Playmobil: The Movie facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Playmobil: The Movie |
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| Directed by | Lino DiSalvo |
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| Story by | Lino DiSalvo |
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| Music by | Heitor Pereira |
| Editing by | Maurissa Horwitz |
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| Distributed by | Pathé Distribution |
| Release date(s) | 10 June 2019 (Annecy) 7 August 2019 (France) |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $72 million |
| Money made | $16.3 million |
Playmobil: The Movie is a fun computer-animated adventure movie from 2019. It's a musical comedy based on the popular German building toys, Playmobil. The film was directed by Lino DiSalvo, who used to work at Disney.
The story is about a girl named Marla and her brother Charlie. They get pulled into the amazing Playmobil world. Marla then has to go on a big adventure to save Charlie from a bad guy.
The movie first showed at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June 2019. It then came out in France on August 7, 2019.
The Story of the Movie
Marla used to be a very free-spirited girl. But after their parents passed away, she became very responsible. She also became a bit overprotective of her younger brother, Charlie. Charlie felt lonely and not as close to her anymore.
One night, Charlie secretly went to a toy museum. There was a special Playmobil exhibit there. Marla found him and was upset he ran off. Suddenly, a bright light from a lighthouse pulled them both into the Playmobil world!
Marla and Charlie landed right in the middle of a Viking battle. Charlie helped the Vikings, but then some pirates kidnapped him. Marla was very worried and wanted to find her brother.
She went to a nearby town to ask for help. There, she met Del, a food truck driver. His customer wouldn't pay him because of some strange pink hay. This hay made the town's horses grow wings! Marla showed some Viking gold to the townspeople, hoping they would help. Del helped her out of trouble and agreed to help her find Charlie. He wanted the gold in return.
Marla and Del soon met Rex Dasher. He was a secret agent and an old friend of Del's. Rex explained that many characters had disappeared. The group decided to sneak into a villain's spy headquarters. They needed to find out what was happening to the missing people.
They managed to get the information and escape. But then, Rex was captured by the pirates. He was taken to a place called Constantinopolis. There, he found Charlie! Charlie was locked up with many other characters by Emperor Maximus. Maximus wanted the prisoners to fight each other to the death. Rex told Charlie that Marla was looking for him. This made Charlie brave enough to try and escape. He later let himself be caught again so the others could get away.
Del realized that a device the pirates used belonged to Glinara. She was an alien crime lord. Del met with Glinara to get more information. He offered to pay her double what he owed her. Glinara agreed and said she sold the device to Maximus. However, Marla only had two pieces of gold left. Del couldn't pay Glinara.
Glinara got angry and captured them. She tried to drop them into a portal. But Glinara's robot servant, Robotitron, saved them. Robotitron hacked the portal and dropped them into a forest instead. Del was upset that Marla had tricked him, so he left the group. Marla and Robotitron got lost in the forest. Marla accidentally hit a fairy godmother. The fairy godmother told her to keep looking for Charlie. She also sent Marla to Constantinopolis.
Marla arrived in the city and found a coliseum. Charlie was about to fight a Tyrannosaurus rex! Charlie and Marla worked together to fight the T-Rex. But it was too strong. Then, Del arrived with his food truck. Marla used the last of Del's pink hay. This made the T-Rex harmless!
Maximus was furious and told his guards to arrest them. But the guards were actually Rex and the missing warriors! They locked Maximus in a cage. Everyone celebrated their victory. Marla and Charlie used the T-Rex to fly back to the lighthouse. They returned to the real world. It turned out they had only been gone for five minutes! Marla promised Charlie that their relationship would be much better now.
After the movie credits, a security guard found a Maximus toy figure. He placed it on top of Mount Olympus. Maximus's laugh could still be heard.
Meet the Characters and Voice Actors
Many talented actors lent their voices to the characters in Playmobil: The Movie:
- Anya Taylor-Joy is the voice of Marla Brenner. She is Charlie's sister. Anya also voices Marla's Playmobil toy form. The director, Lino DiSalvo, chose her because of her unique voice.
- Gabriel Bateman voices Charlie Brenner. He is Marla's brother. Gabriel also voices Charlie's Playmobil Viking toy form.
- Ryan S. Hill voices Charlie when he was 6 years old.
- Jim Gaffigan is the voice of Del. Del is a food truck driver who has many other small jobs. He becomes Marla's best friend.
- Daniel Radcliffe voices Rex Dasher. Rex is a secret agent who helps Marla. Daniel usually doesn't play spy roles. But he liked playing Rex Dasher because Rex is very confident but also a bit clumsy. Daniel joked that playing a Playmobil version of James Bond was "more his speed."
- Adam Lambert voices Emperor Maximus. Maximus is the mean ruler of Constantinopolis. Adam said he enjoyed playing the role. He described Maximus as a "comical bad guy" who is very full of himself. Adam said he played the character like himself "on a really bad day."
- Kenan Thompson is the voice of Bloodbones. He is a pirate captain. Kenan had to use a deep, rough voice for the role, which he said gave him a "headache."
- Meghan Trainor voices The Fairy Godmother. This unnamed fairy godmother helps Marla in the forest. Meghan said it was her childhood dream to play a fairy. She also said it was a difficult but fun task.
- Lino DiSalvo (the director) voices Robotitron. Robotitron is a robot who works for Glinara.
- Maddie Taylor voices Glinara. She is an alien crime lord.
- Kirk Thornton voices Ook Ook.
- Dan Navarro voices the Viking Leader.
- Paloma Michelle voices Valera. She is an Amazon warrior.
- Spike Spencer provides additional voices.
- Benjamin Diskin voices Seadog.
Movie Music
The song "Run Like the River" was released on July 26, 2019. It was a special song to promote the movie's soundtrack album. The full soundtrack album came out on August 2, 2019.
See also
In Spanish: Playmobil: La película para niños
