A Long Time Ago: In A Studio Far Away - Celebrating 10 Years

A Long Time Ago: In A Studio Far Away - Celebrating 10 Years (Spanish: Hace mucho tiempo: en un estudio muy lejano: celebrando 10 años) is an upcoming Mexican live-action/animated short film produced by Little Witch Pictures in celebration of Little Witch's 10th anniversary. written and directed by Zack and Nickol Isaac, it released by Universal Pictures on October 18, 2024 and released by Sony Pictures Releasing under Columbia Pictures distribution on June 17, 2027. In the film, Little Witch characters come to life from pictures hanging on the walls of the Fe Victoriosa building following the end of a usual work day. The short's art style combines traditional/hand-drawn, CGI/computer animation, stop-motion/claymation, puppetry and live-action, and features characters from almost all of the studio's works made up to that point, including all feature films, television series and short films.

Premise
A long time ago, in a studio far, far away, Taking place on October 18, 2024 turned 7 years ago, June 29, 2025 turned 8 years ago to June 18, 2026 turned 9 years ago when Little Witch Pictures turned 10 years old in June 17, 2027, an all-star ensemble of beloved characters from Little Witch Pictures assembles to take a group photo in honor of Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures' 10th anniversary—making for a joyful, entertaining, and emotional reunion. Featuring characters from more than live action and animated full-length motion pictures and television series, Little Witch Pictures welcomes heroes and villains, in all-new hand-drawn, live-action and computer animation—to celebrate 10 years of dream-working. the studio's feature films and shorts up onto the studio's upcoming films, Kung Fu Wa!: The Movie, True and the Rainbow Kingdom and Trulli Tales: The Movie.

Live-action cast

 * Zack Isaac as himself

Animated/Voice cast
Also appearing are Abigail Cohen/Rain Girl, Jorge Calderón/Tornado, Professor Jeanne Claudie Despreaux, Température, Pingu, Salvador the grocer, Serena the landlady, Sebastián the owner, Leo from FriendZSpace, Rosa from The Tish Tash Movie, Pola from The Tish Tash Movie, Gossip Boy from Kung Fu Wa!, Hiro Hao, Pyoro, Coco, Laika, Pongo, Wooduuuuuuuuu, Principal Gilmore, BotDog, Plum, Isloretia, Rodrigo Luna/Blue Screw, Laura Iglesias/Daughter Nature, Ofelia López/Wolf Woman, El Wero, the Donkey King, Alloy Boy, Melira, True, Bartleby, Grizelda, Zee, the Rainbow King, Ring, Zip, Stella, Sun, Miss Frisella, Copperpot, Diana Cavendish, Ursula Callistis, Croix Meridies, Hannah England, Barbara Parker, Amanda O'Neill, Tee Zeng's mom, Dr. Umbra, Michael Gadot, Irit Gadot, Ido "Hamburger" Golan, Eyal Mosseri, Panty, Stocking, Garterbelt, Chuck, Brief, Scanty, Kneesocks, Corey, Jeffy, Tobby, Umbrae, Lani Kiawekalani, Jim Li, Gamma, Pancho the hotdog ladybug, Salma, Bruno, Borola Burrón, Regino Burrón, Macuca Burrón, Moses the god of Judaism, and last but not least is Jesus of Nazareth the god of Christianity.
 * Zack Isaac as the voice of the bad cat Serafín
 * Luisito Comunica as the voice of Antonio Lagos/Kickman (from Guardians)
 * Rosalie Chiang as the voice of Tee Zeng (from Kung Fu Wa!: The Movie)
 * Sacha Baron Cohen as the voice of Manipulance (from Kung Fu Wa!: The Movie)
 * Charlyne Yi as the voice of Pibby (from Learning with Pibby: The Movie)
 * Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato as the voices of Tish and Tash (from The Tish Tash Movie)
 * Harvey Guillén as the voice of Bobby (from The Tish Tash Movie)
 * Ariana Grande as the voice of Atsuko Kagari (from Little Witch Academia: The Movie)
 * Jennette McCurdy as the voice of Lotte Jansson (from Little Witch Academia: The Movie)
 * Victoria Justice as the voice of Sucy Manbavaran (from Little Witch Academia: The Movie)
 * Sarah Silverman as the voice of Little Gal Gadot (from Little Gadot: Tales of Kung Fu Wa!)
 * Chloe Bennet as the voice of Mei Yang/Snowflake Girl (from Weather Heroes: Tales of Kung Fu Wa!)
 * Chris Pratt as the voice of Kevin Shock/Electroboy (from Weather Heroes: Tales of Kung Fu Wa!)
 * Charlie Day as the voice of George Swift/Element Hero (from Weather Heroes: Tales of Kung Fu Wa!)
 * Anya Taylor-Joy as the voice of Mirabel Rivera/Cloudy Girl (from Weather Heroes: Tales of Kung Fu Wa!)
 * Ava Morse as the voice of Min (from Kung Fu Wa!: The Movie)
 * Axel Kuschevatzky as the voice of Rodolfo (from KaijuMania)
 * Margot Robbie as the voice of Alice (from FriendZSpace)
 * Daisy Ridley as the voice of Kim (from FriendZSpace)
 * Chiwetel Ejiofor as the voice of Leo (from FriendZSpace)
 * Eugenio Derbez as the voice of the rat Héctor (from Bad Cat Serafín)
 * Facundo as the voice of the seagull Leopoldo (from Bad Cat Serafín)
 * Omar Chaparro as the voice of the kitten Tito (from ''Bad Cat Serafín)
 * Gabriel Bateman as the voice of BunBun (from Learning with Pibby: The Movie)
 * Alan Estrada as the voice of the cartoonist (from Bad Cat Serafín)
 * Ale Müller as the voice of Mariana (from Bad Cat Serafín)

Production
It was created spontaneously in preparation for Little Witch Pictures's 10th anniversary.

Music
Amado López and Javier Calderón composed the score for the short film with the studio following Marcianos vs. Mexicanos, which was composed so that it would feel reminiscent of each character's debut appearance. The features John Williams composed the musical scores "Main Title", "Flying Theme", "Amblin Entertainment fanfare (1984)" and "A New Hope/Finale" from Star Wars (1977) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), the song for "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas was sung by the cast.

Songs

 * "Main Title" (composed by John Williams)
 * "A New Hope/Finale" (composed by John Williams)
 * * "I Gotta Feeling" (music by The Black Eyed Peas)
 * "Flying Theme" (composed by John Williams)

Universal Pictures

 * "Amblin Entertainment fanfare" (composed by John Williams)

Paramount Pictures

 * "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme"
 * "Shell Rock" (music by Gym Class Heroes)

Columbia Pictures

 * "Sunflower" (music by Post Malone and Swae Lee)
 * "I See Love" (music by Joe Jonas)

Release
It was released on October 18, 2024 with True and the Rainbow Kingdom. Little Witch Pictures' 10th Anniversary Celebration released on June 29, 2025 with The Cat in the Hat, released on June 18, 2026 on the untitled third PAW Patrol film. and released on June 17, 2027 with Trulli Tales: The Movie.

Marketing
The official trailer was released on September 23, 2023.