Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Walt Disney Pictures, Mandeville Films, The Lonely Island, Flying Bark Productions

Disney+

Release date

May 20, 2022

Directed by

Akiva Schaffer

Written by

Dan Gregor and Doug Mand

Based on

Rescue Rangers properties and characters by Disney Television Animation

Produced by

David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman

Starring

John Mulaney as Chip

Andy Samberg as Dale

KiKi Layne as Ellie Whitfield

Will Arnett as Sweet Pete

Eric Bana as Monterey Jack

Flula Borg as Officer Viper

Keegan-Michael Key as Bjornson the Cheesemonger

Tress MacNeille as Gadget Hackwrench and Chip's chipmunk voice

Tim Robinson as Dr. X-7400 and Ugly Sonic

Seth Rogen as Bob and Pumbaa

J. K. Simmons as Captain Putty

Chris Parnell as Dave Bollinari

Dennis Haysbert as Jimmy and Zipper

Corey Burton as Dale's chipmunk voice and Zipper's intelligible buzzes from the original series.

Cinematography

Larry Fong

Edited by

Brian Scott Olds

Music by

Brian Tyler

Akiva Schaffer discusses Chip n’ Dale Rescue Rangers

The show was on in the 90s. It got canceled and Chippendale have kind of taken their own paths.  They're no longer friends, and Dale is a little bit thirsty.  He wants the fame back. So when we find him in the movie he's at a nostalgia convention like a Comic-Con.  He's in the retro aisle signing autographs for 5 bucks and when we find Chip he's kind of said goodbye to the show biz life. He is now an insurance agent. Chip is supposed to be this hand-drawn 2d unchanged since the 90s-style character. We did our best to try to honor that.  And then Dale, because he still wants to make it in showbiz,  he's gone under the digital knife. and is now presented in 3D the way you might expect him in a 2022 movie.   Part of what made me so excited about the movie was that it's not just that it's you know Pixar-style characters.  It's cheap 2d looking Tv stuff from back in the 90s and 80s, it's puppets, and there's claymation stop motion.  

Andy Samberg discusses Chip n’ Dale Rescue Rangers

The main reason I wanted to be involved in this film is my dear friend Akiva was directing it.  I'll pretty much be in anything he directs.  But I'm also a fan of Rescue Rangers. The script was really funny.  I really liked that it had sort of a mixed genre element to it.  When I was a kid I was obsessed with Roger Rabbit, and this felt, you know, kind of like a descendant of that.  

Basically, we're in a world where tunes coexist with humans.  Dale is still hoping to get the show or some version of the show back going. Chip has abandoned being an actor altogether.   By a bad circumstance with Monterey Jack, they get brought back together, and sort of re-enter each other's lives. For much of the film, you are still seeing Chip mad at Dale. He blames him for his life kind of getting derailed. 

John Mulaney discusses Chip n’ Dale Rescue Rangers

I was a big fan of 90s Disney. The 90s had rescue rangers, duck tales and I believe Goof troop. 

You're seeing not a reboot of the series. You're seeing a behind-the-scenes coming together of the 2 characters. The Rescue Rangers have gone their separate ways. There is a little bad blood between them.  When a friend is in need and in danger, Chip and Dale come together and they try to be the detectives that they once played on rescue rangers. 

It's legit funny. I think this will appeal to a lot of people but in terms of like hard comedy.  It's a very funny script and a very fun project to work on.  It's a legit weird movie with lots of twists, subtle jokes. and very weird bits. 

KiKi Layne discusses Chip n’ Dale Rescue Rangers

This cast is amazing. I've been very lucky with the people that I get to work with.  Anyone who appreciates cartoons, animated characters and animation is going to appreciate this film.