My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)

Synopsis

In order to stop a threat to the land of Equestria, Twilight Sparkle and her friends – Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Spike – embark on a journey beyond their home, meeting new friends and overcoming challenges in the process.

Cast

Character's name	Voiced by	Singing voiced by
Twilight Sparkle	Tara Strong	Rebecca Shoichet
Pinkie Pie	Andrea Libman	Shannon Chan-Kent
Rainbow Dash	Ashleigh Ball	Ashleigh Ball
Applejack	Ashleigh Ball	Ashleigh Ball
Fluttershy	Andrea Libman	Andrea Libman
Rarity	Tabitha Germain	Kazumi Evans
Spike	Cathy Weseluck
Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist	Emily Blunt
Grubber	Michael Peña
The Storm King	Liev Schreiber
Capper	Taye Diggs
Captain Celaeno	Zoe Saldana
Princess Skystar	Kristin Chenoweth
Queen Novo	Uzo Aduba
Songbird Serenade	Sia
Princess Celestia	Nicole Oliver
Princess Luna	Tabitha Germai
Princess Cadance	Britt McKillip
Big McIntosh	Peter New
Apple Bloom	Michelle Creber
Party Favor	Sam Vincent
Bulk Biceps	Michael Dobson

In Other Languages

Language	Title
Japanese	映画マイリトルポニープリンセスの大冒険
Korean	마이 리틀 포니: 더 무비

Production timeline

October 20, 2014: Very early development film dates back here, when at that time, there were already other films in development set later for release after it, such as a How the Grinch Stole Christmas remake, Incredibles 2, and canceled films Gigantic and Anubis.
November 17, 2015: My Little Pony: The Movie was set for release on November 3, 2017.
April 27, 2016: The movie's release date was moved up to October 6, 2017.
July 29, 2017: The film is 100% complete as of this date.

Release timeline

Format	Country of origin	Date
Teaser trailer	Worldwide	April 6, 2017
Theatrical trailer #1	Worldwide	June 28, 2017
Theatrical trailer #2	Worldwide	September 12, 2017
Original theatrical	Brazil	October 5, 2017
Original theatrical	Latin America	October 5–6, 2017
Original theatrical	USA Taiwan	October 6, 2017
Original theatrical	Thailand	October 12, 2017
Original theatrical	UK	October 20, 2017
Digital HD	USA	December 19, 2017
Blu-ray Disc/DVD	USA	January 9, 2018
Digital HD	South Korea	May 17, 2018*
DVD	Japan	December 5, 2018*

(*) In these countries, the film was not seen in theaters; instead, they were released directly to this format.

Television broadcasts

In June 2018, premium service Epix picked up broadcasting rights for the film, and since then, has aired it on itself and on sister channels Epix 2 and Epix Hits. It stayed on those channels for almost 2 years, before moving to Universal Kids, after The Star, Coco, and Ferdinand all moved to basic cable networks like FX, Disney Channel, and Freeform, the latter two channels also later airing My Little Pony: The Movie as well, on June 24 and September 27, 2020, respectively.

Home video release

Special features included with every copy of My Little Pony: The Movie include the following:

A deleted scene
An Equestria Girls short film
"Baking with Pinkie Pie" Featurette
"Making Magic with the Mane 6 and Their New Friends" Featurette
"The Journey Beyond Equestria" Featurette
"I'm the Friend You Need" Music Video (Sung by Taye Diggs)
"Hanazuki: Full of Treasures" short film

These extras were first unveiled on November 14, 2017.

The film itself contains DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 sound on the Blu-ray Disc version, while in the DVD, it is downgraded to Dolby Digital 5.1 (which is also used for the Spanish dub). There are subtitles in English and Spanish (and Portuguese in the Digital HD copy).

In Japanese copies of the DVD, the Equestria Girls short film, the music video and two of the featurettes are absent, and the official trailer is added in. All are presented in English with Japanese subtitles, except for the trailer. The film is presented in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio (cropped from its original 2.35:1), and has two audio tracks (English Dolby Digital 5.1 and Japanese Dolby Surround), with optional Japanese subtitles.

Websites

http://www.mylittlepony.movie (May 22, 2017–present)

Trivia

The Mane Six in order of most to least frequent appearance time in the movie: Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and finally, Fluttershy.
Spike appears in the movie more frequently than Fluttershy but less than Rarity.

Gallery

Videos

Trailers for My Little Pony: The Movie
My Little Pony The Movie (2017) BIG Announcement! – Emily Blunt, Sia, Zoe Saldana The teaser trailer for My Little Pony: The Movie, as seen on Smurfs: The Lost Village and Season 6 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic with bonus features. It would've instead appeared on Ferdinand, however, had that film not been pushed back from April 7, 2017.	My Little Pony The Movie (2017) Official Trailer – Emily Blunt, Sia, Zoe Saldana – In Theaters 10 6 The first official trailer for My Little Pony: The Movie, as seen on Cars 3 (starting on June 30), Despicable Me 3, The Emoji Movie and Season 7 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Ferdinand also would've had it if it had been released on July 21, 2017.	My Little Pony The Movie - 'Ponies Got the Beat' Official Trailer 2 🦄 The final trailer for My Little Pony: The Movie, as seen on The Lego Ninjago Movie.
Trailers attached to this film
Coco - Official US "Find Your Voice" Trailer Coco	THE STAR - Official Trailer The Star	Ferdinand Trailer HD 20th Century FOX Ferdinand

Rankings

Rank of worldwide release
Rank of release on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD

Movies
Pre-1980	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • The Wizard of Oz (1939) • Pinocchio (1940) • Fantasia (1940) • Dumbo (1941) • Bambi (1942) • Cinderella (1950) • Alice in Wonderland (1951) • Peter Pan (1953) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • 101 Dalmatians (1961) • The Sword in the Stone (1963) • Mary Poppins (1964) • The Jungle Book (1967) • The Aristocats (1970) • Robin Hood (1973) • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) • The Rescuers (1977)
1980s	The Fox and the Hound (1981) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) • The Black Cauldron (1985) • My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) • The Great Mouse Detective (1986) • Castle in the Sky (1986) • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) • Oliver & Company (1988) • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) • The Little Mermaid (1989)
1990s	The Rescuers Down Under (1990) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • Toy Story (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • 101 Dalmatians (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Mulan (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Tarzan (1999) • Toy Story 2 (1999)
2000–2002	Fantasia 2000 (2000) • Dinosaur (2000) • How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) • The Emperor's New Groove (2000) • Shrek (2001) • Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) • Spirited Away (2001) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) • Ice Age (2002) • Lilo & Stitch (2002)
2002–2004	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Treasure Planet (2002) • Finding Nemo (2003) • Brother Bear (2003) • The Cat in the Hat (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • Home on the Range (2004) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) • The Incredibles (2004) • Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
2005–2007	Robots (2005) • Chicken Little (2005) • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) • Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) • Cars (2006) • Open Season (2006) • Meet the Robinsons (2007) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Surf's Up (2007) • Ratatouille (2007) • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) • Enchanted (2007)
2008–2010	Horton Hears a Who! (2008) • WALL-E (2008) • Ponyo (2008) • Bolt (2008) • Up (2009) • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • The Princess and the Frog (2009) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Despicable Me (2010)
2010–2012	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) • Tangled (2010) • Hop (2011) • Rio (2011) • Winnie the Pooh (2011) • Cars 2 (2011) • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) • The Smurfs (2011) • Arthur Christmas (2011) • The Lorax (2012) • The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) • Brave (2012) • Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
2013–2015	Epic (2013) • Monsters University (2013) • Despicable Me 2 (2013) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Frozen (2013) • The Lego Movie (2014) • Rio 2 (2014) • Big Hero 6 (2014) • Inside Out (2015) • Minions (2015) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • The Peanuts Movie (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015)
2016–2017	Zootopia (2016) • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • The Secret Life of Pets (2016) • Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) • Storks (2016) • Moana (2016) • Sing (2016) • Monster Trucks (2016/2017) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • Cars 3 (2017) • Despicable Me 3 (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Coco (2017) • Ferdinand (2017)
2018–2019	Sherlock Gnomes (2018) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Smallfoot (2018) • The Grinch (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Wonder Park (2019) • The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) • Frozen II (2019)

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Characters	Main	Twilight Sparkle • Applejack • Fluttershy • Pinkie Pie • Rainbow Dash • Rarity • Spike
	Secondary	Princess Celestia • Princess Luna • Apple Bloom • Scootaloo • Sweetie Belle • Starlight Glimmer • Big McIntosh • Discord • Princess Cadance • Shining Armor • Sunset Shimmer
	Guest	Cheese Sandwich • Maud Pie • Zephyr Breeze
Episodes		Season 1 (2010-2011) • Season 2 (2011-2012) • Season 3 (2012-2013) • Season 4 (2013-2014) • Season 5 (2015) • Season 6 (2016) • Season 7 (2017) • Season 8 (2018) • Best Gift Ever (2018) • Pre-Season 9 Animated Shorts (2018-2019) • Season 9 (2019) • Rainbow Roadtrip (2019)
Home media	Volume DVDs	The Friendship Express (2012) • Royal Pony Wedding (2012) • Adventures in the Crystal Empire (2012) • Pinkie Pie Party (2013) • Princess Twilight Sparkle (2013) • A Pony for Every Season (2013) • A Dash of Awesome (2014) • The Keys of Friendship (2014) • Spooktacular Pony Tales (2014) • Adventures of the Cutie Mark Crusaders (2015) • Cutie Mark Quests (2015) • Games Ponies Play (2015) • Winter Vacation Double Feature (2015) • Friends Across Equestria (2016) • Friends and Family (2016) • Soarin' Over Equestria (2016) • Everypony's Favorite Frights (2016) • Exploring the Crystal Empire (2017) • Twilight and Starlight (2017) • Fluttershy (2017) • Holiday Hearts (2017) • Spring into Friendship (2018) • Applejack (2018) • Rarity (2018) • Pony Trick or Treat (2018) • Hearts and Hooves (2019)
Home media	Season boxset DVDs	Season 1 (2012) • Season 2 (2013) • Season 3 (2014) • Season 4 (2014) • Season 5 (2016) • Season 6 (2017) • Season 7 (2018)
Equestria Girls		My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013) • Rainbow Rocks (2014) • Friendship Games (2015) • Legend of Everfree (2016) • Magical Movie Night (2017) • Equestria Girls (2017-2019) • Forgotten Friendship (2018) • Rollercoaster of Friendship (2018) • Spring Breakdown (2019) • Sunset's Backstage Pass (2019) • Holidays Unwrapped (2019)
Movies		My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
Albums		Friendship is Magic: Songs of Friendship and Magic (2013) • Songs of Ponyville (2014) • Songs of Harmony (2015) • It's a Pony Kind of Christmas (2015/2016) • Pinkie Pie's Party Playlist (2016) • My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) • My Little Pony: The Movie (score) (2018) Equestria Girls: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2014) • Rainbow Rocks (2014) • Friendship Games (2015) • Legend of Everfree (2016)
Books	Chapter books	Main series: Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell (2013) • Pinkie Pie and the Rockin' Ponypalooza Party! (2013) • Rainbow Dash and the Daring Do Double Dare (2014) • Rarity and the Curious Case of Charity (2014) • Applejack and the Honest-to-Goodness Switcheroo (2014) • Fluttershy and the Fine Furry Friends Fair (2015) • Discord and the Ponyville Players Dramarama (2015) • Lyra and Bon Bon and the Mares from S.M.I.L.E. (2016) • Starlight Glimmer and the Secret Suite (2016) • Trixie and the Razzle-Dazzle Ruse (2017) Princess Collection: Princess Celestia and the Summer of Royal Waves (2015) • Princess Luna and the Festival of the Winter Moon (2015) • Princess Cadance and the Spring Hearts Garden (2016) • Princess Twilight Sparkle and the Forgotten Books of Autumn (2016) Equestria Girls: Through the Mirror (2013) • Rainbow Rocks (2014) • The Mane Event (2014) • Sunset Shimmer's Time to Shine (2015) • Friendship Games (2015) • Twilight's Sparkly Sleepover Surprise (2016) • Legend of Everfree (2016) • Magic, Magic Everywhere! (2017) • A Friendship to Remember (2017)
Books	Other	The Elements of Harmony: My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: The Official Guidebook: Vol. 1 (2013) • Vol. 2 (2017)
Apps		My Little Pony: The Video Game