The Strawberry Shortcake Movie (New Film)

The Strawberry Shortcake Movie (formerly titled Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City The Movie) is upcoming American-Canadian animated comedy-drama musical mystery film based on the animated web-series Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City, The film will be directed by Matt Ferguson and written by Michael Vogel (all three of whom are Berry in the Big City veterans), from a produced by Conrad Vernon, who also produced. It is based on the cartoon character of the animated web by Muriel Fahrion. The film stars the show's regular voice cast of Ana Sani, Bahia Watson, Andrea Libman, Margarita Valderrama, Diana Kaarina, Tabitha St. Germain, Meg Roe and Vincent Tong reprising their roles and the guest voices of Dove Cameron, Wengie, Craig Robinson, Kenan Thompson, Daveed Diggs, Charli XCX, Patrick Warburton, Oprah Winfrey, James Corden, Kristen Miller and John Ratzenberger as new characters. The film follows Strawberry Shortcake, her four berry friends - collectively known as the "Berrywork" - and her cat friend Custard. The film was produced by Good Universe and animated at WildBrain's WildBrain Studios Ltd. Vancouver. It was released on To Be Announced, in the United States by FilmNation Entertainment and in United Kingdom by Universal Pictures (which had United Kingdom rights to FilmNation titles at the time).

Plot
The Big Apple City here at the Big Apple Berrywork, Strawberry Shortcake and their friends are gonna bake the world of better places in the universe. Kiki Keylime told Strawberry about the Three Berries, they're names are Seaberry Delight, Proudberry Kolade and Tuneberry Songcake, they are performance to go to the Amphitheater from The Fruitiest in Wonderland Park. The Berryworks interrupted by an earthquake by water eruption in front of The Berrywork. The sinkhole is not so bad about what happened to Big Apple Berrywork, The three brown mens meet those berries, they are name Peanutbutter Chocolate, Caramel Chocolate and Nutcracker Chocolate, Mr. Peanutbutter told Praline what did she do. Nutcracker do so thinking he told him the sinkhole made up the Willy Wonka on this seventh places, Caramel asks him to this sinkhole inside. Strawberry asks Peanutbutter to how long is this going to fix the sinkhole from the Berrywork, Mr. Peanutbutter that sinkhole is kinda insterestin' or unless that pipe gone really broken in the first place, he brought some posters is ours he throws them and catch posters. Lemon has a Fruitiest in Wonderland from the amphitheater she asks performer and not considered her like this. Nutcracker that making a jokes is really, really medicaided for the seventh places or something, Blueberry gonna tell Nutcracker about it, Blueberry think she love him, Nutcracker can't love her he's gonna talk her later. Mr. Peanutbutter leaving away, and Aunt Praline stopped by Chocolate Brothers, she's gonna gonna tell you one more word. Her favorite niece was my daughter. But there always her young bakery will belongs to Aunt Praline and her favorite niece Strawberry Shortcake. Mr. Peanutbutter clevered, he's continue leaving away. The berries walks to the Big Apple Berrywork inside but the sinkhole gonna watch their step and trying not to fall inside.

The Next Day, Strawberry looks inside a sinkhole and tooking for all day long over and over. At night in Prailine’s house, Aunt Praline told her niece to quit starring at the hole, Strawberry trying to look what happen. Praline need to show her the smile, make you comedy face. Strawberry getting off her face, she told Praline to quit doing like that. She is the berryworker, she can't believe that sinkhole made it up and erupting the water like a volcano. While Aunt Praline turns on the television.

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Cast

 * Ana Sani as Strawberry Shortcake / Aunt Praline / Custard / Honeydew Sorbet / Cakenator 6 / Lady Girl
 * Bahia Watson as Orange Blossom / Cherry Blossom / Cherry Crisp
 * Andrea Libman as Lemon Meringue / Kid #1 / Lemon Drop / Berry Mary / Sherry Bobbleberry / Lemon Tort
 * Margarita Valderrama as Lime Chiffon / Lime Tart
 * Cassandra Consiglio as Lime Chiffon Singing
 * Diana Kaarina as Blueberry Muffin / Everything Bagel / Everything Muffin / Mrs. Crumbcake / Kadiebug / Cricket #2 / Journalist Female #1
 * Tabitha St. Germain as Raspberry Tart / Caramella Eclair / Pupcake / Cheesecake / Parfait / Genoise la Creme
 * Shannon Chan-Kent as Raspberry Tart Singing
 * Kari Wahlgren as Caramella Eclair Singing
 * Chirag Naik as Bread Pudding / Newsboy / Old Man / Lem
 * Meg Roe as Sour Grapes
 * Vincent Tong as Huckleberry Pie / Hippy Berry/Park Goer / Vendor
 * Sound Effects as Frappe (No Voice Actor)
 * Crystal Balint as Kiki Keylime
 * Miranda Edwards as Peach Trifle
 * Felicia Bonée as Banoffee
 * TBA as Apple Dumplin'
 * TBA as Sweet Grapes
 * Bethany Brown as Plum Puddin' / Peppermint Fizz / Crepe Suzette
 * Shannon Chan-Kent as Sadiebug / Ada / Granola Crunch
 * Aloma Steele as Cherry Jam
 * Justin Saint as Raisin Cane
 * Alex Borstein as Ginger Snap
 * Sean Astin as Purple Pie Man / Garbage Man / Journalist Male #1 / Fruitleg Singers
 * Omari Newton as Fluffy Chiffon / Orange Crisp / Peanutbutter Chocolate Singing / Security Guard #1 / Security Guard #2
 * Andrew Toth as Dr. Lime Pops / CSI Female
 * Brian Drummond as Caramel Tartufo / Lucky Spoon / Amphitheater Owner
 * Lee Tocker as Cricket #1 / Breaking News Man
 * Maurice LaMarche as Cycle Boy / Announcer Male
 * Ben Jones as TBA
 * Cree Summer as Mother Berry / TBA
 * Talon Warburton as
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Huckleberry Hash / Man # / Old Woman
 * Conrad Vernon as Strawberry Berrykin / Blueberry Sundae / Nathen / Fishy Taco / Karaoke Man / Girl #1
 * Glen Basner as Rainbow Milkshake Cosplay / Man #1 / Taz
 * Seth MacFarlane as Raspberry Berrykins
 * Ravinder Singh Kundi as Ticket Booth Lady
 * Nicole Oliver as Journalist Female #2
 * Kaycie Chase as Child Berry Male #1
 * Robin Howard as Fruitleg Singers
 * Darin De Paul as Fruitleg Singers
 * Jason Simpson as Fruitleg Singers

Featured Voices

 * Dove Cameron as Seaberry Delight
 * Wengie as Proudberry Kolade
 * Craig Robinson as Peanutbutter Chocolate
 * Kenan Thompson as Caramel Chocolate
 * Daveed Diggs as Nutcracker Chocolate
 * Charli XCX as Tuneberry Songcake
 * Patrick Warburton as Onion Puddin'
 * Oprah Winfrey as Charcoal Dustbunny
 * James Corden as Mr. Celery
 * Kristen Miller as Berry Princess
 * John Ratzenberger as Mr. Longface

Additional Voices

 * Ashley Peldon
 * Caitlyn Bairstow
 * Catherine Lavin
 * Cheryl Chase
 * Joyce Kurtz
 * Kellen Goff
 * Shannon McClung
 * Jess Harnell
 * Ana Sani
 * Chantal Strand
 * Clancy Brown
 * Kathleen Barr
 * Laura Bailey
 * Sabrina Pitre
 * Scott McNeil
 * Ryan Beil
 * Tabitha St Germain
 * Tiffany Espensen
 * Colleen Clinkenbeard
 * Lili Beaudoin
 * Kelli Ogmundson

Development
At L.A. Comic Con in TBA, Berry in the Big City head writer Michael Vogel commented on the possibility of a feature film based on the series, saying that it was not in her control whether or not the film would be made. The film was announced on TBA, with Conrad Vernon attached as producer and executive producer, and Vogel as executive producer. WildBrain Studios president "?" said of the film that "TBD". The film was one of the first produced through WildBrain Studios' self-financing film label MRC film.

Series supervising director Matt Ferguson was confirmed to be directing the film while Vogel was announced to be writing the film. Vogel was supposed to work on season 3 of the series but left to write the film while Ferguson announced on Twitter that after the finale to season 3, he would be stepping down as supervising director of the web series in order to work full-time on the film. Michael Vogel, a writer on the series, signed on as co-executive producer alongside Thiessen, with Basner and WildBrain CEO Steven DeNure signing on as producers. Vogel, Vernon, Basner and Drake were later announced as co-producers alongside Ferguson.

On TBA, concept artwork and other information was officially revealed at TBL; TBD.

Casting
The initial FilmNation announcement listed the principal voice cast of Berry in the Big City — Ana Sani, Bahia Watson, Andrea Libman, Margarita Valderrama, Diana Kaarina, Tabitha St. Germain, Meg Roe and Vincent Tong — reprising their roles alongside actress Kristen Miller as a new character. On, TBA, it was announced actress that Dove Cameron and Wengie joined the voice cast. By TBA, actors Craig Robinson, Kenan Thompson and Daveed Diggs were brothers to join the cast. On TBA, Patrick Warburton and Oprah Winfrey were confirmed additions to the cast. On TBA, Watson stated through Twitter that she had begun recording for the film's songs. At "?" in TBA, singer Charli XCX was announced to be portraying a new "pop star berry" character called Tuneberry Songcake.

Animation
Like the Berry in the Big City series, the animation for the film was mainly done at WildBrain Studios (specifically, its 2D animation flash unit) in Canada and outsourced to Top Draw Animation in the Philippines. In flashback sequences, it was animated in traditional 2D animation, with animation provided by Waooh! Animation Studios.

On TBA, "?", after receiving an email from Ferguson. He also mentioned that the film was being animated using Toon Boom Animation's Harmony software rather than the usual Adobe Animate animation software used in the web series as apparently, it was too cheap-looking to be used for a theatrical film. Several crew members, including Ferguson, "?", art director Lillian Lai, head of story Kelly Wong, storyboard artist Sean Thornton, Ferguson's wife, and "?". who was also a storyboard artist on the film, said they wanted to add "simple yet impactful changes" to the designs for the big screen, TBD.

TBD, the crew used 3D modeling Cinema 4D to determine camera locations, lens, angles, rough lighting, character, and prop placement, and which way the characters would be looking and expressing while the composition crew used Toon Boom and Adobe After Effects and the background paint was done in Photoshop. The pre-visualization crew were able to use the 3D backdrops, which became more detailed throughout the film's development, to integrate the 3D character models and test the Toon Boom animations on top of these scenes using the placement established by Maya, speeding up the production.

Music
The film's official soundtrack was released on TBA, by Island Records

The film's songs and score were composed by Berry in the Big City songwriter Daniel Ingram, instead of the songs being composed by Ingram and Bebe Rexha too, and the score being composed by Junkie XL. Ingram first announced at "?" TBA that he would be collaborating with a live studio orchestra for the film.

Poppy contributed an original song to the film, "Considered", which was released as a single on TBA. A music video for the song later released by "?" on TBA. The video was directed by "?". English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran (also known as "Egg Sheeran" just like Blueberry Muffin said in reference) also contributed an original song for the film titled "Ready For Dessert", which was used in the film's played over the closing credits. Other artists included in the album are MAX, Keshi, Charli XCX, Adele, Avril Lavigne (featuring Lil Yachty), Jonas Brothers, Kimbra, Demi Lovato, ZAYN (featuring Drake) and Sam Hunt. It features a song cut from the film titled "Big Apple City" that Huckleberry Pie playing a song while he singing to children's at Berry School, but was cut in favor of Vincent Tong's cover of "WITHOUT YOU" and Blueberry Muffin, Lemon Meringue and Lime Chiffon are rapping the song while thay singing, but was cut in favor of Diana Kaarina, Andrea Libman and Cassandra Consiglio's cover of "Laffy Taffy" instead about Banana Taffy.

The film's production wrapped up on TBA, as announced by Ferguson.

Distribution
FilmNation presented the film at the TBA "?" during TBA.

Release
On TBA, FilmNation announced that they would distribute the film in the United States, and sell distribution rights to the film worldwide except in "?". The film was showcased at the "?" on TBA along with eight other FilmNation features to help sell the film to international distributors.

Theatrical
The film was originally scheduled for release in the United States and Canada on TBA. but it was subsequently moved up to TBA. In international worldwide, the film was distributed by Universal Pictures Films, which had the nationwide rights to FilmNation films at the time. Theatrically, the film was accompanied by a TBN animated short from WildBrain Studios' web series Polly Pocket.

Marketing
Numerous toys based on characters, sets, and props from the film were made by Hasbro, and a vast majority of the products was released on TBA. The TBA Qatar Toy Festival panel included a brief preview for some of the planned merchandise being developed for the film, including T-shirts and graphics. WildBrain's toyline for the film was shown and promoted at Toy Fair TBA and various other toy conventions.

A teaser trailer for the film was released online on TBA. The same day, the official Strawberry Shortcake TiK ToK page hosted a live Q&A stream with two of the movie's characters, Blueberry Muffin (voiced by Kaarina) and Strawberry Shortcake (voiced by Sani).

Home Media
The Strawberry Shortcake Movie was released on TBA for digital downloads, and was later released on TBA for DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Bonus features include an audio commentary track, deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and the animated short My Gut Has an Ointment, and the Polly Pocket short bundled with the film's theatrical release.

Box office
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Critical response
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Trivia
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Sequel
Before the film's release, screenwiters Michael Vogel, Julia Yorks, Kiel Murry and Sam Harper expressed interest in making a sequel film.

On TBA, WildBrain Studios officially announced that a sequel, titled Strawberry Shortcake: The Super-Berry Movie was in development, with Matt Ferguson confirming that he would direct the sequel, while Conrad Vernon confirmed that she would serve as a producer along with Glen Basner and Deborah Copeland. Wanda Sykes joined the cast in a new role as a meteor-obsessed mad scientist named Thunder Pruna voice.

On TBA, the film's voice cast was announced, with actors including Abbi Jacobson, Anthony Anderson, Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Lane, Keke Palmer and DJ Khaled.

The sequel was released on TBA.