It was produced by ImageMovers, Legendary Pictures, and HiT Entertainment, presented in association with the Isle of Man Film Commission, and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Paramount Pictures in US prints and along with Sony Pictures Entertainment (who originally known as Destination Films also created the 2000 film) in US and international prints.
The movie honors Simon Shelton who passed away on 17 January 2018 from hypothermia, four days after his 52nd birthday.
It also honors Doug Lennox (the original actor of P.T. Boomer) who passed away in his sleep on November 28, 2015 and John Hurt (who played Sailor John in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure) who passed away at his home in Cromer, Norfolk, on 25 January 2017, three days after his 77th birthday.
The film was a box office success and it received critical acclaim, with critics praising the faithfulness to the 2000 film's original director's cut, the visual effects, the CGI animation on the trains, splendid acting, well-developed characters, and the plot along with the performance of Nicolas Cage as P.T. Boomer. The film also become the fourth highest grossing film and won eight Academy Awards and received eight Academy Award nominations. At the UK, the film had won three BAFTA Film Awards and also got one BAFTA nomination.
Synopsis
Thomas and his friends live on the Island of Sodor, the land of talking trains which has been a realm of magic and innocence, but Diesel 10 and his sidekicks Splatter and Dodge have arrived to cause trouble.
Even magical Mr. Conductor, who travels between the train world and the human world of Shining Time, is losing his sparkle.
Lily, a resourceful young girl meets him on the way to visit her grandfather and along with Thomas and friends embarks on an adventure to save the Magic Railroad. Thomas reminds them all that "even little engines can do big things".
Characters
Real life characters
- Mr. Conductor
- Junior
- Lily Stone
- Lily's Mom
- Lily's Dad
- Patch
- Adult Lily
- Tasha
- Young Tasha
- Stacey Jones
- Billy Twofeathers
- P.T. Boomer
Island of Sodor characters
- Thomas
- Edward
- Henry
- Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Toby
- Duck
- Donald and Douglas
- Oliver
- Bill and Ben
- Harvey
- Emily
- Arthur
- Murdoch
- Molly
- Rosie
- Stanley
- Ryan
- Ashima
- Nia
- Rebecca
- Salty
- Daisy
- Bear
- 'Arry and Bert
- Mavis
- Salty
- Den
- Dart
- Sidney
- Paxton
- Norman
- Skarloey
- Rheneas
- Sir Handel
- Peter Sam
- Duncan
- Duke
- Rusty
- Rex
- Bert
- Mike
- Annie and Clarabel
- Henrietta
- Toad
- Judy and Jerome
- Hannah
- Dexter
- Terence
- Bertie
- Trevor
- Harold
- George
- Caroline
- Butch
- Elizabeth
- Ace
- Big Mickey
- Cranky
- The Fat Controller
- Fergus (cameo)
- Neville (cameo)
- BoCo (cameo)
- Bertram (cameo)
- Hiro (cameo)
- Mighty Mac (cameo)
- Freddie (cameo)
Crossover Characters
- Dory
- Marlin
- Nemo
- Lightning McQueen
- Mater
- Pingu
- Tinky Winky
- Dipsy
- Laa-Laa
- Po
- Oh
- Tip
- Meggy Spletzer
Locations
- Island of Sodor
- Tidmouth Sheds
- Knapford Station
- The Windmill
- Brendam Docks
- Wellsworth Station
- The Magic Railroad
- Shining Time Station
- Muffle Mountain
- Burnett Stone's Workshop
- Burnett Stone's House
Cast
Live-action actors
- Kate Melton as Lily Stone, the main protagonist and the granddaughter of Burnett Stone. She lives in the city with her mother. With the help of her grandpa, Patch and Thomas, they helped restore Lady to her former glory and returned the magic to the Magic Railroad.
- Anne Hathaway as Adult Lily, the narrator of the film.
- Owen Wilson as Burnett Stone, the tetartagonist who is Lady's caretaker on his workshop at Muffle Mountain. Long ago, he only shared the secret of Lady with Tasha, his childhood friend.
- Wilson also portrays Lightning McQueen in the movie as well.
- Josh Hutcherson as Teenage Burnett
- Owen Vaccaro as Young Burnett
- Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor, the deuteragonist of the film and a 20-centimetre tall conductor who narrated the television series episodes that appeared in Shining Time Station.
- David Tennant as Mr. Conductor, Junior, Mr. Conductor's cousin. Like his cousin, he is at a regular height on Sodor and the Magic Railroad - anywhere else, he shrinks to a height of 24 centimetres (ten inches).
- Anna Sophia Robb as Tasha
- Scarlett Estevez as Young Tasha
- Nicolas Cage as P.T. Boomer, Pete Tiberius Boomer is the main antagonist who wants to get revenge on Burnett Stone for marrying Tasha. Boomer wants to destroy Lady along with Diesel 10, so they can take over the whole Thomas & Friends universe.
- Scott McCord as Young Boomer
- Nick Palatas as Patch
- Crispin Glover as Adult Patch
- Jennifer Lawrence as Stacy Jones
- John Leguizamo as Billy Twofeathers
- Drew Barrymore as Mrs. Bethany Stone, Lily's Mom
- Sean Hayes as Mr. Stone, Lily's Dad
- Hayden Rolence as Burnett Stone, Jr.
- Steve Burns as Steve
- Donovan Patton as Joe
- Stephen Fry as Himself
- James May as Himself
- Richard Newman as Himself
- Emma Stone as Himself
- Jeremy London as Himself
- Michael Keaton as Himself
- Ted Robbins as Himself
- David Bradley as Himself
- Mara Wilson as Himself
- Neve Campbell as Himself
- Daniel Radcliffe as Himself
- Thomas F. Wilson as Himself
- Daniel Stern as Himself
- Joe Pesci as Himself
There are some cameo appearances in the film like:
- Alexander Gould as Newspaper Delivery Boy
- John Bellis as Shining Time Firefighter
- Bellis also plays Thomas (Model) in the Original dub of the movie as well.
- Robert Zemeckis as Himself (He appears in a mid-credits scene along with Britt Allcroft to tell the audience that he and Britt hoped the audience enjoyed the movie)
- Britt Allcroft as Herself (She appears in a mid-credits scene along with Robert Zemeckis to tell the audience that she and Zemeckis hoped the audience enjoyed the movie)
- Steven Spelberg as Hemself She appaers in mid-credits scene along with
- Ringo Starr as Storyteller (He appears in a scene where he tell stories about Thomas and his friends in the Island of Sodor to the children)
- Keith Scott as Australian Passenger
- Doug Walker as Himself (He makes a cameo appearance when he was late for his train)
Narrated
UK/US/AUS
- Mark Moraghan as the Narrator
Voice actors of animated characters
Steam Engines
US
- Joseph May as Thomas and Stepney
- Christopher Ragland as Percy
- Rob Rackstraw as James, Donald, Stanley, Bertram and Arthur
- Mandy Moore as Lady
- Neil Crone as Gordon
- Hugh Laurie As Henry
- Rowan Atkinson as Edward
- Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
- Lacey Chabert as Emily
- William Hope as Jock
- Colm Feore as Toby
- Jonathan Broadbent as Bill and Ben
- Keith Wickham as Skarloey, Sir Handel, Harvey and Bert
- John Hasler as Rheneas
- Steven Kynman as Duck and Peter Sam
- Joe Mills as Douglas and Oliver
- Tom Stourton as Duncan and Rex
- Tim Whitnall as Duke and Mike
- Rob Paulsen as Fearless Freddie
- Matthew Lillard as Mighty
- Breckin Meyer as Mac
- Rufus Jones as Flying Scotsman
- Martin Sherman as Wilbert
- William Hope as Jock
- Tom Kenny as Fergus
- Matt Wilkinson as Spencer
- Nigel Pilkington as Murdoch
- Stephen Mangan as Neville
- Rachael Miller as Molly
- Eddie Redmayne as Ryan
- Darren Boyd as Theo
- Lucy Montgomery as Lexi
- Hugh Bonneville as Merlin
UK/AUS
- John Hasler as Thomas, Stepney and Rheneas
- Nigel Pilkington as Percy and Murdoch
- Mara Wilson as Lady
- Rowan Atkinson as Edward and Jock
- Pierce Brosnan as Henry
- Neil Crone as Gordon
- Rob Rackstraw as James, Toby, Donald, Stanley, Bertram and Arthur
- David Tennant as Donald and Douglas
- Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
- Kelly Macdonald as Emily
- Jonathan Broadbent as Bill and Ben
- Steven Kynman as Duck and Peter Sam
- Joe Mills as Douglas and Oliver
- Tom Stourton as Duncan and Rex
- Tim Whitnall as Duke and Mike
- John Hasler as Rheneas
- Rob Paulsen as Fearless Freddie
- Matthew Lillard as Mighty
- Breckin Meyer as Mac
- Rufus Jones as Flying Scotsman
- Ben Small as Wilbert
- Tom Kenny as Fergus
- Matt Wilkinson as Spencer
- Stephen Mangan as Neville
- Julie Walters as Molly
- Eddie Redmayne as Ryan
- Darren Boyd as Theo
- Lucy Montgomery as Lexi
- Hugh Bonneville as Merlin
UK/US
- Tina Desai as Ashima
- Yvonne Grundy as Nia
- Rachael Miller as Rebecca
Diesels
UK/US/AUS
- Matt Wilkinson as Rusty
- Steven Kynman as Splatter, Paxton and Dart
- Keith Wickham as Den, Salty and Norman
- Bob Golding as Sidney
- Tom Stourton as Dodge
- Kerry Shale as Diesel and 'Arry
- William Hope as Bert
- Teresa Gallagher as Mavis, Pip and Emma
- Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
- Rob Rackstraw as BoCo
- David Menkin as Bear
UK/US
- Neil Crone as Diesel 10 Keith Scott
Diesel 10 is the secondary antagonist who was been hired by Sir Topham Hatt but he have an aggressive behavior and he was going to destroy Lady, (Diesel, Daisy, 'Arry and Bert, Rusty, Mavis, Salty, Den, Dart, Paxton, Pip, Emma, Bear, Norman, Sidney and BoCo are friends of Thomas), he was being a bully of Thomas and his friends. Diesel, Daisy, 'Arry and Bert like to get into trouble, but they always did so, until he became one of Diesel 10's henchmen.
Others
UK/US/AUS
- Keith Wickham as Bertie the Bus
- Kevin Frank/Kerry Shale as Harold the Helicopter
- Nigel Pilkington/Christopher Ragland as Trevor the Traction Engine
- Tom Stourton as Terence the Tractor
- Teresa Gallagher as Annie, Clarabel and Judy
- Shelley Elizabeth Skinner as Annie and Clarabel (Model)
- Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
- Joe Mills as Toad
- Tim Whitnall as Jerome
- David Bradley as George the Steamroller
- Jennifer Saunders as Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff the Railboat
- Neil Crone as Tumbleweed
- Matt Wilkinson/Glenn Wrage as Cranky the Crane
- Lucy Montgomery as Carly the Big New Fancy Crane
- Christopher Ragland, Tom Kenny, Ben Small, Nathan Lane, Jack Black, Chris Hardwick and Will Ferrell as Troublesome Trucks
- Tom Kenny as The Bluebird, Lily's inanimate toy bluebird who came to life as a CGI animated talking bluebird by Burnett Stone and Lily Stone using the magical gold dust on that bluebird.
- Steven Kynman as Butch the Tow Truck
- The Umbilical Brothers as Thomas's Fireman and Driver
- Anthony Field as Percy's Driver
- Sam Moran as Percy's Fireman
- Jeff Fatt as Toby's Driver
- Paul Paddick as Toby's Fireman
- Greg Page as James' Driver
- Murray Cook as James' Fireman
- Colin Firth as Henry's Driver
- Rupert Everett as Henry's Fireman
- Dane Cook as Gordon's Driver
- Daniel Craig as Gordon's Fireman
- David Thewlis as Edward's Driver
- Gary Oldman as Edward's Fireman
- Matthew Lillard as Duck's Driver
- Hugh Dancy as Duck's Fireman
Original voices
- Neil Morrissey as Thomas
- Kevin Shinick as Edward
- David Tennant as Henry
- Chris Phillips as Gordon
- Nathan Lane as James
- Rob Paulsen as Percy
- Chris Pine as Toby
- Keith Wickham as Duck
- Owen Wilson as Donald
- Chris Hardwick as Douglas
- Ben Small as Oliver
- Mary Long as Emily
- Tabitha St. Germain as Lady
- Will Smith as Diesel 10
- Rob Rackstraw as Splatter
- Cam Clarke as Dodge
- Meghana Erande as Ashima
- Lupita Nyong'o as Nia
Marketing
Promotional Blitz
Baskin-Robbins, Pillsbury, Coleman, Hostess and McDonald's partnered with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Lionsgate and Shout! Factory for a marketing campaign to promote the film's dvd, blu-ray and 3d blu-ray release.
Production & Development
In 2002, 2 years after the original film became a box-office failure, Britt Allcroft, creator of Thomas & Friends, has been resigned from her original company which was now known as "Gullane Entertainment".
After HiT Entertainment took control on Thomas & Friends, HiT revealed that its theatrical division would be piloted by a "Thomas" film. Originally targeted for late-2010 release, in September 2009 this was revised to "Spring 2011".
As of January 2011, the release date had been pushed back further to 2012 and the name of the production had still not been announced.
The initial draft of the script was written by Josh Klausner who has also said that the film will be set around the times of World War II, Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi also helped write the script.
On 8 June 2011, Deadline announced that 9 director Shane Acker will direct the live-action adaptation of Thomas the Tank Engine, with Weta Digital designing the film's visual effects.
Since then, no actual production has been announced, until Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Charles M. Schulz and Fred Roger came in and remake the original "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" film, along with Britt Allcroft, to bring in new actors to play the characters from the original "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" film (except Alec Baldwin, in which he will reprise his role as Mr. Conductor), new voice actors to play the animated Thomas & Friends characters, video editing and restoration, audio mastering, mixing, recording, and editing, CGI animation for the "Island of Sodor" segments, blue-screen and green-screen effects for the "Island of Sodor" segments, new visual effects, and some brand new music, along with the original music from the original "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" film.
Casting
While the film is on development, Robert Zemeckis, & Steven Spielberg, hired Alec Baldwin who previously played as Mr. Conductor in the original 2000 film, so Baldwin agreed to reprise his role.
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Filming
[When the film is done development]
Animation
[When the film is done development]
Visual Effects
[When the film is done development]
Post Production
[When the film is done development]
Music
[When the film is done development]
Songs
- Shining Time Station (1995)
- How the Moon Must Feel
- Some Things Never Leave You
- Really Useful Engine
- We Make a Team Together
- The Locomotion
- You've Got a Friend in Me
- Fight Song
Transcript
Main article: Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2020 film)/Transcript.
Release
Thomas and the Magic Railroad was released into theaters on June 12, 2020 in America and July 14 2020 in the UK.
Thomas and the Magic Railroad will also be releasing on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on October 25th 2019 with a new DVD and Blu-ray release for the director's cut version of the original 2000 film. Along with the 2020 film and the 2000 film's director's cut version is the Shining Time Station Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 on DVD and Blu-ray.
Animated shorts
The 2020 remake of "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" has eight computer-animated shorts which was the recreation of well-known episodes from the original television series like Henry's Forest, Paint Pots and Queens, Thomas and the Special Letter, Thomas and Bertie, Thomas Goes Fishing, Thomas and Gordon, Down the Mine and Buzz Buzz by HiT Entertainment in theatrical releases and on DVD and Blu-ray.
Marketing
About a few weeks later after the film's release, Bachmann Industries released a model of Shining Time Station and even the Island of Sodor along with train models of Thomas, Ashima, Lady, and Diesel 10 and some human models of Burnett Stone, Lily, Mr. Conductor, Wallace, Gromit, Ant, Dec and P.T. Boomer.
Home media
[When the film is done development]
Soundtrack
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | He's a Really Useful Engine | Steven Page | 1:32 |
2. | Shining Time | Neil Donell | 3:18 |
3. | Shining Time (reprise) | Maren Ord | 3:18 |
4. | Teletubbies Say Eh-oh! | Teletubbies | 3:34 |
5. | The Pingu Dance | David Hasselhoff | 3:31 |
6. | Fight Song | Rachel Patten | 3:21 |
7. | I Know How the Moon Must Feel | Dayna Manning | 3:22 |
8. | Alive | Sia | 4:24 |
9. | Some Things Never Leave You | Joe Henry | 2:57 |
10. | Summer Sunday | Dominic Gibbeson, Dominic Goundar, Rob Jenkins, Gerard McLachlan and Ben Wright | 2:59 |
11. | The Locomotion | Atomic Kitten | 3:54 |
12. | You've Got a Friend in Me | Randy Newman | 2:04 |
13. | There's No Business Like Show Business | Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly | 4: |
14. | Main Title | 3:45 | |
15. | Lily Travels to the Island of Sodor | 4:33 | |
16. | Burnett and Lady/Diesel 10 and Splodge | 3:28 | |
17. | Diesel 10 Threatens Mr. C/Lily & Patch" | 4:25 | |
18. | Through the Magic Buffers | 6:36 | |
19. | The Chase, the Clue and the Happy Ending | 7:43 |
Broadway musical
One year after the movie's release, the film was adapted into a Broadway musical based on the movie titled Thomas and the Magic Railroad: The Musical.
- Main article: Thomas and the Magic Railroad: The Musical
DVD or Blu-Ray Main Menu
Here's is the sections from the DVD and Blu-Ray main menus.
- Play Movie
- Scene Selection
- Opening Titles/Meet Thomas
- Lily in the Big City
- Boomer's Return
- Meet Pingu, the Teletubbies, Noo-Noo, Wallace, Gromit, Kipper, Tiger, Jake, the MerseyGirls, Ant and Dec
- Diesel 10 Bothers the Steam Engines
- Splatter, Dodge, and the Evil Diesel Engines
- Mr. Conductor
- Lily
- The Legend
- Sir Topham Hatt's Orders
- Sugar in a Diesel Tank
- Burnett meets Boomer
- "I Know How the Moon Must Feel"
- "Where is the windmill?"
- George the Steamroller
- Calling Junior
- Lily Arrives at Shining Time
- Edward talks to George
- Mr. Conductor Has Another Bad Dream
- Boomer and Burnett at the Crossroads
- Sounds of Lady's Magic
- Toby and Mavis Betray the Mean Diesels/Delayed
- "Really Useful Engine"
- Mr. Conductor in Diesel's Clutches
- The Clue
- Traveling to the Island of Sodor
- Lily Meets Thomas
- Family Reunion
- Landing into Trouble
- Mr. Conductor and Lily
- The Truth About Lady
- Solving Some Mysteries
- Looking for Lily's Grandfather
- "It's Now or Never!"
- George Quits the Evil Diesel Team
- Oliver talks to BoCo at the Docks
- Green for Glory
- The Train Chase to the Viaduct
- "Gold Dust!!!"
- 20 Years into the Future
- CGI Bluebird talks at the Audience
- Curtain Call
- Closing Credits
- Set Up
- Language
- English
- French (Thomas et le Magie Ferroviaire)
- Spanish (Thomas y el Ferrocarril Mágico)
- Portuguese (Thomas e a Ferrovia Mágica)
- German (Thomas die kleine Lokomotive: Die Magische Eisenbahn; title translated in English as Thomas the Tank Engine: The Magic Railroad)
- Hungarian (Thomas és a Mágikus Vasút)
- Danish (Thomas og det Magic Railroad)
- Norwegian (Thomas og den Magiske Jernbanen)
- Swedish (Thomas och den Magiska Järnvägen)
- Italian (Thomas e Magica Ferrovia)
- Polish (Thomas i Magiczna Kolejowy)
- Japanese (きかんしゃトーマス魔法の線路)
- Korean (토마스와 마법의 철도)
- Greek (Θωμάς και το Μαγεία Σιδηροδρομικές)
- Thai (โทมัสและเวทมนตร์ของทางรถไฟ)
- Subtitles
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- German
- Hungarian
- Danish
- Norwegian
- Swedish
- Italian
- Polish
- Japanese
- Korean
- Greek
- Thai
- Commentaries with Britt Allcroft, Robert Zemeckis, Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly and Stephen Mulhern (with or without subtitles)
- Language
- Special Features
- Bonus Episodes
- Trusty Trunky
- Pingu and the Doorbell
- Monkey Safari
- Air Mater
- Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau
- Hawaiian Vacation
- Small Fry
- Partysaurus Rex
- Duck Pimples
- Stephen Mulhern reacts to the 2000 version of Thomas and the Magic Railroad
- The History of Thomas the Tank Engine
- History of Thomas & Friends
- Making of Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)
- Casting
- Development
- Setting
- The P.T. Boomer scenes, featuring Lennox family and Nicolas Cage.
- Release
- Deleted scenes
- Outtakes
- DVD Game World
- Sodor Dress-Up
- Lady Says
- Island of Sodor Personality
- Artwork design
- Henry's Forest, Paint Pots and Queens, Thomas and the Special Letter, Thomas and Bertie, Thomas Goes Fishing, Thomas and Gordon, Down the Mine and Buzz, Buzz computer-animated remake short films
- Trailers
- Teaser trailer
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Theatrical trailer
- Previews
- Stuart Little trailer
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland trailer
- Muppets from Space trailer
- Mopatop's Shop trailer
- Bear in the Big Blue House trailer
- The Worst Witch trailer
- The Muppet Show trailer
- Madeline trailer
- Annie trailer
- Oliver trailer
- Matilda trailer
- The Hoobs trailer
- Astro Boy trailer
- Bats trailer
- Bonus Episodes
- Sneak Peeks (with The low-pitched THX Deep Note as heard on DVDs, with the additi music)
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- Disney's Calforina Adventure
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- Cinderella Castle Hotel
- Walter Disney World San Diego Resort
- Disney Shakopee Resorts
- Universal Orlando Resort
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- Universal Studios Japan
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- Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
- Home on the Range
- Brother Bear
- Disney Cruise Line
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- Tinker Bell
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- Disney Blu-Ray Disc
- Universal Blu-Ray Disc
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- Little Einsteins: Space for Race
- Little Einsteins: Flight of the Instrument Fairies
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- Chicken Little
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Brother Bear 2
- Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure
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- Meet the Robinsons
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- The Jungle Book
- Ratatouille
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Reception
Box office
[When the film is done development]
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 94% approval rating with an average rating of 8.7/10 based on 260 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "An old timer film that it was very bad on 2000 so now it was back on the rail to make it better." On Metacritic, the film achieved an average score of 88 out of 100 based on 39 reviews, signifying "universal acclaim".
Cinema Score reported that audiences gave the film a rare "A-" grade. Some of the critics and moviegoers had praised Nicolas Cage's performance of the character Boomer, The New York Times reviewed his performance "When the infamous actor used to make an appearance in any movie like The Wicker Man until it has been flopped, but his performance that he did was the main antagonist P.T. Boomer in the remake from the original 2000 film Thomas and the Magic Railroad where Boomer is very envious that he has nothing to get on his way, which is the most great performance I have ever seen".
IGN game the film a grade of 9.1/10 (Amazing),
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Merchandise
- McDonald's Happy Meal Toys Based on this Movie
- Lunch Boxes
- School Bags
- Lego: Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Sets/Lego DIMENSIONS
- DVD/Bluray/3D Bluray
- Clothing
- Bedroom
- Swimming Pool
- Stickers
- Poster
- Pillsbury
- Baskin-Robbins
- Coleman
- Hostess
- Toys
- Balloon
- Puzzle
- Video Games
- Lamps
- CD-Rom
- Bathtub
- 3D Comic Book
- Cloring Book
- Trading Cards
- Kite
- Bicycle
- Walkman
- Viewmaster
- Fruit Juice Drink
- Shoe
- Pogs
- Party
- Greeting Cards
- Re-releases of Cars Die-casts
- Bachmann Thomas Chase set
- RWS Novelization Book
- Candy
- Cereal
- Fruit
- Domino's Pizza Pepperoni Pizza, Pasta and Soda
- Halloween costume
- Gummies
Trivia
- This marks Lady's first appearance and first speaking role since Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)
- This is the first time that Ashima has been a helping character in a movie as she assists Thomas when taking Lily to Muffle Mountain. It is also the first time since the episode, A Tank Engine's New Sheds where both of them act as friends until Lily tells Burnett Jr. about them falling in love, which correlates to the episode, A Tank Engine's Love.
- Daniel Radcliffe voices the role of Thomas in the UK instead of John Hasler respectively.
- Neil Crone, Tina Desai, Yvonne Grundy, Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks reprise their roles in thđe UK and US dubs as Diesel 10, Ashima, Nia, Dory and Marlin respectively.
- Hayden Rolance also reprised the role of Nemo, as well as potraying Burnett Jr.
- Owen Wilson also reprised the role of Lightning McQueen, as well as potraying Burnett Stone.
- Stock audio from Neil Crone in the 2000 movie is used along with some new lines that weren't heard in the 2000 movie.
- The first and only special where Ant and Dec are seen in live action. For the rest of the series, they are seen in CGI.
- In the scene when Thomas is pulling Annie and Clarabel, there are three tracks meaning that Ashima and Nia can be on the second track and Oliver can be on the first track. Whereas in the 2000 movie, there were two tracks.
- Stock audio from Don Rickles from the 2000 Academy Awards is used when Mr. Potato Head says "Hey! Will you get on with it?! Will you two dummies hurry it up?" and "I had to pay extra". But when he is talking to the other toys, he is voiced by Eugene Levy.
- Diedrich Bader voices Brick Yardley in the UK and US dubs instead of Will Collyer respectively.
Easter eggs and references
- Three iconic things are easter eggs at the beginning of the movie:
- When Lily introduces the audience to Pingu, he says his catchphrase "Noot Noot!"
- When Lily introduces the audience to Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po and Noo-Noo, they use their "Big Hug!" saying like in the series when an ending segment is over.
- When Ant and Dec are introduced by Lily, the verse "Saturday" from the iconic Series 13 onwards Saturday Night Takeaway theme is heard when they are first introduced.
- The Fight Song by Rachel Platten is used when the MerseyGirls are introduced which is a reference to the song they used in their audition in Series 11 of Britain's Got Talent.
- In the scene where Toby, Mavis, Ant and Dec distract the villains at the scrapyard, Ant and Dec play the current Saturday Night Takeaway theme from Series 15 onwards at full blast.
- In the scene when Ashima, Ant and Dec are at the windmill, stock audio from Tina Desai in The Great Race is used when Ashima is singing You Can Only Be You.
- In the scene when Diesel 10 zooms past Duck, Stepney, Peter Sam, Nia and Ace, Nia says that Diesel 10 is more crazier than Ace was which is a reference to how he acted in Big World! Big Adventures!
- When Woody pulls his pull-string, his first line that comes out of it is "Reach for the sky" which is a reference to the first Toy Story when Woody is introduced for the first time.
Goofs
- TBA
Taglines
From the creators of Thomas & Friends, Pingu, Kipper, The Wiggles, Bob the Builder, Angelina Ballerina, Barney, Rubbadubbers, Fireman Sam, Oswald, Mike the Knight and Sheeep and the master magic who made Bobby's World, Teletubbies, Caillou, South Park, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, CatDog, Ed, Edd n Eddy, The Fairly OddParents, Disney's House of Mouse, Kim Possible, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Danny Phantom, Camp Lazlo, Class of 3000, Shaun the Sheep, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Robot and Monster, Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Gravity Falls, Camp Lakebottom, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Breadwinners, Supernoobs, The Loud House, Atomic Puppet, Chuck's Choice, Unikitty, The Casagrandes, Amphibia, It's Pony, Ollie's Pack, The Patrick Star Show, Middlemost Post and Hailey's On It! (a TV spot)
To Bring the Magic Back
From the studio that brought you Home on the Range, Chicken Little, The Wild, Meet the Robinsons, Bolt, The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Frozen 2, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto, Stange World, A Goofy Movie, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, The Tigger Movie, Piglet's Big Movie, Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, Harriet the Spy, Good Burger, The Rugrats Movie, Snow Days, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Clockstoppers, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Hotel for Dogs, Imagine That, Fun Size, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Monster Trucks, Wonder Park, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, PAW Partol: The Movie, The Loud House Movie, Ice Age, Robots, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Horton Hears a Who!, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Rio, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Epic, Rio 2, The Peanuts Movie, Ice Age: Collision Course, Ferdinand, Spies in Disguise, Quest for Camelot, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The Polar Express, The Ant Bully, The LEGO Movie, Storks, The LEGO Batman Movie, The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Smallfoot, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Scoob!, Tom & Jerry, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The LEGO Batman Movie 2, The Mighty Loud House, Lights Out, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Brave, Monsters University, Inside Out, Finding Dory, Cars 3, Coco, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, Onward, Soul, Luca, Turning Red, Lincoln Loud and the Anne Santiago, Open Season, Surf's Up, Open Season 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Open Season 3, The Smurfs, Arthur Christmas, The Smurfs 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Open Season: Scared Silly, Smurfs: The Lost Village, The Star, Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, Peter Rabbit and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, The creators of Thomas & Friends, Pingu, Kipper, The Wiggles, Bob the Builder, Angelina Ballerina, Barney, Rubbadubbers, Fireman Sam, Oswald, Mike the Knight and Sheeep and the master magic who made Bobby's World, Teletubbies, Caillou, South Park, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, CatDog, Ed, Edd n Eddy, The Fairly OddParents, Disney's House of Mouse, Kim Possible, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Danny Phantom, Camp Lazlo, Class of 3000, Shaun the Sheep, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Robot and Monster, Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Gravity Falls, Camp Lakebottom, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Breadwinners, Supernoobs, The Loud House, Atomic Puppet, Chuck's Choice, Unikitty, The Casagrandes, Amphibia, It's Pony, Ollie's Pack, The Patrick Star Show, Middlemost Post and Hailey's On It! (Official Trailers)
From the masters of teamwork behind Bolt, Ice Age, The LEGO Movie, Toy Story, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Back at the Feature, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Polar Express, A Christmas Carol, The Emoji Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, The Loud House Movie, Rock Dog, UglyDolls, Antz, Shrek, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Shrek the Third, Shrek Forever After, Puss in Boots, Home, and The House of Magic, and the creators of Thomas & Friends, Pingu, Kipper, The Wiggles, Bob the Builder, Angelina Ballerina, Barney, Rubbadubbers, Fireman Sam, Oswald, Mike the Knight and Sheeep (Christmas TV Spot)
From the filmmakers who brought you Bolt, Ice Age, The LEGO Movie, Toy Story, The Mighty Loud House, Lincoln Loud and the Anne Santiago, and Chicken Run, and the producer of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series, Teen Titans Go!, Glitch Techs, Nate is Late, Supernoobs, Atomic Puppet, Phineas and Ferb, Sofa the First and Fancy Nancy (a TV spot 2)
From the co-director of Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Home Alone 3, The Care Bears Movie, The Care Bears Movie 2: A New Generation, The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland, The Book of Life, The Croods and The Croods 2: A New Age (TV Spots)
From the filmmakers that brought you Home on the Range, Chicken Little, The Wild, Meet the Robinsons, Bolt, The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck It-Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Frozen 2, Raya and the Lost Dragon, Encanto, Stange World, A Goofy Movie, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, The Tigger Movie, Piglet's Big Movie, Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, Harriet the Spy, Good Burger, The Rugrats Movie, Snow Days, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Clockstoppers, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Hotel for Dogs, Imagine That, Fun Size, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Monster Trucks, Wonder Park, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, PAW Partol: The Movie, The Loud House Movie, Ice Age, Robots, Ice Age: The Meltdwon, Horton Hears a Who!, Despicable Me, Hop, The Lorax, Despicable Me 2, Minions, The Secret Life of Pets, Sing, Despicable Me 3, The Grinch, The Secret Life of Pets 2, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Hop 2, Space Jam, Quest for Camelot, The Iron Giant, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The Polar Express, The Ant Bully, The LEGO Movie, Storks, The LEGO Batman Movie, The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Smallfoot, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Scoob!, Tom & Jerry, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The LEGO Batman Movie 2, The Mighty Loud House, Lights Out, Ice Age, Robots, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Horton Hears a Who!, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Rio, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Epic, Rio 2, The Peanuts Movie, Ice Age: Collision Course, Ferdinand, Spies in Disguise, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Brave, Monsters University, Inside Out, Finding Dory, Coco, Cars 3, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, Onward, Soul, Luca, Turning Red, Cars 4, Lincoln Loud and the Anne Santiago, Open Season, Surf's Up, Open Season 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Open Season 3, The Smurfs, Arthur Christmas, The Smurfs 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Open Season: Scared Silly, Smurfs: The Lost Village, The Star, Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, Peter Rabbit, and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, and the creators of Thomas & Friends, Pingu, Kipper, The Wiggles, Bob the Builder, Angelina Ballerina, Barney, Rubbaddubers, Freman Sam, Oswald, Mike the Knight, and Sheeep, and the master magic who made Bobby's World, Teletubbies, Caillou, South Park, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, CatDog, Ed, Edd n Eddy, The Fairly OddParents, Disney's House of Mouse, Kim Possible, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Danny Phantom, Camp Lazlo, Class of 3000, Shaun the Sheep, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Robot and Monster, Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Gravity Falls, Camp Lakebottom, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Breadwinners, Supernoobs, The Loud House, Atomic Puppet, Chuck's Choice, Unikitty, The Casagrandes, Amphibia, It's Pony, Ollie's Pack, The Patrick Star Show, Middlemost Post and Hailey's On It! (Teaser Trailer)
Saving the World Before Bedtime
From the studio that brought you Bolt, Ice Age, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Toy Story and Lincoln Loud and the Anne Santiago and the creators of Thomas and Friends, Pingu, Kipper, The Wiggles, Bob the Builder, Angelina Ballerina, Barney, Rubbaddubers, Fireman Sam, Oswald, Mike the Kinght and Sheeep (Final Trailer)