Rainbow High: The Movie

Rainbow High: The Movie is a 2032 American live-action musical fantasy film based on MGAs Rainbow High franchise. It was directed by Kenny Ortega with a teleplay written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott from a story by Jaffe, Greg Erb and Jason Oremland. The film was produced by MGA Television, a division of the toy company behind the series, Bad Angels Productions, 5678 Productions, Nickelodeon Productions. It released on Nickelodeon and Paramount+ on September 24, 2032, alongside the new Rainbow High animated series, as part of Rainbow High Generation 3.
==Synopsis==
Violet Willow, who was born with purple, after she arrives at her new school, Rainbow High. She quickly makes friends with her classmates Ruby Anderson, Jade Hunter, and Sunny Madison, and for the first time in her life, Violet feels like she has finally found a place where she fits in and can truly be herself, despite keeping her human half a secret. When a devious plan to destroy Rainbow High then turned Black & White threatens to reveal her real identity, Violet must learn to embrace her true color heart and find a way to save the day.
==Plot==
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==Cast==
*TBA as Violet Willow
*TBA as Sunny Madison
*TBA as Ruby Anderson
*TBA as Jade Hunter
*TBA as Poppy Rowan
*TBA as Skyler Bradshaw
*TBA as Bella Parker
*TBA as Amaya Raine
*TBA as River Kendall
*TBA as Avery Styles
*TBA as Aiden Russell
*TBA as Ainsley Slater
*TBA as Stella Monroe
*TBA as Karma Nichols
*TBA as Krystal Bailey
*TBA as Jett Dawson
*TBA as Kia Hart
*TBA as Daphne Minton
*TBA as Emi Vanda
*TBA as Gabriella Icely
*TBA as Holly De'Vious
*TBA as Laurel De'Vious
*TBA as Colin
*TBA as Emerald McNabb
*TBA as Alfire Kingsley
*TBA as Lou Wright
*TBA as Pamela Morton
*TBA as Victor Willow
*TBA as Edward Neonberg, Jr.
*TBA as Mr. Shadow
==Production==
===Development===
Before the announcement of the 2032 live-action film, there was an previous attempt at making a live-action Rainbow High movie made in 2020, the year the Rainbow High franchise was launched, Universal Pictures announced that a live-action, around-the-world adventure, ten chapter Rainbow High musical movie would be directed by Ari Sandel, scheduled to be released on September 25, 2026 and was listed in development, However, nothing was heard about Universal's attempt since then and is unknown if any aspects from this concept will be carried over to the 2032 version.
In September 28, 2030, MGA announced the return of the Rainbow High brand, promising new content and products in 2032. Mattel Television announced a new animated series and a live-action movie based on the franchise. Both projects will air on Nickelodeon in the United States in June 2032. On November 11, 2031, It was announced that the new live-action Rainbow High movie is directed by Todd Holland and would star TBA as Violet Willow, TBA as Ruby Anderson, TBA as Sunny Madison, TBA as Jade Hunter, TBA as Poppy Rowan, and TBA as Skyler Bradshaw.
Pre-production on the film started on September 10, 2031 and went until November 7, 2031.
===Casting===
In November, MGA and Nickelodeon released the rest principal cast to include Case Walker, Kyle Selig, Marci T. House, Scotch Ellis, Steve Valentine, Jy Prishkulnik, Lina Lecompte, Justin Derickson, Lilah Fitzgerald and Nasiv Sall.
===Filming===
Filming began on November 10, 2031 at The Crossing Studios in Burnaby, British Columbia. On November 18, 2031, the crew were seen filming at the Vancouver Art Gallery. A month later, on December 19, 2031, filming wrapped. On December 20, 2031, Ceci Balagot announced that filming was wrapped.
==Criticism==
The film and the reboot in general have received criticism for multiple reasons. One common concern is the choice of Todd Holland as director because he also directed Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), a film generally criticized for its racial stereotypes. Another criticism that has been made is with the castings and alleged whitewashing of various characters. For example, TBA (a pale Israeli woman) was cast as Skyler (a tanned Egyptian character), or TBA was cast as as Violet (though images from Vidcon show she is the same shade as most of Violet's dolls). 
There has also been criticism about changing the nationalities and ethnicities of characters, with some people saying it plays into nationalism and potential stereotypes. For example, Sunny was Romanian in the first generation of Rainbow High, but in the third generation she is Romanian and Filipina, and played by Filipina actress TBA. Gabrielle (Nepalese and with a Russian accent in the first generation) was played by TBA, who is Indian. Since the characters also no longer had their accents, some people said this was a removal of Slavic influences. Some people spoke of potential Americanization, anti-Russian sentiment, anti-Romanian sentiment, and/or general anti-Slavic sentiment.
Similar criticisms came to casting TBA as Poppy, and changing her from Australian to Colombian. Some people argued she potentially promoted the "violent Latino" stereotype, due to the scene where she snarls and threatens to eat River.
Other fans, various of whom were disabled, also object to Bella being able to talk and no longer having a limp. Some people also dislike Ruby being non-binary. Some people argue that certain casting choices should have gone to new characters, or could have used pre-existing Asian and Latina characters (such as ???).
==Release==
On June 24, 2032, a trailer of Rainbow High: The Movie was uploaded to Nickelodeon's official YouTube channel. On July 16, 2032, the official video alongside lyric video for "Color Group Them All" was uploaded to Rainbow High's official YouTube channel. On July 30, 2032, the official video alongside for "Dance the Bright Away" was uploaded to Rainbow High's official YouTube channel. On September 21, 2022, the official video for "Colors of the Core" was uploaded to Rainbow High's official YouTube channel. On September 3, 2032, the karaoke video for "Colors of the Core" and "Dance the Bright Away" was uploaded to Rainbow High's official YouTube channel.
On September 24, 2032, the movie debuted on Paramount+ at 12 a.m. everywhere and later aired on Nickelodeon at 7 p.m., with a sneak peak of the "Rainbow High" episodes: "Food Wars" and "Unfinished Flames."
==Sequel==
On October 26, 2032, it was announced that Rainbow High: The Movie had gained the green light for a sequel, since the film was the No. 1 kids and family movie on Paramount+ during its launch week and reached more than 4M total viewers across its premiere weekend on linear (Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nicktoons and TeenNick). It was also announced that Todd Holland would return as director and executive producer. Fred Soulie, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Mattel Television; Phil Breman, Vice President of Live Action Development at Mattel; and Adam Bonnett would also return as executive producers, with the screenplay being written by Matt & Billy Eddy, with story by Todd Holland & Matt Eddy & Billy Eddy. Filming is set to begin in January in Vancouver, Canada, and the sequel will air on Nickelodeon and stream on Paramount+ in 2033.
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