Neil & Rosie (2020 film)

Neil & Rosie is a 2020 British-American CGI children's fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and Britt Allcroft.

Plot
Neil has been to Scotland for years, but now he is coming back to The Island of Sodor to see Rosie. Neil ships in and returns to Sodor. Rosie is very pleased to see Neil being back home, and decides she would nickname him "McNeil". Neil says hello to Rosie, and told her the story of himself. He was once being built at Neilson and Company's Hyde Park Works in Glasgow, Scotland around 1856, for the Sodor and Mainland Railway and was a typical contractors' engine of the period. In 1865, he helped to ferry Skarloey from the port of Kirk Ronan to his home at the Skarloey Railway terminus of Crovan's Gate. He warned Skarloey about trucks and the two became friends. He was bring scrapped along with his brothers, and 55 years later, he was saved from scrap and rebuilt for Skarloey Railway's 100th birthday, and that was why he was very old. Neil asks Rosie they could be friends, also known as "The Red & Green Team".

Song 1: Will We Be Friends?/My Glasgow's In Love

Rosie introduces Percy to Neil, the little engine, and tells him all about his life, Percy is amazed. The three engines go to see the Brandam Branch Line, Janelle was shunting trucks till Percy and Rosie show up, introducing her to Neil, Janelle was grateful to see him, she needs to get going taking trucks of stone to the docks, but when she tries to pulls them, her crank pins broke, Percy laughs at Janelle, but Rosie doesn't think it's funny. Janelle has to go to the works.

5 days later, Neil makes a map in the shape of Glasgow, which is soon destroyed by the Tiger Moth. He puffs off sadly, while Rosie tries to cheer him up and offers to play with him, but Neil explains that he is just feeling a little homesick. Rosie & Percy meet the singer; Barry Manilow, and tells him to sing a song to cheer him up.

Song 2: Can't Smile Without You (Barry Manilow)

But it didn't work, so they tried something different. Rosie and Percy then blindfold him and take him to his shed, which only adds to Neil's depression. He begins crying, and runs off. Both Rosie and Percy are confused until they hear Neil singing a song from on top of his shed about how much he misses Glasgow.

Song 3: Glasgow Song

Percy & Rosie decide to cheer up Neil by throwing a Glasgow-themed party for him at the Tidmouth Sheds in the morning. at 5:00 AM, They go to Neil's shed to ask him to come to Tidmouth Sheds with them, but he tells them that he is leaving Sodor to move back to Texas. Rosie is shocked by this, and tries to convince him to go to the Tidmouth Sheds, but fails. Neil runs away out of Sodor and leaves. Percy insults Glasgow by calling it stupid, asking what is so great about it.

Suddenly, Neil returns, and he angrily berates Percy for badmouthing his hometown. Percy then asks if he can say that people from Glasgow are dumb, which angers him even further. This gives Rosie an idea to lure Neil to Tidmouth Sheds. She and Percy continue insulting Glasgow, and Neil leaves to Glasgow. Rosie catches up with him, she found a turntable to find him.

Neil takes the wrong turn by going near an old Fenland Bridge that stormy morning, the storm strucks the Fenland Track in front of Neil, and broke it, and Neil fell down to the muddy marsh. Rosie rushes to his aim, Neil is more homesick and very stuck in the muddy marsh. Rosie backs up to Neil from back to back for a survive rescue and yells out to Neil "Hold on there, Neil! I'm coming to get you out of here!". She is coupled up from back to back to Neil, and pulls until Neil is soon rescued. Rosie pulls the little engine back to back to Tidmouth Sheds just in time, revealing the party inside. Neil begins to feels happy.

Neil realizes how much his railway friends care about him, and that Sodor has become his true home, and decides to stay. The crowd, cheers at this, saying "Welcome back to the Sodor Railway, Neil!", and Percy says "All in a days work for. . ." (with Rosie & Neil) "The Red & Green Team!", and the party begins

Songs 4 & 5: That's What Friends are For, Accidents Will Happen (Movie Credits)

Cast

 * Mason Disick as Neil, a friendly, dark green tank engine with an unusual box shape and a Scottish accent.
 * Rebecca Ferratti as Rosie, a lively little tank engine who idolizes Thomas, which sometimes bothers him.
 * Richard Horvitz as Percy, a green saddle tank engine who takes the mail and is Thomas's best friend.
 * Elijah Wood as Thomas, a friendly, blue tank engine who runs his own branch line.
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Gordon, a big blue tender engine who pulls the mainline express and is the Flying Scotsman's brother.
 * Dan Castellaneta as Henry, a big green mixed-traffic tender engine.
 * Blake Clark as Bertie, a small red bus who likes to race with Thomas.
 * Tom Cruise as Harold, a white rescue helicopter who flies around Sodor.
 * Ben Stiller as James, a boastful red splendid mixed-traffic tender engine.
 * Dustin Hoffman as Toby, a brown tram engine who sometimes takes Henrietta.
 * Frank Welker as Edward, a blue mixed-traffic tender engine.
 * Jeff Bennett as Duck, a green pannier tank engine who holds great pride in being Great Western.
 * Nancy Cartwright as Emily, a Stirling Single tender engine who has a big heart and acts as a sisterly figure to the other engines despite being fussy and impulsive at times.
 * Nathan Lane, Jack Black and Will Ferrell as the Troublesome Trucks.
 * Mary Beth Peil as Janelle, a old Australian engine who came to work on the Ffarquhar Branch Line after Percy crashed into the Stationmaster's house.
 * Jane Curtin as Angelica, a NER Class C1 who is a long-lost mother to Duck & Oliver.
 * Barry Manilow as Himself, a singer who sings "Can't Smile Without You" from Carpenters with permission.

Trailers
A teaser trailer has been released on YouTube in January 17, 2020.

Production
In June 2019 director Robert Zemeckis and Britt Allcroft talked about the possibility of a spin-off, saying that he would never exclude it because of the introduction of new characters, citing the The Legends of Sodor movies as guides for how to expand a world through sequels.

Neil & Rosie received a G rating by the MPAA.

It is also the first Mattel movie to have another rating other than the original film's rating.

Neil & Rosie was first shown in theaters on August 23, 2020 in Grauman's Chinese Theater.

Home media
Neil & Rosie will be released digitally on November 2, 2020, and on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 9, 2020.

Trivia

 * This is the first Thomas & Friends made a spin-off The Legends of Sodor as a special.
 * This is the first time that the Thomas & Friends spin-off "The Legends of Sodor" special has a 2.35:1 ratio.