DreamWorks' Penny

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***Penny*** is a 2023 American 3D computer animated science-fantasy comedy/adventure film released in 2023. It is the sequel to the 2014 film *Mr. Peabody and Sherman,* and the 2020 film *Mr. Peabody and Sherman 2,* a prequel to the 2022 film *Mr. Peabody and Sherman: World War, & the 2024 film Mr. Peabody and Sherman: Forever.* It is made by DreamWorks Animation, Bullwinkle Studios, and Vyond Studios, and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was written and directed by Jill Culton, and stars the voices of Ariel Winter, Scarlett Johansson, Jude Law, Leslie Mann, Stephen Colbert, Tom Holland, and Chris Pratt.

*Penny* was released in Australia on January 13, 2023. It was theatrically released in the United States on January 25, in RealD 3D, 4DX, Dolby Cinema, and IMAX formats. It was also released in the United Kingdom on February 10.

This Film is Set in New York City After *Mr. Peabody and Sherman 2* and Before *Mr. Peabody and Sherman: World War*.

## Synopsis

Penny explores a whole immersive virtual video game universe called Virtual World, where some of humanity spends their days. But when it comes to danger, Virus Master is planning to return from the Island of Ruins after 1000 years of exile. So he is wishing to get revenge on The Creator and to destroy the Virtual World as much as he can. Penny and Rita must work with The Galactic Four to find the 3 anti-virus shields to put them all together, and to stop the virus from consuming the whole universe.

## Plot

It was a warm bright sunny day in New York City. Penny wakes up, gets a shower, brushes her teeth and puts her clothes on then goes downstairs to have breakfast. She spends the day with her parents. They go to Central park and Penny flies a kite until she loses it in the sky, and she gets frustrated with Paul and Patty. Until Paul suggests to Penny that they go out to a café and get some ice cream together.

Back at the Petersons' Residents, Patty talks to Penny, even reaching out that she has nothing to worry. Telling her that she is kind-hearted, bright and loving to her Family. Patty encourages Penny that she will be able to do more exploring around the world someday, and Patty leaves Penny, and she says “Bond unbreakable”, and closes the Bedroom door. Later that evening, Penny is lying down on her bed, thinking about what she could do to go out on more adventures, until she decides to go to the Virtual Reality World. She puts on the VR headset that her Dad uses, then she teleports from her world to the Virtual World. She enters the Virtual World and is met by the driver and he asks her questions about herself to improve her experience. Then she is driven by the Chauffeur to the city, and takes a tour around the Virtual World. Afterwards, Penny gets out of the taxi and enters The Creator’s Headquarters.

When Penny enters the Headquarters, she discovers a room with the Players using VR Games. Until Jennifer runs past Penny as she trips onto the ground. Penny asks Jennifer, “What are you?” Jennifer gets mad at Penny if she doesn’t have her eyes open all the time, then Toby comes in and tells Jennifer to cut it out. Taunting Jennifer that she is not so powerful to beat him up, and makes her furious and she chases Toby and makes a cloud fight. Lucy enters too and welcomes Penny to Virtual World which was kind and friendly, telling her that she loves the colour of Penny’s pink dress and giving her a comment that Penny’s dress is so cute. Penny meets The Galactic Four, and they introduce themselves. Simon tells Penny about Rita is the smartest and successful player of Virtual World, as Penny leaves the room, she is spotted by a Virus Bot near the door.

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## Cast

* Ariel Winter as Penny Peterson
* Scarlett Johansson as Rita Beckett
* Jude Law as Virus Master
* Leslie Mann as Patty Peterson
* Stephen Colbert as Paul Peterson
* Chris Pratt as The Creator
* Tom Holland as Simon
* Jack Dylan Grazer as Toby
* Amy Poehler as Jennifer
* Kimiko Glenn as Lucy
* Will Arnett as Jonathan/Scene Announcer
* Ariana Greenblatt as Young Rita Beckett
* Jill Culton as Rita's Mom
* Tom McGrath as Virtual World Guard 1
* Joel Crawford as Virtual World Guard 2/Rita's Dad
* Mike Mitchell as Virtual World Guard 3/Citizen 1
* April Lawrence as Citizen 2
* Walt Dohrn as Ice Cream Cashier
* Trevor Devall as Automated Voice

## Gallery

Main Article: *DreamWorks' Penny/Gallery*

## Ratings in Other Countries

* USA: PG (Peril, action, language, and rude humour)
* UK: U (Mild threat, very mild violence, language, rude humour)
* Ireland: G (very mild threat)
* Canada: G
* Australia: PG
* Germany: 6
* Japan: G

## Animation and Design

Like DreamWorks' previous movies *The Bad Guys* (2022) and *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish*, inspiration for the design of the film came from Sony Pictures Animation's *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* (2018), to make it more unique as a storybook than a comic. Using new technology, the team at DreamWorks focused more on a painterly style design, to make the film look a lot more futuristic and colourful, different from what it was in *Mr. Peabody & Sherman* (2014) from their defunct studio Pacific Data Images.

## Music

On June 9, 2018, *Variety* stated that Rupert Gregson-Williams was planning to compose the film's score. However, in July 2020, it was reported that Williams had left the project to work on Wilderman's *Mr. Peabody and Sherman: Forever* instead, with Henry Jackman hired to take over scoring duties for *Penny* starting in November 22, 2020. The official score was released by Backlot Music as a two-CD set on January 3rd, 2023, with vinyl and cassette releases projected.

## Theatrical Release

*Penny* was released on on January 25, 2023 in the United States and released on February 24, 2023 in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures, moving up from the film's previously announced date of March 10, 2023.

Universal Pictures had originally planned to release *Penny* theatrically in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2022. It was pushed back to June 2, 2023 due to *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022) was originally going to be released, and finally it was also later pushed back to March 10, 2023.

## Songs

* Taylor Swift - Welcome to New York
* Taylor Swift - Bad Blood ft. Kendrick Lamar
* Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
* A-Ha - Take on Me
* Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky (featured song)

## Trivia

* This is Henry Jackman's 4th DreamWorks Animation film to compose *Penny* after *Monsters vs. Aliens* (2009), *Puss in Boots* (2011), and *Turbo* (2013).
* This is the DreamWorks Animation's 9th film's soundtrack on Back Lot Music after *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World* (2019), *Abominable* (2019), *Trolls World Tour* (2020), *Mr. Peabody and Sherman 2* (2020), *The Croods: A New Age* (2020), *Spirit Untamed* (2021), & *The Boss Baby: Family Business* (2021), *The Bad Guys* (2022), *Mr. Peabody and Sherman: World War* (2022), & *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022).
* Tom Holland and Chris Pratt both Appeared in *Onward* (2020).
* Chris Pratt and Will Arnett both Appeared in *The Lego Movie* (2014).
* Originally intended to release on October 21, 2022 in the UK, but was pushed back over a month to June 2 in 2023 to avoid competing with *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022).
* Before Jude Law was cast as Virus Master, Ben Mendelsohn, Eddie Izzard, and Liev Schreiber were on the list by Dreamworks to play the part.
* Will Arnett and Stephen Colbert Appeared in *Monsters vs Aliens* (2009)
* This is the first and only Mr. Peabody & Sherman film not be executively produced by Tiffany Ward.
* This is Jill Culton's second DreamWorks Animated feature film to produce *Penny* (2023) after *Abominable* (2019).
* This will be the second DreamWorks Animated feature film to have brand new (2022) animated logo after *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022), only appearing after the closing credits.
* *Penny the Movie* reuses the mobile variant of the DreamWorks Animation logo from the 2019 version.
* *Penny* was originally going to stream on Peacock, but it was released only in theatres due to the first latest theatrical release of *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish*.

## Locations

* New York City
* Island of Ruins(Virus Master's Exile)
* Abandoned Kingdom(First Dimension)
* Stone Labyrinth (Second Dimension)
* Rainbow Land(Final Dimension)
* Virtual World
* The Creator's Headquarters

## Full Movie Video Links

*Original:* https://youtu.be/HLTlqD4mADY

*Remastered:* https://youtu.be/G8ET\_kNlj4g?si=JfmBLXzxb70F7Bt5

*1st Anniversary:* https://youtu.be/zM6OqFmPtA4?si=L7wKeS4VvaCKRODx

## Multilanguages

* Australia: DreamWorks Penny: The Movie
* Japanese: ドリームワークス ペニー: ザ・ムービー
* Spanish: Penny: la película
* Brazilian Portuguese: Penny o filme
* French: Penny : le film
* Indonesian: DreamWorks Penny: Film