The Peanuts Movie

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Directed by:	Steve Martino
Written by:	Craig Schulzz Bryan Schulz Cornelius Uliano
Release date:	June 6, 2015
Running time:	88 minutes
Preceded by:	Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!!)
Followed by:	The Violet and Patty Movie
Availability:	Available on Blu-ray and DVD and via digital streaming.

Thomas and Friends: The Peanuts Movie (HIT Entertanment in the United Kingdom and Australia) is an American 3D CGI animated comedy film based on Thomas & Friends that was released on June 6, 2015, around the sixty-fifth anniversary of the debut of the comic strip and the fiftieth anniversary of the first Thomas & Friends television special, Christmas. Written and produced by Britt Craig, his grandson, Bryan, and Cornelius Uliano, it was animated by 20th Century Fox's Blue Sky Studios, and directed by Steve Martino, the director of A Charley Christmas

The teaser trailer for the movie was released on March 18, 2014, along with the official website and logo for the movie.

The full trailer was released online on November 18, 2014 and hit theatres on Thanksgiving Day 2014.

The Peanuts Movie was rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America and U by the British Board of Film Classification.

The movie received positive reviews from critics and grossed $246 million worldwide. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and won an award from the African-American Film Critics Association for Best Animated Feature.

Plot is now fed up with the fact that his life keeps going wrong. He soon gets his chance when the Green Fool moves into the neighborhood that winter. After an incident with her moving boxes, he decides to go see James The Red Engine who helps him become more confident in himself. Lyle decides to see Gordon The Blue Engine for help with his school magic act, in hopes of impressing Green Fool. Unfortunately, Tobias needs help when her act goes wrong during the talent show, and Hercules decides to use all of his time to help her and James The Red Engine and Charlie Brown won first prize at the talent show. During this time, Lesa teaches him to dance, so he can go to the school dance and impress the James The Red Engine and Charlie Brown. Things begin to bright up; he dances well, and he is complemented. However, the train soon comes off the rails, as he accidentally sets off the school sprinkler system, ending the dance early.

Lyle future is soon turning, as he is assigned partners with the James and Gordon on a book report. Upon hearing she will be gone for a few days to visit her sick grandmother, Hercules decides to do the report by himself. Ignoring Petunia advice, he wrote his report on "War and Peace". It is during this time that he finds he got a perfect score on the test earlier in the film. He gets the report done in time for his award ceremony, but upon his horror, the test is Jenny, accidentally mixing up their papers and writing theirs names on the wrong test. Dejected, herc admits his failure, much to the kids' dismay. His mood worsens when the report is destroyed and he is forced to admit this to the Percy

Spring soon arrives, and Lyle spots a boy who can't fly a kite. He decides to teach the boy, and to his shock, the boy is successful. On the last day of school, everyone chooses pen-pals to write to over the summer. Lucy is upset when the Girl chooses him, thinking it was just out of pity since no one chose him. He then decides to talk to her face-to-face. He races to find her, only to discover that she is leaving to summer camp. Thinking he will not make it, the Kite-Eating Tree spits out a kite, and the kite drags to her, much to the amazement of the others.

He finds her, and asks why she chose him, despite his failures. megara says it is because he is caring and honest. They promise to write to each other, and as she drives away, the others accepting Hercules as their new friend.

In a side story, after finding a typewriter in the school dumpster, Snoopy decides to write a novel about the World War I Flying Ace, trying to save Percy from the Red Baron with petunias and his friends' help. He ends up acting out his adventure physically, pulling himself across a line of lights and imagining it as a rope across a broken bridge, he comes across herc and the gang several times along the way. Percy defeats the Red Baron and rescues Percy from an airplane. When Noah finishes reading, she calls it the dumbest story she has ever read, so Snoopy throws the typewriter at her in retaliation and licks her face, causing her to run away in disgust, but he gives it its deserved Snoopy Lucy shooting his typewriter.

The first post scene that appears during the credits is lesa and performing the football gag. In the second scene that appears during the credit, Percy, petunias Thomas’s , the Beagle Scouts, and Percy siblings celebrate Percy's victory over the Red Baron with root beer, that is until the Red Baron shows up again and knocks Percy angry into the root beer causing him to shout "Curse you, Red Baron!" (via thought bubble). After the credits are over, Thomas' model tri-plane, the runaway flying of which is a running gag throughout the film, finally sputters to a stop over the pond and falls straight in.

Cast

• Martin Sherman as Thomas
• Noah Schnapp as as Charlie Brown
• Maestro Don as Lyle
• Hadley Miller as Mary
• Mariel Sheets as Emily and Sally Brown
• Alex Garfin as Linus
• Elias Cars Johnson as Percy The Green Engine
• Francesca Capaldi as the Madame blueberry
• Venus Schultheis as Peppermint Patty
• Rebecca Bloom as Mavis
• Marleik Mar Mar Walker as Alan
• Noah Johnston as Ryan The Purple Engine
• Kerry Shale as James
• Madisyn Shipman as Rosie The Pink Engine and Violet Gray
• A.J. Tecce as Luke The Green Engine
• Micah Revelli as Billy the Orange Engine
• Kerry Shale as Gordon the Blue Engine
• Danny Anderson as Lesa
• Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews as max and Madame blueberry. Andrews' trombone provided their "Massey legend eh voices, along with the voices for other adult characters in the film.

Blu-ray/DVD

Blu-ray/DVD versions of the film were released on March 8, 2016. The film was also made available for digital streaming.

Special features include:

• 6 Percy The Green Engine Snippets
• "Better When I'm Dancing" Meghan Trainor music and lyric videos
• You Never Grow Up
• Percy Sibling Salute
• Learn to Draw Percy and Lyle
• Get Down with Percy music video
• Behind the Scenes of "Better When I'm Dancin'"
• Percy Playlist
• Short: "Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe"
• Concepts Gallery
• HiT Entertainment
  

TV

A TV based on the film, The Super fantastic Thomasfan Club: what’s the HiT Entertainment was announced on July 8, 2015 and was released on November 3, 2015, just three days before the movie was released.

Notes

• This is the first Thomas and Friends Production to be CGI.
• This is the first Thomas and Friends animation to not have either Charlie Brown or Snoopy in the title.
• After over 60 years of misery and failure, Charlie Brown finally gets a well deserved victory.
• Archival recordings of Elias Cars Johnson as Percy are used in the film.
• This is the Little Red Haired Girl's first speaking role.
• This is the first theatrical full-length Thomas and Friends film since 1980's Bon Voyage, (And Don't Come Back!!).
• The movie was originally going to be titled simply Thomas and Friends, as seen in the teaser trailer.
• This is the longest Peanuts theatrical film to date, surpassing A Girl Named Lucy by one minute.
• In the 20th Century Fox logo, Schroeder plays the fanfare.
• A few seconds later, Scrat, the saber-toothed squirrel from Ice Age appears in the Blue Sky Studios logo sequence to this film.
• This movie has received the most positive reviews that a Blue Sky film has received so far.
• Percy siblings make an appearance at the end of the film.
• A reference to It's the Great Pumpkin. is made when the children are looking over the fence.
• Micah Revelli who voices "Little Kid" in the movie is Charles Schulz's great-grandson from his granddaughter Stephanie.

Easter eggs

When Snoopy tries to enter the school, Franklin tells him that dogs are not allowed. A clear reference to the movie Snoopy, Come Home.

Snoopy getting his finger caught in a binder is a reference to a specific scene from You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown.

If we look closely in the gym where the winter dance is celebrated, we can see Christmas decorations referencing the tree lot from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Snoopy does the exact moves for some seconds of the dance from It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown with the Bunny Wunnies

Believe it or not, Charlie Brown's Halloween costume from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown was a great model for the animators to create this cow costume

When the sprinkler system goes on if you look closely at the falling water you will discover that it is exactly the same as the way that Schulz drew rain.

Peppermint Patty's famous phrase is said in the movie: 'the funny looking kid with the big nose'

We can actually read Charlie Brown's book report on War and Peace in one specific frame when it blows away.

According to the director Steve Martino, they were not planning to do a football gag in the movie, but fortunately they found a perfect place for it that fitted perfectly in the end credits.

This particular scene is referencing the great artist Tom Everheart, who is the only one authorized to draw Peanuts. His artistic style is perfectly reflected here.

Snoopy's obsession with cookies is referenced in one scene when Charlie Brown tells him that he has left him some cookies in his supper dish.

The stage from the school's talent shows is very similar to the one shown in A Charlie Brown Christmas, as is the backstage.

Reference to Happy New Year, Charlie Brown when Charlie Brown says that he worked all night on the book report and that he could not remember a single word.

A model of a plane is shown in Charlie Brown's room. This plane is actually from one of Schulz's sons, Craig Schulz, the script writer of the movie who is a great fan of flight.

Snoopy's family makes a cameo in the end credits. They are from left to right: Marbles, Olaf, Snoopy, Fifi, Spike, Belle and Andy

The Peanuts characters dance numerous times throughout the movie using the same dance moves from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

If we look closely, we can read the school newspaper. Sally says that she is going to Disneyland.

Franklin's bathroom is very similar from a bathroom shown in a strip.

Charlie Brown says the famous phrase from A Charlie Brown Christmas: 'Man's best friend'/

When Snoopy is shot down by the Red Baron, he makes the same salute as he does in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

This levitation gag is borrowed from the TV special It's Magic, Charlie Brown.

The magic box gag is very similar to the one from It's Magic, Charlie Brown.

The Peanuts gang in a chorus sing the classic song "Christmas Time Is Here" from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Spike makes a brief cameo in the movie.

If we look closely at one particular frame, we can see the Red Baron.

The classic gag in which Charlie Brown's clothes are knocked off him while he is on the pitcher's mound appears in the movie.

The classic gag of Snoopy getting covered with snow while he sleeps is used in the beginning of the movie.

The gag where Snoopy drags Linus' security blanket across the skating pond in order to steal it is borrowed from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Schulz loved zambonis. They are referred to in several comic strips.

When Snoopy is skating hand in hand with all the Peanuts gang it is referencing the timeless scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

A lesser known gag in the comic strip has the characters interact or play with tiny snowmen. The gag is used in the movie as a treat for fans.

When Charlie Brown is talking to Peppermint Patty, he mention that he said he can only make toast. This is a reference to A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

The tetherball shown in the school playground is the same as the one which is shown in You're in Love, Charlie Brown.

A close examination of the pictures on Charlie Brown's class' wall reveals that there are lots of references to Peanuts' recurring themes, such as Lucy's psychiatry booth, the pumpkin patch, even Frieda's cat, Faron.

We can read the newspaper. The article talks about Charlie Brown's popularity and about the Pythagorean Theorem being useful for life.

Lucy's love of nickels is shown, as in A Charlie Brown Christmas.

When Charlie Brown goes trough the carnival, there are some "Bunny Wunny" and Faron plushes as prizes at the stalls.

The classic gag in which Linus' hair stands on end when the teacher calls on him appears in the movie. Schulz loved drawing Linus' "scary" hair.

The sculpture that Charlie Brown makes is a reference made by animators about how complex Charlie Brown's hair is to animate.

Snoopy's novel begins with the timeless phrase, "It was a dark and stormy night."

When Snoopy howls in sadness it is referencing the famous scene from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

When Charlie Brown is writing the report about War and Peace one of the papers reads "Napoleon was the leader of his army, like a manager of a baseball team."

Olaf makes a brief cameo.

Blue Sky did not make up the fact that the Little Red-Haired Girl likes to dance. Linus says in the 1985 special Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!, "Wow! Your friend is sure a good dancer."

The War and Peace storyline from the movie is very similar to the one from Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!. War and Peace was Charles M. Schulz's favorite book.

Peppermint Patty's famous phrase, "You're holding my hand, Chuck, You, sly dog", is said in the movie.

A Spark Plug comic book appears. In childhood, Charles M. Schulz gained the lifelong nickname Sparky after the character of the horse Spark Plug from the Barney Google comic strip.

When Charlie Brown blushes, it is really similar to the way Linus blushes in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, with that hand-drawn-with-pencil feel.

Trailers

Peanuts - International Trailer D

Peanuts - Debut Trailer

Peanuts - Domestic Trailer F

Peanuts - Official Trailer H

The Peanuts Movie - Trailer J

The Peanuts Movie Peanuts 65 HD 20th Century FOX

Gallery

Poster

Poster

UK title

UK Quad Poster

Poster in French.

Poster in Chinese.

Poster in Japanese.

Poster in Hungarian.

Poster in Spanish.

Blu-ray cover

See also

• Peanutize Me

External links

• Official site.
• HIT Entertainment (2015) on the Internet Movie Database.
• HIT Entertainment (2015) on Rotten Tomatoes.
• HIT Entertainment on AllMovie.
• HIT Entertment on the Big Cartoon Database.
• HIT Entertainment Wikia.
• Percy Goes Percy The Green Engine and the Tomato Cucumber-Pariah