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| Based on | Characters byChris Savino |
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| Directed by | Kyle Marshall |
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| Music by | Jonathan Hylander |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Executive producer | Michael Rubiner |
| Editor | Tony Molina |
| Running time | 81 minutes |
| Production company | Nickelodeon Movies |
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| Release | June 21, 2024 (2024-06-21) |
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| The Loud House Movie (2021) | |
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie is a 2024 American animated spy comedy television film based on the television series The Loud House. The film was directed by series veteran Kyle Marshall and stars the show's regular voice cast. The story follows the Loud family as they go to a tropical wedding celebration and get entangled in a super spy plot. It is the third animated film in The Loud House franchise following The Loud House Movie (2021) and The Casagrandes Movie (2024), and the fifth overall.
Whitney Wetta and Jeffrey Sayers wrote the screenplay. The series' writers room envisioned a Loud House spy story during production of the sixth season, but no plans were made until Nickelodeon said that they wanted to do another film based on the series. The film was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and animated by Jam Filled Entertainment. Jonathan Hylander composed the score.
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie was released on Paramount+ on June 21, 2024, and was followed by a premiere on Nickelodeon later the same day.
37 years ago, Myrtle, as Agent 28 and her best friend, Audrey Loud, infiltrates the secret lair of supervillain Dr. Rufus Dufus, who has built a rocket armed with lasers that would destroy all of Earth's communication satellites in the hopes to launch his own. Myrtle successfully defeats his henchmen, including ex-wrestler-turned-criminal Ham Hand, but is soon trapped by Dufus. However, she breaks out, defeats Ham Hand, and starts to fight against Dufus. However, Dufus trips and is accidentally launched into outer space.
In the present day, the Loud Family - consisting of Lincoln Loud; his ten sisters Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn Jr, Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa, and Lily; and parents Rita and Lynn Loud Sr - are going on vacation to an unnamed tropical island, where Pop Pop, the kids' maternal grandfather, plans to marry Myrtle (after Audrey's death ends his best friend's promise that he will remarry as his second wife), while Mr. Grouse watches the house for the time being. Lincoln, a fan of the comic series David Steele, is intrigued by Myrtle's past as a secret agent, and longs to become one himself. On the flight, Lincoln meets a woman named Fifi, who immediately gets annoyed by the Louds' antics.
The Louds arrive at the Thunderbolt Resort. which is run by Flip's cousin Flop. Soon, Pop Pop and Myrtle head out on a fishing trip, with Lincoln joining the two. Lincoln spots some suspicious activity from the boat and attempts take some pictures with a camera that he brought along, but he is soon spotted and ambushed by a group of henchmen; Myrtle is able to defeat all of them, but Lincoln's camera is lost in the process. Lincoln is awestruck, having just seen Myrtle's fighting prowess, but she downplays it and discourages him from going on further spy missions due to the danger it poses. Myrtle contacts her boss, X, telling her that they need to leave the island, but Lincoln sends a message to her behind Myrtle's back, telling X that she has accepted the mission. Outside, Lincoln runs into Fifi again, who gives back his lost camera to him.
Lincoln calls his best friend, Clyde McBride, to inspect one of the pictures he has taken of the suspicious activity; he traces it to a nearby restaurant called Rubiner's. Lincoln heads there, but is spotted by Myrtle, who has a bellboy named Owen be disguised as her while she pursues Lincoln. The family returns and takes Owen out on a trip with Flop as their limousine driver, not knowing that the real Myrtle is out at Rubiner's. Lincoln enters the restaurant and meets with Fifi, but soon overhears the henchmen from earlier discussing plans, sneaking away to listen in.
Lincoln is pulled away by Myrtle, who tells him off once he confesses he had accepted the mission, but he tells her that the henchmen from earlier are planning to build a rocket for "Dufus", much to Myrtle's confusion. The two are soon spotted by Dufus' henchmen, but Myrtle and Lincoln work together to defeat them all. The two then leave the restaurant on a moped but are still pursued by Dufus' henchmen. While they are able to outrun their pursuers, they are soon ambushed by Ham Hand, and Myrtle is captured while Lincoln escapes. The rest of the family finds Lincoln on the side of the road and pick him up. Lincoln tells them what had happened with Myrtle and exposes Owen, who had been disguised this whole time. The family is determined to save Myrtle, and with Lisa's help, they obtain gadgets that would aid them.
The following morning, the family is able to deduce that Dufus' base is in a nearby mountain. Fifi arrives with a buggy she had rented, but tips off the henchmen on patrol. Rita takes the buggy, which is soon swarmed by another set of henchmen. The Louds manage to lose them, and the buggy stops inside a secret entrance. The Louds are forced to split up to find Myrtle's cell. Meanwhile, Myrtle baits two guards into her cell, allowing her to escape. The Louds, unaware of Myrtle's escape, enter what appears to be her cell, but instead stumble into a trap. Myrtle fights against Ham Hand and momentarily knocks him out as she finds out the other Louds are now in a rocket that is being launched by Fifi who reveals herself to be Rufus' wife and that he had been launched into space by Myrtle on purpose (contrary to what Lincoln had been told), prompting her to enact a revenge plan by taking advantage of Lincoln's naivety to lure everyone into the rocket and take away Myrtle's family, just as Myrtle took away her husband.
Myrtle fights with Fifi for custody of the remote, but the rocket launches with all the Louds onboard while Fifi (willingly) falls off a cliff. Seeing the plight they are all in, Lincoln admits defeat, but Myrtle figures out a way to escape - using the septic tank as an escape pod. However, one of the Louds would have to stay behind to launch it; Myrtle offers to stay, but Lincoln, seeing the love Pop Pop and Myrtle have for each other, forces them out and launches the tank (inadvertently crushing Ham Hand in the process). However, Lisa hacks into a satellite to knock it off-course, sending the rocket back to Earth, and Pop Pop frees Lincoln. The family joins in a loving embrace.
Having lost the wedding rings during the fight with Fifi, Lincoln presents Myrtle with a pair of bamboo wedding rings, having obtained them after selling his David Steele watch to Flop. Pop Pop and Myrtle get married, with the wedding being officiated by Flop as X is also in attendance. Later that night, Lincoln spots Fifi and Ham Hand, who are both still alive, tied up together with Flop telling him that they will be incarcerated for a long time.
In late April 2024, Nickelodeon released a teaser promo for a new animated film based on The Loud House, titled No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie.[1] In late May 2024, further details on the film were disclosed including the cast, crew, and release date.[2] Series regulars Bentley Griffin, Alex Cazares, Piotr Michael, Jill Talley, Brian Stepanek, Catherine Taber, Liliana Mumy, Nika Futterman, Cristina Pucelli, Jessica DiCicco, Grey DeLisle, and Lara Jill Miller lead the voice cast.[2] The film was directed by series supervising director and co-executive producer Kyle Marshall, and written by Whitney Wetta and Jeffrey Sayers.[3] The film is produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio,[3] and Jam Filled Entertainment provided animation.[4] Michael Rubiner, who is an executive producer on the series, also executive produced the film.[3]
The basis for the film's story was set up in the season 6 episode "Pop Pop the Question". The idea bounced back and forth in the writers room, but no plans were made until Nickelodeon said that they wanted to do another film based on the series. The writers knew they wanted the story to center around a destination wedding between Pop Pop and Myrtle. This, in tandem with Myrtle's spy background that they set up in the series, led to them making a spy genre film.[4] In the series, they had introduced the character David Steele as Lincoln and Clyde's new fan sensation, so they felt making a spy film felt natural. The crew were inspired by several James Bond films during production, and tried to reflect the pacing and structure of them. The villain Ham Hand was inspired by Jaws who first appeared in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).[4]
In regards to the out-there nature of the film in comparison to the early days of the series, Marshall made a comparison to the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons and said,『It’s kind of natural that we start to find some fresh territory to mine that we haven’t done before.』He added, "But all the while, I would say that no matter how we expand the world or how crazy it gets, we do try to always have some kind of grounded character story that lies beneath it that’s still kid-related."[4] To balance the film's large ensemble of characters, the filmmakers had them all ultimately work towards the same goal, regardless of side plots that had been set up.[4]
Jonathan Hylander took heavy influence from John Barry's work in Thunderball (1965) when composing the film's score. Hylander also wrote the opening song in the film, after which Marshall and head of story, Ari Castleton, told board artist Toby Parry the direction they wanted for the opening visual sequence that it was paired with.[4] David Vasquez edited the first cut, and Tony Molina, lead picture editor, finished it off. For the sequence, Jam Filled tried to push the look and movement of the characters in a more cinematic direction, while still fitting the tone of the series.[4]
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie was released on Paramount+ on June 21, 2024, and was followed by a premiere on Nickelodeon later the same day.[2]
David Kaldor of Bubbleblabber gave the film a 7 out of 10 rating. He commended it for its accessibility to new viewers and said, "Overall, it’s just a fun time for everyone and a fine enough way to spent [sic] seventy five to ninety minutes."[5]
On its Nickelodeon premiere, the movie received 179,000 viewers, earning a 0.06 P2+ rating. In the 18–49 age demographic, it received 79,500 viewers, and another 0.06 rating[6]
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