My Little Pony: The Movie is the animated animated comedy animated animated movie of 2017 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic , developed as part of the relaunch of the 2010 franchise My Little Pony by Hasbro. The film is directed by Jayson Thiessen and based on stories and scenarios written by Meghan McCarthy, both veteran Friendster Is Magic. The storyline follows the "alicorn" (Twedighted unicorn) Twilight Sparkle and his five horse friends - collectively known as "Mane 6" - begin a quest to save their home from Equestria from an evil conqueror, making new friends in the process. In addition to the regular voices of the show repeating their role, the film features the sounds of Emily Blunt, Kristin Chenoweth, Liev Schreiber, Michael Pea a, Sia, Taye Diggs, Uzo Aduba, and Zoe Saldana as new characters.
The film is produced by Allspark Pictures and DHX Media, using a traditional animation created with Toon Boom Harmony. It aired in New York City on September 24, 2017, and was released on October 6, 2017 in North America via Lionsgate. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has earned $ 60 more than million worldwide.
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Plot
Equestria's horses prepare for their first Friendship Festival, supervised by Princess Twilight Sparkle at Canterlot. The festivities were interrupted by the invasion of monsters commanded by the Shadow Tempest unicorn, who used the magical obsidian balls to haunt fellow Twilight princesses; Celestia's daughter gave Princess Luna an incomplete instruction to seek help from the "hippo queen" before they were both terrified. Twilight escaped from the city with five pony friends - Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy - and his dragon assistant Spike. Tempest was contacted by his superior, the Hurricane King, who reminded him to gather all of Equestria's daughters for him to utilize their magic through his mystic staff, and promised to return his horn instead.
The Twilight group travels to the desert town of Klugetown to look for the "hippos" mentioned above. A cat freak named Capper offers to escort the group, secretly intending to sell it to pay off the debt; however, he develops true friendship with them. Twilight finds atlases that reveal "hippos" to become hippogriffs, which expose Capper's betrayal. After the group dodged Tempest chasing the delivery aircraft, Tempest brought Capper to guide him to them, but he deliberately misjudged him to redeem the deceiving group.
At lunch breaks, captain Celaeno who looks like a seabird and his crew reluctantly allows the group path, revealing themselves as former pirates who have been forced into the services of the Hurricane King. Rainbow Dash persuaded the pirates to defy orders and take the group to the hippogriff kingdom at Mount Aris. In celebration, he did Sonic Rainboom who accidentally gave their location to Tempest, forcing the group to escape in hot air balloons before Tempest destroyed the ship with pirates and Capper aboard.
The group reached Mount Aris and found it deserted; while exploring the ruins, they are trapped in an underwater cave, where they are saved from drowning by the rich Princess Skystar and headed to Seaquestria's underwater home. Skystar identifies his species as Hippogriff, altered by the magic pearl used by his mother, Queen Novo, to hide from the King of Hurricanes; Novo demonstrates by turning the horses into seaponies and Spike into a bloated fish. When Novo denied they were using pearls to fight the Storm King, Twilight desperately tried to steal it while allowing his friends to subconsciously distract the seaponies. He unknowingly triggers an alarm, pushing the angry queen to drive the whole group to the surface.
Abandoned by his friends for his actions, Twilight was kidnapped by Tempest and taken to the Hurricane King at Canterlot for his magical absorbed; on the way, Tempest gets Twilight's sympathy when he reveals how he lost his horn in a monster attack as a foal, causing his own friends to avoid his unstable magic. Meanwhile, after Spike warned his Twilight friends to catch him, Capper, pirate, and Hippogriff Skystar returned to help them infiltrate Canterlot and rescue. The Storm King responded by making a tornado in the city with his newly empowered staff, betraying Tempest as well. Twilight saves Tempest from a tornado and reunites with his friends, who work with him to take on the staff. The Storm King throws the obsidian ball at the group to reclaim the staff, but Tempest jumps in his path, petrifying them both. The body of the Storm King falls and crumbles, while the group uses the staff's magic to revive Tempest, which restores the stolen magic to restore the damaged princesses and towns.
Nicole Oliver, St. Germain, and Britt McKillip re-featured their respective roles from Friendship Is Magic as alicorn Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadance. St. Germain also voiced Granny Smith, Applejack's grandmother, and Muffins, a spiked pegasus or known as "Derpy" in this series. Michelle Creber and Peter New's voice Apple Bloom and Big McIntosh, younger brothers and younger Applejack, respectively. Michael Dobson voiced Mass Biceps, muscular pegasus. Samuel Vincent voiced the Favor Party, a balloon unicorn.
Adam Bengis voiced the Red Code, one of the Canterbot ponies. Brian Dobson voices Verko, a crime boss of rats in Klugetown. Max Martini, Mark Oliver, and Nicole Oliver each appeared as three captains like Captain Celaeno: Boyle, Mullet's first couple, and Lix Spittle. Michael Dobson, Andrew McNee, Tegan Moss, Sabrina Pitre, Rhona Rees, and Vincent all appeared as residents of Canterbot variety. Richard Ian Cox, Michael Dobson, McNee, New, and Nicole Oliver also appeared as residents of Klugetown. Additional votes were provided by Alistair Abell, Caitlyn Bairstow, Julia Benson, Christine Chatelain, Brian Dobson, Paul Dobson, Rondel Reynoldson, Jason Simpson, Sarah Troyer, and Siobhan Williams.
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Production
Development
In San Diego Comic-Con International in 2012, Friendship Is Magic writer Meghan McCarthy commented on the possibility of a movie based on this series, saying that it was not in his control whether the movie was or not. will be created. The film was announced on October 20, 2014, with Joe Ballarini attached as screenwriter and McCarthy as co-executive producer. Hasbro Studios President Stephan Davis said of the movie "I think it gives us a chance to tell a bigger story, which we may [can not] tell on television" and that "it is also an opportunity to expand the franchise". The film is one of the first films produced through self-financing film label from Hasbro Studios, Allspark Pictures, which also produced live-action adaptations of Jem and the Holograms . During the AU PonyCon on February 22, 2015, McCarthy said that the film will not be associated with the Equestria Girls spin-off franchise, and that the crew "will be all-out, to ensure nothing just feels like a long episode ".
The director of the series Jayson Thiessen and McCarthy are both confirmed as movie directors and screenwriters, respectively; Michael Vogel is also signed as co-executive producer alongside McCarthy, with Hasbro executives Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis as producers. Rita Hsiao and Vogel were later announced as co-authors with McCarthy.
On April 30, 2016, another concept and information artwork was officially announced at PonyRadioCon in Moscow; the panel includes additional plot details such as the transformation of the main character into "seahorse" for some films.
Casting
Lionsgate's preliminary announcement lists the main cast of Friendship Is Magic - Tara Strong, Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain, and Cathy Weseluck - repeated their role with actress Kristin Chenoweth as a new character. On February 12, 2016, it was announced that Emily Blunt joined the cast. On April 27, 2016, actors Michael PeÃÆ'Â ± a and Uzo Aduba are negotiating to join the players. On May 16th, Liev Schreiber and Taye Diggs confirmed the addition to the player. On June 20, Ashleigh Ball stated via Twitter that he has started recording for the songs of the film. At San Diego Comic-Con in July 2016, Sia singer was announced to portray a new "pop star pony" character called Songbird Serenade. On January 11, 2017, it was reported by Variety that Zoe Saldana had joined the cast. Friendship Is Magic Nicole Oliver confirmed via Twitter on January 23 that she will also be part of the cast, repeating her role as Princess Celestia.
Animation
On April 2, 2016, Michel GagnÃÆ' Â © joined this film as an animator effect, taking an eight-month hiatus from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse created by Sony Pictures Animation. In early October 2016, GagnÃÆ'Â © reported that Nik Gipe was hired to the film staff as his assistant. He also mentioned that the film was being animated using Toon Boom Harmony instead of the usual Adobe Flash animation software used in the television series. According to art director Rebecca Dart, they want to keep the look and feel of a television show, and the use of Toon Boom Harmony allows them to add "simple but impactful changes" to designs for large screens, such as depth and shadow for their eyes and ears, and the impression of indentation hearts at the bottom of their nails. The production of this film ends on July 29, 2017.
The production crew uses simple 3D modeling in Autodesk Maya to determine the location of cameras, lenses, and angles, rough lighting, placement of characters and buffers, and the manner in which characters will seek and express. The pre-visualization crew were able to use a more detailed 3D background during the development of the film to integrate a simple 3D character model, and then be able to test the Toon Boom animation on top of this screen using assigned placements by Maya, helping to accelerate production.
Music
The official soundtrack of the film was released on September 22, 2017 by RCA Records.
The song and score of the film was composed by songwriter Friendship Is Magic Daniel Ingram, who first announced at GalaCon 2015 that he will collaborate with a live studio orchestra for the film. In the songwriting for the film, Ingram said, "I have to challenge myself to push beyond what has been done on TV shows, to write bigger, more epic." It's stated through the PonyRadioCon panel that the movie will have a total of eight original songs. At the investor presentation of Hasbro's Toy Fair on February 17, 2017, it was announced that there would be seven songs. Around 5,800 pages of music sheets were created for all parts of the orchestra of the score. The recording for the score starts on June 5, 2017, and finishes on June 11th.
Sia contributed the original song for the movie, "Rainbow", which was released as a single on September 15, 2017. The music video for the song was later released by Entertainment Weekly on September 19th. The video was directed by Daniel Askill and performed dance performances by Maddie Ziegler, a previous collaborator with Sia, interrupting scenes from the film. The Danish band, Lukas Graham, also contributed the original song for the film titled "Off to See the World", which was used in the first film footage and played on top of the closing cards. Other artists included in this album are DNCE and CL.
Release
On August 7, 2015, Lionsgate announced that it will distribute and market the film worldwide except in China. The film is on display at the Cannes 2016 Film Festival on May 10 along with eight other Lionsgate features to help sell the film to international distributors.
My Little Pony: The Movie was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on November 3, 2017, but then moved to October 6, 2017. Theatrical, the film is accompanied by a short 5- minute animation from the Hasbro Studios web series Hanazuki: Full of Treasures . Private premiere was held in New York City on September 24, 2017, twelve days before the national release date.
Marketing
A number of toys based on the characters, devices and props of the film are made by Hasbro, and most products are released on August 1, 2017. The PonyRadioCon 2016 panel includes a short preview of some of the currently planned merchandise developed for movies, including T-shirts and graphics. On July 27, 2016, My Little Pony Collectible Card Game hinted on Twitter about a new set of cards based on the movie. Hasbro's toyline for the film is featured and promoted at Toy Fair 2017 and other toy conventions.
Several books and comics related to the film have been announced: My Little Pony: Annual 2018 , containing "exclusive content from the movie My Little Pony " was released on August 10, 2017; and the "prequel" story released on August 1st. On January 23, 2017, the Hachette Book Group listed five different books for the film, all released on August 29, 2017. Books based on the film have been on display at BookCon 2017 on June 4, with guest appearances by Andrea Libman and Ashleigh Ball. IDW Publishing released a four-edition comic book miniseries titled My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel , with the first edition released on June 28, 2017. Viz Media released an art book for the movie on August 29, 2017. A comic adaptation based on the movie by IDW was released on September 27, 2017.
The teaser trailer for the film was released online on April 6, 2017, and in theaters with Smurfs: The Lost Village the next day. The first full trailer debuted online on June 28, 2017, and was released with Despicable Me 3 two days later. Another trailer was released by USA Today online on September 12, 2017. On the same day, my official My Little Pony page hosted a live Q & amp; A stream with two movie characters, Pinkie Pie (voiced by Andrea Libman) and Twilight Sparkle (voiced by Tara Strong). Another trailer was played during the final season 12 of America's Got Talent on September 20, 2017. On September 27, 2017, My Little Pony's official page My Facebook hosted a live Q & amp Stream with an art director Rebecca Dart, who drew a special artwork Rainbow Dash (voiced by Ashleigh Ball).
On September 30, 2017, a special titled My Little Pony Making: The Movie was aired on Discovery Family, a joint venture between Discovery Communications (now Discovery, Inc.) and Hasbro; it was watched by 18,000 viewers.
Home media
My Little Pony: The Movie was released on December 19, 2017 for digital downloads and later released on January 9, 2018 for DVD, Blu-ray, and On Demand. Specific features include a deleted scene, a music video for the song "I'm Your Friend You Need", three featurettes starring Mane Six, an exclusive short film Equestria Girls , and Hanazuki: Full of Treasures bundled short with theatrical release of the film. However, home media releases do not have Dolby Atmos soundtracks and instead have the standard DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix.
Reception
box office
My Little Pony: The Movie has earned $ 21.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 38.5 million. in the rest of the world, for a total of $ 60.3 million Ã, million.
In the United States and Canada, the film is estimated to be earning between $ 10 Ã, million and $ 17 Ã,/span> million of 2,528 theaters on its opening weekend. It generates $ 3 Ã, million on its first day, including $ 290,000 from a Thursday night preview. It ended up opening $ 8.9 million finishing 4th at the box office behind Blade Runner 2049 , The Mountain Between Us , and It . Amid Amidi of Cartoon Brew states that, although the opening is considered a disappointment, any reasonable return of the film will be seen as positive by Hasbro as it is tied to the toy line. The film was down 54% on the second weekend, earning $ 4.1 million, and falling to 9.
Its biggest market outside of North America is China with $ 7.3 million, US $ 4.9 million, Russia with $ 2.3 Ã, Ã, million, and Germany with $ 2.3 Ã, million.
Critical response
In the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 47% approval rating based on 58 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's important consensus reads, "Charming and sweet, My Little Pony: The Movie will please his dedicated fan base, even if it is not possible to encourage non-devotees to participate in the journey. " At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 39 out of 100, based on 13 critics, which shows "generally unfavorable reviews". Viewers surveyed by CinemaScore gave this movie an average rating of "A-" on a scale of A to F.
Katie Walsh of Los Angeles Times wrote, "To be honest, this movie feels like four cartoon episodes are strung together, and there are times, especially during the last few music numbers, where it's really dragging." commented on the animated film, saying that "it includes the look and feel of a flat, colorful, colored cartoon early Saturday." Christy Lenore of RogerEbert.com gives the movie 1.5 stars out of 4, criticizes the narrative as "all over the place" and has "a lot of less developed, crowded characters", while praising the movie for maintaining Friendship is Magic television series and staff. Josh Terry of Deseret News criticized the film, saying parents should "put their money into some new My Little Pony toys" instead of going to a movie.
Gwen Ihnat from The A.V. Club gives this movie the value of "C", prefers the animation enhanced through the television series, but adds "You have to wonder what is the use of it". Elizabeth Weitzman of Thewrap wrote positively about the film, saying, "Like its predecessor on television, everything is dressed up in bubbles and cupcakes and rainbows. Yet so crowded with the power of the lively girl, he passes the Bechdel Test with flying colors (literally). "Amy Nicholson of Variety calls the film" at once cliche and extraordinary ", praising the female character and calling the story" emotionally wise ".
Accolades
References
External links
- Official website
- My Little Pony: The Movie on IMDb
- My Little Pony: The Movie at Rotten Tomatoes
- My Little Pony: The Movie in Box Office Mojo
- My Little Pony: The Movie on AllMovie
- My Little Pony: The Movie in Metacritic
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