Hasbro, eOne, and Netflix are definitely on one as the companies not only announced a new animated Transformers series called BotBots, but they also announced a new CGI feature film and series for My Little Pony called My Little Pony G5. Now, to be clear, this is the same film that recently announced a move to Netflix over theaters a couple weeks ago. The film will kick things off and introduce fans to a new generation of ponies in an Equestria that may not look terribly familiar. We’ll follow the young Earth Pony named Sunny Starscout as she tries to change the world for the better.
In the new movie, the pony world of Equestria has lost its magic. (GASP!) Friendship and Harmony have been replaced by paranoia and mistrust, and Ponies now live separated by species. Sunny – a feisty and idealistic young Earth Pony – is convinced there’s still hope for this divided world… but her slightly misguided and often hilarious efforts to change hearts and minds have led to her being branded a misfit. When Sunny befriends a lost Unicorn named Izzy, who wanders innocently into the Earth Pony town of Maretime Bay, the town has had enough. Izzy and Sunny must embark on an epic adventure that will include a daring jewel heist, outrageous conspiracy theories, elaborate musical numbers, and the world’s cutest flying Pomeranian. Their adventures will take them to faraway lands and force them to challenge the status quo by facing their fears and making new friends out of old enemies. The world Sunny has dreamed of her entire life could finally become a reality as Sunny and her newfound friends fight to prove that even LITTLE ponies can make a BIG difference.
The story will then continue in the series. Both will release on Netflix with the film coming later this year and the series after that. Rob Cullen and Jose Ucha will direct the My Little Pony G5 movie with Mark Fattibene serving as co-director and Cecil Kramer and Peter Lewis as producers. Hasbro’s Boulder Studio in Dublin is animating the series.