My Little Pony: The Movie | Oct 6 2017 | Emily Blunt. Sia joins voice cast.

[CJohn]

My Little Pony Movie in Development at Hasbro Studios

 

Read more: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=124201#ixzz3Ggsp4yt8

 

 

Director: Jayson Thiessen

Writers: Lauren Faust (characters), Meghan McCarthy (screenplay)

Stars: Kristin Chenoweth, Tara Strong, Ashleigh Ball

Production company: Allspark Pictures, DHX Media, Hasbro Studios

[AniNate]

Sh*tstorm incoming...

[mahnamahna]

If this is rated PG for "mild thematic elements"....  this is about as G rated a non-exclusively preschool IP as you can get.

[AniNate]

The show has gotten away with a couple drug references and certain genuinely disturbing behavior. I wouldn't imagine "thematic elements" being an issue, though.

Edited October 20, 2014 by tribefan695

[Clef Ment]

Pathetic.

[grim22]

 

[mahnamahna]

The show has gotten away with a couple drug references and certain genuinely disturbing behavior. I wouldn't imagine "thematic elements" being an issue, though.

Well, it's TV-Y so I wouldn't expect a film adaption to be rated PG. 

 

I just hate how supposed "kids movies" are rated PG. How is a film suited for children not acceptable for children at the same time?   Cinderella getting the dreaded "thematic elements" is testament.

 

Granted, I'd say most PG films are G-rated, but the producers ask for a PG rating from the MPAA. Hence, why EVERY kids movie uses "mild action" (the film has a few actual moments of tension), "mild rude humor" (someone farts once in the film, or a pie gets thrown at someone's face), "mild thematic elements" (kid is an orphan, parents are divorced, everything isn't sunshine and rainbows) or "mild language" (the word "stupid" or "moron" is said).

 

Then when a film like Coraline or Rango or Fantastic Mr. Fox obtains a PG, parents flip out and wonder why this was considered suitable for kids. It's because Coraline, Rango and Fantastic Mr. Fox actually earned their PG  while Despicable Me, Frozen, etc... all would have been G rated 15 years ago. 

[AniNate]

These days something like this might be enough to warrant a PG rating

 

[TServo2049]

Don't want to derail this thread, but glad to read mahnamahna's diatribe on PG films that really deserve a G.

I, too, believe that it's the studios having an irrational fear of the G rating, and not as much the MPAA being too strict nowadays.

[AniNate]

I, too, believe that it's the studios having an irrational fear of the G rating, and not as much the MPAA being too strict nowadays.

 

Frozen was more G-rated than The Lion King

[AniNate]

Lol at THR's article with a early-generation image. Not the kind of impression you want to send.

[Ethan Hunt]

Well...

[Blankments]

I've been making cheap MLP movies in CAYOM for the past few game years and always have made a profit. This is a smart decision

[Eric Atreides]

[Kalo]

Well, it's TV-Y so I wouldn't expect a film adaption to be rated PG. 

 

I just hate how supposed "kids movies" are rated PG. How is a film suited for children not acceptable for children at the same time?   Cinderella getting the dreaded "thematic elements" is testament.

 

Granted, I'd say most PG films are G-rated, but the producers ask for a PG rating from the MPAA. Hence, why EVERY kids movie uses "mild action" (the film has a few actual moments of tension), "mild rude humor" (someone farts once in the film, or a pie gets thrown at someone's face), "mild thematic elements" (kid is an orphan, parents are divorced, everything isn't sunshine and rainbows) or "mild language" (the word "stupid" or "moron" is said).

 

Then when a film like Coraline or Rango or Fantastic Mr. Fox obtains a PG, parents flip out and wonder why this was considered suitable for kids. It's because Coraline, Rango and Fantastic Mr. Fox actually earned their PG  while Despicable Me, Frozen, etc... all would have been G rated 15 years ago. 

I know with the rating system the way it is today. almost every pre 2000 Disney Animation would have obtained a PG rating. 

[MovieMan89]

Well this is funny timing. I just got back from my ENG Comp II class today where we watched an ethnography documentary on "Bronies" for help with  our ethnography paper. Wow, I had no idea, lol.

Edited October 20, 2014 by MovieMan89

[AniNate]

I so wish people didn't go nuts about it. It's a hugely entertaining show and I bet its popularity, big as it is, has been hampered greatly by the perception of its fanbase.

[tupek]

This would have been better to be released during the peak of the adult fandom.

 

I mean, in 2012 or so.

[AniNate]

If they were to get a movie out at the show's peak popularity, they probably would've had to get it started before it even got popular.

[TServo2049]

If they were to get a movie out at the show's peak popularity, they probably would've had to get it started before it even got popular.

Yes, this. See also: Angry Birds.