Starlight Express live action-animated film

Starlight Express is a live action-animated film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical of the same name.

Plot
A set of toy trains come to life, ruled by a being simply known as "Control". When Control announces a race between the freight trains to see who is "the fastest in the world", young steam engine Rusty joins the race, in the hopes of impressing his crush, a first-class carriage named Pearl. As he faces great odds competing against modern engines, including current champion Greaseball, Rusty learns that the legend of the mythical Starlight Express may hold the strength he needs to win the championship.

Credits
Universal Pictures and Disney present

An Original Film and Bad Hat Harry production

In association with the Really Useful Group and Perfect World Pictures

A WingNut Films and PlayTone production

A film by Rob Marshall

"STARLIGHT EXPRESS"

Casting by Don Zimmerman

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alistair Lloyd Webber

Music producer Mike Higham

Costume designer Colleen Atwood

Edited by Martin Walsh

Director of photography Russel Carpenter

Production designer Robert Stromberg

Executive producer Christian Rivers, Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks

Produced by Neal H Mortiz, Gary Goetzman, Peter Jackson and Bryan Singer

Written by Christopher McQuarrie, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Rob Marshall

Directed by Rob Marshall

Cast
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 * Freddie Highmore as Rusty McCoy
 * Saoirse Ronan as Pearl the Observation Car
 * Christine Baranski as Momma McCoy
 * Tom Cruise as Greaseball
 * Daniel Craig as Electra
 * Jennifer Lawrence as Dinah the Dining Car
 * Rebel Wilson as Ashley the Smoking Car
 * Mackenzie Foy as Buffy the Buffet Car
 * Matthew Broderick as Dustin the Big Aggregate Hopper
 * Toby Kebbel as CB the Red Caboose
 * Robert Sheehan as Brexit
 * David Thewlis as Coco 1 and 2
 * Ben Mendelsohn as Rhinegold 1 and 2
 * Tom Hardy as Vladimir 1 and 2
 * Brian Tee as Manga 1 and 2
 * Sylvester Stallone as Rocky 1, 2, 3 and 4
 * Andrew Garfield as Flat-Top the Brick Truck
 * Tyler Perry as the Starlight Express
 * TBA as Control

Taglines

 * From the director of Into the Woods and Mary Poppins Returns, and the producers of the Fast and the Furious, X-Men and Mortal Engines.
 * Based on the worldwide smash musical.
 * The second coming of steam power (Rusty poster)
 * The fastest thing you'll ever see (Greadeball poster)
 * The engine of the future (Electra poster)
 * The race begins this Christmas.