Moose & Zee (film)

Moose & Zee is an American 3D animated/live action comedy adventure film that was released on March 3, 2017.

Plot
During a typical Thursday afternoon (though in reality, it was March 1, 2012), Moose A. Moose and his sidekick Zee D. Bird think that their shared career as mascots for what was previously Noggin would continue, until they figure out that they're fired. Moose claims that they didn't do anything wrong, until the "controversy" gets reported on local news channels. Moose then texts his parents and tells them about the bad news. Later on, Moose and Zee find a black hole leading to the live action world (filmed in Orlando, Florida), thus becoming computer animated.

Live action cast

 * McKenzie Fallon as Savannah Kenniff, the oldest child in the Kenniff family (aged 13)
 * David Nalbandian as Foster Kenniff, Savannah's 10-year-old brother and "occasional" pest
 * Leona Dieterich as Alexandria Kenniff, Savannah's 7-year-old sister who's simply known as Alex
 * Elwood Hugo as Wayne Kenniff, Savannah's father (aged 45)
 * Beverly Atkin as Renée Kenniff, Savannah's mother (aged 43)

Voice cast

 * Arthur Mostovski as Moose A. Moose, the main protagonist of the movie, as well as "the former mascot for Noggin and Nick Jr."
 * Adrian Vrioni as Herb Scannell, founder of the Nickelodeon family, including Noggin and Nick Jr.

Production
The animated segments were recorded from October 16 to December 9, 2015 in New York City. The live action segments were filmed from January 22 to February 19, 2016 in Orlando.

Release
Moose & Zee was released on March 3, 2017 by Love Life Productions.

Marketing
In September 2016, the first teaser trailer was released, and it was screened theatrically with ???. The first official poster was released on December 2. The second trailer was released two weeks later on November 15, was screened theatrically with ??? and featured the song "Feel This Moment" by Pitbull and Christina Aguilera.

Critical reception
The film received generally positive reviews. The review aggregating website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 94% of critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 9.4/10, based on a sample of 758 reviews. Metacritic gave the film 94/100 based on 615 reviews by mainstream critics. CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film a rare "A+" grade.

The story was commended by several critics. Someone from the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "Millions of families across the country were devastated when learning that the two (2) mascots for Noggin were fired in 2012. Now it's 2017, so Moose and Zee are finally making new friends in this hilarious adventure using a mix of live-action and animation at the same time! In other words, this is as awesome as hell!"