The Mitchells vs. The Machines

 (also known as Connected in the UK) is an American animated sci-fi and fantasy family comedy film directed by Mike Rianda and written by Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe. The film produced by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation. The movie follows a family that winds up having to save Earth from a technological singularity.

Kurt Albrecht also produced, with Will Allegra on board as an EP. Daniel Chuba and Carey Smith served as co-producers.

On January 21, 2021, it was announced that Sony has sold worldwide rights to animated feature to Netflix.

Summary
"In Sony’s The Mitchells vs. The Machines is an original animated comedy about an everyday family struggle to relate while technology rises up around the world! When Katie Mitchell, a creative outsider, is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her plans to meet “her people” at college are upended when her nature-loving dad Rick determines the whole family should drive Katie to school together and bond as a family one last time."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Cast and Characters

 * Danny McBride as Rick
 * Abbi Jacobson as Katie Mitchell
 * Maya Rudolph
 * Mike Rianda
 * Eric Andre
 * Olivia Colman
 * Blake Griffin
 * Doug The Pug
 * Fred Armisen
 * Beck Bennett
 * Chrissy Teigen
 * John Legend
 * Charlyne Yi
 * Conan O’Brien
 * Sasheer Zamata
 * Jay Pharaoh
 * Alex Hirsch
 * Griffin McElroy
 * Elle Mills

Theatrical and streaming
The Mitchells vs. the Machines will be released in the United States on April 30, 2021, in theaters and on Discovery+, also with the film being simultaneously released on Netflix the same day.

In theaters, the film was accompanied by a new short film, Together Again.