Wonderful Darlene (film)

Wonderful Darlene is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Maloing Entertainment and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by series creator Yail Darlene from a screenplay by Nicholas Stoller and Glenn Ficarra, and a story by Mala Miles, Michael Wildshill, Scott Young, and Steve Gray, and stars an ensemble voice cast consisting of Elsie Fisher, Frank Welker, Zachary Gordon, Kaitlyn Maher, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Ariana Grande. In the film, it tells the origin story of where Mattie moved to the new place and meet new friends.

In early 2012, Mala Miles and Yail Darlene announcing that they wanted to create a film that would "transcend generations". The film was originally developed under the title Life of Darlene; in February 2012, it was confirmed that the film would be instead a reboot simply titled Wonderful Darlene. 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, expect for Frank Welker. The music for the film was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh and Mark Watters.

Wonderful Darlene was released in the United States on May 3, 2015. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who considered it as an improvement over the 2001 film and praised its animation, script, humor, score, visual style, and vocal performances, particularly of McAfee, Gordon, Maher, and Moretz. The film earned a total of $756 million worldwide against a budget of $85 million, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 2015.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Elsie Fisher as Darlene
 * Frank Welker as Chewy
 * Collin Dean as Tommy
 * Aidy Bryant as Deowie
 * Keke Palmer as Anne
 * Kaitlyn Maher as Brandy
 * Max Charles as Jopler
 * Chloë Grace Moretz as Mimi
 * Katie Crown as Vanessa
 * Lou Romano as Javier
 * Patton Oswalt as Master J
 * Ariana Grande as Lady R

Marketing
The film's first teaser trailer was released with Dot Box 3 on May 23, 2014, and was also shown before Maleficent, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Planes: Fire & Rescue. The official full-length trailer was attached as an exclusive sneak peek and a first footage on November 14, 2014, and was shown before Penguins of Madagascar, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Annie and Strange Magic.

A huge amount of merchandise was made for Wonderful Darlene, such as toys and figurines. Sony Pictures teamed up with several major companies to promote the film, including McDonald's, who included 8 toys in their Happy Meals featuring the main characters.

TV Spots aired between March, April and May 2015.

Home media
Wonderful Darlene was released in the United States and Canada on DVD and Blu-ray on August 23, 2015, with a standalone single-disc DVD release being released on that same day. The release included a new short film titled Darlene's Dog Treats.

Video game
A video game based on the film was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and released on April 30, 2015, for the Wii U, Sega T23, Sega Lighter, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows.

Reception
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