. This is probably just a one time cameo in-movie scene; perhaps maybe even twice in-movie. But I seriously doubt these characters would show up in a video game, any based on a movie that itself is based on a concept of video games.
Also, these cameos are probably similar to the Bond villains appearing at the counseling session during the credits of Inspector Gadget: they looked everything like Jaws, Oddjob, etc.but in the credits they were named as clearly being not parodies, but as characters w/ similar physical design features, & traits, but not the actual Oddjob, Jaws, etc. themselves.
Personally, I really wouldn't wanna see any of those game characters in a Disney movie, of all things. Then again, that's just my opinion.
Idk...i did some research on this movie...and i'm almost certain that this is true..Hey, at least they didn't spin off characters like make mario into Fario or sumthin' :/
He may have been Dr Eggman in Japan but I grew up in the UK where he was always called Dr Robotnik until they phased it out in Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast. He will always be Dr Robotnik to me. I hope to see Ganondorf in that line up, the only vilian that actually does what he says he will.
Also, in Sonic the Comic, Robotnik used to be called Ovi Kintobor. Ovi is their take on egg. Dr Ivo Robotnik for the win.
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