Synopsis[]
Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Sing stars Buster Moon (Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey), a dapper Koala who presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal optimistokay, maybe a bit of a scoundrelwho loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now facing the crumbling of his life's ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world's greatest singing competition.
Five lead contestants emerge: A mouse (Seth MacFarlane) who croons as smoothly as he cons, a timid teenage elephant (Tori Kelly) with an enormous case of stage fright, an overtaxed mother (Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon) run ragged tending a litter of 25 piglets, a young gangster gorilla (Taron Egerton) looking to break free of his family's felonies, and a punk-rock porcupine (Scarlett Johansson) struggling to shed her arrogant boyfriend and go solo. Each animal arrives under Buster's marquee believing that this is their shot to change the course of their life.
Cast[]
- Matthew McConaughey as Buster Moon, an optimistic koala who plans to save his theater from closure by holding a singing competition.
- Reese Witherspoon as Rosita, a domestic pig who gave up her teenage music dreams to become a devoted wife of Norman and mother to 25 piglets.
- Seth MacFarlane as Mike, a small white crooning mouse with a big Frank Sinatra-esque voice and an arrogant attitude.
- Scarlett Johansson as Ash, a crested porcupine punk rocker who takes part in an alternative-rock music group with her boyfriend Lance until she rejects him for cheating on her with another crested porcupine.
- John C. Reilly as Eddie Noodleman, a Suffolk sheep and Buster's partner who doubts the future of the theater.
- Tori Kelly as Meena, a teenage elephant with an exquisite voice and severe stage fright.
- Taron Egerton as Johnny, a Cockney-accented mountain gorilla who wants to sing, but his father wants him to follow his criminal footsteps.
- Nick Kroll as Gunter, a domestic pig and Rosita's German-accented, optimistic and bubbly dance partner.
- Nick Offerman as Norman, a domestic pig and Rosita's husband.
- Garth Jennings as Karen Crawly, an elderly green iguana who is Buster's assistant and offers Johnny piano lessons.
- Matt Stone as Bill
- Peter Serafinowicz as Big Daddy, Johnny's gang leader father who wants him to follow in his business of crime.
- Beck Bennett as Lance, a crested porcupine and Ash's rejected boyfriend.
- Leslie Jones as Meena's mother
- Jay Pharoah as Narrator
- Mel Brooks as Nana's father
- Jennifer Saunders as Nana Noodleman, a Suffolk sheep and Eddie's grandmother who was a former singer in her glory days.
- Jennifer Hudson as Young Nana Noodleman.
- Rhea Perlman as Judith, a brown Llama from the bank who warns Buster that his theater will be repossessed if he doesn't pay.
- Alan Tudyk as Rhino Cops
- Danielle Busby as Louisiana
- Jack Huston as Ian
- Grey Griffin, April Winchell & Erin Fitzgerald as Bunny Girls
- Alan Oppenheimer as Meena's grandfather
- Rosanne Barr as Meena's Grandmother.
- Brad Morris as a Baboon, whom Mike attacks for not donating more money to his street performances.
- Corey Burton as Bob, a news reporter dog who documents Buster's singing competition.
- Jim Cummings as The bears
- Terry Crews as Joel
- Chloe Grace Moretz as Herself
- Demetri Martin as Ben
- Billy West as Blake
- Adam Buxton as Stan, a gorilla who is a member of Big Daddy's gang.
- Blayke Busby, Claire Ryann Busby, Oscar Jennings, Leo Jennings, Caspar Jennings, and Asa Jennings as Rosita & Norman's children.
Additional voices[]
- Carlos Alazraqui
- Wes Anderson - Daniel
- David Arnott
- Mona Marshall
- Keith Ferguson
- Bob Bergen
- David Kaye
- Doug Burch
- Britt Burton
- Catherine Cavadini
- John Cygan
- Jan Rabson
- Quinton Flynn
- Chrishopher Ragland
- Roger Craig Smith
- Erin Fitzgerald
- Ashly Burch
- Brock Baker
- Oscar Camacho
- Ben Diskin
- Tom Kenny
- Pat Fraley
- Cam Clarke
- Fred Tatasciore
- John Kassir
- Townsend Coleman
- Rob Paulsen
- Rodger Bumpass
- Mikey Kelley
- Abby Craden
- John DeMita
- Marisa De Silva
- Willow Geer
- Ian James Corlett
- Tara Sands
- Jeff Bennett
- Troy Baker
- Corey Burton
- Jess Harnell
- Barbara Harris
- Trevor Devall
- Jessica Rau
- Chris Renaud - Kip Casey
- Jessica Rotter
- Tara Strong - Becky, Nancy
- Andrew Walton
- Edgar Wright - Goat
In Other Languages[]
Production timeline[]
- January 15, 2014: Illumination's seventh film began development on this date, announced to be about "courage, competition and carrying a tune."
- January 14, 2015: Matthew McConaughey joined the cast to play the lead voice role for the film.
- June 17, 2015: Matthew McConaughey was announced to play Buster Moon. John C. Reilly was cast as Eddie.
- November 2015: Reese Witherspoon, Taron Egerton, Scarlett Johansson, Tori Kelly, Seth MacFarlane, Nick Kroll, director Garth Jennings, and Nick Offerman were cast as Rosita, Johnny, Ash, Meena, Mike, Gunter, Ms. Crawly and Norman.
- November 10, 2015: Illumination's seventh film was titled "Sing".
Release timeline[]
| Format | Country of origin | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Teaser trailer | Worldwide | February 15, 2016 |
| Theatrical trailer #1 | Worldwide | May 23, 2016 |
| Theatrical trailer #2 | Worldwide | July 7, 2016 |
| Theatrical trailer #3 | Worldwide | November 2, 2016 |
| Original theatrical | USA | December 21, 2016 |
| Blu-ray Disc/DVD | USA | March 21, 2017 |
Home video release[]
- Main article: Sing (Blu-ray/DVD)
Availability on Netflix[]
NOTE: The availability chart shown here is based on Equestria's Netflix.
| Audio | Subtitles | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | N | Y |
| Bahasa Indonesia | N | Y |
| Bahasa Melayu | N | Y |
| Chinese (中文/简体) | N | Y |
| Chinese (中文/繁體) | N | Y |
| Chinese (粵語) | N | N |
| Dansk | N | Y |
| Deutsch | N | Y |
| English | Y | Y |
| Español | Y | Y |
| Español (Latinoamérica) | Y | Y |
| Français | Y | Y |
| Hindi | Y | Y |
| Hrvatski | N | Y |
| Italiano | Y | Y |
| Magyar | N | Y |
| Nederlands | Y | Y |
| Norsk | N | Y |
| Polski | Y | Y |
| Português | N | Y |
| Português (Brasil) | Y | Y |
| Română | N | Y |
| Suomi | N | Y |
| Svenska | N | Y |
| Tiếng Việt | N | Y |
| Türkçe | Y | Y |
| Íslenska | Y | Y |
| Čeština | N | Y |
| Ελληνικά | N | Y |
| עברית | N | Y |
| Pусский | Y | Y |
| Yкраї́нська | N | Y |
| Thai | N | Y |
| Japanese | Y | Y |
| Korean | Y | Y |
Websites[]
Gallery[]
Videos[]
| Trailers for Sing | |||||
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 Sing - Official Teaser (HD) - Illumination The teaser trailer for Sing, as seen on Zootopia and the home media release of The Secret Life of Pets. |
 Sing - In Theaters This Christmas - Official Trailer (HD) The first official trailer for Sing, as seen on The Angry Birds Movie (starting on May 27), Finding Dory and Season 5 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. | ||||
 Sing - In Theaters This Christmas - Official Trailer 2 (HD) The second official trailer for Sing, as seen on theatrical prints of The Secret Life of Pets, Ice Age: Collision Course, Seasons 5-6 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and Storks. |
 Sing - In Theaters This Christmas - Official Trailer 3 The final trailer for Sing, as seen on Moana, Season 6 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree. | ||||
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Rankings[]
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