Will Smith Spies In Disguise

A Legitimate Spy Movie"Only Animated

Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Will Smith, Karen Gillan, Tom Holland, Rashida Jones, DJ Khaled, Masi Oka
Director: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
Genre: Action, Adventure
Running Time: 101 minutes

Synopsis: Super spy Lance Sterling (Will Smith) and scientist Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is…not. But when events take an unexpected turn, this unlikely duo is forced to team up for the ultimate mission that will require an almost impossible disguise – transforming Lance into the brave, fierce, majestic…pigeon. Walter and Lance suddenly have to work as a team, or the whole world is in peril.

Spies In Disguise
Release Date: January 1st, 2020

About The Production

Brimming with confidence and swagger, Lance is the world's greatest spy"the best of the best of international espionage agents, his motto "I fly solo," lets you know it. Lance is all sharp angles, tall, elegantly attired, exuding coolness. Everyone knows his name, and he is often greeted by his fans with applause. He's also used to being armed with the most state-of-the-art, "cool" spy gadgetry, including his cutting-edge two-seater sports vehicle, the Audi RSQ e-tron. In this way, Lance and all the other agents are dependent on the technical wizards behind-the-scenes who design these gadgets for The Agency.

One of these tekkies is awkward yet lovable Walter Beckett. Walter is the opposite of Lance: short and appealingly geeky, dressed more for comfort and practicality than style; a genius, not an athlete. Where most of these gadgets designed by The Agency are intentionally destructive and deadly, Walter, who graduated MIT at age 15, has a different point of view, and designs gadgets that are completely effective, but cause no harm.

For example, when tasked to create a grenade, he invents a device that explodes with glitter and creates a visual of an adorable kitten. Why? Walter understands that seeing a kitten releases serotonin, causing the viewer to feel happy, reduce aggression and become distracted from the situation. Much safer than a grenade that blows things up.

While Lance believes in fighting fire with fire, Walter believes that type of thinking just gets everyone burned. If Walter could save the world with a hug, he would.

Friendless save for his faithful pet pigeon Lovey, Walter's co-workers at The Agency refer to him as a weirdo, but he was raised by his late police officer mother to believe in himself and his unconventional ideas. Together, Walter and his Mom proudly called themselves "Team Weird." Lance and Walter both work at The Agency, headed by Joy Jenkins (Reba McEntire) who Lance affectionately calls "Joyless." She's a pretty tough nut. Harsh and demanding, she doesn't have many soft spots, but one of them is for Lance. Her devotion is tested when Internal Affairs agent.

Marcy Kappel (Rashida Jones) reveals evidence that shows Lance has stolen a cataclysmically deadly drone from The Agency's covert weapons lab. The truth is that the weapon, the M-9 Assassin, is really in the hands of supervillain Keller "Robohand" Killian (Ben Mendelsohn), disguised as Lance. A criminal whose real identity is unknown to global authorities, Killian's missing right hand has been replaced by a robotic claw, hence his nickname.

Joy can't believe that Lance would turn, but Marcy, aided by her video surveillance and analysis agent Eyes (Karen Gillan) and audio analysis expert Ears (DJ Khaled), is determined to have him arrested.

Lance, knowing there is a bad guy out there, needs to go rogue to stop him. Eluding capture by Internal Affairs, Lance is able to escape from The Agency headquarters and, remembering Walter saying that he could make someone disappear, heads to Walter's house seeking this new technology. Walter has been working on an invention called bio-dynamic concealment, an elixir that will make whoever ingests it turn into something that most people ignore"allowing them to disappear in plain sight.

When Lance unintentionally drinks the formula, he is transformed into a pigeon. As Walter says, "Pigeons are everywhere, and nobody notices them! It's the most perfect form a spy can take!" Lance, who always viewed pigeons as "rats with wings," is horrified and demands that Walter "unbird" him immediately. But Walter hasn't yet cracked a formula to reverse his concealment invention. Trapped in the body of a pigeon, our super suave spy struggles to adjust to his new body. What's more, this guy who's always flied solo finds himself suddenly part of a flock, surrounded by a trio of other pigeons.

And Walter, who may not be built for action in the field, ends up out there, while he desperately tries to find the antidote to the elixir. As they learn to work together in order to stop Robohand from turning the Assassin on mankind, Lance slowly begins to open himself up to a whole new, "weird" approach to saving the world from Walter.

A Legitimate Spy Movie"Only Animated

Directors Troy Quane and Nick Bruno were excited at the prospect of making what they believed could be a kid's first introduction to spy movies. Therefore, it was important to them that "Spies in Disguise" had all the familiar elements of the genre: exotic international locales, dazzling cinematography, big action set pieces, futuristic gadgetry and a great score with a memorable theme. So they revisited some of the most successful examples of the genre, to immerse themselves in the cool, stylized look and feel of them.

They then imagined what would happen if they were to replace the heroes of those movies with a pigeon, and what they discovered was that the more grounded and cool the trappings were, the funnier it was with a pigeon in the center of it all.

Says Bruno, "We didn't want to make this a spoof. We wanted to make this a legitimate spy movie that just happens to be animated."

Adds Quane, "We both embraced the crazy idea – a man turns into a pigeon, which is insane." What was genius about the conceit of the script, and therefore, made Walter's idea so brilliant, is that pigeons are actually amazing creatures, and they are the perfect disguise! Bruno explains, "They're in every city around the world. No one pays attention to them. Nobody even knows that they're there. So they're hiding in plain sight. Because they have eyes on the side of their head, they can see in 360 degrees, which means that at any given time, they can see your face and their butt. And you can't sneak up on them."

"Because they will just fly away," concurs Quane. "They're one of the fastest birds in the world. But because they're so fast, they see at a faster rate of speed than we do, so everything to them feels slow motion. We would always refer to that as Pigeon Bullet Time. They see UV light, bands of light that we can't see with the human eye."

Quane continues, "On the surface, it seems like a joke, but really this is the best cover for a spy. No one knows you're there. You've got all these built-in gadgets. It's actually genius, as are all of Walter's other gadgets."

For example, Walter develops a personal protection device called the "inflatable hug." It envelopes whoever is holding it in a cushy bubble to avoid harm. Another is the multi-pen.

While it looks like a traditional multi-colored pen, it actually has functions such as the ability to shoot "serious string" (like Silly String but only serious) to tie up bad guys. It can spray a serum, complete with a hint of lavender that will make even the biggest baddy reveal the truth. It can even shoot a non-lethal electrical pulse that causes whoever is on the receiving end to lose all muscle control and collapse into a rubbery mess.

The Characters (And The Actors Who Play Them)

In addition to being a spy movie, "Spies in Disguise" is a buddy comedy that derives much of its humor from the differences between its two main characters. Lance and Walter are a classic odd couple. It was easy for the filmmakers to envision their action hero, Lance Sterling. Recalls Bruno, "We said, we've got to make the coolest action hero. Who is ours? It's Will Smith."
Bruno continues, "It was a dream come true when he came on board to the project. As an actor, he really cares about stories and storytelling and making the movie as best as it can. He was a collaborator the whole way through and really helped to shape Lance's character." Quane says, "Lance is a pretty straightforward character. He's self-confident, he likes being in the spotlight, he likes being the hero, and he likes the accolades. But he's pretty full of himself, so there's definitely a balance to be struck there."

He continues, "It's a special kind of charisma that can carry that off, and you look up charisma in the dictionary, and it's Will Smith."

Walter was more challenging because they didn't want him to be the stereotypical computer/scientist nerd or the butt of the joke. Bruno explains, "We all have an idea of what that cool action hero/spy is, but Walter's a hard character to discover because we really wanted to make sure the character was sincere. So it was really important to us that he be affirmational, so kids will go to see the film initially wanting to be like a Lance Sterling, but realizing that the hero is really inside them, like Walter Beckett."

Quane explains, "We wanted the audience to laugh at the things he did or the situations he found himself in, but Walter's a really smart dude so you never want him to feel goofy. But he is definitely out of his element in being out in the real world. He's an academic, but he's also very committed to those ideas and forceful but not aggressive the way Lance is. Trying to find that balance was really tough, but once we met with Tom Holland, we knew we had found our Walter. Tom has a charm and an earnestness about him that brought Walter to life."

The actor who leapt to stardom as Spider-Man in "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and "Avengers: Infinity War" says, "Nick and Troy had such a strong vision of what they wanted to do, they were perfectionists which is a great quality for a film like this that they wanted to make sure that every line was absolutely perfect. And working with them was really fun. We met for the first time in Montreal. We had dinner on a rooftop somewhere I think. We immediately hit it off and I was very happy and excited to work with them."

Describing his character, Holland says, "Walter is a really happy go lucky kid. He's really positive, he's really excited about using his brain for good and to make a difference in his workplace. And then he's really excited by the idea of a challenge and a mission and going into the field. But what's most endearing about him is that he's trying to change The Agency's way of thinking and instead of blowing people up and killing people he's trying to make everyone be happy and positive and safe. So it's quite nice."

Holland explains, "One of the cool differences about our two characters is that Lance is obviously so into action and beating people up and fighting and being a super spy. Whereas Walter is very much more the guy who wants to help people and, yes, get the job done, but do it in a way with no casualties and he has this one device called the Kitty Glitter which basically explodes glitter everywhere and calms people down to the point where they don't want to do bad stuff anymore.

Whereas Lance just wants a grenade. So it's quite fun to see the banter back and forth with Will and I where we're arguing about using a grenade or oil slick or kitty glitter or the inflatable hug-- all these different kinds of quirky, amazing gadgets--so it's a lot of fun."

Of his co-star, Holland says, "What he does is so great. He brings such enthusiasm, such an effervescent energy to his character that is so infectious you can't help but laugh at everything he says. Especially when he's a pigeon, because Will has such a recognizable voice. Like if you played a short clip of him, you'd say, 'Oh, that's Will Smith,' and seeing him as pigeon is just really funny."

Summing up his experience on the film, he says, "It was a lot of fun, it was a really, really cool job to be a part of. And you know, you always find little things to relate to in your character, but they're not necessarily in the way you look or the way you act but it's in the way you might live your life. I love that it teaches a good message to kids that violence isn't the answer and friendship is more important than anything really."

The process of designing the pair was the same. Lance showed up right away, but it took a while before Walter revealed himself. Finally, thanks to the efforts of head character designer Jason Sadler, the filmmaking team arrived at a place where you can visually look at the two characters without hearing them say a word or watching them move and know who they are.

Lance is built for the world of espionage: He's 6 ft. 5 in., 230 lbs. of pure muscle, with broad shoulders, a narrow core and extremely long legs. He's sleek, sophisticated, strong and athletic and he looks like he could take on anything. That means straight lines, broad shapes, clean.

They landed on the design quickly and that became the flag around which everything else circled. Just as Walter was harder to define personality and character-wise, it also took a little longer to figure out the physical design for Walter. The filmmakers wanted to ensure the audience wouldn't feel like he's an object of ridicule or too obvious but also needed him to be the opposite of Lance.

Walter has a smaller build, 5 ft. 4 in. and is very wiry. He works hard and feels unappreciated and underestimated, so his posture is somewhat slumped. But he's full of naïve optimism.

One of the major differences between Lance and Walter is their approach to the job. Lance flies alone, but the main reason for his desire to stay solo is his concern that anyone else around him might get hurt. Walter, on the other hand, is a firm believer in teamwork, something Lance is forced to accept when he finds himself transformed into a pigeon and is surrounded by three other pigeons known as "The Flock."

Lovey, Walter's faithful pet and the smartest of the three, is instantly taken by Lance's pigeon magnetism, and can't resist the urge to constantly try to get closer to him. Fanboy's awkward movements set him apart from the other birds, but nothing will stop him from trying to imitate the suave stylings of his hero, Lance. And Crazy Eyes, with his signature lollipop stuck to his head, is that bird that will peck and eat anything with no thought of the consequences, often unknowingly coming to the team's rescue.

As in all classic spy films, there needed to be a formidable villain, an antagonist to set the plot in motion and challenge the heroes, but it was important that there be real world motivations for his actions.
Explains Quane, "Robohand is a mysterious and terrifying villain, and it was important for us to hold back a lot of who he is and why he is. There's definitely a history with our hero, Lance Sterling. There's a revenge plot that he's taking on. We wanted it to feel scary and menacing, so that when we reveal who he is, it's not just revealing his plan, but a reason for what he does." Ben Mendelsohn, who gives voice to Killian, is known for bringing intensity and dimension to character roles as scoundrels and criminals, in such films as "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," "The Dark Knight Rises," "Animal Kingdom" and "Killing Me Softly," as well as the Netflix series "Bloodline," for which he won an Emmy Award®.

Quane says, "Ben's got this amazing ability to bring that terrifying voice through and yet still stay connected to that emotion where you go, oh, my gosh, this is someone who's in pain." Mendelsohn explains, "Killian is what Lance needs to be Lance. In order for there to be a Lance Sterling you've got to have a Killian. And Killian is the other end of the spectrum of good guys/bad guys. Killian is a super villain. He's a guy that can and will take down enormous body counts and damage. These are the old paradigms of what good guys and bad guys look like, and they're very pervasive and they have a great influence in the way that we think about ourselves, and crucially in the way we think about others. That's all sort of Cold War and pre-Cold War ideas and notions, and they worked for a long time. Walter is a dreamer that thinks if you can just come up with the right sort of ways, we can do things differently."

Quane explains, "These movies are mythic, iconic. We really wanted to start with our hero and our villain in those roles. Lance is better than the best…he's cool, he's suave, he's got swagger, he's got all the great one-liners, and he's the good guy. And then you've got the guy with the robot hand who's leering and stands in the shadows and says horrible things and is violent. So you know he's bad. Then as the movie goes on, the balance we try to walk, the delicate line, is to blur those edges, so that the hero's flawed"he lacks empathy and employs violence--and the villain is also tragic, having suffered loss."

"That was a really delicate balance," he admits, "because we didn't want to say, now the bad guy's a good guy. We wanted to say the bad guy's conflicted."

Bruno says, "Walter believes that if we're the good guys, we have to hold ourselves to a higher standard and do things a good way. In Lance's world, at first, that seems weird."

Says Quane, "But then Lance starts to realize that maybe his uncompromising version of good and bad in the world isn't the only version."

Another obstacle for Lance and Walter is Marcy, the Internal Affairs agent on their trail. Quane says, "Marcy's strong, she's capable and throughout most of the movie, she's very definite about what she thinks is right or wrong, but then that strict viewpoint starts to soften a little bit. She realizes she has to open herself up to all the shades of gray in between right and wrong."

Bruno recalls, "Casting Marcy was tricky because her character is in direct opposition to Lance Sterling and how do you find someone who can go toe to toe with Will Smith and his swagger and his personality? But Rashida Jones is that and then some. She can play tough, superintelligent, professional, but she's so funny and she brings a whole level of humanity to a character who at first feels like a hard-nosed rule-follower, but you start to see there's a real person there, somebody who really believes in the power of a team and believing in one another."

Actress ("Parks and Recreation") and screenwriter ("Toy Story 4"), Jones says, "Marcy's a very by-the-book, no-nonsense woman. She's like Tommy Lee Jones in 'The Fugitive': on a mission, straightforward, persevering, with only one thing important to her, which is to get Lance Sterling and solve this case. Whereas Lance is all about sports cars and tuxedos and flashy, she's all about getting the job done and doing it efficiently. She's not into him from the beginning."

Jones continues, "At the same time, Marcy's a very skilled negotiator. And when she needs to be, she can be empathetic and calm and communicate in a way that's actually going to help the situation. She isn't hot-headed."

Adding comic relief are Marcy's cohorts, Eyes and Ears, voiced by Karen Gillan ("Avengers: End Game" and "Guardians of the Galaxy") and DJ Khaled ("Pitch Perfect 3"), respectively. Jones says, "Eyes and Ears are a great team. They're incredibly intuitive, and they know how to scan any given situation based on their expertise and their particular sense, which are helpful tools when you're trying to survey anything."

"They're her Jiminy Crickets," says Bruno. "Eyes will say 'I know you're pretty convinced of this, but, what I'm seeing, you know, is different.' And Ears will say 'I know you believe that he's guilty, but I'm hearing something other than that.'"

Adds Quane, "They help bring the truth more into focus for Marcy."

Underworld hacker Katsu Kimura is the shady character responsible for stealing The Assassin and selling it to Killian. Masi Oka, best known for his roles on the TV series "Hawaii Five-O," "Mozart in the Jungle," "Heroes" and "Scrubs," is the voice of Kimura. Oka says, "Katsu and Lance have a history together. So he's not surprised when Lance invades his hideout when he's doing his deal with Killian, he was probably expecting him. Even though Lance always wins, Katsu has always been able to get away and keep on doing what he does."

He continues, "Physically, Katsu's a massive giant, very imposing. But he doesn't use force. He doesn't have to"he has his Yakuza minions that do it for him. He uses his clever intelligence and his wits and technological skills to do his dirty work."

For the small but crucial role of Walter's mother, Wendy Beckett, the filmmakers needed someone who can sound maternal and warm but they wanted her to be different than the typical mom of most animated films. In contrast to Walter, who in these scenes is an innocent, gentle kid who really believes in pulling people together, they thought it would be interesting for him to have a mom who is a police officer who's out there facing the hard realities of the world that we live in on a daily basis. At the same time, she needs to appreciate how special Walter is and how important it is that he stay optimistic and true to his beliefs, no matter what other people say. They found their Wendy in Rachel Brosnahan, the Emmy®-winning star of Amazon's hit comedy series, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

Brosnahan says, "Wendy obviously loves Walter very, very much. And Walter's kind of a weird kid. He's into stuff that other kids his age aren't, and sometimes that's hard for him. And while Wendy is sometimes annoyed by his inventions and how they interfere with their everyday life, she supports him wholeheartedly, and encourages him to be himself all the time--in all of his weirdness. Even if that means that other kids make fun of him, she tells him that the things that make him weird right now are going to be his superpower as he grows up. I think that's one of the most important lessons that she teaches him that carries through the film."

She continues, "Everyone's weirdness is their superpower. Everyone's weird in their own way. There's no such thing as normal. And it can be so hard when you're growing up and, and everyone's striving for this idea of normalcy that just doesn't exist, to let your freak flag fly, to be yourself in the face of everything else. And I think this movie's so lovely because it shows that the things that might seem like they stand in your way when you're young become the thing that, in Walter's case, literally help him change the world."

Quane says, "Rachel has the warmth and the quirk, but there's a strength behind her performance that really fuels Walter's strength throughout the rest of the movie. So even when she's not there, you feel her, her hand in shaping the person Walter becomes. She only gets screen-time at the beginning, but we feel the effect of her character throughout the whole movie."

Bruno adds, "We're parents. We have kids. We often watch, in movies, how parents are portrayed, and it's always so wholesome, when that's not really how it is. We really wanted to find that realism, that honesty that reflects how we talk to our kids, as people, not as babies and children. Rachel's done such a good job at doing that."

To voice Joy Jenkins, Lance and Walter's boss at the agency, the filmmakers chose a performer who's anything but "joyless," superstar Reba McEntire ("Tremors" and TV's "Reba").

"I thought wow, she must be hell on wheels," says McEntire. "And sure enough she is. She's tough. And to have a name like Joy, you would think she'd be bubbly and animated and not, not at all. She's very deadpan. Not much melody in her voice. So her nickname Joyless fits her really well."

Quane recalls, "She was like, 'Oh, I can't wait to do this. So different from what I typically do.' She is such an effervescent personality that even in a character who's supposed to be dour at times, you still really feel this fun connection to her. She really brought that sort of undercurrent of charisma to a character who could be pretty flat otherwise."

The directors were delighted to discover that all the voice talent were not only incredibly talented actors but phenomenal collaborators who were interested in more than saying the lines but also exploring the story, riffing, going off-page and coming up with different ideas. Says McEntire, "I loved it. I thought it was going to be more strict and regimented, but it wasn't at all. A lot of freedom, a lot of pull and tug, give and take, and we got to where we were all very happy with the end results. And that's what we're all in there for is to make the character come alive and be interesting as and entertaining as possible."

Unlike every other aspect of animation where everything has to be planned in advance, the one place where you could find a lot of spontaneity is working with the actors and coming up with stuff you didn't expect to find. The directors welcomed the improvisational aspect to the comedy.

They didn't want the comedy to consist of primarily one-liners. They wanted the kind of rhythm and banter found in a buddy comedy.

Quane says, "We were always looking for spontaneity, which is hard to fake when you're working on an animated film that takes a long time. So our best way of doing that was in those improvisational moments, those little stammers or imperfections. We would actually search for that from the various recording sessions and keep it in there so it adds to the banter-y, realistic sort of relationship. Rashida, at one point in the middle of a take, sneezed this huge sneeze, and then said, 'Whoo. Excuse me.' We put it in the movie, and created a moment out of it."

The Unique Look Of The Film

"Spies in Disguise" is a film that has its own unique style, design and color palette, which will help it stand out from the competition, and which differentiates it from the other films in the Blue Sky Studios stable.

In paying homage to classic spy movies, production designer Michael Knapp ("Epic," "Ice Age: Collision Course") created all of the film's exotic globe-spanning locations from Washington, D.C. to Japan to the Mayan Riviera to the North Sea while evoking a world that is very contemporary and therefore very relatable for audiences. The film's cool spy base, in keeping with the whole idea of espionage where things are hidden before your eyes, is concealed under the reflection pool of the Washington Monument. So it's in sight, but never seen.

Considerable thought went into the colors and the lighting used in the film. Knapp developed a color language where warmer oranges and yellows represent teamwork and community. A warm shade of turquoise represents The Agency, whereas a cool shade of blue is isolating, which is why Lance's tux is that color…he's a man who "flies solo." Red is an indicator for danger, so the first time we meet Kimura, he's wearing a big silk red shirt and he's in a red environment. Killian's got an eye that goes red; the Assassin's drone has a red eye.

Says Knapp, "Through our set and lighting design on 'Spies in Disguise,' we constantly planned opportunities to frame our characters using bold fields of color, light and shadow which would carve out their silhouettes or highlight their stylized sculptural forms. We always aimed to emphasize the "graphic" aspect of the photographic ways we shot and rendered the film." This extended to the camera language as well. Lance, who prefers to work alone, wants to be isolated, so he's seen in single shots, carved out by light, or in focus with everything else in the frame out of focus. This way, the audience can see and feel the isolation he's chosen. Whereas Walter is kept more engaged in the broader focus range and warmer, brighter light.

The camera work in the film was designed to ground the movie in reality and to stand alongside the action-packed modern espionage movie. Great care was taken to emulate the type of rigs and camera moves that can be achieved in live-action as well as creating the strong graphic compositions resonant of the iconic spy movies of the '60's. It was important to make sure that the cameras felt reactive rather than rehearsed and the moves were refined after animation to make them feel as spontaneous and organic as possible.

Says Bruno, "Every single frame of our movie is meticulously crafted by artists and every single one of these almost 600 hundred artists are deliberately manipulating the audience to feel a certain way on every frame. So if we want you to feel sad, you might not even notice that the clouds are overhead and it's a little gray and our characters are a little glum and distant from each other. But when they're happy, they're together and they're in the same frame and it's a little sunnier out."

The Music

Music is one of the primary elements in spy films in establishing the cool vibe, as are action, tension and suspense. To create the score for "Spies in Disguise," the filmmakers turned to composer Theodore Shapiro, whose credits include "Spy," "Central Intelligence," "Tropic Thunder" and "The Devil Wears Prada." Bruno and Quane's first challenge to Shapiro was to compose a hero theme that would immediately evoke Lance Sterling, "Spies in Disguise," in the same way you immediately know you're seeing a James Bond film or a "Mission Impossible" film.

Bruno recalls, "Teddy has this amazing ability to sort of thread that line of drama and comedy. He's able to find comedy without undercutting the seriousness of the scene. One of my favorite things that he's done is the theme for Walter's mother, who we only show at the beginning of the film, but somehow you can feel her presence throughout the film."

Proving invaluable to Shapiro's team was music editor Tom Drescher ("Tomorrowland," "Maleficent"), who just so happens to be a birder and was able to create a suite of instruments from birdsong that Shapiro incorporated into the score.

Quane says, "Reading the script, we both started to just hear certain songs in our head, thinking in terms of pacing for action sequences and the mood for certain sequences. We wrote them down and when we were done with the script, we realized that we had this sort of common runner of Mark Ronson music because he's so genius at taking classic sounds and making them feel really contemporary. We then pitched the idea to Ronson and he loved it. He came on as the soundtrack's executive music producer and wrote and collaborated on a number of original songs that give the film the musical soundscape, this grit and sophistication and contemporary vibe that has a lot of Lance Sterling swagger."

Lance's Super-Agent Vehicle: The Audi Rsq E-Tron

For "Spies in Disguise," Blue Sky Studios collaborated with Audi to create the perfect cutting-edge vehicle for super-agent Lance Sterling: the Audi RSQ e-tron. A purely fictional, futuristic virtual model designed exclusively for the film, the RSQ is a fully-electric, two-seater sports car that features many technologies which already exist in actual Audi models or are entering series production. These include Audi's "consistently electric" drive, virtual exterior mirrors, laser light, functions on-demand, a hologram speedometer, autonomous driving and Audi Al. Added to these are all the features specially tailored for use by agents of the future, like Lance Sterling.

Spies In Disguise
Release Date: January 1st, 2020