Doodle Toons

The Doodle Toons Movie (or simply Doodle Toons) is an upcoming Irish-American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film based on the web animation and comic series of the same name created by Irish animator and comics artist Jack Cabhan. The film is written and directed by Cabhan and Adrian Hancock, and co-written by Laurie Craig and Noah Baumbach. The film features the voices of Josh Gad, Grey Griffin, David Tennant, Cathy Cavadini, Dalila Bela, Brad Garrett, and Vin Diesel. The film revolves around a white rabbit and his fellow cartoon animals as their world is threatened when a bear summons aliens to butcher the world's rabbit population.

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

Premise
The evil rabbit-hungry Bear (Brad Garrett) 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 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 (Brad Garrett), 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 antagonists of a newly published science fiction novel Sizzlin' and Grizzlin'). 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, along with the audiobook. Cruncher is taken away by his overly obsessive admirer Crumbles (Kristen Wiig), while Belly, believing Jellybean to have been sucked up, proceeds to find her. He purchases an audiobook version of the Grizzles from Ringo (Tom Kenny) during a ceremony, only to be scolded and dismissed later that night by Jellybean because of the book. Out of curiousity, he returns home to listen to the record while asleep. Meanwhile, Gruber imprisons the rabbits on his ship, intending to cook them for a banquet on the following night.

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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
 * Brad Garrett 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
 * Frank Welker
 * 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. Splash assembled a writing team for the film consisting of Cabhan, Adrian Hancock (who also served as the film's co-director),  Laurie Craig, and  Noah Baumbach.

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Writing
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Animation
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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, and Gabriel Garza 3.

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.

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.

The teaser trailer for the film was released on March 22, 2017, followed by two theatrical trailers on June 12, 2017 and August 15, 2017.

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Critical reception
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Home media
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Soundtrack

 * Main article: The Doodle Toons Movie (soundtrack)

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

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