Peppa Pig: The Movie (2021 film)

"For other versions, see Peppa Pig The Movie, Peppa Pig THE MOVIE (2024), and Peppa Pig: The Movie" Peppa Pig: The Movie (also known as Peppa Pig: The Icelandic Adventure! in the UK) is an upcoming british adventure-comedy musical fantasy family animated film directed by Neville Astley and Mark Baker and co-directed by Tim O'Sullivan. It is based on the 2004 animated preschool series, Peppa Pig, It will be released on June 23, 2021, as part of the 16th anniversary of Peppa Pig.

This will be the first feature film from Karrot Animation and the first part was animated by Astley Baker Davies.

The film stars a new cast replacing some voices (except John Sparkles, Richard Ridings, Oliver May, David Graham, and Sarah Ann Kennedy). There will be a screenplay by Astley Neville and Phil Hall

Synopsis
Peppa and her family go on their adventure of the lifetime, Iceland.

Cast

 * Laurel Dearing as Peppa Pig
 * Oliver May (archival recordings) as George Pig
 * Tim Hautekiet as Mr. Panda and Icelandic Soldier
 * Ashley Tisdale as Ms. Cat
 * Scarlett Johansson as Mummy Pig
 * Richard Ridings as Daddy Pig
 * Paul ter Voorde as Icelandic narrator
 * John Sparkles as Narrator
 * Guðmundur Þór Kárason as Icelandic Person #1
 * Ólafur Haukur Símonarson as Icelandic Person #2
 * Guðlaug María Bjarnadóttir as Icelandic Person #3
 * Alex L'Abbé as Icelandic Person #4
 * David Graham as Grandpa Pig
 * Sarah Ann Kennedy as Miss Rabbit and Ungfrú Kanína

Campaign
Karrot Animation made a Twitter account for the movie (@PeppaMovie), The official Peppa Pig Twitter said "We are getting a MOVIE!🍿In theaters Summer 2021!" which showed a sneak peek of the movie. The first trailer was posted on YouTube after the tweet started getting popular. On the Peppa Pig website (peppapig.com), There can be seen a news article about the Peppa Pig movie. at the end, There can be a hashtag saying #PeppaMovie. Scholastic will make 3 books titled "Iceland, Here We Come!", "Next Stop, Iceland!" and "Iceland, Here We Are!", Which was will be combined into a book entitled "The Iceland Adventure!". At the bottom of the YouTube section, There can be a sneak peek of the movie together with clips from previous episodes. The People website stated more about the movie. Proofing it will be an adventure about Iceland.

Production
Peppa Pig: The Movie was long-planned; in 2017 after Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience, The creators decided to come up with something and think about what will happen next, Neville Astley came up with Peppa Pig: The Movie. In 2018, Entertainment One greenlit the animated Peppa Pig movie in production. Neville watched LazyTown and given an idea for the movie, about Peppa Pig doing something more cinematically-consequential and inspiring without losing the charm of the franchise. "To do a big 110-minute feature film about the Pig family going to Iceland, which will be the biggest adventure we made for the series" Neville Astley accepted the voices of Laurel Dearing, Tim Hautekiet, Ashley Tisdale, Scarlett Johansson, Paul ter Voorde, Guðmundur Þór Kárason, Ólafur Haukur Símonarson, Guðlaug María Bjarnadóttir, and Alex L'Abbé.

Writing
Writing on the film began in early October 2019. the script was finished in late 2020.

Animation
The movie's animation is animated using CelAction2D.

Visual Effects
Ben Campbell, editor of the original show, Animated some effects for the movie.

Post Production
Coming soon!

Trivia

 * Some of the movie's cast is from the Eddsworld Legacy series, a campaign by Thomas Ridgewell.
 * Peppa's current voice actor, Amelie Bea Smith doesn't appear in this film. However, She still appears in the series.