Peter Rabbit

***Peter Rabbit*** is a 2018 3D live-action/computer-animated adventure talking animal movie, based upon the character of the same name created by Beatrix Potter, directed by Will Gluck, and co-written by Gluck and Rob Lieber. James Corden stars as the voice of the title character, with Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, and Sam Neill in live-action roles, as well as the voices of Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debicki, and Margot Robbie. The film's story focuses on Peter Rabbit as he deals with new problems when the late Mr. McGregor's great nephew arrives and discovers the trouble Peter's family can get into. In this movie, one of the other animals says "That'll do, pig, That'll do" the same quote that Farmer Hoggett said at the end of Babe and Babe: Pig in the City.

*Peter Rabbit* was released in the United States on February 9, 2018, in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2018, and in Australia on March 22, 2018. The film received mixed reviews and grossed $351 million worldwide on a $50 million budget. A sequel, *Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway*, was released in Australia on March 25, 2021, in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2021, and in the United States on June 11, 2021.

## Peter Rabbit

### Starring

James CordenMargot RobbieRose ByrneDaisy Ridley

## Plot

In England's Lake District, Peter Rabbit, his cousin Benjamin Bunny, and triplet sisters Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail, spend most of their days picking on old Mr. McGregor, who had killed and eaten their father, and stealing vegetables from his garden. They are friends with a kindhearted local resident named Bea, who took on a motherly role with the rabbits ever since their mother's death, and who spends her time painting pictures of the rabbits as well as the surrounding nature. One day, Peter is forced to leave his jacket in Mr. McGregor's garden and goes back to retrieve it. However, it was a trap set by Mr. McGregor who catches him, but suddenly dies of a heart attack, having lived an unhealthy lifestyle (including smoking and a poor diet) for many years. Enthralled, Peter invites all of the local animals and takes over Mr. McGregor's manor.

Meanwhile, in London, McGregor's great-nephew, Thomas McGregor, an uptight, controlling workaholic, works in the toy department of Harrods, where he waits for a promotion to associate general manager. After losing the promotion to a lazy nephew of the managing director, Thomas loses his temper and gets fired. When Thomas learns that his great-uncle's manor is valuable and that he's inherited it, he decides to appraise and prepare it for resale in order to start his own toy store near Harrods to get his revenge. He kicks out Peter and the other animals and begins to upgrade the security of the garden wall and gates while the animals who were left behind and Mr. Tod, despite Bea's objections. When Peter and a reluctant Benjamin sneak back into the garden, Thomas catches the latter and attempts to drown Benjamin in a river; Benjamin's relatives rescue him, and Thomas instead accidentally drops a prized set of binoculars that Bea had given him earlier. Enraged, Thomas decides to buy an electric fence and a supply of dynamite to ward off the rabbits.

Thomas and Bea end up falling in love with each other, much to Peter's jealousy. He and Thomas start a war with each other by setting traps and other offensive nuisances. Things get out of hand when Peter rewires the electric fence to give Thomas a shock when he touches any doorknob leading to the outside, prompting Thomas to throw the dynamite in the rabbits' burrow. After the rabbits trigger Thomas' allergy to blackberries, he attacks them in the garden with some of the dynamite, on the warpath against them, and tells Peter that his antics caused him to become aggressive. Bea, having heard the commotion, comes by, and Peter detonates the dynamite, proving to Bea that Thomas was using it, but accidentally blows up the burrow, causing the tree on top to collapse on Bea's art studio. Bea ignores Thomas's explanation of the rabbits' involvement and ends their relationship, leaving a heartbroken Thomas to return to London.

Peter feels remorseful for the damage his recklessness has caused, and upon learning that Bea intends to leave the neighborhood, he and Benjamin head to London to bring Thomas back. Making Thomas think that he was imagining the rabbits’ ability to talk, Peter encourages him to follow his heart. They rush back to the country, where Peter shows Bea the detonator and presses it for her to see; thus confirming Thomas’ previous claims that a rabbit caused the explosion. Bea forgives them and decides not to move away.

Peter and the other animals drive away an unpleasant wealthy couple who had bought the house. Thomas and Bea resume their relationship, and he allows the wildlife to take food from the garden within reason. Peter and his family restore the burrow and the yard with Thomas and Bea's help, and Thomas sets up his own toy shop in the village, where Bea showcases her paintings of the rabbits.

## Cast

### Live-action actors

* Domhnall Gleeson as Thomas McGregor, Mr. McGregor's great nephew.
* Rose Byrne as Bea, the owner of the rabbits and Thomas’ love interest.
* Sam Neill as Mr. McGregor, Thomas McGregor's great uncle.
* Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Harrods General Manager.
* Felix Williamson as Derek.

### Voice actors

* James Corden as Peter Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit and Josephine's son, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail's brother and Benjamin's cousin.
* Margot Robbie as Flopsy Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit and Josephine's daughter, Peter, Mopsy and Cottontail's sister, Benjamin's cousin and the film's narrator
* Elizabeth Debicki as Mopsy Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit and Josephine's daughter, Peter, Flopsy and Cottontail's sister and Benjamin's cousin.
* Daisy Ridley as Cottontail Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit and Josephine's daughter, Peter, Flopsy and Mopsy's sister and Benjamin's cousin.
* Colin Moody as Benjamin Bunny, Peter, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail's cousin and Mr. Rabbit and Josephine's nephew.
* Sia as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
* Domhnall Gleeson as Mr. Jeremy Fisher
* Rose Byrne as Jemima Puddle-Duck
* Sam Neill as Tommy Brock
* Fayssal Bazzi as Mr. Tod
* Ewen Leslie as Pigling Bland
* Christian Gazal as Felix D'eer
* Rachel Ward as Josephine Rabbit, Peter, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail's mother and Benjamin's aunt.
* Bryan Brown as Mr. Rabbit, Peter, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail's father and Benjamin's uncle.
* David Wenham as Johnny Town-Mouse
* Will Reichelt as JW Rooster II
* Jessica Freedman, Shana Halligan, Katharine Hoye, Chris Mann, Chad Reisser and Fletcher Sheridan as the Singing Sparrows

## Release

*Peter Rabbit* was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on March 23, 2018, but it was moved up to be released on February 9, 2018. The film was later released in the United Kingdom on March 16, and in Australia on March 22.

### Home media

The film was released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on digital platforms on April 20, 2018. A Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD followed on May 1, 2018. The Blu-ray extra features include "Shake Your Cotton-Tail Dance Along" (a dance-along to the song "I Promise You"), "Peter Rabbit: Mischief in the Making" (a seven-minute behind-the-scenes video), and "Flopsy Turvy" (a mini-movie focusing on Peter's triplet sisters). In the United States, a Special Garden Edition Blu-ray & DVD was released as a Target exclusive with a bonus disc featuring a seventeen-minute featurette titled "Make Your Own Garden".