Doodle Toons

The Doodle Toons Movie (or simply Doodle Toons) is an upcoming Irish-American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film based on the web animation and comic series of the same name created by Irish animator and comics artist Jack Cabhan. It is produced by Splash Animation and Clever Clover Productions, written and directed by Cabhan and Adrian Hancock, and co-written by Laurie Craig and Noah Baumbach. It features the voices of Josh Gad, Grey Griffin, David Tennant, Cathy Cavadini, Dalila Bela, Frank Welker, and Vin Diesel.

The film is scheduled to be released on October 27, 2017 in the United States by Paramount Pictures.

Premise
The evil rabbit-hungry Bear (Frank Welker) has been dying to feast on a small rabbit for a long time, to no avail at every attempt. Finally, he manages to lay his clutches on a whole species of rabbits with the help of a bear-resembling extraterrestrial race who plans to use the rabbits as their sustenance. One of the remaining rabbits, Bellybutton (Josh Gad), is forced to make a quick-as-a-bullet decision: should he stay home and shelter himself and his friends from the mess his rivalry with Bear caused? Or grab his oversized hammer and save his species from the race's gluttony; in the meantime, he will have to save the rest of the inhabitants from the extraterrestrial leader's (Vin Diesel) true plan.

Plot
Bellybutton (Josh Gad) sets off through his home forest to meet his girlfriend Jellybean (Grey Griffin), but along the way is confronted by a giant bear, eponymously named Bear (Frank Welker), who plots to take him and Jellybean in for nourishment. Bellybutton tricks Bear into stucking himself in a barrel (which is covered with explosives) and ignites the fuse creating an explosion which sends the barrel shooting out of the atmosphere and taking the bear stuck inside with it. He eventually crashes into the entrance of a nearby spaceship, where he meets a group of bear lookalikes referred to by presumed fiction as the Grizzles (who serve as the eponymous antagonists of a newly published science fiction novel The World Sizzles Before the Grizzles). Discontent with the contents of the dinner they serve (mostly the meat analogue), the enraged Bear brings up the attention of the race's dictator Gruber (Vin Diesel). He intends to kill Bear for damaging his banquet hall and disturbing his tranquility, but Bear, still craving for a rabbit, offers to make a contribution to their dinner menu as his payment.

Bellybutton arrives at Jellybean's house to discover that she's lost her sanity from a vivid dream centering on the events of the Grizzles book, and decides to purchase an audiobook from Inkblot's (Joshua Rush) record store in hopes of helping her recover. As he departs from the store, however, Belly and Cruncher are chased through the forest by one of the mysterious beams of yellow light which suck numerous rabbits into the sky.

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Voice cast

 * Josh Gad as Bellybutton
 * Grey Griffin as Jellybean
 * David Tennant as Cruncher
 * Cathy Cavadini as Goldie
 * Dalila Bela as Pip
 * Tara Strong provides Pip's singing voice
 * Joshua Rush as Inkblot
 * Sterling Jerins as Soo
 * Kristen Wiig as Crumbles
 * Marcella Puppini as Clarabelle
 * Tom Kenny as Ringo
 * Frank Welker as Bear
 * Vin Diesel as Gruber
 * Kari Wahlgren as Grandma Grizzle
 * Danny Mann as Grandpa Grizzle
 * Corey Burton as Chef Grizzle

Additional voices

 * Jack Cabhan
 * Jacob Lenard
 * Ariel Winter
 * Debi Derryberry
 * Amy Poehler
 * Jeffrey Tambor
 * Lara Jill Miller
 * Stephen Tobolowsky
 * Nathan Lane
 * Hynden Walch
 * Kath Soucie
 * Butch Hartman
 * Seth MacFarlane
 * Seth Rogen
 * Patrick Warburton
 * Steve Buscemi

Development
Cabhan was initially concerned about the idea of an adaptation of the series, but eventually accepted an offer from Splash Animation producer Brandon Monroe in July 2015. A writing team consisting of Cabhan, Hancock, Laurie Craig, and Noah Baumbach was assembled, conceiving the idea of a hero who must stop a force triggered by the rivalry between him and an oversized predator.

Release
In December 2015, Splash Animation announced plans to release The Doodle Toons Movie on July 28, 2017. However, in January 2016, this film was taken off the release schedule, and the new release date was yet to be announced. In March 2016, the release date was pushed to October 27, 2017.

Casting
Josh Gad was announced to play the voice of the main protagonist Bellybutton. Grey Griffin, Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, David Tennant, Ariel Winter, Debi Derryberry, Kristen Wiig, Hynden Walch, and Frank Welker have also joined the cast, taking the place of the YouTube series' original voice actors Jack Cabhan, The-Ginger-Sky, thomasfan101, and Kryssieness. Frank Welker and Vin Diesel were announced to play villainous roles in the film.

Trailers

 * The teaser trailer was released on April 25, 2017, and was shown in theaters alongside films such as Defender 2D, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, Wonder Woman, and Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.
 * The first theatrical trailer was released on June 12, 2017, and was shown before films such as Cars 3, Transformers: The Last Knight, Despicable Me 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, War for the Planet of the Apes, Gabriel Garza 3, and The Emoji Movie.

Merchandise
Thinkway Toys made a press release that they were set to sign a contract with Paramount and Splash to produce electronic plush toys and action figures to promote the film's release.

Music

 * Main article: The Doodle Toons Movie (soundtrack)

An original 37-track soundtrack album containing the songs and score composed by John Debney will be released on October 20, 2017.

Main
To read the transcript of the film, click here.

Trailers
To read the transcript of the film's trailers, click here.