Having changed both names (from Connected to The Mitchells Vs The Machines) and venues (Sony sold it to Netflix), the new 'toon has an actual release date, with the streaming service announcing it for 30 April.
The story follows an average family on a road trip who have to face extraordinary circumstances. When Katie Mitchell (Abbi Jacobson), a creative outsider, is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her plans to fly to college are upended when her nature-loving dad Rick (Danny McBride) determines the whole family should drive Katie to school together and bond as a family one last time.
Katie and Rick are joined by the rest of the family, including Katie’s wildly positive mom Linda (Maya Rudolph), her quirky little brother Aaron (director Mike Rianda), and the family’s delightfully chubby pug Monchi for the ultimate family road trip. Suddenly, the Mitchells’ plans are interrupted by a tech uprising: all around the world, the electronic devices people love – from phones, to appliances, to an innovative new line of personal robots – decide it’s time to take over. With the help of two friendly malfunctioning robots, the Mitchells will have to get past their problems and work together to save each other and the world...
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are among the producers for the film, and now we know we have less than a month to wait until it arrives on screens.