The Thomas & Friends Movie

The Thomas & Friends Movie is a 2015 3D computer-animated children's fantasy adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios and HiT Movies. The film is produced, written and directed by Pete Docter and Britt Allcroft, written and produced by Ronnie del Carmen, and written by Andrew Brenner and Bob Peterson based on a screenplay by Pete Docter and Josh Cooley.

It is the first theatrically-released Thomas & Friends film since the release of Thomas and the Magic Railroad in 2000, and is based on the children's television series of the same name by Britt Allcroft. It stars the voice talents of Tom Holland as the title character, with Tom Hanks, Neil Crone, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Amy Poehler, and Dan Castellaneta, Michelle Gomez, Phyllis Smith, Anthony Hopkins, Carey Mulligan, Frank Welker, James McAvoy, Pete Docter, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth, with Michael Angelis as the narrator.

The film follows Thomas, a blue anthropomorphized tank engine from the Island of Sodor, as he discovers an old, abandoned part of the island while doing a routine freight delivery from Brendam to Vicarstown. A theatrical Thomas & Friends film was originally conceived in 2008, with the film titled The Adventures of Thomas, set for release in 2010. However, it was cancelled in 2012 due to the Mattel buyout. In Spring 2012, Pixar announced that it would be collaborating with Britt Allcroft, the creator of the original television series, to produce a feature-length film. The film was dedicated to narrator George Carlin, who died in 2008.

The Thomas & Friends Movie premiered in Ampfield, Wilbert Awdry's birthplace, on July 10, 2015, before theatrically releasing in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2015, and in the United States in RealD 3D, IMAX and Dolby Vision formats on August 7, 2015, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Upon release, the film received universally positive reviews, with praise for the animation, visual effects, voice cast (particularly Holland), musical score by Christophe Beck, faithfulness to the source material, its plot, and its craftsmanship. It was a box office hit, grossing $895.1 million worldwide against its production budget of $185 million.

A sequel was announced at the D23 Expo, with a release date of September 20, 2024.

Plot
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Cast
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 * Tom Holland
 * Tom Hanks
 * Neil Crone
 * Will Arnett
 * Seth Rogen
 * Amy Poehler
 * Dan Castellaneta
 * Michelle Gomez
 * Phyllis Smith
 * Anthony Hopkins
 * Carey Mulligan
 * Frank Welker
 * James McAvoy
 * Pete Docter
 * Vin Diesel
 * Dwayne Johnson
 * Chris Hemsworth

Development
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Music
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Critical response
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Accolades
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Legacy
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Other media
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Sequel
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Trivia
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