Teletubbies: A Musical Story (2023 Film)

"Teletubbies: A Musical Story" is a 2023 live action, 3D animated film based on the TV series "Teletubbies" by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport.

This film was theatrically released on March 30th, 2023, by Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Paramount Pictures in IMAX, RealD 3D, 2D, 3D, and Doby Cinema. The film received positive reviews aimed at the animation, style, voice acting, soundtrack, musical numbers, and a combination of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Teletubbies revival series, and Cool World.

The film stars Reese Witherspoon, Anna Kendrick, Amanda Leighton, Kristen Li, Jeremiah Krage, Nicholas Chee Ping "Nick" Kellington, Rebecca Hyland, Rachelle Beinart, Jojo Siwa, Jessalyn Siwa, Josh Gad, Max Charles, and Ariel Winter.

The film is dedicated to the 26th Anniversary of Teletubbies.

Synopsis
Over the hills and far away, Teletubbies come to play in a full-length movie event!

When the Teletubby-Sister Fans, Julie (Resse Witherspoon), Caytlin (Anna Kendrick), Kaite (Amanda Leighton) and Kayla (Kristen Li) came to visit the Teletubbies in TeletubbyLand for a three-night off adventure, the Teletubbies, Tinky Winky (Jeremiah Krage), Dipsy (Nick Kellington), Laa-Laa (Rebecca Hyland) and Po (Rachelle Beinart) are ready for a fantastic adventure with the Teletubby Sister Fans in a musical movie event!

"Teletubbies: A Musical Story" is a musical, jaw-dropping, rocking movie that you will never forget!

Plot
The movie starts in a house that was located in Los Angeles, California, and Julie (Reese Witherspoon) who is sleeping on her bed. Caytlin (Anna Kendrick) woke Julie up and starts talking about their parents since last month they have passed away from their lives. She also states that since they first watched Teletubbies when they are babies. She also mentioned that Simon Shelton have died in 2018. Julie states that when she felt sad, she watched Teletubbies and that made her better. The girls decided to watch Teletubbies together. Meanwhile, Caytlin tells Julie that she's getting ready for tomorrow's last day of school for summer break. The girls tucked themselves into bed. Before Julie goes to bed, she looks at a picture frame that shows an image of Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po. She then puts the picture frame down and goes to sleep with the girls. At daytime in TeletubbyLand, one by one, Tinky Winky (Jeramiah Krage), Dipsy (Nick Kellingtion), Laa Laa (Rebecca Hyland) and Po (Rachelle Beinart) finally made it outside and then finally have a good time ("Teletubbies Theme"). Later, after a big hug, which ends the song, the windmill spins, causing the Teletubbies say "Uh-oh" and start to run away. A Voice-Trumpet (Fearline Cotton) rises up and says, "Where have the Teletubbies gone?".

Meanwhile at school, the Teletubby Sister Fans and their classmates are doing P.E. in the gym, then played basketball with PinkPolly (JoJo Siwa). After school, the girls with PinkPolly drove home using the Girls' SUV. PinkPolly hugs her dad (Josh Gad), telling him school is great. Julie, Caytlin, Kaite and Kayla went into their house. Julie tells the girls that she is "ready for some summer fun", Caytlin also claims that she's glad that they're fans of the Teletubbies, Kaite agrees then Kayla tells Caytlin that she just love Po so much that somebody just gave her a Teletubbies Po plush. Kaite them tells herself that it will be night to visit the Teletubbies for the summer. Julie thinks that's a great idea, telling them that they can visit the Teletubbies in person and thinking that she should write a letter to the Teletubbies so that they can visit the Teletubbies for a 3 night adventure. At night, Julie (in her pjs) wrote the Teletubbies a letter before tucking herself into bed. After that, Julie says to the Teletubbies "good-night", telling them that they will see them for the summer, before Julie goes to sleep.

A few days later, the Teletubbies were eating Tubby Toast when they hear the girls outside. Dipsy, Tinky Winky, Laa-Laa and Po looked through the window to see that the girls have arrived. The Teletubbies then went outside and they finally met the girls. Julie and Tinky Winky both hug each other, Dipsy and Caytlin are happy to meet each other, Laa-Laa and Kaite both say "Eh-Oh" to each other, while Po and Kayla hug together. Then the girls walked inside the Home Dome along with the Teletubbies, and they gave the girls a tour around the Home Dome. Later after that, a Voice Trumpet rises and announces that it's time for Tiddlytubbies Songtime, the Teletubbies are ready for the songtime, and goes to the playroom where the Tiddlytubbies play. Julie tells the girls that the Tiddlytubbies are cute and talks about them, but Kayla shushes Julie and tells her to watch and then they'll listen to them sing, and the Tiddlytubbies arrived at the playroom and the Teletubbies are happy about them ("Tiddlytubbies Songtime"). Later, the girls cheer and applauded for the Teletubbies, much to their happiness. Julie feels ticklish, and Tinky Winky tickles her, this time, making her laugh. After that, the girls decided to go outside with the Teletubbies, getting them the idea of doing the silly things.

After the girls and the Teletubbies went outside, they start dancing and do silly things that they like to do ("Silly Things"), that causes all of them to laugh. Later, the girls heard the Tubby Custard Train that it is ready for a custard ride for the Teletubbies. Julie heards about the Tubby Custard Ride, as the girls talked about it. Meanwhile, the Teletubbies are seen already seated for the ride. The girls watched and a big tubby custard bubble popped from the funnel, and the ride begins as the Teletubbies cheer and the girls enjoyed watching them ("Custard Ride"). After the ride is over, the girls clapped and applaud for them, much to their happiness. The Teletubbies tell the girls "Tubby custard!", causing the girls to say that the Teletubbies love tubby custard. The celebrated the ride by eating Tubby Custard. Later, the Tubby Phone rings, and Julie hears the ringing sounds from it, then talks about the Tubby Phone with the girls. Then, in the meantime, one of the Teletubbies decided to answer it at the same time as the girls came over there, and started a dance party ("Tubby Phone Dance").

Meanwhile, back in PinkPolly's house, PinkPolly, along with her siblings, Yellow Polly (Max Charles) and Violet Polly (Ariel Winter), are getting ready for bed. Her mom (Jesslyn Siwa) hugs her daughter, telling her good night, before going to her bedroom. Just as PinkPolly got to her bedroom, her phone rings and she answers it. Julie talks about the trip in TeletubbyLand for 3 nights with PinkPolly, then eventually talks about the Teletubbies. Later, Julie ended the call with PinkPolly, saying goodnight, then, Kayla woke up and decided to sleep with Po throughout the night, comforting Po, making her feel better.

The next day, in the morning, the girls wake up along with the other Teletubbies, except for Po, who is still sleeping. Kayla, who is awake, decided to wake up Po by tapping her shoulder, then suddenly, Po wakes up, meaning that she woke up, yawning. Then, Julie realizes it's time for breakfast, meaning that it's time for Tubby Toast for the Teletubbies. Meanwhile, Julie asks the Teletubbies if they're ready, then the Teletubbies, who are already seated, and tells her that they are ready. Julie starts the Tubby Toaster, and 4 pieces of Tubby Toast fly into the air and land on one of the Teletubbies' plates, and the Teletubbies cheer, and started eating. Later, the girls along with the Teletubbies have decided to go outside and have fun, especially running around and dancing along ("Ready, Steady, Go!"). Meanwhile, in Hidey Hup, the girls talked about this place, while the Teletubbies slide down the Tubby Slidey (like in "Sliding Down"). Later, the Teletubbies decided to bottom bounce each other (like in "Bottom Bump"), which causes the girls to watch and sing along ("Bottom Bump Song"), making them laugh. Later, Laa-Laa is seen skipping but suddenly looks for her ball that she used to play with it, as soon as the girls find Laa-Laa's ball, Kaite founds it and gives it to Laa-Laa. She then thanks her, as she pats on her ball. Meanwhile, Kayla is looking for Po all by herself, but found Po's scooter, and decided to give the scooter to Po that she found, but she has an idea, she rides her scooter to Po.

Back in the Home Dome, Po is resting on her bed, eventually sleeping on her bed, when suddenly, she heard a scooter horn. It was Kayla who holds Po's scooter that she found. Po wakes up, and happily said "Po 'cooter!" as Kayla gives her scooter to Po. She felt happy as she hugged her, causing Kayla to hug her back. Later, back outside, Po is already has her bike helmet on and is on her scooter, Kayla smiles at Po, and rides with her on Po's scooter. Later, in the Home Dome, Julie is seen, serving Tinky Winky some Tubby Custard. As Tinky Winky finished eating his tubby custard. Julie decided to go explore TeletubbyLand with the other Teletubbies, even with Tinky Winky. Julie and Tinky Winky left and go outside. The girls and the Teletubbies explore around TeletubbyLand and having a good time together ("Explorer"). Later that day, Julie who was in the Home Dome, feeling sad and lonely, remembering the time that her and the girls parents passed away. Back to the present, Julie started to cry, Caytlin arrives at the Home Dome and looks at her, being depressed. She asked her what's wrong, and Julie tells her that she remembers the day that their parents passed away. Caytlin comforts her, telling her that it's okay to feel sad, and hugs her, making her feel better. Then Tinky Winky arrives and suddenly looks at Julie, who was comforted by Caytlin, but suddenly gives her a hug, comforting her, and Julie feels better, as she smiles without tears, and she along with Caytlin and Tinky Winky head outside.

The next day, back in the Hidey Hup, Po and Dipsy are seen on the Tubby Uppy-Downy, having a good time, but when Laa-Laa, Tinky Winky, Kaite, Julie and Caytlin arrived, they saw Dipsy and Po having fun on the Tubby Uppy-Downy. Then, Laa-Laa and Kaite decided to bounce on the Tubby Bounce together, while Tinky Winky and Julie decided to go "roundy round" on the Tubby Spinny, and Kayla and Caytlin decided to join Po and Dipsy to go up and down on the Tubby Uppy-Downy. Later after that, Kayla tells the girls that the Teletubbies love each other very much, causes the Teletubbies to have a big hug, while the girls hug each other. The girls love hanging out with the Teletubbies as they love each other with big hugs and laughter as well as having a great time in TeletubbyLand ("Big Hugs"). Later that afternoon, Julie tells the Teletubbies that it is finally for the girls to go home. The Teletubbies groaned sadly, meaning that the girls are going home, but Julie tells them that they will be back soon in TeletubbyLand one day, this time, making the Teletubbies feel happy, and hugged the girls. Back in the van, the girls said bye bye to the Teletubbies and tell them to see them soon, and the Teletubbies said bye bye to the girls, and the girls left. The Teletubbies are now happy together in their home, and happily head back to the Home Dome.

Back with PinkPolly in her house, she is seen watching television, but then, she heard the girls' SUV's horn honking, meaning that they are back home. The girls arrived to their house, and Julie gets out of the SUV, hugs PinkPolly, and Caytlin, Kaite, and Kayla all hugged PinkPolly for their return home. PinkPolly tells the girls that their trip has been great, and the girls agreed and Julie tells her that they had a wonderful time on the trip and also tells her that the Teletubbies are our best friends. PinkPolly agrees with her, and calls out to the Teletubbies for being best friends to the girls. The girls laughed and tells her that they will see her tomorrow as they head back to their house. In their room, the girls unpack their stuff and putting them back to their spots that they use to be. Later, Julie tells the girls that their trip's amazing, which Caytlin, Kayla, and Kaite agreed with her. Kaite asks the girls what they can do, which asks them to make lunch with her. Juile and the others say yes to Kaite. Caytlin tells them that they should have pizza for lunch in the kitchen. Julie tells her that is a great idea, and also tells the others that they should get a pizza from Domino's Pizza. The girls agreed with Julie, and they all head to the van. Julie looks around, and looks at the picture of the Teletubbies, themselves. She thanks them for the trip. Caytlin calls Julie that it's time to go, and Julie puts down the picture and tells her that she's coming.

Meanwhile, back in TeletubbyLand, a voice trumpet (Jim Broadbent) rises up and announces that it is time for Tubby Bye Bye, causing the Teletubbies to sadly groan in depression, meaning that the film is about to be over. Later, the Narrator (Daniel Rigby) says bye bye to one Teletubby at a time. But suddenly, Po pops up and says "Boo!", which causes the other Teletubbies to do the same thing and started laughing, eventually the narrator says no to the Teletubbies, causing them to mimic it. But, the narrator said bye bye to all of the Teletubbies and they said bye bye, before disappearing. Later, the sun baby (Berry Smith) sets down in the sky, and each Teletubby said bye bye to the viewers (Tinky Winky in first, Dipsy in second, Laa-Laa in third, and Po in forth). After that, Po suddenly pops up and says bye-bye to the viewer, meaning that the film's almost over, then giggles and goes back inside. The sunset is seen in TeletubbyLand, then the sun baby sets down and giggles as dusk becomes nighttime, fading to black, ending the film, and starting the end credits ("Can We Pretend?").

Main Cast
Reese Witherspoon as Julie, the first member of The Teletubby Sister Fans who is a purpley fan of Tinky Winky.

Anna Kendrick as Caytlin, the second member of The Teletubby Sister Fans who is always a green fan of Dipsy.

Amanda Leightion as Kaite, the third member of The Teletubby Sister Fans who loves Laa-Laa as a yellow fan of Laa-Laa.

Kristen Li as Kayla, the fourth member of The Teletubby Sister Fans who is always a red fan of Po.

Jeremiah Krage as Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby who always carries a red purse.

Nick Kellington as Dipsy, the green Teletubby who wears a black and white hat. His skin is darker unlike the other Teletubbies.

Rebecca Hyland as Laa-Laa, the yellow Teletubby who loves patting, boinging, and bouncing her large orange ball.

Rachelle Beinart as Po, a red Teletubby who loves to ride on her pink and orange scooter while wearing a helmet.

Additional Cast
Olly Taylor as The Noo-Noo, a pink and orange vacuum who is the home-keeper of the Home Dome.

Jane Horrocks as The Tubby Phone, a orange touch-screen phone who has the ability to enter a Tubby Phone Dance after the Teletubbies answered it. It also has the ability to make Tubby Photos.

Teresa Gallagher as the Tiddlytubbies, the baby versions of the Teletubbies. Their names are Mi-Mi, Umby Pumby, Daa-Daa, Baa, RuRu, Nin, Duggle Dee and Ping.

Jim Broadbent, Antonia Thomas, and Fearline Cotton as the Voice Trumpets.

Antonia Thomas as the female narrator.

Berry Smith as the Sun Baby.

Jojo Siwa as PinkPolly, the daughter of her mom and dad.

Jessalyn Siwa as PinkPolly's mother, the mom of PinkPolly.

Josh Gad as PinkPolly's father, the dad of PinkPolly.

Max Charles as YellowPolly, a brother of PinkPolly.

Ariel Winter as VioletPolly, a sister of PinkPolly.

Development
After the new Teletubbies album "Ready, Steady, Go!" is released on October 15th, 2021, in March 2023, the two developers decided to make a family friendly film that is a musical performance, and will bring back the 4 adorable characters and live action people visiting to a place, dancing, singing and having fun together with their friends from their childhood.

Filming
The filming began on February 2nd, 2023, where it's filming location is on Los Angeles, California, where 4 girls lived together and decided to have fun in TeletubbyLand. Later, on February 14th, 2023, it was eventually filmed in Twickleham Studios, London, (the same location that filmed the revival TV series, "Teletubbies"), where TeletubbyLand is the Teletubbies' home, which as. Later, after the girls said bye bye to the Teletubbies, who are saying bye bye to the girls, and head back to the Home Dome, the final scene was finally filmed back to Los Angeles, California, where the girls head home, and finally see PinkPolly for their return home. Meanwhile after that, on March 1st, 2022, a scene was also filmed in Twickleham Studios, London, where the Tubby Bye Bye sequence was used after the end of every episode from the revival series.

Casting
On February 2nd, 2023, Reese Witherspoon, Anna Kendrick, Amanda Leighton, and Kristen Li are chosen to be dressed as the Teletubby Sister Fans, and to be in live action for the first time. Witherspoon is portrayed as Julie, while Kendrick is Caytlin, Leighton is Kaite, and Li as Kayla. All four of them are wearing makeup, acted friendly and thoughtful, and wear different clothing. Meanwhile on February 4th, 2023, the remaining actors (from the revival series) are also chosen to reprise their roles from the revival series. On the same day, 4 remaining actors (performers) have decided to reprise their roles as the Teletubbies. Jeremiah Krage reprises Tinky Winky's role, Nicholas Chee Ping "Nick" Kellington reprises Dipsy's role (that eventually sounds like him in Series 2), Rebecca Hyland reprises Laa-Laa's role, and Rachelle Beinart finally reprises Po's role. Together, their voices are recorded at Voiceover Soho, London.

Songs written by Daniel Dobbs, and Gretchen Mallorie
⦁	Teletubbies Main Theme (sung by Narrator, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, and Po) (performed by Daniel Rigby, Jeremiah Krage, Nick Kellington, Rebecca Hyland and Rachelle Beinart)

⦁	Hello, Hello (Eh-Oh!) - Teletubbies

⦁	Tiddlytubbies SongTime (from the "Big Hugs" album) (sung by Narrator, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, and Po) (performed by Daniel Rigby, Jeramiah Krage, Nick Kellington, Rebecca Hyland, and Rachelle Beinart)

⦁	Silly Things (originally by Teletubbies) (sung by Julie, Caytlin, Kaite and Kayla) (preformed by Resse Witherspoon, Anna Kendrick, Amanda Leighton, Kristen Li)

⦁	The Custard Ride (only composed by Richard Webb and Matt Katz)

⦁	The Tubby Phone Dance (only composed by Richard Webb and Matt Katz)

⦁	Ready, Steady, Go! (originally by Teletubbies) (sung by Julie, Caytlin, Kaite, Kayla, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, and Po) (preformed by Resse Witherspoon, Anna Kendrick, Amanda Leightion, Kristen Li, Jeremiah Krage, Nick Kellington, Rebecca Hyland, and Rachelle Beinart)

⦁	Bottom Bump Song (Resse Witherspoon, Anna Kendrick, Amanda Leighton, Kristen Li, Jeremiah Krage, Nick Kellington, Rebecca Hyland, and Rachelle Beinart)

⦁	Explorer (originally sung by Teletubbies) (sung by Julie, Caytlin, Kaite, and Kayla) (preformed by Resse Witherspoon, Anna Kendrick, Amanda Leighton, Kristen Li)

⦁	Big Hugs! (Resse Witherspoon, Anna Kendrick, Amanda Leighton, Kristen Li, Jeremiah Krage, Nick Kellington, Rebecca Hyland, and Rachelle Beinart)

⦁	Can We Pretend? - P!NK & Cash Cash

Songs featured in the album
⦁	Best Friend Song (sung by Sharron Ballad) - Teletubbies

⦁	Safari Party (sung by Johnny Knowles) - Teletubbies

⦁	Peekaboo (sung by Johnny Knowles) - Teletubbies

⦁	Tubby Custard and Tubby Toast (sung by Sharron Ballad)

⦁	Explorer (sung by Amy Grace) - Teletubbies

⦁	Hello Hello (Eh-Oh!) (Sung by Johnny Knowles, Sharron Ballad, Bethan Leadley and Amy Grace) - Teletubbies

⦁	I Can Be Anything (sung by Amy Grace and Beathan Leadley) - Teletubbies

⦁	Let's Do the Tubby! (sung by Sharron Ballad) - Teletubbies

⦁	Ready, Steady, Go! (sung by Johnny Knowles) - Teletubbies

⦁	Silly Things (sung by Johnny Knowles) - Teletubbies

⦁	Together (from the Motion Picture "Music") - Sia

End Credits Music
Can We Pretend? - P!NK & Cash Cash

Together - Sia

I Can Be Anything - Teletubbies

Teletubbies Ending Theme - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

Bonus songs (featured in the album)
Cut to the Feelin' - Carly Rae Jepsen

Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa

B.F.F. - Issac Ryan Brown

Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes

Girls Like You (ft. Cardi B) (Clean Version) - Maroon 5

Instrumental Tracks (for the Karaoke Version of the album)
⦁	Teletubbies Main Theme - Andrew McCrorie Shand, BBC

⦁	Hello, Hello (Eh-Oh!) - Daniel Dobbs and Gretchen Mallorie

⦁	Tiddlytubbies SongTime - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

⦁	Silly Things - Daniel Dobbs and Gretchen Mallorie

⦁	The Custard Ride - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

⦁	The Tubby Phone Dance - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

⦁	Ready, Steady, Go! - Daniel Dobbs and Gretchen Mallorie

⦁	Bottom Bump Song - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

⦁	Explorer - Daniel Dobbs and Gretchen Mallorie

⦁	Big Hugs - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

⦁	Can We Pretend (ft. Cash Cash) - P!NK, Ryan Tedder, Jean Paul Makhlouf, Alex Makhlouf, Samuel Frisch

⦁	Together - Sia and Jack Antonoff

⦁	I Can Be Anything - Daniel Dobbs and Gretchen Mallorie

Matt Katz
1.	The Girls' Rememberance of Their Parents/Getting Ready for Bed - Christophe Beck

2.	P.E./School's Out/Getting an Idea - Christophe Beck, and Tim Janis

3.	Meeting the Teletubbies/Tour Inside the Home Dome - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

4.	A Tubby Custard Meal - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

5.	Kayla Sleeps with Po - Christophe Beck

6.	Wake Up Tap/Time for Tubby Toast! - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

7.	Sliding on the Tubby Slidey/Bottom Bounce - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

8. Finding Their Favorite Things - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

9.	Po's Scooter - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

10. A Perfect Meal for Tinky Winky - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

11. Julie's Lonely Rememberance of the Parents/Comforting Julie - Christophe Beck

12. Good Times at the Hidey Hup/A Big Hug - Richard Webb and Matt Katz

13. Good Bye, Teletubbies/A Promise to Come Back to TeletubbyLand/The Return - Christophe Beck and Tim Janis

14.	Time for Tubby Bye-Bye/The Sun is Setting in the Sky - Christophe Beck and the BBC Philharmonic

Music from the Trailers
Ready, Steady, Go - Teletubbies (Teaser Trailer)

New Life - Thomas Bergensen (First Trailer)

Best Friend Song - Teletubbies (First Trailer)

Together - Sia (Second Trailer)

I Can Be Anything - Teletubbies (Second Trailer)

Hot 'N' Cold - Katy Perry (Third Trailer)

Silly Things - Teletubbies (Third Trailer)

I Can Be Anything - Teletubbies (TV Spots)

Hello, Hello (Eh-Oh!) - Teletubbies (2 TV Spots)

Silly Things - Teletubbies (TV Spots)

Remixes of P!NK's "Can We Pretend" (ft. Cash Cash)
Can We Pretend (ft. Cash Cash) (Original Version) - 3:40

Can We Pretend (ft. Cash Cash) (Movie Version) - 3:40

Can We Pretend (ft. Cash Cash) (Sigala Remix) - 3:05

Can We Pretend (ft. Cash Cash) (Acoustic Version) - 3:40

Can We Pretend (ft. Cash Cash) (Instrumental Version) - 3:40

Can We Pretend (ft. Cash Cash) (Clean Version) - 3:40

"Can We Pretend" (MOTi Remix) – 2:57

"Can We Pretend" (Hook n Sling Remix) – 3:10

"Can We Pretend" (Yves V Remix) – 2:33

"Can We Pretend" (Bart B More Remix) – 4:09

Songs featured in the movie, not in the album
Dumb Ways to Die - Emily Lubitz (a.k.a Tangerine Kitty) (The music video can be seen on Pink Polly's TV screen, and it only plays the first chorus)

No Better Feelin' - CL

Ray of Light - Madonna (The song can be heard as Pink Polly's ringtone, but the first chorus is only playing)

Release
This film has been released on March 28th, 2023, theatrically in the United States, and the United Kingdom in 2D, 3D, IMAX, RealD 3D, and Dobly Cinema.

A teaser trailer was released online on January 30th, 2023. The first official trailer for the film was released on Febuary 16th, 2023, followed by the second trailer that was released on Febuary 21st, 2023, the third one was also released on March 1st, 2022, along with the international trailer which was released on March 5th, and the final trailer was released on March 12th, 2023.

Marketing Tie-Ins
The only brands that partnered with Teletubbies: A Musical Story includes McDonald's for the Happy Meal toys, Kellogg's and General Mills for the breakfast cereals, Chips Ahoy, Coco-Cola, Tic Tac, Lays Inc., and Xfinity. LEGO sets are also made to promote the film, and the Funko POP! figurines are also released, but featured Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, and Po as figurines, the same thing as the original.

On March 30th, 2023 for the Teletubbies 26th Anniversary, 10 lyric videos of the songs from the "Ready, Steady, Go!" album are released on the Teletubbies - Wildbrain YouTube Channel, and on July, 1st, 2023, two lyric videos for "Can We Pretend?" and "Together" are also released on two different YouTube channels, which as P!NK's song is "Can We Pretend?" and "Together" is Sia's song. The two music videos are edited and featured clips from Teletubbies: A Musical Story.

There was also an exclusive The Shop: Uninterrupted featurette featuring LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Reese Witherspoon, Amanda Leighton, Anna Kendrick, Kristen Li, Tinky Winky (Jeremiah Krage), Dipsy (Nick Kellington), Laa-Laa (Rebecca Hyland), and Po (Rachelle Beinart). In the clip, Reese, Amanda, Anna, Kristen, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po discuss Teletubbies: A Musical Story with LeBron and Maverick.

Home Media
On July 30th, 2023, the film was released on Digital HD, and on August 3rd, 2022, the film was also released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and on Ultra HD Blu-Ray by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. This includes 3 deleted scenes, 6 digital episodes from both Series 1 and 2 of the revival Teletubbies series ("Making Friends", "Watering Can", "Wake Up Time!", "Close the Gate", "Teddy Bear", and "Honk Honk"), a sing along version, and the filmmakers commentary. This was included in the Teletubbies Complete Series DVD along with The Unbreakable Boy. The film also debuted in Netflix on August 10th, 2023, and in Apple TV+ on August 12th, 2023. The film has also headed to Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and HBO Max on August 20th, 2023, and also, the film was released on Paramount Plus on August 30th, 2023.

Box Office
Teletubbies: A Musical Story grossed out $300.00 million in the United States, Canada, and the United States, and $120,00 million in other territories, for a worldwide of $100.000 billion. The film had an worldwide opening of $400.000, the highest ever, and 3rd for a live action/animated film. It was also the first live action/animated film to be released by Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Paramount Pictures to cross the milestone.

United States, United Kingdom, and Canada
Teletubbies: A Musical Story setted the records on Fandango for most tickets sold by an live action/animated film in that frame (besting Sing 2). The film was projected to gross $40-60 million in its opening weekend, with some predicting it could debut as high as $300 million. This played in 21,985 theaters, the second time being behind The Unbreakable Boy. The film went on to debut to $29.7 over the weekend, finishing the first at the box office. This film also made $79.4 million in the second weekend and also retained $99.8 billion its third weekend. The film outgrossed its predecessor to become the highest-grossing film of all the time, domestically.

Other territories
Teletubbies: A Musical Story opened day-to-date with the U.S. in 37 countries (64% of its total market), and was projected to gross around $100 million abroad for a global debut of $260 million. In China, it was expected to debut to $15–20 million. The film's largest markets were Japan ($90.1 million), and the United Kingdom ($79.9 million, third highest all-time for an animated film).

Critical response
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 421 reviews, with an average rating of 10/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Heartwarming, funny, and beautifully animated, Teletubbies: A Musical Story brings the family together." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 84 out of 100 based on 57 critics, indicating "universal acclaim." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 100% and a 100% "definite recommend."

The film received a four-star rating from Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com, who wrote, "This film is a massive improvement over the last two 2022 animated films we had: Fireheart and Turning Red." The Washington Post's Ann Hornaday also gave the film 5 out of 5 stars and praised it, "visually dazzling concoction of wily schemes and daring adventures", as well as achieving, "a continuation of Cartoon Network's theatrical reputation." Peter DeBruge of Variety wrote, "Teletubbies ushered in the era of traditionally animated features, and this movie was added into the saga beautifully. At least, for now." The Daily Telegraph's Robbie Collin wrote, "Teletubbies: A Musical Story reaffirms that the Universal Pictures, at their best, are like no other animation studio around."

Trivia

 * The first time that the Teletubbies revival series got a feature film.
 * It is revealed that the girls and the Teletubbies lived their homes.
 * However in the film, there are some references from the events of Series 1 & 2 of the revival series:
 * The Teletubbies singing along to the Tiddlytubbies songtime with the narrator, is a reference to the same scene that happens in almost every episode of the revival series. This marks the first time that the film got this song.
 * When Julie started singing "Silly Things", the first lyrics were: "Let's make funny faces, and giggle to wear blue.", but it's likely a reference from the music video that had the same name "Silly Things", which this music video was uploaded on October 2, 2021.
 * The Teletubbies having a Tubby Custard ride, is mostly like a reference to the scenes that were featured in some episodes of the revival series.
 * Waking up Po is almost a reference to a scene that had the same attempt to wake up Po in an episode "Sleepybyes".
 * The Teletubbies bottom bouncing into each other is a reference to a scene that had the same thing in "Bottom Bump".
 * When Kayla tells the girls that the Teletubbies love each other, that made the Teletubbies do a big hug, is a reference to some scenes that involved big hugs from every episode of the original and revival series.
 * This film was the first one to feature Hidey Hup, Noo-Noo, the Tubby Phone, and one of the voice trumpets.
 * This film was also the one to include the sound effects from the revival series.
 * The film reveals The Teletubby Sister Fans' first debut, and it also reveals PinkPolly's first debut along with her parents and her siblings.
 * This film was produced by Sony, Paramount Global, and NBCUniversal.
 * The film has 3 songs from the "Ready, Steady, Go!" album, these songs are covered by The Teletubby Sister Fans and even the Teletubbies, who originally sung these.

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