Thomas & Mike 3

Thomas & Mike 3 is a 2017 American computer-animated comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and released by 20th Century Fox. It is the third installment in the Thomas & Mike franchise (which in turn is based on the comic strip of the same name) and the sequel to Thomas & Mike 2 (2010). It was directed by Cody Winfred and Alan Perkins and written by Winfred, Joe Stillman, Aaron Springer, David N. Weiss, and series creator Chance S.

The plot focuses on Thomas and his friends Mike, Cole, and Tyler being outed from Tuckerdale for being declared "not special" However, when a cyborg doppleganger of Thomas begins to TBA, The group must team up with another group of "rejects" and embark on an adventure to stop it's creator, who plans to finish what TBA and Andrei started and prove themselves worthy to Tuckerdale, while also discovering the truth about their past. In the film's ensemble voice cast, Billy West, Zach Galifianakis, Will Forte, Tom Kenny, Gary Cole, Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, and TBA, reprise their roles from previous films, and the returning cast is joined by Matt Damon, Liam Cunningham, Seth Rogen, Ben Schwartz, Bill Hader, Sean Giambrone and William Dafoe who voice the new characters introduced in this film.

The film was released in theaters TBA 2017 in both 3D and 2D formats. The film received critical acclaim upon release, with critics praising the vocal performances, screenplay, emotional depth, and animation, and is often considered the best in the trilogy.

It became the first Fox Animation film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, and received four more Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, winning the former two. Thomas & Mike 3 was the first Fox Animation film to gross over $1 billion worldwide in ticket sales, and is currently their highest grossing film, at $1.150 million. A spin-off based on the Rejects is in development.

Plot
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Cast

 * Billy West as Thomas Shamowski
 * Zach Galifianakis as Mike Whitman
 * Will Forte as Cole Seltzer
 * Tom Kenny as Tyler Hansen
 * Seth Rogen as Joseph Josephson, leader of The Rejects
 * Ben Schwartz as Small Steve, member of The Rejects
 * Bill Hader and Sean Giambrone as Jake and The Other Jake, conjoined twins who are members of The Rejects
 * Matt Damon as TAS-2000
 * Liam Cunningham as Andrew, the son of Henki who plans to finish what he and Andrei started
 * William Dafoe as TBA
 * Gary Cole as Danny Slambloni
 * Charlie Day as Stan Slambloni
 * Jenny Slate as Savannah Slambloni

Production
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Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 92% based on 246 reviews, with an average rating of 9.34/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 91 out of 100, based on 37 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.

Sequel and Spin-off
In September 2020, it was announced that a spin-off based on The Rejects was in development and set to be released in 2022, and Chance S. started that a full-on sequel will happen "when the right story comes along".