Adyora Focus: A Magical War

***Adyora Focus: A Magical War*** is a 2018 computer-animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The fourth and final installment in the *Adyora Focus* series and the sequel to *Adyora Focus: The Rise of Darkness* (2009), the film was directed by Krista Taylor and co-directed by Simon J. Smith and written by Eyal Podell and Jonathon E. Stewart. Christina Ricci, Dan Aykroyd, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Wylie, Zooey Deschanel, Winona Ryder, Isla Fisher, Nicole Kidman, Jeff Garlin, and Bill Nighy reprise their roles from the previous films, with newcomers Jake Johnson, Bobby Cannavale, Kate McKinnon, Matt Frewer, Chris Hemsworth, and Paul Giamatti. In the film, Adyora and her friend set out to find her old homeland to discover about their past. There, they find a group of mysterious wizards who were in hiding since the day Adyora had left their home. Unbeknownst to them, a wizard who had turned on his former group returns to finish them off, so he can take their powers and rule each and every land. So, it's up to Adyora to lead a group of wizards to stop him before it's too late.

The film was theatrically released in the United States on September 7, 2018, by Universal Pictures. It grossed over $602 million worldwide and received positive reviews, with many critics considering it an improvement over its predecessor and praising the animation, humor, characters, screenplay, and the vocal performances of Ricci, Dunst and Wylie, although some criticism was on the film being derivative to the first three films as well as the plot. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards, but lost to *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* (which also stars Jake Johnson).

## Cast

* Christina Ricci as Adyora Focus
* Dan Aykroyd
* Kirsten Dunst
* Adam Wylie
* Zooey Deschanel
* Winona Ryder
* Jason Statham
* Isla Fisher
* Nicole Kidman
* Jeff Garlin
* Bill Nighy
* Jake Johnson
* Bobby Cannavale
* Kate McKinnon
* Matt Frewer
* Chris Hemsworth
* Paul Giamatti

*More coming soon!*

### ADR Group

* Newell Alexander
* Rosemary Alexander
* Steve Alterman
* Stephen Apostolina
* Kirk Baily
* Ryan Bartley
* Mitch Carter
* Brook Chalmers
* Vic Chao
* June Christopher
* David Cowgill
* Robin Atkin Downes
* Peter Falls
* Carter Hastings
* Jackie Gonneau
* Logan Kishi
* Bridget Hoffman
* Sherry Hursey
* Rif Hutton
* Joyce Kurtz
* Richard McGregor
* Edie Mirman
* Juan Pope
* Michelle Ruff
* Michael Sorich
* Warren Sroka
* Kelly Stables
* Marcelo Tubert
* Matthew Wolf
* Lynnanne Zager

## Soundtrack

*Main article: Adyora Focus: A Magical War/Soundtrack*
In July 2017, it was announced that Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell, who previously collaborated on the score for the first film, would return to score the fourth film's music.

## Release

On June 12, 2014, 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation initially announced that the third film, tentatively titled *Adyora Focus 4*, would be released on June 16, 2017, but in September 2014, *How to Train Your Dragon 3* took over its date and by July 2015, the film was pushed back to September 28, 2018. In June 2016, the release date had been moved up two weeks earlier on September 14, 2018. On December 5, 2016, the release date was pushed back again to May 18, 2018, taking over the slot of *How to Train Your Dragon 3* which in turn was pushed back to March 1, 2019. On March 5, 2017, the release date was pushed back once again to September 7, 2018. By April 2017, the fourth film was retitled as *Adyora Focus: A Magical War*.

### Marketing

A new poster for the film was released on November 12, 2017. Two days later, the first official trailer for the film was released on November 14, 2017. A second trailer was released on March 30, 2018. Its final trailer was released on July 18, 2018.

### Home media

*Adyora Focus: A Magical War* was released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on Digital HD on November 20, 2018, and was released on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on December 4, 2018.

## 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.