Star Skipper (film)

Star Skipper ‎is an American 3D computer-animated science fiction adventure comedy film based on the eponymous Paramount Animation mascot, produced by Paramount Animation, Frenzy Animation, and Glass Ball Productions. The film is directed by Kevin Lima and Clay Kaytis from a screenplay by Etan Cohen, Hudson Black and produced by Mireille Soria. It stars the voices of Brianna Denski as the titular character of the same name, Hudson Black as Dr. Shadow Nelvana and Jodie Whittaker as Stellaluna.

Also starring are Noah Schnapp, Atticus Schaffer, Thomas Sanders, and more.

Star Skipper is scheduled to be theatrically released on October 27, 2023 by Paramount Pictures.

Synopsis
All children want to be guardians. However, for Alice Wilson, it's the other way around. Chosen as a guardian by the goddess Stellaluna, she is allowed to protect her world from the evil Dr. Shadow Nelvana.

Plot
In 1975, a young Shadow Nelvana is riding in the car with his father and his brother when he's suddenly transported into Startopia, a magical utopian city from another dimension. There, the goddess Stellaluna has spent centuries searching for someone confident on whom to bestow her power called Shooting Star Energy (which is a power made by the gods' and goddesses' pure power) and name as guardian, after the previous guardian released The Beasts of Darkness which killed the rest of the Star Council. Shadow is tempted by an eclipse-like, sphere-shaped crystal known as the Dark Eye, though which he hears the voices of them, trapped in stone statues, promising him power if he'll free them. The goddess deems him unworthy and magically returns him to the car, where he makes a scene that leads to a car accident, crippling his father. The Beasts send Shadow a message telling him to find them.

In present day Los Angeles, 10 year old foster child Alice Wilson continually runs away from foster homes to search for her birth mother, from she became separated while at a carnival 7 years prior. She is placed in a group home run by Steve and Lauren Turner, with five other foster children: Nicole Bertha, Ronald Polo, Charlie Baptiste, Kimberly Ann, and superhero enthusiast, Brendan Noles. Meanwhile, the embittered Nelvana succeeds in his lifelong quest to find a way back to Startopia. He steals the Dark Eye, becoming the Beasts' vessel, bests the goddess, and uses his newfound power to kill his father, brother, and Nelvana Industries' board of directors.

At school, Alice defends Brendan from bullies and is chased to a subway, where she's transported to Startopia. The goddess chooses Alice to be her new guardian, transferring her power. The goddess turns to magic dust, leaving her magic staff behind. At home, Brendan is taken into Alice's confidence and helps her explore her newfound powers, which include super strength, speed, near-invulnerability, healing, and shooting star manipulation. He even gave her a nickname, Star Skipper. Brendan posts viral videos and Alice starts skipping school to busk for money and fame, straining her friendship with Brendan. When Alice accidentally endangers and then saves a bus full of people, Nelvana confronts her, demanding that he surrender her powers. Alice discovers she can fly and manages to escape. Her foster siblings deduce that she's a superhero, and completes her search for her mother, who lives nearby. Alice rushes to see her, but is disheartened to learn that she abandoned her, having felt inadequate to raise her as a single tween mother.

Nelvana deduces Alice's identity and takes her foster siblings hostage. Alice agrees to transfer her power to Nelvana in exchange for their safety. They go to Startopia to use the goddess' staff to effect the transfer, but the children follow and attack Nelvana. Alice knew that Nelvana becomes vulnerable when all of the Beasts leave his body. Nelvana pursues them in a summer carnival and unleashes the beasts upon the crowd. Remembering the Goddess' words, Alice uses the staff to share her powers with her siblings, possessing them Shooting Star Energy. She then breaks the staff, and her siblings battle all the Beasts while Alice faces down Nelvana. By luring out the final Beast, Alice makes Nelvana vulnerable and yanks the Dark Eye out, recapturing all the Beasts.

Alice and her siblings hailed as guardians, return the Eye and the Beasts to their prison, and realize they can use Startopia as their home. Alice accepts her foster parents and siblings as her "real" family. In the post-credits scene, she has lunch with her siblings at school, revealing to Brendan's surprise that she brought out Sonic the Hedgehog. In a mid-credits scene, the imprisoned Nelvana is approached by a dark rider, who proposes an alliance.

Voice Cast

 * Brianna Denski as Alice Wilson, aka Star Skipper, a tween girl and troubled orphan searching for her biological mother, who is chosen by Stellaluna as a confident guardian, passing her Shooting Star Energy.
 * Hudson Black as Dr. Shadow Nelvana, a scientist who was turned down as a potential guardian and estranged from his family, who becomes a host of The Beasts of Darkness, and Star's nemesis.
 * Noah Schnapp as Brendan Noles, Alice's physically disabled foster brother and a fan of superheroes, who mentors her on the use of her newfound powers and giving her a nickname, "Star Skipper".
 * Jodie Whittaker as Stellaluna, the last surviving member of the Star Council, who has spent centuries summoning people to her utopian city, Startopia in search of a "confident" guardian to whom he can pass on her extraordinary faculties.
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Production
Ever since Paramount never gotten its mascot, Star Skipper, to have her own movie in the past and since their movies grew, Paramount's president, Mireille Soria, needs to have some changes with her.

Release
Star Skipper is scheduled to be theatrically released on January 27, 2023, in the United States. It was originally set for March 5, 2021, but was delayed to March 11, 2022 before being pushed back to its current release date.

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Rating
The MPA gave Star Skipper a PG-13 rating, because of it's material that's not available for children under the age of 13.