Aster and the Accidental Magic (film)/Trivia

This is the trivia of the 2021 film Aster and the Accidental Magic.

Trivia

 * The film was released on April 30, 2021, the same day as The Mitchells vs. the Machines on Netflix, which is also made by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
 * The film marks New Line Cinema's first animated feature-film since The Swan Princess (1994).
 * It is also the studio's first animated project since Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (2014).
 * It also marks the studio's first theatrical feature-film to be rated PG by the Motion Picture Association since Batkid Begins (2015).
 * This marks Paul King's animated directorial debut, as well as his first fully-animated film.
 * This marks Alan Tudyk's first animated role in a Warner Bros. Pictures film.
 * This is the most recent animated film by Warner Bros. Pictures to not have the involvement of the Warner Animation Group to date. The previous was Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018).
 * Like other projects animated by Rough Draft Studios, there may be instances of CGI animation in some parts of the film.
 * According to Lord in an interview, he said that the film was going to be divided into two parts, with the first releasing early in 2021 and the other at a later date. It was later changed because he said that the team wanted to tell the two stories in one, in which he agreed to.
 * In a similar fashion to musical assemblies, the film is split into two acts.

Cultural references

 * In the scene where Aster looks for her mom's old poncho in her chest, she takes out a sweater with a star and rainbow on it. This is a reference to one of Mabel Pines' sweater in Gravity Falls.
 * This reference also appears in the original book.
 * A book of The Hobbit appears in one scene.
 * Ironically, New Line Cinema owns the film rights of the book.