Pingu: The Movie (2018 film)

Pingu: The Movie (also known in other territories as Pingu's Big City Adventure) is a 2018 American-British-Swiss film based on the children's comedy television show, Pingu. It is the first Pingu production to be made since the 2009 BBC Children in Need music video. The film is produced by DreamWorks Animation and Animal Logic and distributed by Universal Pictures, making the first DreamWorks animated film distributed by Universal after their purchase by the company in 2016.

Synopsis
Pingu and his family are about to move into the big city and Pingu is not ready for the changes in his life. But with the help of friends both old and new, Pingu will find a way to embrace his new life in Penguin City.

Plot
[Will be worked on when the film is done]

Cast

 * David Sant as Pingu, Father, Robby, Pingo, Pingg, Pingj, Additional Voices.
 * Marcello Magni as Mother, Pingi, Pinga, Additional Voices.

Production
This movie's production was announced in 2006 by Nick Herbert and DreamWorks Animation before the last episode Pingu and the Abominable Snowman was aired, with many dates planned, the first one being July 2008 but it was pushed to 2010, and then December 2012, but their deal with TCF caused the movie to be pushed to 2017, and then their purchase by Universal caused the movie to be pushed a year later.

The sets and backgrounds were designed by Steve Odekerk, the founder of O Entertainment. The animation was animated by Animal Logic, the Australian animation and visual effects digital studio that made The LEGO Movie and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, mixing CGI and Stop-Motion, making it DreamWorks' first stop motion animated film since 2006's Flushed Away and their first stop motion film not to be animated by Aardman Animation.

The cast from the 5th & 6th seasons reprised their roles for the movie

Box office
The film grossed $76,197,737 in the United States and Canada, and $194,662,662 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $270,860,399, on a budget of $40 - $55 million.

In the UK, the film only grossed £67,000,000.

Critical Response
This movie received positive reviews, with Rotten tomatoes giving this film a 79% based on 110 reviews.

Songs
The film features a song in the end credits called Believe it or Not by Joey Scarbury, which was a theme song from the 1980s superhero comedy-drama, The Greatest American Hero.

Trivia

 * This is the first theatrical Pingu movie ever made.
 * This film takes place in between the original Pingu series and its follow-up series, Pingu In The City.

Credits
See Pingu (2018 Movie)/Credits

Deleted Scenes
See Pingu (2018 Movie)/Deleted Scenes

Bloopers
See Pingu (2018 Movie)/Bloopers