Kim Possible (live-action movie)

Kim Possible is a Disney Channel live-action movie with a new and separate continuity (LAM) based on the Original Canon Continuity (OCC) animated series of the of the same name. The film follows the titular hero, Kim Possible, a typical high school girl who saves the world from evil villains with the help of her best friend/sidekick Ron Stoppable, his naked mole-rat Rufus, and computer genius Wade.^[1] It premiered on February 15, 2019.^[2]

Synopsis[]

Kimberly Ann "Kim" Possible and her best friend and sidekick, Ronald "Ron" Stoppable, start Middleton High School where Freshman Kim must navigate an intimidating new social hierarchy. She is ready to tackle the challenge head-on, just as she has with everything else in life, but her confidence is shaken when she faces roadblocks at every turn—getting lost in the confusing hallways, being late to class and facing rejection during soccer tryouts from her frenemy, Bonnie Rockwaller.

Kim's day starts to turn around when she and Ron meet and befriend Athena, a new classmate and Kim Possible super fan who is having an even worse day than Kim.

With Kim's guidance and friendship, Athena transforms into the newest member of Team Possible. Soon, Athena starts to eclipse Kim just as the nefarious Dr. Drakken and Shego resurface in Middleton with a master plan to finally stop Kim. Now it is up to Team Possible—Kim, Ron, tech-genius Wade, new friend Athena, and Rufus, a naked mole rat that Ron met along the way—to stop these supervillains any way possible.^[2]

Plot[]

In Europe, American high school students and crimefighters Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable have thwarted a world dominating scheme of Professor Dementor and rescued his captive Dr. Glopman.

As Kim and Ron start their first day of school, Kim meets her old childhood friend Bonnie, who states that the school doesn't do cheerleading but soccer. Kim tries out for the soccer team but Bonnie demotes her to being the team's equipment manager as freshmen can't be on the team.

They later meet a new student named Athena and take her on a mission to stop the plot of the evil Dr. Drakken. Athena defeats Dr. Drakken's abettor Shego, making her the topic of conversation at Middleton High School despite Kim's jealousy. When the school honors Athena and her good deed, Shego and Dr. Drakken force their way into the ceremony. Kim tries to defeat Shego and her army of henchwomen but falls to the ground, leaving Athena vulnerable to capture. Athena is taken away and Kim is laughed at. After Kim talks with her family and Ron, they decide to rescue Athena from Drakken's and Shego's lair.

At the lair, however, Kim discovers Athena is part of Drakken's and Shego's plan to copy/steal Kim's motivational essence and transfer it into Drakken using his brain-modulating device. Athena is revealed to be a gynoid built by Drakken, specifically for this. As Kim short-circuits the transfer machine, Dr. Drakken is turned into a pre-adolescent version of himself. Despite Kim's insistence that she leaves with her mother, Nana and Ron to save herself, Athena stays behind to turn off the now-unstable machine. The lair explodes and Athena is presumed killed, everyone was devastated, especially Kim, but they found out thanks to Rufus that she has survived the explosion but her robotic parts are scattered. Kim and Ron take her home to be repaired and programmed to be a hero alongside themselves as they try to go back to their normal lives. As they go back to high school, Kim, Ron, and Athena form a martial arts club with the rest of the class joining, except Bonnie who is infuriated as she walks away humiliated.

However, during the credits, Dr. Drakken, posing as a gifted student with Shego posing as his mother, enrolls at Kim's high school and begins his plan to defeat her, thus setting up the events of the Kim Hushable shorts.

Characters[]

Kim Possible played by Sadie Stanley^[3]
Ron Stoppable played by Sean Giambrone^[3]
Rufus voiced by Nancy Cartwright
Wade played by Issac Ryan Brown
Ann Possible played by Alyson Hannigan^[4]
"Nana", Kim's maternal grandmother, played by Connie Ray^[4]
Dr. Drakken played by Todd Stashwick^[4]
Shego played by Taylor Ortega^[4]
Professor Dementor played by Patton Oswalt
Athena played by Ciara Wilson^[4]
Jim played by Connor Fielding
Tim played by Owen Fielding
Dr. Glopman Played By Patrick Sabongui
Bonnie Rockwaller played by Erika Tham^[4]
Mr. Barkin played by Michael P. Northey
Poppy Blu played by Christy Carlson Romano

Gadgets[]

Hairdryer Grappling Hook
Jet-pack
Kimmunicator (on her necklace)
Laser Lipstick

Team Possible Outfits[]

Kim's Original Mission Outfit
Athena's Mission Outfit
Kim's Cheerleading Attire
Kim's New Mission Outfit
Ron's Mission Outfit

Trivia[]

Kim later wears her new mission attire she dons later in the Original Canon Continuity's fourth and final season. However, she does not wear her super enhanced battle suit.
Duff Killigan and Señor Senior, Senior are mentioned by Drakken.
Bonnie has black waist-length hair and she is of Asian descent.
Kim is a member of a soccer team.
While Kim does not do cheerleading during the events of this movie, her pom poms appearing in some parts of the movie most noticably the scene where they made a reference to Ron taking her pom poms from the Kim Possible original intro indicate she was probably cheer leaded before arriving at Middleton High.
Some fans are disappointed that the white-and-blue stripped battle suit never appeared.
This is one of the Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOMs) not to receive a film sequel so far or made in the works.

Notes[]

Drakken creating the robot Athena to get close to Kim to uncover her greatest weakness is similar to when he had created syntho-drone #901 "Eric" in the Original Canon Continuity Season 3 three-part finale/second movie So the Drama.

Quotes[]

Kim Possible: "I accidentally received a distress call. I was done with my homework, so I answered it. Now I save the world."

Shego: "Well, that island, if you remember correctly, slightly exploded."
Drakken: "Yes. Because of Kim Possible."

Shego: "Imagine. All of your genius plans foiled by one puny kid."
Drakken: "She's isn't just one, puny kid. There's something about her that makes her able to defeat villain after villain after villain. A certain spark. I want that spark."

(Kim narrating)

"Life went back to normal or as normal for a high school crime-fighter can get. It took an amount of mega coding, but we managed to stabilize Athena, flush out Draken's evil and reprogrammed the good in her.

Together we formed a martial arts club and everyone at Middleton wanted to join. Well not everyone. Turns out that being a good friend made me a better hero."

Production[]

It was reported on February 7, 2018 that casting had begun on the project with Blyth Nailling on the job to assemble actors. The live-action movie script will be written by the series' creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley^[1], and production on the movie would take place in Summer 2018.^[3] It was announced on April 25 that Sadie Stanley and Sean Giambrone, from The Goldbergs, were cast as the leading roles, Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable.^[3]

From July 2 to 10 the film crew took over McMath Secondary School in Richmond, British Columbia where they began filming.^[5]