Swan Dream Pool

Swan Dream Pool is a 2011 3D computer-animated musical film, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Steve Hickner from a screenplay by Peter Ackerman, John Hamburg and Akiva Goldsman and stars the voice cast of Jonah Bobo, Kiernan Shipka, Matthew Broderick, Alicia Silverstone, and Geena Davis. The film tells a story of a boy discovering a girl from the magical pool known as Swan Dream Pool and learns that she was sent by her father and she must connect with a boy she loves and avoid mistakes in order to live peacefully. Reel FX Creative Studios provided the animation for the film.

The film was released in the United States on August 26, 2011, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Plot
Andy Clark is living with his boring life with his parents Perry and Natalie and all of their advices, especially not talking to strangers out there ("Wish I Can Go"). While his parents are away for their work, he goes out of his house and discovers a pool that is strangely magic (known as "Swan Dream Pool"). He then reads the sign that he has to "wait for the sunset to meet the person he will believe". Surprisingly, he later went back home before evening, trying to convince his parents that he will meet the person from the Swan Dream Pool tonight, but they don't believe him ("How Would We Believe?"). Disappointed, he later went back to his room.

Meanwhile during the sunset, the magical girl came out from the Swan Dream Pool. Andy then sees her from his window and goes back to the pool, finally having his wish coming true. She introduces herself as Wendy and explains that she is sent by her father Kenneth to meet him. Andy believes in her, but she warns him that she must "connect with a boy she loves and avoid mistakes" ("Believe For Peace").

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Voice cast

 * Jonah Bobo as Andy Clark, Perry and Natalie's son who believes in a girl from the Swan Dream Pool
 * Kiernan Shipka as Wendy, a magical girl who came out from the Swan Dream Pool
 * Matthew Broderick as Perry Clark, Andy's father
 * Alicia Silverstone as Natalie Clark, Andy's mother
 * Ben Kingsley as Kenneth, Wendy's father
 * Geena Davis as Ming

Production
In 2007, Akiva Goldsman pitched his idea to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for his computer-animated concept about "a boy discovering a girl from the magical pool". MGM later announced that the film was in production with its scheduled release in 2011 with Jane Hartwell producing.

In January 2009, Steve Hickner was hired to direct the film with Peter Ackerman co-writing the screenplay with John Hamburg and Goldsman. Later that month, it was reported that Jonah Bobo and Kiernan Shipka were in talks to voice their lead characters which were confirmed next month. In November 2009, Matthew Broderick, Alicia Silverstone, Ben Kingsley and Geena Davis joined the voice cast. Following MGM's emergence from bankruptcy, it was announced that Warner Bros. Pictures would co-distribute the film with MGM after winning a bidding competition against Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and Paramount Pictures for the distribution rights. Unlike most other MGM computer-animation movies from Starz Animation, the film was animated by Reel FX Creative Studios.

In November 2010, Marc Shaiman was announced to score and write songs for the film's soundtrack.

Release
The film was theatrically released in standard and RealD 3D on August 26, 2011, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Marketing
The film's teaser trailer was released on February 9, 2011, and was attached into Gnomeo & Juliet in theaters. The film's official trailer was released on April 13, 2011, and was attached into Rio in theaters, followed by the final trailer on June 21, 2011 and was attached into Cars 2 in theaters.

Home media
Swan Dream Pool was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 29, 2011, by Warner Home Video.

Soundtrack
The songs that are included in the soundtrack, which were written by Shaiman: More to be added
 * Wish I Can Go - Jonah Bobo
 * How Would We Believe? - Matthew Broderick, Alicia Silverstone, and Jonah Bobo
 * Believe For Peace - Kiernan Shipka

Box office
Swan Dream Pool opened alongside Colombiana, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, and Our Idiot Brother and is expected to gross $45-50 million in its opening weekend from its 4,142 theaters. The film made $18 million in its opening day and later grossed $49.2 million from its opening weekend.

Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 84%, based on 200 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a weighed average score of 67 out of 100, based on 30 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.