The Story of The Face Paint

 is a 2020 American computer-animated fantasy adventure dramedy film directed by Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor. This film was produced by Blue Sky Studios and is distributed by 20th Century Fox. The movie is released on December 23, 2020.

Synopsis
In the fictional town called Creative City, there was a brave face paint named Anna who discovers that their species could be in great peril thanks to a dark figure named Nightmare, so she must save the species with the help of a heroic figure and her friends.

Cast

 * Anne Hathaway as Anna, a Face Paint who is adventurous and the main protagonist.
 * Dwayne Johnson as Manwiser "Manny", a Face Paint and secondary protagonist.
 * Jennifer Lawrence as Hannah, a Face Paint and the deutagonist.
 * Frank Welker (vocals) as Doogle, a dog/imaginary creature who is Hannah's pet.
 * Harrison Ford as Hope, a heroic figure and mentor to Anna, and the tritagonist.
 * Anna Kendrick as Mattie, a Face Paint.
 * Jude Law as Nightmare, a mysterious figure the main antagonist.
 * TBA as Jonathan, was thought to be a friendly "face paint", and is later revealed to be a shape-shifting creature who work for Nightmare.

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Music
The film's soundtrack is being composed by David Newman. Jordin Sparks confirmed that she is doing a song for the film titled Believe.

Short film
The movie will feature a theatrical The Book of Life short titled The Day of The Disastrous Party.

Rating
This movie is rated PG by the MPAA for action, brief peril, and some scary images.

Critical response
The movie received universal acclaim from critics, having more acclaim than The Peanuts Movie. The movie, on Rotten Tomatoes, has a score of 96%. The site's critical consensus reads: " is simply beautiful and heart-warming, and the animation is so perfect that it might end up becoming the best Blue Sky Studios film in existence". On MetaCritic, it has a score of 93 of 100, indicating "universal acclaim". On CinemaScore, it has a average grade of "A".

Franchise
Due to the movie being a monster success and winning a award for "Best Animated Feature", Blue Sky considered making the movie into a franchise.

Sequel
The Story of The Face Paint: Chapter 2

TV Series
The Chronicles of The Face Paint

Trivia

 * This, along with My Singing Monsters, marks the first time that Blue Sky Studios released two films in the same year.
 * This is the first Blue Sky Studios since the original Ice Age film to be composed by David Newman.
 * This is the first film from Blue Sky Studios since the 2002 film, Ice Age, to ever be nominated at the Acamedy Awards for "Best Animated Feature" (which it ended up winning the award).
 * The animation for the movie resembles the animation from The Book of Life
 * In addition, Hope resembles the Candle Maker from that movie.