MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE (U)

WHO’S IN IT?

Tara Strong (Spirited Away), Ashleigh Ball (Heavenly Sword), Andrea Libman (Little Women), Tabitha St. Germain (Help! I’m A Fish), Cathy Weseluck (I’ll Be Home For Christmas), Sia (Annie), Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow), Michael Peña (Ant-Man), Liev Schreiber (Spotlight), Taye Diggs (Brown Sugar), Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy), Kristin Chenoweth (Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie), Uzo Aduba (American Pastoral), Nicole Oliver (The Silencer)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jayson Thiessen (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls), director; Rita Hsiao (Mulan), Meghan McCarthy (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks) and Michael Vogel (film debut), writers; Haven Alexander (film debut), Stephen Davis (Jem and the Holograms), Brian Goldner (Battleship) and Marcia Gwendolyn Jones (Ratchet & Clank), producers; Daniel Ingram (Kung Fu Magoo), composer; Anthony Di Ninno (Ratchet & Clank), cinematographer; Braden Oberson (Ratchet & Clank), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

When a dark force threatens Ponyville, it’s up to a team of ponies known as the Mane 6 – Twilight Sparkle (Strong), Applejack (Ball), Rainbow Dash (Ball), Pinkie Pie (Libman), Fluttershy (Libman) and Rarity (Germain) – to embark on an epic adventure if they are to use the magic of friendship and save their home, during which they meet new friends and encounter exciting challenges…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

There’ll be plenty of excited young girls – as well as grown men, when you take into account the worrying amount of “bronies” out there – who will be ecstatic over the first major theatrical movie from the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic brand.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2017

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