{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Little Door Gods | image = Little Door Gods poster.jpeg | alt = | caption = Poster | native_name = 小门神 | director = Gary Wang | producer = Yu Zhou | writer = Gary Wang<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/watch-the-first-trailer-for-chinas-little-door-gods-119844.html|title=Watch the First Trailer for China's 'Little Door Gods'|work=Cartoon Brew|date=September 24, 2015|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> | screenplay = | story = | based_on = | starring = Dan Fogler<br>Edward Norton<br>Bella Thorne<br>Nicole Kidman<br>Mel Brooks<br>Cristina Pucelli<br>Steven French | narrator = | music = Nathan Wang | cinematography = | editing = Ji Zhao | studio = Alibaba Pictures<br>Light Chaser Animation Studios<br>The Weinstein Company (under Mizchief) (International Dub only)<ref name="Cartoon Brew">{{cite web|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/weinstein-co-launches-mizchief-label-childrens-animated-features-152975.html|title=Weinstein Co. Launches Mizchief Label For Children's Animated Features|work=Cartoon Brew|date=August 20, 2017|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> | distributor = Alibaba Pictures (China)<ref name="Tartaglione">{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2016/01/sherlock-star-wars-the-force-awakens-mojin-checco-zalone-international-box-office-results-1201675349/|title= 'Star Wars', Local-Language & Family Pics Lead; 'Sherlock' Shines In Korea – Intl B.O.|first= Nancy|last= Tartaglione|work= Deadline Hollywood|date= January 3, 2016|accessdate= January 4, 2016}}</ref><br>Netflix (International) | released = {{film date|2016|1|1}}<ref name="mojo"/> | runtime = 107 minutes<br>86 minutes (US Version) | country = China | language = Mandarin | budget = around {{USD|12 million}} (projected)<ref name=Amidi/> | gross = {{USD|11.9 million}}<ref name="mojo"/> }} '''''Little Door Gods''''' ({{lang-zh|s=小门神|t=小門神}}), also known as '''''Door Guardians''''', or '''''The Guardian Brothers''''' in the US,<ref name=Amidi>{{cite web |url= https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cgi/door-guardians-teaser-shows-off-chinas-cgi-capabilities-110242.html|title= 'Door Guardians' Teaser Shows Off China's CGI Capabilities|author= Amid Amidi|date= March 11, 2015|accessdate= October 3, 2015|work= cartoonbrew.com}}</ref><ref name="Cartoon Brew"/> is a 2016 Chinese animated fantasy comedy film directed and written by Gary Wang, produced by Light Chaser Animation Studios and distributed by Alibaba Pictures.<ref name="Tartaglione"/> It was originally released in China on January 1, 2016 in the Peachtopia trilogy ''Tea Pets'' (2017) and ''Cats and Peachtopia'' (2018).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://movie.douban.com/subject/25845910/|title= 小门神 (2016)|accessdate= October 3, 2015|work= movie.douban.com|publisher= douban.com|language= Chinese}}</ref> An English-language version that is 20 minutes shorter premiered on Netflix on September 1, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Weinstein Co. Releases 'The Guardian Brothers' On Netflix|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/weinstein-co-releases-guardian-brothers-netflix-153238.html|work=Cartoon Brew|date=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Weinstein Co. Releases 'The Guardian Brothers' on Netflix {{!}} Rotoscopers|url=https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/09/07/the-weinstein-co-releases-the-guardian-brothers-on-netflix/|work=www.rotoscopers.com}}</ref>
It is the last film to be fully co-produced by The Weinstein Company, following a series of sexual assault cases against its founder, Harvey Weinstein and is also the last film to be re-edited by Harvey Weinstein.
==Plot== {{long plot|date=May 2021}} A long time ago, humans placed posters of Guardian spirits on their doors so the spirits can help them with their problems, The Door Gods Shen Tu and Yu Lei are brothers. In recent years, because people no longer pay attention to the immortals, the divine economy is in a slump, and minor deities such as Door Gods, Earth Gods, and the Eight Immortals are facing the danger of being laid off. Therefore, Yu Lei, the Door God, decided to go to the human world to do something earth-shattering to prove the value of the Door Gods. Yu Lei and Shen Cha came to the human world one after another and met a single mother and her daughter, Xiao Ying and Yu Er, in a small town, and then a series of unexpected things happened.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Little Door Gods (Animation) |url=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Animation/LittleDoorGods |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=TV Tropes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Little Door Gods - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfOY7RCTspKRT_0icymqJrFFDuHe2XYVi |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
==Voice cast== ===Original Chinese cast=== * Gao Xiaosong as Shen Tu * Show Joy as Laohu * White. K as Yu Lei * Ji Guanlin as Huaxia (Bloom) * Cindy Yu as Raindrop * Bi Xiaolan as Ying * Quangdu Bingba (向杜炳巴) as Tu * Seth I as himself
===English dub cast=== * Dan Fogler as Shen Tu * Edward Norton as Yu Lei * Bella Thorne as Raindrop "Rain" * Nicole Kidman as Luli * Mel Brooks as Mr. Rogman * Meryl Streep as The Narrator<ref name="Cartoon Brew"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/880571-the-weinstein-company-announces-animation-label-mizchief|title=The Weinstein Company Announces Animation Label Mizchief|work=ComingSoon.net|date=August 18, 2017|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> * Steven French as Dean/Colossus * Cristina Pucelli as Bloom (Huaxia)
==Reception== The film earned {{USD|754,000}} on its opening weekend and finished with a total gross of {{USD|11.9 million}}.<ref name="mojo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4788934/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=Xiao men shen|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|4788934}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|the_guardian_brothers}}
{{Light Chaser Animation Studios}}
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