The Emperor’s New Groove

The Emperor's New Groove

The Emperor’s New Groove is a 2000 American animated buddy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It was directed by Mark Dindal, from a screenplay by David Reynolds and a story by Chris Williams and Dindal. It follows a young and self-centered Incan emperor, Kuzco, who is transformed into a llama by his ex-advisor, Yzma. The film performed disappointingly at the box office compared to Disney films released in the 1990s, grossing USD 169. 3 million on a USD 100 million budget.

About The Emperor’s New Groove in brief

Summary The Emperor's New GrooveThe Emperor’s New Groove is a 2000 American animated buddy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It was directed by Mark Dindal, from a screenplay by David Reynolds and a story by Chris Williams and Dindal. The voice cast features David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, and Wendie Malick. It follows a young and self-centered Incan emperor, Kuzco, who is transformed into a llama by his ex-advisor, Yzma. The film performed disappointingly at the box office compared to Disney films released in the 1990s, grossing USD 169. 3 million on a USD 100 million budget. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised it as one of the best films released during Disney’s post-Renaissance era and the most comedic. A direct-to-video sequel, Kronk’s NewGroove, was released in 2005, and an animated spin-off, The Emperor’s new School, aired on the Disney Channel from 2006 to 2008. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song \”My Funny Friend and Me\”, performed by Sting; that award went to \”Things Have Changed\” by Bob Dylan from Wonder Boys. It is the 40th animated movie produced by the studio, and the first to be directed by Dindal and not Roger Allers, who had previously directed The Lion King and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

It has been released on Blu-ray, DVD, and VHS in the U.S., and on DVD in the UK and Australia in the United Kingdom. The sequel, The Empire’s New School, is scheduled to be released on December 15, 2011. The first film was originally conceived as a musical epic titled Kingdom of the Sun, but was later changed to a lighthearted comedy instead of a dramatic musical. A documentary, The Sweatbox, details the production troubles that The Emperor’s New Grooves endured during its six years of development. The second film was released on November 14, 2012, and is the first of two planned sequels to the first film, the second of which is scheduled for release on December 14, 2013. The third film, The emperor’s new school, will be released in October 2013, and will focus on a young boy who learns to be a man. The fourth and final film will be a sequel to The emperor and the llama, entitled The Emperor and the Llama, about a boy who becomes an emperor and his llama-like alter ego, the Emperor. The fifth and final movie will be the sequel to The Emperor and The llama. The final film is the animated sequel The Emperor & The Llama: The Emperor, The Llamas, The llamas, and The Llamas, the llamas and the Lomas, the Llamas and The Lulama, the Lulamas, The Incan Empire.