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 And John Napier

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 the Steam Engine
 * Saoirse Ronan as Pearl the Observation Car
 * Ray Shell as Poppa McCoy the Old Steamer And the Starlight Express
 * Christine Baranski as Momma McCoy the Old Steamer
 * Michael Quinn as Greaseball the Diesel Engine
 * John Partridge as Electra the Electric Engine
 * Jennifer Lawrence as Dinah the Dining Car
 * Rebel Wilson as Ashley the Smoking Car
 * Mackenzie Foy as Buffy the Buffet Car
 * Kelsey Cobban as Duvay the Sleeping Car
 * Rochelle Sherona as Tassita the Bar Car
 * Veronika Hammer as Carrie the Luggage Van
 * Samantha Lane as Belle the Sleeping Car
 * Gavin Ashbarry as Dustin the Big Aggregate Hopper
 * Toby Kebbel as Caboose the Brake Truck
 * Tom Cruise as Prince of Wales the British Engine/Gang
 * Robert Sheehan as Brexit the British Engine/Gang
 * David Thewlis as Bobo the French Engine/Gang
 * Whitney Martins As Coco the French Engine/Gang
 * Matthew Broderick as Espresso the Italian Engine/Gang
 * Anthony Hughes as Pendelino the Italian Engine/Gang
 * Ben Mendelsohn as Ruhrgold the German Engine/Gang
 * Kristian Jacobs as Weltschaft the German Engine/Gang
 * Nick Bower as Vladimir the Russian Engine/Gang
 * Tyler Perry as Turnov the Russian Engine/Gang
 * Hiroshi Watari as Hashimoto the Japanese Engine/Gang
 * Brian Tee as Nintendo the Japanese Engine/Gang
 * Cyrus Brandon as Hip Hopper 1
 * Lex Milczarek as Hip Hopper 2
 * Lauren Hearnden Mayer as Hip Hopper 3
 * Andrew Garfield as Flat-Top the Brick Truck
 * Daniel Craig as Krupp the Armaments Truck
 * Huon Mackley as Killerwatt the Security Truck
 * Sylvester Stallone as Purse the Money Truck
 * Dawn Leigh Woods as Volta the Freezer Truck
 * Halimah Kyrgios as Wrench the Repair Truck
 * Amy Barker as Joule the Dynamite Truck
 * Tom Hardy And Martin Neely And Jared Lee as Greaseball's Gang
 * Matt King as Marshals
 * Joey Egan as Trax
 * Max Charles 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 (Greaseball poster)
 * The engine of the future (Electra poster)
 * The race begins this Christmas.