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Lucky (2019 film)
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Wikipedia article
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| genre = Adventure
Comedy
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| director = Casey Burke Leonard
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| composer = Brad Breeck
| country = United States
| language = English
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| editor = Christopher Hink
| runtime = 40 minutes
| company = Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Bardel Entertainment (animation services)
| distributor = ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks
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'Lucky' is a made-for-television animated film produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. An original Nickelodeon film, it features the voices of Mark Hamill, Kira Kosarin, Ron Funches, Flula Borg, and Gunnar Sizemore. The film follows an unlucky leprechaun who goes on a quest with his three best friends, Shannon, Sammy, and Reggie, to retrieve the pot of gold stolen from his family in order to restore their luck.
It premiered on Nickelodeon on March 8, 2019.
Plot
An accident-prone leprechaun recruits the help of his best friends for an adventure to retrieve his family's stolen pot of gold from Houlihan (Mark Hamill) in order to restore peaceful luck to his family.
Voice cast
* Gunnar Sizemore as Hap
* Kira Kosarin as Shannon
* Ron Funches as Sammy
* Flula Borg as Reggie
* Mark Hamill as Houlihan
* Piotr Michael as the narrator
Production
Director Casey Leonard had no prior experience in working on computer animation and films, but joined the production after co-writer David Steinberg presented him with the film's original draft, to which he "fell in love with [...the] story". He summed the film as a mix of "comedy[...] heist, and[...] all action." "Its really fun! At its core, Lucky is about friendship. All the luck in the worlds got nothing on love," said Leonard. He also mentioned that the film was "challenging" and "exciting". The film took about 14 months to develop.
Production services including storyboarding and rigging at Nickelodeon Animation Studio, with 30 crew members involved. Animation services were done at Bardel Entertainment for four months, with 25 animators involved.
Awards and nominations
References
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