The Dash and Dot Movie

The Dash and Dot Movie is a 2023 American computer-animated adventure comedy film based on the PBS Kids mascots of the same name. Directed by Matthew O'Callaghan and Ron Howard, produced by Brian Grazer and written by Tim Hill based on a screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. A reboot to the 2009 traditionally-animated film Dash and Dot's Wild Ride, the film stars the voices of Asher Bishop as Dash, replacing Colin Ford, and Grace Rolek as Dot, with Chris Parnell, Allison Jenney, and Peter Greene reprising their voices from the previous film.

Following the box office success of Dash and Dot 2: The Next Big Journey in 2015, Matthew O'Callaghan was interested in making a third film. However, plans for a third film was scrapped due to the writing team not coming up with a good enough story. In 2021, Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment announced that a reboot film was in development at Universal Animation Studios. Instead of animating with 2D animation, the film was animated with CGI. Animation was provided by Mikros Image in Montreal, Quebec, while visual effects were provided by Mercury Filmworks.

The Dash and Dot Movie premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2023, and was theatrically released on June 2, 2023 in the United States by Universal Pictures. The film was praised for its animation, voice performances of Bishop and Rolek, story, musical score by Michael Giacchino and pacing, though criticized the runtime and its darker tones, unlike the 2009 film. The film has grossed $189 million against its budget of $60 million as of July 15, 2023.

Plot
Coming soon!

Voice cast
Coming soon!

Development
Coming soon!

Writing and casting
Coming soon!

Animation and visual effects
Unlike Dash and Dot's Wild Ride, which was animated with traditional animation, The Dash and Dot Movie was animated fully in CGI, with animation handled at Mikros Image in Montreal, Quebec. Visual effects, panoramic scenes and roto-scoping was handled at Mercury Filmworks.

Music
James Newton Howard originally came back to the film to compose the score, but was replaced by Michael Giacchino.

Theatrical
Coming soon!

Marketing
Coming soon!

Home media and streaming
The Dash and Dot Movie will be released on Digital HD 30 days after the film's theatrical release on September 11, 2023, and will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray 45 days after, on September 26, 2023 by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Box office
The Dash and Dot Movie opened on June 2, 2023 and grossed $38 million in its opening weekend.

Critical response
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes assigned The Dash and Dot Movie an approval rating of 88% based on reviews by 102 critics, with an average rating of 7.55/10. The site's critical consensus states, "Keeping the momentum of the mascots' wild ride from 2009, The Dash and Dot Movie still serves as a staple of family entertainment with its clever plot and heartwarming score." On Metacritic, the film has an average rating of 73 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".