Alaina Gleen (film)

***Alaina Gleen*** is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Universal Animation Studios, GlobeBox Movies and ClearWorld Entertainment, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Based on the ClearWorld's animated television series of the same name, it was first installment in the studio's reboot franchise of the original series. It was directed by series creator Thalia Ward from a screenplay by Dan Fogelman, and Jordan Roberts, and a story by Thalia, Tianna Hopes, Kyler Fischer, and Keenan Castro, and stars an ensemble voice cast consisting of Sarah Vowell, Hayden Panettiere, Zachary Gordon, Ava Acres, Elijah Wood, and Chloë Grace Moretz.

ClearWorld had plans for a computer-animated film entitled *Alaina Gleen: Next Life* before the release of *The Alaina Gleen Movie* in 2003. However, *Next Life* was canceled shortly after the latter film's box office bomb, but the project was revived in early 2007, with Thalia Ward announcing that they wanted to create a film that would "transcend generations". The film was originally developed under the title *Life of Alaina Gleen*; in February 2013, it was confirmed that the film would be instead a reboot simply titled *Alaina Gleen*. In the hopes of attracting a larger audience with better-known actors, none of the cast from the original series reprised their roles in the film. Ward wanted the film to have a unique style, combining Universal Animation's computer animation pipeline with traditional hand-drawn techniques inspired by the original series' animation, requiring around 200 animators for the film. The music for the film was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh.

*Alaina Gleen* was released in the United States on February 19, 2016. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who considered it as an improvement over the 2003 film and praised its animation, script, humor, score, visual style, and vocal performances, particularly of Vowell, Penettiere, Gordon and Acress, although some criticized the absence of the original voice cast. The film earned a total of $756 million worldwide against a budget of $85 million, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 2016. A sequel titled *Alaina Gleen 2* released on July 15, 2020. A third film, titled *Alaina Gleen 3*, is set for release on September 15, 2023.

## Voice cast

* Sarah Vowell as Alania Gleen, an 16-year-old girl
* Chloë Grace Moretz as Lella Gleen, Alaina's sister
* Jason Drucker and Ava Acres as Lucian and Lana Gleen, Alaina's twin brother and sister
* Elijah Wood as Karson, Alania's boyfriend
* Hayden Panettiere as Averi, Alaina's rival.

*More coming soon!*

## Production

After the release of *The Alaina Gleen Movie* in 2003, which the film less successful at the box office than it had expected, *Alaina Gleen* creator Thalia Ward regarding the future of the *Alania* series on an interview in July 2005, she said "I don't have anything official to announce, but I can speak as an individual, I really love Alania Gleen every since I created her, as well as other guys I created. And there find a way to bring her back if we could."

*More coming soon!*

## Release

### Marketing

The first trailer was released online at Universal Pictures' YouTube page on May 3, 2015, and was shown on films such as *Magiway*, *Lydia: The Hidden Realms*, *Lucky Luke*, *Inside Out*, *Minions*, and *Canine Hound 3*. The official theatrical trailer for the film was released online at Universal Pictures' YouTube page on September 3, 2015 and was shown on films such as *Nyasia: The Warrior Princess*, *Hotel Transylvania 2*, *Goosebumps*, *SkyToons: Tooned & Back*, *The Peanuts Movie*, *The Good Dinosaur*, *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip*, *Daddy's Home*, and *Kung Fu Panda 3*.

Jazwares made a press release saying they would sign a contract with Universal to produce toys to promote the film. Other companies also joined with Universal to promote the film, including McDonald's, Kellogg's, Bounty, Hanes, McFarlane Toys, Funko, Mott's, and Xfinity.

### Home media

*Alania Gleen* was released on Digital HD on Universal Pictures, and on Blu-ray and DVD on June 15, 2016. The release included a new short film titled *Virtual Girls*.

### Video game

A video game based on the film was published by Activision and released on January 19, 2016, for Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

## Soundtrack

*Main article: Alaina Gleen (film)/Soundtrack*

## Sequels

*Main article: Alaina Gleen 2*
*Coming soon!*

## 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.