Blue's Clues (film)

Blue and the Lost Puppy of Paw is a 2020 American teen romance comedy film produced by Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Paramount animation

Cast

 * Steve Burns as Steve
 * Donovan Patton as Joe
 * Neve Campbell as Wynonna
 * Amanda Seyfried as Sam
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Tyrese
 * Jenny Slate as Miranda
 * Jennifer Love Hewitt as Marlee
 * Julie Andrews as Steve's Grandmother

Voice Cast

 * Traci Page Johnson as Blue
 * Tom Hanks as Mailbox
 * Keith Wickham as Mr. Salt
 * April Winchell as Mrs. Pepper
 * Tara Strong as Paprika
 * Teresa Gallagher as Tickety Tock
 * Matt Wilkinson as Slippery Soap
 * Steven Kynman as Shovel
 * Kate Harbour as Pail
 * Lacey Chabert as Sidetable Drawer
 * Koyalee Chanda as Magenta
 * Joe Mills as Periwinkle
 * Lara Jill Miller as Cinnamon
 * Nancy Cartwright and Ben Small as a Variety of Felt Friends
 * Adam Peltzman as Green Puppy
 * Daveigh Chase as Orange Kitten
 * John Hasler as Purple Kangaroo
 * Tom Kenny as Plum
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Rabbit
 * Mal Heap as Green Kangaroo
 * Michael J. Gough as Gopher (Blue's Clues)
 * Kerry Shale as Spatula
 * Rupert Degas as Bowl
 * Candi Milo as Miss Marigold
 * Jennifer Hale as Dr. Stork
 * Eddie Redmayne as Baby Bear
 * Alec Baldwin as Papa Bear
 * Veronica Taylor as Mama Bear
 * Nigel Pilkington as Gingerbread Boy
 * Cathy Cavadini as Gingerbread Girl
 * Diedrich Bader as Duck
 * Tress MacNeille as Giraffe
 * Julie Nathanson and Eden Sher as Jane and Carly
 * Jim Cummings as Mr. Oil
 * Kath Soucie as Mrs. Vinger
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Pink Snail

Development
A year prior to the film's release, Germain Lussier of io9 spoke on the approach Marvel might have to take in marketing the film, given the end of Infinity War, which sees many established characters die. He questioned if those characters would appear on posters and in toy campaigns and if the actors portraying them would participate in press events leading up to the film's release. Lussier felt Disney and Marvel could focus on the original Avengers team members, who make up the majority of the living characters, but noted it would be more beneficial to show the return of the dead characters, which would "build a mystery and curiosity about how they come back. It could create a whole new level of interest about the film while having all the stars front and center, as they should be".[123]

In June 2018, Feige spoke to this, stating that these dead characters would not be featured in any marketing for the film, though the decision regarding that could change.[124] He presented a behind-the-scenes video from the film at CineEurope,[125][126] and said that the official marketing campaign for the film would begin at the end of 2018 with the announcement of the film's title then.[127] In early December 2018, ahead of the first trailer's release, Graeme McMillan of The Hollywood Reporter spoke to the "fevered anticipation" surrounding it. McMillan felt what was so remarkable about the anticipation, was that it was mostly "fan-created, without noticeable direction from Marvel or the filmmakers involved" and that the amount of knowledge surrounding the film without any type of promotion was "a kind of brand awareness that most studios would kill for". Because of this, McMillan urged Marvel not to release any trailers for the film since "the advanced level of enthusiasm that's already out there for the movie... is only likely to build as it gets closer to" the film's release. That said, he added that the eventual release of the trailer would take away the "Schrödinger's cat-esque position... it currently enjoys" as it was "almost guaranteed to disappoint fans, who have by this point built up their own personal trailers filled with whatever moments are essential to their enjoyment of a good teaser".[128]

The first trailer for the film was released on December 7, 2018.[129] Dustin Sandoval, vice president of digital marketing for Marvel Studios, stated the marketing team "actively made the choice not to include the title or hashtag of the movie in our trailer posts so fans could see it at the end reveal without it being spoiled".[130] Richard Newby, also of The Hollywood Reporter felt, while not much new was revealed in the trailer, it "offers a somber glimpse of a universe made unrecognizable" and lets the viewer "sit, rightfully so, with the ending of Avengers: Infinity War and our questions of loss". Newby also noted how the trailer "calls back to beginnings of the MCU... [as] the visual language used in the trailer does a great service by highlighting these characters' humble beginnings", and concluded it leaves viewers with "just as many questions as we had before".[129] Austen Goslin of Polygon pointed out that the title not only references a line Doctor Strange tells Tony Stark in Infinity War, but also a line spoken by Stark in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Goslin, who felt this was "probably [not] an accident", said, "The scene surrounding this line in Age of Ultron is one of the most important ones in the movie. Things look dark, and the group of heroes face an enemy they don't think they can defeat." As such, the Endgame trailer "mirrors this perfectly" and "shows us that the Avengers' two most prominent characters are who they've always been: Iron Man, a pessimist who keeps fighting no matter how hopeless things look, and Captain America, an optimist who believes that nothing is hopeless when the world's heroes fight together".[131] The trailer was viewed 289 million times in its first 24 hours, becoming the most viewed trailer in that time period, surpassing the record of Avengers: Infinity War (230 million views). The trailer also set a record for Twitter conversation for a film trailer in the first 24 hours generating 549,000 mentions.[132] By January 3, 2019, BoxOffice revealed their "Trailer Impact" metric service indicated approximately 77–78% of people surveyed who viewed the Endgame trailer in the past three weeks expressed interest in seeing the film. In the three weeks it was measured by "Trailer Impact", it was number one for all, and had the top two percent of respondents express interest in seeing the film since the service's introduction in March 2018.[133]