Frosty the Snowman (2019 film)

Frosty the Snowman is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated holiday film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and based on the 2005 direct-to-video television special produced by Studio B Productions. The film is directed by Gennedy Tarakovsky and it will star the voices of Christopher Lloyd, Bill Murray, Kelsey Grammer, Martin Short, Jacob Tremblay, Terrell Ransom Jr and Shahadi Wright Joseph.

Plot
The story is set in the picture-perfect town of Evergreen, where all the local children are bound to a ridiculously strict curfew and not allowed to have any fun at all. One boy who lives there is Tommy Tinkerton, the son of the town's impossibly upbeat but no-nonsense mayor, Mr Tinkerton. Another storyline features Tommy's best friend, Walter Wader, who shocks everyone (especially his mother) and befriends a cheerful magical snowman named Frosty. The next day Walter's rule-breaking gets all the kids in Evergreen talking, but it greatly upsets the short-tempered and evil school principal, Hank Pankley, who is even more adamantly opposed to magic than Mr Tinkerton. Pankley uses Frosty's arrival to sow doubts among the townspeople about Mr Tinkerton's leadership, and he begins to take over the town. Mr Tinkerton and Pankley devise a plan to destroy Frosty and rule Evergreen together, but Pankley secretly wants all the power to himself due to his jealousy towards Mr Tinkerton.

One by one, Frosty wins over the other kids of Evergreen, including Tommy's older brother Charles and Tommy's love interest Sara Simple. However, Principal Pankley tricks Walter and helps him to lure Frosty to the frozen pond for some ice-skating. The ice is very thin and Frosty inevitably falls through and melts before Walter can save him. Pankley grabs Frosty's hat, which is the key to his magic.

Meanwhile, Tommy is sitting on the sidelines, watching all of his friends experiencing magic and adventures in which he could share. But he has held back out of loyalty to his dad (because he knows his dad would disapprove of him knowing the existence of magic). Then Tommy finds a secret room underneath the library containing a comic book filled with secrets about Frosty. Tommy finds out that Frosty's magic lies in his hat, that his dad (Mr Tinkerton) met Frosty when he was a boy, and that Principal Pankley (Mr Tinkerton's childhood friend) stole Frosty's hat and locked it away in his attic, causing young Mr Tinkerton to lose faith his magic. Tommy realizes the most loyal thing he can do is not to suppress magic but to help his dad rediscover that magic does indeed exist.

Tommy explains what's going on to all his friends and they daringly rescue the hat from Principal Pankley. Tommy is now able to reintroduce Mr Tinkerton to his old friend who he has long since forgotten. Meanwhile, the other parents are confused and angry: why are their kids out at night? And this magical snowman they've heard about: does he really exist? Principal Pankley desperately tries to regain control but Walter breaks the spell by starting a snowball fight. The other kids and parents all join in until the entire town of Evergreen is having a "snowball-fighting, horseplaying lark of a good time."

All along, the story is narrated by a warm, wise and seemingly omniscient old man who appears periodically and comments on the events unfolding in Evergreen. In the final scene he reveals that he is Tommy Tinkerton himself, all grown up and married to Sara Simple, and having told his own story.

Cast

 * Christopher Lloyd as Narrator
 * Bill Murray as Frosty the Snowman
 * Martin Short as Mr Tinkerton
 * Jacob Tremblay as Tommy Tinkerton
 * Shahadi Wright Joseph as Sara Simple

Music

 * 1) "Frosty the Snowman"- sung by Greg Page
 * 2) "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"
 * 3) "Frosty the Snowman"- sung by Kimberly Locke
 * 4) Cry - EXO-CBX
 * 5) Cosmic Railway (Japanese Version) - EXO

Release
November 13, 2019

Trivia

 * This is the story took place longtime before "The Legend of Frosty the Snowman".
 * This is the Frosty the Snowman film to be shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
 * Based on a television Christmas special by Rankin/Bass.
 * Suggested Running Times: 83 Minutes, 79 Minutes.
 * Rated G, making it appropriate for all ages.

Computer Animation
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios

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