PREVIEW: My Little Pony: A New Generation (U)

WHO’S IN IT?

Vanessa Hudgens (The Princess Switch), Kimiko Glenn (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), James Marsden (Sonic the Hedgehog), Sofia Carson (Feel the Beat), Liza Koshy (Work It), Elizabeth Perkins (Finding Nemo), Jane Krakowski (The Willoughbys), Ken Jeong (Tom & Jerry: The Movie), Phil LaMarr (Pulp Fiction), Michael McKean (This Is Spinal Tap)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Robert Cullen (film debut) and José Luis Ucha (film debut), directors; Gillian Berrow (film debut) and Tim Sullivan (Letters to Juliet), writers; Cecil Kramer (Flushed Away) and Peter Lewis (film debut), producers; Alan Schmuckler (film debut) and Michael Mahler (film debut), composers; Inbal Elazari (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The land of Equestria has had its magic replaced with fear and paranoia, as Earth Ponies, Unicorns and Pegasi live segregated from one another. However, an idealist Earth Pony named Sunny (Hudgens) is determined to find a way to restore the magic, and teams up with an open-hearted Unicorn named Izzy (Glenn), two charismatic Pegasi called Pipp (Carson) and Zipp (Koshy), and the responsible Earth Pony Hitch (Marsden) to go on a quest to unite pony-kind once more…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The beloved My Little Pony franchise gets a brand-new set of characters and hard-hitting themes of acceptance and togetherness, which will leave fans young and old excited for its future.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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