Cynthia: The Movie

***Cynthia: The Movie*** is a 2010 American action-animated adventure comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and Fox Family Movies, and based on the animated television series *The Adventures of Cynthia*. It was directed by Steven Dean Moore and Kevin Lima, and co-written by series creator Nova Young, Karey Kirkpatrick, J. David Stem, and David N. Wiess. Young wrote and executive produced the film, but decided not to direct it as she was busy directing *Magic II*, therefore, Moore and Lima were selected to direct. The film stars the regular television cast of E.G. Daily, Catherine Cavadini, Liliana Mumy, Yuri Lowenthal, Danica McKellar and Cree Summer, with guest roles from Christopher Lloyd, Christine Baranski, Patrick Warburton, Meg Ryan and Eric Idle.

In the film, Cynthia, Miracle, Wendy, Jett, Bessie and Valerie encounter the mysterious ruby that teleports them into different worlds. However, Lady Ancreta has plan to use the ruby in order to transform other worlds into her own version, including Cynthia's world. It's up to Cynthia and her friends must travel though different worlds in order to stop her before it too late. Originally, the film was intended to serve as the series finale, but Fox Zoom ordered more episodes of the series as it had become profitable akin to Fox's *The Simpsons*, as well as Nickelodeon's *SpongeBob SquarePants*.

*Cynthia: The Movie* was initially set to be released as a television film, but was instead theatrically on October 22, 2010 by 20th Century Fox, and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its animation, humor, visuals, writing, score, and vocal performances, and it has since attained a cult following, particularly among people that grew up with the TV series. The film earned a total of $546 million worldwide against a budget of $103 million, making it the tenth highest-grossing film of 2010. A standalone sequel was released on July 14, 2023.

## Cast

* E.G. Daily as Cynthia / Additional Voices
* Catherine Cavadini as Miracle / Stella Solaris / Additional Voices
* Liliana Mumy as Wendy
* Yuri Lowenthal as Jett / Additional Voices
* Danica McKellar as Bessie
* Cree Summer as Valerie / Additional Voices
* Jennifer Hale as Lady Ancreta
* Maurice LaMarche as Neclord Hallewell
* Vanessa Marshall as Cierra
* Billy West as Taff
* Jason Marsden as Carsen Ghost
* David Kaufman as Mike Moonlight
* Tress MacNeille as Violet
* Tom Kenny as Ultra
* Frank Welker as Dook
* Hank Azaria and Jeff Bennett as Neddy and Joey
* Rob Paulsen as Jammy
* Eric Bauza and Tara Strong as Trey and Penny

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## Production

### Animation

The animation was provided by in-house at Film Roman in Burbank, California, and Rough Draft Studios in Glendale. California. Additional animation was done overseas at AKOM Production Co. in Korea, Wang Film Productions/Cuckoo's Nest Studio in Taiwan, and Bardel Animation in Canada.

## Release

*Cynthia: The Movie* was originally scheduled for release on November 5, 2010, but was moved to avoid competition with DreamWorks Animation's *Megamind*. On October 7, 2010, the film had its world premiere at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood with the cast and filmmakers as attendees. The film premiered in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2010.

The film was digitally re-mastered into IMAX 3D, and released to 195 North American IMAX theatres, and approximately 75 IMAX theatres outside North America. The film was accompanied by the short animated film *Operation Pep Rally* featuring the characters from *Best Friends Forever*.

### Marketing

A huge amount of merchandise was made for *Cynthia: The Movie*, such as toys and figurines. The film's marketing budget was an estimated $200 million, which along with its production budget was around $305 million, which Fox teamed up with several major companies to promote the film, including McDonald's, who included 8 toys in their Happy Meals featuring the main characters, Wal-Mart, IHOP, Oreo, and Airheads.

The teaser trailer debuted exclusively in front of *Avatar* in theaters on December 18, 2009 and was later attached into *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel* a few days later on December 23. The film's official trailer was released on April 14, 2010 and was attached into *Fantopia 2*. A second trailer was released on June 14, 2010. The final full trailer was released on August 17, 2010 and was attached into *Twin, Duo, and Three*.

### Video game

A video game adaptation was released on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PC, and Mac and was developed by Papaya Studio and published by Activision on October 26, 2010.

### Home media

*Cynthia: The Movie* was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 4, 2011. A 3D version of the Blu-ray was released in North America on May 20, 2011. *Cynthia: The Movie* was included on Disney+ on November 12, 2019.

## Transcripts

### Main

To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

### Trailers

To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.