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Famous 5 (also known as Famous 5: The Movie) is an upcoming 2021 American computer-animated mystery adventure action comedy film loosely based on the novels of the same name created by Enid Blyton. It's a continuation to Famous 5: On the Case. It stars the voice of Hailee Steinfeld, Rihanna, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Shawn Mendes and Frank Welker as Timmy the Dog. It was directed by Stephen Gaghan, who is collaborated on Dolittle, from a screenplay by Nicholas Stoller, Rodney Rothman and Christopher McQuarrie, and a story by Phil Lord and Gary Ross.

Produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Movie Land Animation Studios, Lord Miller Productions and Pascal Pictures, which is William Renschen, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Christina Steinberg, the film will be release in theaters on June 18, 2021 in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label in IMAX, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and 2D theaters.

The sequel film, entitled Famous 5 Goes to New York, will be released on November 4, 2022 with Skydance Media and International Donut Fund Productions were involved in the second film.

Premise[]

"Once there were one of the heroes of their own story in "Famous 5", the all new full-length, theatrical animated Sony's Movie Land Universe adventure, showing where to find a clue. The Famous 5 teams, Allie Campbell (Hailee Steinfeld), Jo Misra (Rihanna), Dylan Kirrin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor), Max Kirrin (Shawn Mendes) and Timmy the Dog (Frank Welker; voice played by Michael Peña), were embark on a new series of adventures. They were able to make use of newer technology such as laptop computers and mobile phones which had not been invented in their parents' day." Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios

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Development[]

Development for a film adaptation of Famous 5: On the Case and/or an untitled Famous 5 film has been announced in August 2013. It will be directed by Stephen Gaghan, and with screenplays by Nicholas Stoller, Rodney Rothman and Christopher McQuarrie, and a story by Phil Lord and Gary Ross, with animation currently created by Movie Land Digital Production Services.

In October 2013, Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to produce and distribute a film based on the Famous Five series. On June 10, 2014, a computer-animated film was announced as a joint venture between Paramount Pictures and Ilion Animation Studios, a Spanish animation production services for the 2009 film, Planet 51. It would be produced by Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Christina Steinberg.

On October 2, 2017, Sony Pictures announced that they had acquired the rights alongside Movie Land Animation Studios and Sony Pictures Animation for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, with William Renschen was added as a producer and with animated services was replaced by Movie Land Digital Production Services, as a joint venture between Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios, after Paramount Pictures being busy making Wonder Park for Nickelodeon Movies/Paramount Animation. Almost all of the production team remained unchanged and intact. In December 2019, it was announced that the film would be released in June 2021.

Casting[]

In June 2019, the majority of the voice cast was announced. On August 12, 2019, Hailee Steinfeld, Rihanna, Tenzing Norgay Trainor and Shawn Mendes joined the cast of the film. The next day, Frank Welker joined the cast as Timmy the Dog. On January 1, 2020, Jason Sudeikis, Charlyne Yi and Rachel Bloom has joined the cast.

Animation[]

The character animation and computer graphics were fully created by Movie Land Digital Production Services (MLDPS), replacing Ilion Animation Studios for Paramount Pictures' Wonder Park, led by MLDPS's studio in Mumbai, Vancouver and London, with William Renschen, Nigel Sumner and Vanitha Rangaraju were served as a visual effects supervisors, using Pixar RenderMan, Blender, Inc. and Autodesk Maya, with a help from the Moving Picture Company (MPC). The production team used computer animation to create a CGI version of Dylan Kirrin. This film will be containing the same characters from the British/French television series, Famous 5: On the Case.

Music[]

Cascada - San Francisco (From Famous 5 Soundtrack)

Single cover for San Francisco, performed by Cascada from the film.

The music for the film is fully composed by Henry Jackman and Tom Holkenborg with Jonas Blue. The film features "Slow Dance (Sam Feldt Remix)", performed by AJ Mitchell and Sam Feldt featuring Ava Max, and was added in the film's end credits. It also features the original version of "Slow Dance", performed by AJ Mitchell featuring Ava Max and was added in the scene for when Dylan Kirrin and Max Kirrin jumps and falls into the water in slow-motion during the tower destruction.

The official theme song to the film is "San Francisco", a song written by Yann Peifer, Manuel Reuter, Tony Cornelissen and Matthew Langlois, and produced by Manuel "Manian" Reuter and Yann "Yanou" Peifer. It is performed by Cascada.

A full soundtrack album was released by Republic Records on June 15, 2021. A separate album containing their score was released by Sony Classical Records on June 18, 2021, the same day as the film's release.

Release[]

Famous 5 will be released by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label on June 18, 2021. The film in the United States has been rated PG "for mild rude humor, peril, thematic elements, brief language and frenetic sequences of animated action violence" by the MPA.

Marketing[]

An official logo was released on December 18, 2019. A teaser trailer was exclusively released on the Movie Land Disc release of Famous 5: On the Case. On August 5, the teaser trailer was released online.

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v - e - dThe Famous Five by Enid Blyton
Novels Five on a Treasure Island (1942) • Five Go Adventuring Again (1943) • Five Run Away Together (1944) • Five Go to Smuggler's Top (1945) • Five Go Off in a Caravan (1946) • Five on Kirrin Island Again (1947) • Five Go Off to Camp (1948) • Five Get into Trouble (1949) • Five Fall into Adventure (1950) • Five on a Hike Together (1951) • Five Have a Wonderful Time (1952) • Five Go Down to the Sea (1953) • Five Go to Mystery Moor (1954) • Five Have Plenty of Fun (1955) • Five on a Secret Trail (1956) • Five Go to Billycock Hill (1957) • Five Get into a Fix (1958) • Five on Finniston Farm (1960) • Five Go to Demon's Rocks (1961) • Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1962) • Five Are Together Again (1963)
Film adaptations Five on a Treasure Island (1957) • Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1964) • Five Get into Trouble (1970) • Famous Five (2012) • Famous 5 (2021)
Television adaptations The Famous Five (1978–1979) • The Famous Five (1995–1997) • Famous 5: On the Case (2008)
See also Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982)
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Filmography
Released Stickman: The Movie (2014) • Reggie and the Penguin (2015) • Loppy the Dog (2016) • Birds (2017) • The Street of San Francisco (2017) • The Polar Express (2017) • Eddie (2018) • Major Lazer: The Movie (2018) • Penguinopolis (2018) • Smash of Claws (2018) • The Wampanoag Movie (2018) • The Hi-Tech and Science Fiction Movie (2018) • Doug (2018) • Funimals (2018) • Stuart Little (2018) • Sarcastics (2018) • Animals of Spy (2018) • Light It Up (2019) • Birds 2 (2019) • The Hampster Movie (2019) • Stickman 2: Larry's Adventure (2019) • Sphere (2019) • The Crown (2019) • Charlotte's Web (2019) • Animal Party (2019) • Car Chase (2019) • Ghost in the Shell (2019) • Star Trek (2019) • Loppy the Dog 2: The Second Movie (2019) • GoGo Tomago (2019) • Sarcastics 2 (2019) • The Great Spy Racers (2019) • Chunko (2020) • Ned's Newt (2020) • The Legend of Disguise (2020) • Spanish Empire (2020) • Twister (2020) • The Trumpet of the Swan (2020) • Technoville (2020) • Scrambled Eggs Super! (2020) • The Hunger Games (2020)
Produced with Sony Pictures Animation The Animals in the Attic (2019) • The Secret Life of Animals 2 (2019) • Dimensions (2019) • Shaun and Roger: Roger Breaks the Internet (2019) • Gwen and Dan (2019) • Carmen Sandiego (2019) • Hoverboard (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Go (2019) • Everest (2019) • Grossology (2019) • Bunny (2019) • Cool Girls (2020) • Spectrum (2020)
Upcoming Romeo and Juliet (2020) • Las Vegas (2020) • Mr. Magoo (2020) • Spider-Gwen 2 (2020) • Panko the Dragon (2021) • Famous 5 (2021) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • Voltron (2021) • The Hollow (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021) • Grossology 2 (2021) • Untitled Romeo and Juliet sequel (2022)
Produced with Aardman Animations The JH Movie Collection Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
Upcoming The JH Movie Collection Movie: The Fate of the Tour (2020) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 4: Lost in Florida (2021)
As Ted-LaPai Productions A Bird's Tale (1994) • The Secret of Ace (1995) • Cycle Throughout the World (1996) • Life of Animals (1996) • Power Up (1997) • One Little Rabbit (1997) • El Fuego (1997) • A Trip to Denmark (1998) • The Secret of Ace 2 (2000) • Yeti (2000) • A Bird's Tale 2 (2000) • Life of Animals 2 (2001) • MagnusLos Altos (2002) • Two Little Rabbits (2002) • Bunnies on the Streets (2003) • The Animals Movie (2004) • Kevin the Lost Dog (2006) • A Trip to Los Angeles (2007) • The Final Chapter (2008)
Upcoming Faster Bike (2020) • Cuphead (2020) • Jin (2020) • Carlos & Ricky: Into the Future (2020) • Reggie and the Penguin 2 (2020) • Shank (2020) • Spy Penguins (2020)
Associated productions Sarcastics (2018)
Direct-to-video films The Hunger Games (2020)
Television series Stickman: The Series (2016-present) • Tom the Hand (2016-present) • All Hail Loppy the Dog (2017-present) • How Penguins Goes to Kansas (2017; television film) • The JH Movie Collection Show (2018-present) • The Christopher the Stickman Show (2020-present)
Franchises Stickman (2014-present) • Loppy the Dog (2016-present) • The JH Movie Collection Movie (2018-present) • Sony's Movie Land Universe (2019-present) • Tom the Hand (season 3; 2016, 2019-present)
People
Directors Ted V. MillerRobert ZemeckisStephen HeneveldMike MitchellDon HallPhil Lord and Christopher MillerChris WilliamsChris MillerJenny HarderBob PersichettiPeter RamseyRodney RothmanTom McGrathWilliam RenschenElla RayDominic FormellaAlejandro MunozMarcos Rivera
Producers Chris MeledandriKristina ReedBonnie ArnoldRoy ConliRoy LeePhil Lord and Christopher MillerJordan KernerDon HahnDarla K. AndersonDan LinJohn LasseterAvi AradAmy PascalWilliam RenschenElla RayDominic FormellaAlejandro MunozMarcos Rivera
Writers Karey KirkpatrickNicholas StollerRodney RothmanPhil Lord and Christopher MillerJordan RobertsJohn DavisPeter LordNick ParkWilliam Renschen
Executives/Associated figures Ted V. MillerMichael LaPaiMonty LaBuenoGeorge MacGuffinChristopher MacGuffinChris Meledandri
Animators and visual/special effects artists Gal GadotJamie ChungBex Taylor-KlausJeffrey KatzenbergRich MooreRoy ConliGary TrousdalePhil Lord and Christopher MillerSteven SpielbergDuncan RouleauSteven T. SeagleSteven YeunJenny HarderHailee SteinfeldShiyoon KimPanat ThamrongsombutsakulJohn KnollCraig HammackSimon J. SmithSamik Roy ChoudhuryErik-Jan de BoerCedric Nicolas-TroyanEmilio Ruiz del Río
Signature voice actors/actress Ben StillerAdam SandlerJim CarreyGal GadotHailee SteinfeldJamie ChungBex Taylor-KlausMichael J. FoxAndy SambergKeegan-Michael KeyRihannaJohn DiMaggioTenzing Norgay TrainorShameik MooreJake Johnson
Signature musicians Henry JackmanJames Newton HowardLorne BalfeMajor LazerAlan MeyersonDaniel Pemberton
Signature character designer Monty LaBuenoRonnie del CarmenJin KimShiyoon Kim
Visual Development & Storyboard Artists Dante EriksenCody CameronAndrew StantonShiyoon KimJin KimGeoff JohnsRonnie del Carmen
Related topics
Related media and projects Birdy AnimationTouchstone Animation StudiosSphere Ball StudiosShank FilmsPanko and Panda Studios
Miscellaneous Warner Bros. films (Unproduced Warner Bros. projectsWAG filmsWarner Bros. animated filmsWarner Bros. Animation franchises and productions)
See also Movie LandMovie Land EntertainmentWarner Bros. PicturesWarner Bros. AnimationWarner Animation GroupAcquisition of Movie Land by Warner Bros.The JH Movie Collection Movie (2018) • Gwen and Dan: Level Two (2020)
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Films by Sony Pictures Animation
Computer-animated films Open Season (2006) • Surf's Up (2007) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (accolades) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
Live-action/animated films The Smurfs (2011) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Goosebumps (2015) • Peter Rabbit (2018) • Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
Produced with Aardman Animations Arthur Christmas (2011) • The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
Produced with Movie Land Animation Studios The Animals in the Attic (2019) • The Secret Life of Animals 2 (2019) • Shaun and Roger: Roger Breaks the Internet (2019) • Dimensions (2019) • Gwen and Dan (2019) • Carmen Sandiego (2019) • Hoverboard (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Everest (2019) • Grossology (2019) • Bunny (2019) • Cool Girls (2020) • Spectrum (2020)
Upcoming films Connected (2020) • Spider-Gwen 2 (2020) • Wish Dragon (2020) • Vivo (2021) • Famous 5 (2021) • Jerry & Will (2021) • Voltron (2021) • Hotel Transylvania 4 (2021) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • The Hollow (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021) • Grossology 2 (2021) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 (2022) • Spider-Woman (TBA) • Spider-Ham (TBA)
Direct-to-video films Open Season 2 (2008) • Open Season 3 (2010) • Open Season: Scared Silly (2015) • Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017)
Short films The ChubbChubbs! (2002) • Early Bloomer (2003) • Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2007) • The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas (2007) • The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011) • So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012) • Goodnight Mr. Foot (2012) • The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013) • Super Manny (2013) • Earl Scouts (2013) • Steve's First Bath (2014) • Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear (2014) • Puppy! (2017) • The Bunnies in a Christmas Caper (2018) • Hair Love (2019) • Ty and Abby's Bun Run (2020)
Series by Sony Pictures Animation
Television series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–) • Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–) • The Boondocks (2021)
Online series Go! Cartoons (2017–18)
Relations
Franchise Open Season (2006–15) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009–present) • The Smurfs (2011–17) • Hotel Transylvania (2012–present)
See also Sony Pictures ImageworksCartoon HangoverScreen Gems CartoonsUnproduced Sony Pictures Animation projectsSony Pictures Animation/GalleryThe Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Sausage Party (2016) • Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)
v - e - dFilms directed by Stephen Gaghan
Abandon (2002) • Syriana (2005) • Gold (2016) • Dolittle (2020) • Famous 5 (2021)

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v - e - dWilliam Renschen
Films directed Spanish Empire (2020) • Las Vegas (2020) • Goosebumps (2020) • Mr. Magoo (2020) • Panko the Dragon (2021) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 4: Lost in Florida (2021) • Untitled Cool Girls sequel (2022)
Films produced Sarcastics 2 (2019) • Ned's Newt (2020) • Twister (2020) • Spanish Empire (2020) • The Hunger Games (2020) • Romeo and Juliet (2020) • Las Vegas (2020) • Goosebumps (2020) • Mr. Magoo (2020) • Spider-Gwen 2 (2020) • Entering the Village (2021) • Super Bowl (2021) • Tom the Hand 4 (2021) • Panko the Dragon (2021) • Famous 5 (2021) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 4: Lost in Florida (2021) • Carmen Sandiego 2 (2021) • 6teen (2021) • The Last Kids on Earth (2021) • Grossology 2 (2021) • Untitled 2022 Movie Land Animation Studios film (2022) • Untitled Cool Girls sequel (2022) • Untitled Movie Land Animation Studios crossover film (2022)
v - e - dPhil Lord and Christopher Miller
Films directed Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • 21 Jump Street (2012) • The Lego Movie (2014) • 22 Jump Street (2014) • Tom the Hand 3 (2019) • Faster Bike (2020)
Films produced Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Storks (2016) • Brigsby Bear (2017) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (accolades) • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Gwen and Dan (2019) • The JH Movie Collection Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Chocolate Fever (2019) • Spider-Gwen (2019) • Ghost in the Shell (2019) • Everest (2019) • Las Vegas (2020) • Jin (2020) • Connected (2020) • Mr. Magoo (2020) • Being Good (2020) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 3: Food Monsters-Verse (2024) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 4 (TBA)
Television series created Clone High (2002–2003)
Television series produced The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018) • Son of Zorn (2016–2017) • Making History (2017) • Unikitty! (2017–present) • The JH Movie Collection Show (2018–present) • Bless the Harts (2019–present)
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