Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2020 film) (non-fanon)

Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Directed By	Dianna Basso Shane Acker
Written By	Josh Klausner Will McRobb Chris Viscardi David Stoten
Screenplay By	Britt Allcroft Roger Avary Neil Gaiman Bob Gale Robert Zemeckis
Based On	Thomas and Friends The Railway Series
Produced By	Tracy Blagdon Julia Pistor
Executive Producers	Don Spencer Britt Allcroft
Starring	Alec Baldwin Ciarán Hinds Zendeya Tom Holland Channing Tatum Robert Downey Jr. Antoino Bandreas Michael Sheen Elizabeth Banks Adam Beach Will Forte Hayley Atwell Pierce Brosman Ringo Starr Jim Carrey Jim Broadbent
Music By	Hans Zimmer
Production company	Mattel Creations HiT Entertainment Universal Pictures Columbia Pictures Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (North America) Warner Bros. Pictures (United Kingdom)
Released	February 12, 2019

Thomas and the Magic Railroad is an upcoming 2020 British-American fantasy comedy film written by Josh Klausner, Will McRobb, Chris Viscardi and David Stoten, produced by Tracy Blagdon and Julia Pistor, and directed by Dianna Basso and Shane Acker. The film stars Alec Baldwin reprising his role as Mr. Conductor, alongside Ciarán Hinds, Zendeya, Tom Holland, Channing Tatum, Robert Downey Jr., Antoino Bandreas, Michael Sheen, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Beach, Will Forte, Hayley Atwell, Pierce Brosman, Ringo Starr, Jim Carrey, and Jim Broadbent in supporting roles. Voice performances includes Joseph May as Thomas, Kerry Shale, Rob Rackstraw, Christopher Ragland, Jules de Jongh, Yvonne Grundy, Rachael Miller, Teresa Gallagher, Michael Brandon, Eddie Redmayne, and Matt Wilkinson, as well as Britt Allcroft as Lady. The film is based on the British children's book series The Railway Series by The Rev. W. Awdry, its televised adaptation Thomas & Friends, and the American television series Shining Time Station by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow.

The film received mixed reviews from critics; while the musical score, Basso and Acker's direction, and performances of Baldwin, Zendeya, Downey, Hinds, Tatum and May were praised, criticisms were aimed at Klausner, McRobb, Viscardi and Stoten's story, the CGI effects, the deviations from the original 2000 film and the peformances of Holland, Carrey, Bandreas and Wilkinson.

Synopsis

The film tells the story of Lily Stone, the granddaughter of the caretaker of an enchanted steam engine who is lacking an appropriate supply of coal, and Mr. Conductor of Shining Time Station, whose provisions of magical gold dust are at a critical low. To ameliorate these problems in World War II, Lily and Mr. Conductor enlist the help of Thomas, who confronts the ruthless and devious Diesel 10 and P.T. Boomer who plan to get rid of the railway's steam engines along the way.

Plot

Former stunt performer P.T. Boomer finds an unused map by Sailor John to receive gold dust of piece, and travels through a magical tunnel that takes him to the Island of Sodor. Meanwhile, Sir Topham Hatt and his family have returned from their holiday, and while resting, Topham leaves Mr. Conductor, the owner of Shining Time Station, in charge of the engines. Gordon complains to Thomas, when Diesel 10 races by, scaring both engines. Meanwhile, in Shining Time, Mr. Conductor is suffering a crisis; his supply of magic gold dust is alarmingly low and not enough for him to travel back from Sodor. At Tidmouth Sheds, Thomas is talking to James, when Diesel 10 arrives and announces his plan to rid Sodor of steam engines by finding and destroying Lady, the lost engine, the key to steam engines living in peace. Thomas leaves to collect Mr. Conductor. Lady is hidden in a workshop on Muffle Mountain after Diesel 10's previous attempt to destroy her. Lady is unable to steam despite trying all of the coals in Indian Valley. That night, Boomer meets Diesel 10, who becomes an ally and they approach the shed where the steam engines are sleeping to destroy the side of it with his claw. Mr. Conductor tries to keep them in order, but the gold dust fails and Mr. Conductor scares Boomer and Diesel 10 away by threatening to pour a bag of sugar in his fuel tanks. Boomer and Diesel 10 return to the Dieselworks, where they unite every diesel until their command.

Burnett's granddaughter, Lily Stone, is visiting her grandfather. She meets a dog called Mutt at the railway station. At the sheds, the steam engines express their concerns about diesels to Mr. Conductor, unaware that Diesel 10's oafish diesel minions Splatter and Dodge are spying on them. Lily meets Mr. Conductor's cousin Junior and Stacy Jones before she is taken to Burnett's house. Mr. Conductor calls Junior to help him with his gold dust crisis. P.T. Boomer confronts Sailor John for the removal of his imprisonment, which leads them to become partners, and escape from prison. While talking at Knapford that night, Percy and Thomas conclude there is a secret railway between Sodor and Shining Time. After spying on their conversation and hearing everything, Boomer and John go to the Ironworks to tell Diesel 10, Diesel, Philip, Splatter and Dodge of his plans to destroy Lady and rule the dimension of the Big Worlds. Observing this, Toby distracts them by ringing his bell, causing Diesel 10 to knock one of the supports out from the shed with his claw, which collapses the roof on top of the diesels. The next morning, Thomas collects six coal trucks for Henry, and one of them accidentally rolls through the buffers that lead to the secret railway. Later that day, Mr. Conductor is ambushed by Sailor John and Diesel 10, who scoops him up with his claw and threatens to drop Mr. Conductor off a viaduct unless he divulges the location of the buffers. Before Diesel 10 can drop him, Mr. Conductor cuts one of the claw's fuel hoses with a pair of tin snips, and is thrown free. He lands at the Sodor windmill, where he finds a clue to the source of the gold dust.

Lily meets Patch, who takes her to Shining Time, where she meets Junior again. Junior takes her through the Magic Railroad to Sodor, where they meet Thomas. Thomas is not happy to see Junior, but agrees to help him and Lily and takes them to the Windmill, where they find Mr. Conductor. Junior climbs onto one of the sails and is thrown onto Diesel 10's roof. Later that night, Percy finds that Splatter and Dodge have found the Sodor entrance to the Magic Railroad and goes to warn Thomas. Thomas agrees to take Lily home. While traveling through the Magic Railroad, Thomas discovers the missing coal truck, which he collects. Lily goes to find Burnett, leaving Thomas stranded. Thomas rolls down the mountain and re-enters the Magic Railroad through another secret portal.

Lily finds Burnett in his workshop and he explains the problem getting Lady to steam. Lily suggests using a special coal from Sodor. Patch retrieves the truck and Burnett uses the coal to fire Lady. Now steaming, Lady takes Burnett, Lily, Patch and Mutt along the Magic Railroad. Thomas arrives and the two engines return from Misty Island, Australia, and China to Sodor, where they meet Mr. Conductor and Junior. Diesel 10 arrives with his army, as they lit up a bushfire in front of them. Burnett and Lily escape back on Thomas and Lady along the Magic Railroad to a abandoned station. With Philip, Splatter, Dodge, Mr. Conductor, Junior and Patch trapped in the fire, Diesel searches Mavis and Sir Topham Hatt at the Ffarquhar Quarry Diesel for help. Boomer receives the gold dust and escapes with Diesel 10. Finding a tunnel that takes them to Tidmouth Sheds, Mr. Conductor, Junior, Patch, Philip, Splatter and Dodge escape just as a small army of engines assembled by Topham refuse to call off their attack. Sooner enough, Diesel, Mavis and Topham arrive, in which Diesel is given a chance to explain how to stop Diesel 10 and Boomer. Blaming himself as a disrespectful engine to Lady, Thomas sees a mysterious figure. Sir Lowham Hatt, the jolly twin brother of Topham, reminds Thomas that he has always been a really useful engine, and to forget about the mistakes he has done. Full of pride, Thomas takes Lady, Burnett and Lily to the Big Worlds, with the help of Sailor John's unused map.

The next day, Mr. Conductor leads Junior, Patch, the Steam Team, Philip, Diesel, Mavis, Splatter and Dodge to the passageway of the Big Worlds, while Topham is given orders to find any of the free railways to aid them. Arriving at the Big Worlds, Thomas and Lady confront Diesel 10 and P.T. Boomer, but Boomer forwards the gold dust into the dark ashes. Spreading chaos over Sodor and the Big Worlds, Boomer proclaims himself chancellor of the DieselWOrks. They are then transported to an endless railway. Meanwhile, Mr. Conductor's army of engines are aided by Sir Topham Hatt's fleet of engines to finish off Sailor John and his group of diesels. P.T. Boomer and Diesel 10 chase Lady, but Thomas, aided by Burnett and Lily, races between them, heading towards the viaduct, as Burnett grips the dark ashes away from Boomer. Thomas and Lady both make it safely across, but the viaduct collapses under Diesel 10's weight, and he with Boomer fall and land onto a barge filled with sludge.

As the engine fleet, Thomas, Lady, Lily, Burnett, Mr. Conductor, Junior, Patch and Topham return to the grotto, Gordon and James destroy the dark ashes; Sailor John and Boomer are arrested for their crimes, as Diesel 10 is taken back for major repairs, and Lily combines water from a wishing well and shavings from the Magic Railroad to make more gold dust. Junior decides to go to work on Sodor and Mr. Conductor gives him his conductor's hat before sending him to another railway. Lily, Burnett, Patch and Mutt return to Shining Time, and Lady returns to the Magic Railroad while Thomas travels home into the sunset.

Cast

• Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor III
  A 20-centimetre tall conductor at Shining Time Station.
  • Pierce Brosman as Mr. Conductor II
    • Ringo Starr as Mr. Conductor I
• Jim Carrey as P.T. Boomer
  A ruthless biker and former stunt performer who is an ally of Diesel 10.
• Ciarán Hinds as Burnett Stone
  Lily's grandfather.
• Zendeya as Lily Stone
  Burnett's sassy teenage granddaughter.
• Tom Holland as Patch
  A young teenager.
• Channing Tatum as Junior
  Mr. Conductor's cousin.
• Robert Downey Jr. as Mr. Percival
  The current manager of the Skarloey and Culdee Fell Railways.
• Antoino Bandreas as Sailor John
  A pirate that was in the navy, and Skiff's former owner.
• Michael Sheen as Fergus Duncan
  The General Manager of the Arlesdale Railway.
• Jim Broadbent as Sir Topham Hatt
  The manager of the North Western Railway and a father figure to his engines. Broadbent also portrays Sir Lowham Hatt, the jolly twin brother of Topham.
• Elizabeth Banks as Stacy Jones
  The manager of Shining Time Station.
• Adam Beach as Billy Twofeathers
  The Native American resident railroad engineer on the Indian Valley Railroad and driver of the Rainbow Sun, as well as the handyman at Shining Time Station.
• Will Forte as Sir Robert Norramby
  The Earl of Sodor.
• Hayley Atwell as Lady Hatt
  Sir Topham Hatt's wife.
• Julie Walters as Dowager Hatt
  The elderly mother of Sir Topham Hatt.
• Bill Skarsgård as Mr. Bubbles
  A clown famous for blowing very big bubbles and performing with very large balloons.
• Audra McDonald as Allicia Botti
  A world-famous Italian opera singer.
• Kate Winslet as Jenny Packard
  An Irish woman who is the owner of the Sodor Construction Company and takes responsibility for a number of the bigger building projects around Sodor along with the Foreman.

The "Son" and the "Father" will appear, though their actors are currently unknown.

Voices

• Joseph May voices Thomas
  A friendly, blue tank engine who runs his own branch line.
• Matt Wilkinson voices:
  • Diesel 10
    An evil Diesel locomotive with a hydraulic claw, who hates steam engines and wants to destroy them.
  • Splatter
    A bumbling purple diesel and Dodge's twin.
  • Mighty Mac
    A double-ended Fairlie duplex locomotive, and conjoined twins.
• Kerry Shale voices:
  • Dodge
    A bumbling olive diesel and Splatter's twin.
  • Gordon
    A blue tender engine who does the main line express and is the Flying Scotsman's brother.
  • Henry
    A green mixed-traffic tender engine who is smaller than Gordon.
  • 'Arry
    A diesel shunter who works at the smelters and scrapyards of the Sodor Ironworks.
  • Dash
    A fun loving steam engine living on Misty Island.
  • Scruff
    A boxy tank engine, who works at the Waste Dump with Whiff.
  • Kevin
    A well-meaning, but clumsy four-wheeled crane who works at the Sodor Steamworks alongside Victor.
  • Harold
    A white rescue helicopter who flies around Sodor.
• Britt Allcroft voices Lady
  A beautiful lost magical tank engine, owned by Burnett Stone who runs the Magic Railroad.
• Christopher Ragland voices Percy
  A green saddle tank engine who takes the mail and is Thomas' best friend.
• Rob Rackstraw voices:
  • James
    A boastful red splendid mixed-traffic engine.
  • Donald
    A twin Scottish mixed-traffic tender engine.
  • Flynn
    A fire engine who is part of the Search and Rescue Team.
• Jules de Jongh voices:
  • Emily
    A very kind and friendly tender engine who is always sensitive to the other engines' feelings.
  • Flora
    A bright yellow steam tram who works for Sodor Tramways in Great Waterton. She has her own tram car, which is her pride and joy.
• Yvonne Grundy voices Nia
  A Kenyan tank engine who befriended and accompanied Thomas on his journey around the world.
• Rachael Miller voices Rebecca
  A large tender engine that originates from The Mainland.
• Teresa Gallagher voices:
  • Mavis
    A 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting engine.
  • Annie and Clarabel
    Thomas' branch line coaches.
  • Belle
    A large tank engine fitted with water cannons, and a member of the Search and Rescue Team.
• Michael Brandon voices Diesel
  A diesel shunting locomotive.
• Eddie Redmayne voices Ryan
  A purple tank engine who takes goods on the Harwick Branch Line.
• William Hope voices:
  • Toby
    A brown tram engine who sometimes takes Henrietta.
  • Whiff
    A grubby green tank engine. His main task is collecting rubbish and scrap, which explains his dirty appearance and smell.
  • Bash
    A fun loving steam engine and Dash's twin.
  • Bert
    'Arry's twin.
  • Edward
    A blue mixed-traffic tender engine.
• Keith Wickham voices:
  • Harvey
    A tank engine with a crane mounted on top of his boiler, which makes him look rather unusual. He is involved in repair, recovery and industrial jobs on the railway.
  • Salty
    A diesel shunter who works at Brendam Docks.
  • Skarloey
    A narrow gauge saddle tank engine, is the oldest engine on the Skarloey Railway.
  • Sir Handel
    A narrow gauge saddle tank engine of the Skarloey Railway.
  • Bert
    A small blue tender engine who is the quietest and oldest of the Arlesdale Railway engines.
  • Bertie
    A red bus who works alongside Thomas' Branch Line. He is owned by Sodor Roadways.
• Rupert Degas voices:
  • Den
    A big diesel-hydraulic engine who runs the Vicarstown Dieselworks with his assistant, Dart.
  • Dart
    A small diesel shunter who assists Den in running the Vicarstown Dieselworks.
• Steven Kynman voices:
  • Duck
    A green pannier tank engine who runs his own branch line with Oliver.
  • Peter Sam
    A narrow gauge saddle tank engine who lives and works on the Skarloey Railway.
• Martin Sherman voices Murdoch
  Sodor's largest and strongest tender engine, who is somewhat shy, a gentle giant, and prefers the quiet countryside to the constant noise of industry.
• Ben Small voices Hank
  A large American tender engine.
• Togo Igawa voices Hiro
  An old and wise Japanese tender engine, who is famously known as the "Master of the Railway".
• David Bedella voices Victor
  A Cuban narrow gauge tank engine who works at the Sodor Steamworks with his assistant, Kevin.
• Mark Moraghan voices Stepney
  A tank engine who lives and works on the Bluebell Railway.
• Miranda Raison voices Millie
  Sir Robert Norramby's private French narrow gauge engine. She works on the Estate Railway.
• Michael Angelis voices:
  • Dennis
    A lazy diesel shunter. He has a twin named Norman.
  • Norman
    An orange diesel shunter and Dennis' twin.
• John Hasler voices:
  • Rheneas
    A narrow gauge tank engine and the Skarloey Railway's second engine.
  • Freddie
    An old tank engine on the Skarloey Railway.
• Michael Legge voices Luke
  An Irish narrow gauge saddle-tank engine who works primarily at the Blue Mountain Quarry, on the Skarloey Railway.
• Tracy-Ann Oberman voices Daisy
  A diesel railcar who works on the Harwick Branch Line carrying out passenger duties.
• Nicola Stapleton voices Rosie
  A lively little tank engine who idolises Thomas, which sometimes bothers him. She works as both a shunting engine and a mixed traffic engine.
• Joe Mills voices:
  • Douglas
    Donald's twin.
  • Oliver
    A Great Western tank engine.
• Glenn Wrage voices:
  • Billy
    An orange saddle tank engine with prominent buck teeth.
  • Charlie
    A tank engine who loves to tell jokes and have fun. He can usually be found working at Knapford Yards.
  • Spencer
    A sleek streamlined engine privately owned by The Duke and Duchess of Boxford. He commonly visits the Island of Sodor with his owners.
  • Ferdinand
    A large logging engine who lives and works on Misty Island, with Bash and Dash.
• Tom Stourton voices:
  • Duncan
    A grumpy Scottish narrow gauge engine who came to the Skarloey Railway as a spare engine after Peter Sam's accident with some slate trucks.
  • Rex
    A small green tender engine who lives and works on the Arlesdale Railway. He enjoys nothing more than teasing Mike. He is a hard worker, but sometimes has problems with traction.
• Bob Golding voices Stephen
  An early steam engine who works at Ulfstead Castle, where he takes visitors around the castle grounds and across the rest of Sodor.
• Rufus Jones voices the Flying Scotsman
  An LNER Class A3 Pacific, who is the last of Gordon's brothers.
• Robert Wilfort voices Samson
  A cabless tank engine who lives on the Mainland. He has a brake van named Bradford.
• Rasmus Hardiker voices Philip
  A cheery little diesel boxcab. He works as a shunting engine at Knapford Station. He lives at Wellsworth Sheds.
• Jamie Campbell Bower voices Skiff
  A railboat.
• Tina Desai voices Ashima
  A brightly-painted Indian tank engine, who works on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway.
• Rasmus Hardiker voices Bill
  A tank engine belonging to the Sodor China Clay Company.
• Jonathan Broadbent voices Ben
  Bill's twin.
• Maggie Ollerenshaw voices Henrietta
• David Menkin voices Porter
  A saddle tank engine who works at Brendam Docks.
• Tim Whitnall voices:
  • Timothy
    A little oil burning tank engine, who works at the Sodor China Clay Company with Bill, Ben and Marion.
  • Mike
    A small strong red engine who prefers goods trains to passengers. He is the youngest out of the original three Arlesdale Railway engines.
  • Oliver
    A wise old excavator, who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He carries out demolition and digging work. He is capable of switching between different tools, including his usual bucket, a chisel for digging, a scissor claw, and a wrecking ball for demolition, plus a jackhammer.
• Lucy Montgomery voices Marion
  A self-propelled steam shovel.
• Nathan Clarke voices Alfie
  An enthusiastic little excavator, who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He is Jack's best friend.
• David Menkin voices Jack
  A friendly and enthusiastic front loader, who works for the Sodor Construction Company. He is Alfie's best friend.
• Dan Li voices Yong Bao
  A Chinese engine.
• John Schwab voices Stanley
  A silver saddle tank engine.
• Chipo Chung voices Hong-Mei
  A Chinese tank engine Thomas met during his stay in China.
• Peter Andre voices Ace
  An Australian rally car who inspired Thomas to become the first engine to travel the world.
• Frank Welker voices Mutt
  Billy Twofeathers' British golden-doodle dog.
• Dee Bradley Baker voices Beaky
  Dowager Hatt's blue-and-yellow macaw.