The Alvin Movie

The Alvin Movie is a 2018 traditionally-animated musical comedy-adventure film written by Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., Doug Langdale, Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver, Jon Vitti, John Swartzwelder and directed by Rich Arons. The film is produced by Paramount Feature Animation and Amblin Entertainment. The film is distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was based off the 1961 series, The Alvin Show, the first TV incarnation of Alvin and the Chipmunks, produced originally by the now-defunct Herbert Klynn's Format Films.

Synopsis
Dave and the Chipmunks go off on a trip to New York City to rehearse for their list of new songs and perform them opening night on-stage.

Voice cast

 * Ross Bagdasarian Jr. - Alvin Seville, Simon Seville, Dave Seville
 * Janice Karman - Theodore Seville
 * Linda Cardellini - Daisy Belle
 * Brian Cummings - Clyde Crashcup
 * Tress MacNeille - Mrs. Frumpington
 * Frank Welker - Stanley the Eagle

Development
After the successfull Alvin and the Chipmunks live-action films, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. decided to make an all-animated film based on his father's characters. The Alvin Show was the Alvin and the Chipmunks first animated incarnation which came around in 1961 on CBS, and Bagdasarian decided to make a film based on the 60s' animated series. Several animators, such as Rich Arons, came around to work on the movie and tried to make it the same as the original 60s' incarnation.

A team of writers were called in to help as well.

Animation
Rich Arons was the main animation director and timing supervisor. He hired away many former Disney animators to work on the movie. The result was full traditional 2-D high-quality hand-drawn Disney-like animation. It really lacked the usual limited animation style used in the original Alvin Show, because of its lavish budget.

Reception
The Alvin Movie had received mixed-to-positive reviews.

Trivia

 * This was the first film not to be distributed by Nickelodeon Movies.