Songana (2020 Universal, Illumination and Columbia film)

Songana
US Theatrical and VOD release poster
Film Genre	Animated musical comedy
Genre movie	Animation Musical Comedy Fantasy Adventure
Directed by	Garth Jennings
Produced by	Chris Meledandri Sergio Pablos Janet Healy Scott Mosier
Screenplay by	Garth Jennings Michael LeSieur Brain Lynch
Story by	Sergio Pablos Brain Lynch
Starring	Emma Marie Thom Justin Thomas Lucason Cassie Steele Will Smith Jesse Scott-Lee Thom Garry Shandling Kelly Marie Tran Kat Dennings Kevin Hart Patton Oswalt Robert Downey Jr. Keegan-Michael Key Benedict Cumberbatch Marco Brander Jamie Foxx Jennifer Lopez Tom Buckwell
Music by	Joby Talbot Pharrell Williams Christopher Lennertz
Edited by	Steven Liu Claire Dodgson Gregory Perler
Animation Desgin	Yarrow Cheney
Production company	Columbia Pictures Universal Pictures Illumination
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (United States, Worldwide and International) Sony Pictures (Through Columbia Pictures) (Canada and United Kingdom)
Release date	August 28, 2020 (2020-08-28) (United States and Canada in theatrical and on VOD release premiere by Universal Pictures) September 11, 2020 (2020-09-11) (United Kingdom in theatrical release premiere by Sony Pictures)
Language	English
Country	United States
Rating	PG (MPA) (for In-some Fantasy Comedy, Mild Grapic Language, Rude Humor and Some Thematic Elements)
Aspect Ratio	Cinemascope

Songana is a 2020 computer-animated Culture musical comedy adventure film produced by Illumination, Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures (through Columbia Pictures) and Universal Pictures.

Cast

Characters	Voices	TTS Voice	Note(s)
Ana Princess-elon	Emma Marie Thom	Salli (US)	N/A
Prince Li	Justin Thomas Lucason	Paul (US)	N/A
Bridget Lonina	Cassie Steele	Alison (US)	N/A
Mainser	Will Smith	Eric/John (US)	N/A
Matt Jan	Jesse Scott-Lee Thom	Lee (AUS)	N/A
Nathan Van Solocaro	Garry Shandling	Tom (UK)	Garry Shandling's post film release
Venica	Kelly Marie Tran	Olivia (UK)	N/A
Stella	Kat Dennings	Kate (US)	N/A
Nartaco	Kevin Hart	Steven (US)	N/A
Duke Patson	Patton Oswalt	Brain (UK)	N/A
Godron Torpman	Robert Downey Jr.	Dave (AUS)	N/A
Frank	Keegan-Michael Key	Russel (AUS)	N/A
Sunator Mark	Benedict Cumberbatch	James (US)	N/A
Hans Cruseller	Marco Brander	Simon (UK)	N/A
Senioreast Victor Goreay	Jamie Foxx	Joey (US)	N/A
	Jennifer Lopez	Julie (US)	N/A
	Tom Buckwell	Geraint (Welsh Eng,)	N/A
	Carl Hans-Smith Lee Jenny Slate Andre Vincent	Alan (AUS) Joanna (US) Daniel (UK)	N/A
	Christian Parenti	Italian male	Italian-language only in world-wide english
	Marco De Lozano López	Spainsh male	Spainsh-language only in world-wide english
	Sergio De Bodi	Italian male	Italian-language only in world-wide english
	Oscar Salvi De Veri	Spainsh male	Spainsh-language only in world-wide english
	Angeline Del Veanco	Italian female	Italian-language only in world-wide english

Production

Casting

The Film was revivaled in stars Cassie Steele, Kelly Marie Tran and Kat Dennings as Bridget, Venica and Stella.

Universal and Columbia Releases

Canada	August 28, 2020
Germany	September 4, 2020
Destuch	September 11, 2020
Poland	August 28, 2020
Italy	September 18, 2020
United Kingdom	September 11, 2020
United States	August 28, 2020

International release

Poland

Marathon Summer-holiday animated musical movies [Polish: Maraton wakacyjnych animowany musical filmy] w Helios, on August 28, 2020.

Parents Guide

Certification

• MPAA/MPA - United States: PG - for In-some Fantasy Comedy, Mild Grapic Language, Rude Humor and Some Theamtic Elements
• United Kingdom: PG (BBFC)
  • Ireland: PG with G (IFCO)
• Australia: PG