Freddie as F.R.O.7 (also known as Freddie the Frog) is a 1992 British animated musical action fantasy comedy film written and directed by Jon Acevski, and starring the voice of Ben Kingsley.[2] Inspired by bedtime stories Acevski told to his son about his favourite toy frog working as a secret agent,[citation needed] it is a parody of James Bond. The film was released in both the United Kingdom and the United States in the summer of 1992. It was negatively received by critics and audiences, with the American release in particular resulting in a box office bomb. It held the record of the lowest-grossing animated film at the US box office until The Ten Commandments in 2007, ironically also starring Ben Kingsley.