Wondercolts

Wondercolts is a 2005 American computer-animated action-adventure musical fantasy comedy-sports film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed, produced and co-written by Andrew Adamson from a screenplay by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, David Lipman, and Joe Stillman and features the voices of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mila Kunis, Joan Cusack, Sarah Robinson, Megan Freeman, Kelly Moon, Kirsten Dunst, Emily Blunt, Amy Poehler, Sandra Bullock, Tiki Barber, Jim Gaffigan, John Ratzenburger and Sarah Vowell. In follows Sunset Shimmer, where she finds a mysterious figure named Twilight, and when the Friendship Games come around, its up for her to win the games.

Adamson conceived the film's original concept in 1997. The film, as well as its main setting, was named after a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae. Some of the Pixar Animation staff visited the 2000 Olympic games for inspiration. Wondercolts and its art style were also influenced by animated films by Pixar. Harry Gregson-Williams composed the film's score.

Wondercolts premiered at Disneyland Resort during it's 50th Anniversary at Anaheim, California on May 27, 2005  and was theatrically released in the United States on June 17, 2005 to critical and commercial success, grossing $947 million worldwide against a budget of $120 million, becoming the highest grossing animated film of 2005, as well as the highest-grossing film of 2005 worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time until it was surpassed by Computeropolis 2, in November 2007, and getting extremely positive reviews.

Wondercolts won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song ("Right There in Front of Me"),(with nominations for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing), the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, five Annie Awards (including Best Animated Feature), two Saturn Awards for Best Animated Film and Best Song ("Right There in Front of Me"), and two Critics' Choice Awards for Best Animated Film and Best Original Song ("Right There in Front of Me").

The film was later released on DVD and VHS on November 15, 2005, and on Blu-ray on November 6, 2007. The film was accompanied by the short Mark's Dream for its theatrical and home media releases. A sequel, Wondercolts 2, is set for release on May 29, 2020.