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There are, as far as I know, no further details yet in the public domain. I'd be staggered, however, if this wasn't to be the long-awaited CGI G5 prequel. The word is that this will use celebrity VAs, while the follow-up show (in 2D Toon Boom) will go with a regular voice cast. I'm not sure about this – I think one of the things that made the 2017 movie work was that it did use the show's voice cast – but then with the 2021 film, we won't have had seven years of voicing to condition us. Anyway, we'll see. But the ride rolls on!
At this point, it's difficult to determine what we can expect from this movie other than the fact that it'll be coming out in less than two years time (Give or take). All we know so far is that being that "if" this is a prequel to the G5 series, hence why the casting appears to be different between the film and the upcoming series, it only stands to reason that the movie may attempt to set up what we can expect in the long run. Then again, just because the film may feature some celebrity VAs, does this automatically mean that we won't have a regular cast carried on from this movie to the series? I do not know the answer to that, at least not right away.
ReplyDeleteAt least with the amount of time between now and 2021, we have more than enough time to speculate as far as what the plot will be about, whose casting the film will focus on, how the animation styling will look (Hopefully aesthetically beautiful) and how the music will turn out, if any at all. Hopefully this movie will be better than the last attempt to put MLP on the big screen because while the movie for Gen 4 was entertaining there were some issues with the pacing and certain lack of character moments the film desperately needed. If they can at least learn from the last time MLP was on the big screen, even if there's no guarantee it'll be nominated to win any awards, at least this G5 film would've been successful enough to open a strong first impression as far as what we can expect in the long run.
If not... I pray for those who are only watching the series hoping it'll get better but ending up like that 'TTG' junk on television. But... Here's hoping it doesn't come to that.
Well, who knows at this point? I remember that, like most of the fandom at the time, I hated the first official pics of Equestria Girls characters, and that sub-franchise went on to produce some good stuff. (And some bad stuff, but it certainly wasn't all bad.) So I intend to remain optimistic until there's a reason not to be. :)
DeleteNothing wrong with maintaining some optimism as we progress 'Into the Unknown' (Just had to do an early 'Frozen 2' reference). As of right now, we have no idea what is planned for this movie (Even the leaks only make vague implications, if any worth noting). I had kept my reservations the same as when the last movie came out (Even though looking back, it could've been paced better) and all I hope is that this movie actually takes the time to learn from all the movies that came before in hopes of giving us a movie worth the price of an admission ticket. It's not like I'm asking for a movie so good that the academy decides to nominate it for an award for 'Best Animated Feature' but so long as the story is strong, the characters are engaging, the animation is fluid, the music surpasses pop-culture references and if any comedy involved is actually funny, I'll be satisfied. Even if this movie throws a curveball essentially promoting a movie on ponies and other mythological creatures and throws in a human protagonist as a nod to the 80s.
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