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Alaina Glenn Movie is a 2004 American animated adventure comedy film produced by 20 Century Animation and based on animated TV series of Same Name. Film was written and directed by Karey Kirkpatrick in his directorial debut and co directed by Kevin Lima, and co written by J David Stem, David N Weiss, Tab Murphy, Noni White, and series creator Thalia Ward. Thaila wrote and executive produced film, but decided not to direct it, Kirkpatrick was selected to direct. Film stars regular television cast of Catherine Cavadini, Tom Kenny, Jason Marsden, Jodi Benson, Jim Cummings, Billy West, Charlie Adler, Kat Cressida, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Rob Paulsen, with Jeff Bennett, and Kath Soucie, with guest roles from Glenn Close, Christopher Lloyd, Patrick Warburton, with Whoopi Goldberg, and Eric Idle.

Alaina Glenn Moviewas initially set to be released as a TV movie, but was instead theatrically on September 17, 2004 by 20 Century Fox, and received mixed reviews from critics and fell short of Fox financial expectations earn over $166 million on it $65 million budget. It also served as series finale of original Alaina Glenn, as no further episodes were made to continue from where it left off however, franchise was rebooted in 2010 with 3D computer animated film of Same Name.

Plot
Coming soon!

Cast

 * Catherine Cavadini as Alaina Glenn / Additional Voices
 * Tom Kenny as Max Hat / Additional Voices
 * Jason Marsden as Jason Baxter
 * Jodi Benson as Lucy Jones
 * Jim Cummings as Professor Hinkle Higgins / Bruce Bird / Additional Voices
 * Billy West as Eddie Elephant / Additional Voices
 * Kath Soucie as Sally Glenn / Additional Voices
 * Kat Cressida as Jenny McNulty / Ellie Bird
 * Tianna Hopes as Betty Gleen / Additional Voices
 * Hank Azaria as Charlie Baxter / Additional Voices
 * Dan Castellaneta as Roger Rumpkins / Additional Voices
 * Yeardley Smith as Cassie Baxter
 * EG Daily as Zoey Bird / Additional Voices
 * Debi Derryberry as Benny Bird / Additional Voices
 * Nancy Cartwright as Alex Bird
 * Jeff Bennett as Spy Squirrel / Additional Voices
 * Charlie Adler as Principal Mockles
 * Rob Paulsen as Kevin / Additional Voices
 * Glenn Close as Queen Marvine
 * Christopher Lloyd as King Larry
 * Whoopi Goldberg as Ms Zoop
 * Eric Idle as Dr Gotor
 * Patrick Warburton as Lord Smasher

ADR Loop Group

 * Steve Alterman
 * Kirk Baily
 * Bob Bergen
 * Corey Burton
 * Rodger Bumpass
 * Bill Farmer
 * Jessie Flower
 * Nicholas Guest
 * Bridget Hoffman
 * Jeremy Maxwell
 * Scott Menville
 * Ruth Zalduondo

Development
Coming soon!

Animation
Animation was provided by in house at Film Roman in Burbank, California, and Rough Draft Studios in Glendale. California. Additional animation was done overseas at AKOM Production Co. in Korea, Wang Film Productions/Cuckoo's Nest Studio in Taiwan, and Bardel Animation in Canada.

Team of animation directors was supervised by Bradley Raymond and lead by Genndy Tartakovsky, and directed by Gary Trousdale, Larry Leker, Robert Alvarez, John Rice, Craig Mccracken, Jim Reardon and David Silverman, all animation directors for series, respectively.

Layouts for movie were done between Studio B Productions in Canada and Walt Disney Animation Japan.

Thalia Ward stated that animation of film would top original TV series animation and would be much better than what you see on TV.

Marketing
Coinciding with film release, Burger King released 8 toys in their Kids Meals. A video game adaptation was released on Play Station 2, Game Cube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, PC, and Macintosh and was developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ on September 28, 2004.
 * film teaser trailer was released on July 18, 2003, and was later released with Jose Maldonado Biggest Movie Ever, Magina, Brother Bear, Elf (2003), Looney Tunes Back In Action, and Cat In Hat (2003).
 * 1 theatrical trailer was released on December 19, 2003, and was shown with Lord Of Rings 3 Return Of King, Cheaper By Dozen (2003), Peter Pan (2003), Teacher Pet (2004), Clifford Really Big Movie, Pet Squadron, Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed, and Home On Range (2004).
 * 2 theatrical trailer was released on May 19, 2004, and was shown before Shrek 2, Garfield Movie, Spider Man 2, Around World In 80 Days (2004), Computer Opolis, Thunderbirds (2004), and Princess Diaries 2 Royal Engagement.
 * TV Spots began to air between August and September 2004.

Release
Alaina Glenn Movie was originally slated for release on October 1, 2004, but by November 2003, it was later pushed back a month back to September 17, 2004 to avoid competition with DreamWorks ''Shark Tale. ''

Alaina Glenn Movie premiered at Fox Village Theater on August 27, 2004, and was theatrically released on September 17, 2004 in US and UK and in UK on October 29, 2004. Film made it TV debut on Cartoon Network on May 19, 2006.

Box office
Alaina Glenn Movie earn $7.7 million on it open day Friday, September 17, 2004, in US, finish 1 at box office. It grossed a total of $19.1 million during it open week, at 3,603 theaters.

Critical reception
Alaina Glenn Movie received mostly mixed reviews from critics and fans. On Rotten Tomatoes, film has an approval rating of 100% based on 179 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2 10. Site consensus reads even though Alaina Glenn Movie has nice animation which is better than series it and might entertain little kids, but it standard story and funny feels like an extended episode of show. Metacritic, another review aggregator, gives film a score of 100 out of 100 from 52 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Home media
Film was released on VHS and DVD on January 25, 2005, both in widescreen and fullscreen, by 20 Century Fox Home Entertainment. DVD release included an commentary by Karey Kirkpatrick, Kevin Lima, Thalia Ward, and cast of original Alaina Glenn TV show, isolated audio tracks, trailers and TV spots, deleted scenes, DVD ROM features, sneak preview of Blue Sky Studios Robots, and a THX optimizer. Film was also released on Game Boy Advance Video in 2005 and on UMD for Play Station Portable. An new 2 disc release with extra features was released on June 13, 2006, in time for release of Puppet Pals.