Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation

Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation (also known as Alaina Gleen 3 and marketed as such on home release) is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation for 20th Century Fox. It is the third installment in the Alaina Gleen reboot series, following 2013's Alaina Gleen 2. It was directed by Mike Bell and Emma Maxwell from a screenplay by Nicholas Stoller, Michael McCullers, with Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky (credited as Wally Wolodarsky) and a story by series creator Thalia Ward and Brad Cuddyer. The film stars the reprised voices of Kristen Bell, Bill Hader, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Bill Murray, Maya Rudolph, Wanda Sykes, Dwayne Johnson, Andy Samberg, Danny McBride, Kenan Thompson, Katie Crown, Steve Buscemi, joined by Stephanie Beatriz, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Kroll, Emily Blunt, and Mel Brooks. In the film, after leaving school for the summer, Alaina's mother, Sally Gleen decides to take Alaina Gleen and her friends on an cross-country trip for the entire summer in order to reconnect with each other, with initially disastrous results, while Max Hat finds love with a anthropomorphic flower named Flo, while on vacation while Alaina discovers that Flo is actually an abandoned imaginary friend of Leonard von Stevens, Max's old enemy.

Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation premiered on July 6, 2017 in Los Angeles, and was released in the United States on July 21, 2017, in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, and select IMAX theaters. It received mixed reviews from critics, but was a huge box office success, grossing over $891.8 million worldwide. The film received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 45th Annie Awards, and was also nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards. A fourth and final sequel is currently in development and is scheduled to be released on October 8, 2021.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Kristen Bell as Alaina Gleen
 * Bill Hader as Max Hat
 * Zac Efron as Jason Baxter
 * Taylor Swift as Lucy Jones
 * Bill Murray as Professor Higgins
 * Andy Samberg as Eddie Elephant
 * Emily Blunt as Flo Flower
 * Nick Kroll as Leonard von Stevens
 * Stephanie Beatriz as Cassie Baxter
 * Bobby Cannavale as Sam Snake
 * Maya Rudolph as Sally Gleen
 * Wanda Sykes as Betty Gleen
 * Danny McBride as Roger Rumpkins
 * Kenan Thompson as Officer Bernie
 * Dwayne Johnson as Spy Squirrel
 * Katie Crown as Jenny McNulty
 * Steve Buscemi as Edward McNulty
 * Mel Brooks as Hank Hat
 * Alison Brie as Annie Higgins
 * Eddie Izzard as Dr. Paul Higgins
 * Nolan North as Bruce Bird
 * Leslie Mann as Ellie Bird
 * Nev Scharrel as Zoey Bird
 * Noah Schnapp as Alex Bird
 * Jason Drucker as Benny Bird

Production
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Release
Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation was originally scheduled for a May 19, 2017 release. However, in August 2016, Fox announced that Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation would instead be released on July 21, 2017. A short film, Alien Pet, that promoted the feature film was shown in front of screenings of Ice Age: Collision Course.

Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation premiered at the Regency Village Theater on July 6, 2017. The film received a wide release in the United States on July 21, 2017 and in Australia on August 12, 2017.

In March 2017, Fox and Dolby Laboratories announced that they would show the film in Dolby Cinema along with other upcoming Twentieth Century Fox Animation films.

On February 12, 2019, Fox published the screenplay of the film along with Puppet Pals Forever  and The Pixelators' screenplay online.

Marketing
Tie-ins with McDonald's, Chevrolet, Ziploc, General Mills, and Amazon, and a series of five Lego sets were used to promote the film. AMC Theatres also partnered with Fox to play the movie in Mandarin at five theatres and in Spanish at 13 locations in the U.S and Canada meaning there will be a mix of subtitled and dubbed formats of Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation.

A video game adaptation, was released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows on July 18, 2017.

Home media
Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation was released on digital and Movies Anywhere on October 6, 2017 and on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 17, 2017 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Box office
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Critical response
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