| Lucky | |
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| Genre | Adventure Comedy |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Casey Burke Leonard |
| Starring |
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| Composer | Brad Breeck |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | MacGregor Middleton |
| Editor | Christopher Hink |
| Running time | 40 minutes |
| Production companies | Nickelodeon Animation Studio Bardel Entertainment(animation services) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon |
| Release | March 8, 2019 (2019-03-08) |
Lucky is amade-for-televisionanimated film produced byNickelodeon Animation Studio. Anoriginal Nickelodeon film, it features the voices ofMark Hamill,Kira Kosarin,Ron Funches,Flula Borg, and Gunnar Sizemore. The film follows an unluckyleprechaun 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 onNickelodeon on March 8, 2019.[1][2]
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Hap McSweeney, an accident-proneleprechaun recruits the help of his best friends for an adventure to retrieve his family's stolen pot of gold from Harry Houlihan (Mark Hamill), "the luckiest man in the land" in order to restore peacefulluck to his family.[citation needed]
Director Casey Leonard had no prior experience in working oncomputer 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." "It’s really fun! At its core, Lucky is about friendship. All the luck in the world’s got nothing on love," said Leonard. He also mentioned that the film was "challenging" and "exciting". The film took about 14 months to develop.[3]
Production services included storyboarding and rigging atNickelodeon Animation Studio, with 30 crew members involved.[3] Animation services were done atBardel Entertainment for four months, with 25 animators involved.[4][3]
| Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2019Golden Reel Awards | Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Music, Dialogue and ADR for Non-Theatrical Animated Long Form Broadcast Media | Jeff Shiffman (supervising sound editor); Tess Fournier, Brad Meyer (sound effects editors); Carol Ma (foley editor); Michael Wessner (dialogue editor) | Nominated | [5][6] |