The Alaina Gleen Movie

The Alaina Gleen Movie is a 2004 American animated adventure comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and based on the animated television series of the same name. The 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, Len Blum, and series creator Thalia Ward. Thaila wrote and executive produced the film, but decided not to direct it, therefore, Kirkpatrick was selected to direct. The film stars the 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, Jeff Bennett, and Kath Soucie, with guest roles from Glenn Close, Christopher Lloyd, Patrick Warburton, Whoopi Goldberg, and Eric Idle.

The Alaina Gleen Movie was initially set to be released as a TV movie, but was instead theatrically on September 17, 2004 by 20th Century Fox, and received mixed reviews from critics and fell short of Fox's financial expectations earning over $166 million on its $65 million budget. It also served as the series finale of the original Alaina Gleen series, as no further episodes were made to continue from where it left off; however, the franchise was rebooted in 2010 with a computer-animated film of the same name.

Plot
Coming soon!

Cast

 * Catherine Cavadini as Alaina Gleen / 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 Gleen / 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
 * E.G. 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 Smashator

ADR Loop Group

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

Development
Coming soon!

Animation
The 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.

The 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 the series, respectively.

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

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

Marketing
Coinciding with the film's release, Burger King released eight toys in their Kids' Meals. A video game adaptation was released on the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, PC, and Macintosh and was developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ on September 28, 2004.
 * The film's teaser trailer was released on July 18, 2003, and was later released with Jose Maldonaldo: The Biggest Movie Ever, Magina, Brother Bear, Elf, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and The Cat in the Hat.
 * The first theatrical trailer was released on December 19, 2003, and was shown with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Cheaper by the Dozen, Peter Pan, Teacher's Pet, Clifford's Really Big Movie, The Pet Squadron, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, and Home on the Range.
 * The second theatrical trailer was released on May 19, 2004, and was shown before Shrek 2, Garfield: The Movie, Spider-Man 2, Around the World in 80 Days, Computeropolis, Thunderbirds, and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
 * TV Spots began to air between August and September 2004.

Release
The Alaina Gleen 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. ''

The Alaina Gleen Movie premiered at the Fox Village Theater on August 27, 2004, and was theatrically released on September 17, 2004 in the United States and Canada and in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2004. The film made its television debut on Cartoon Network on May 19, 2006.

Box office
The Alaina Gleen Movie earned $7.7 million on its opening day (Friday, September 17, 2004), in the United States, finishing first at the box office. It grossed a total of $19.1 million during its opening weekend, at 3,603 theaters.

Critical reception
The Alaina Gleen Movie received mostly mixed reviews from critics and fans. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 46% based on 179 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The site's consensus reads: "Even though The Alaina Gleen Movie has nice animation which is better than the series itself and might entertain the little kiddies, but its standard story and washed-out humor feels like an extended episode of the show." Metacritic, another review aggregator, gives the film a score of 41 out of 100 from 52 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Home media
The film was released on VHS and DVD on January 25, 2005, both in widescreen and full-screen editions, by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The DVD release included an audio commentary by Karey Kirkpatrick, Kevin Lima, Thalia Ward, and the cast of the original Alaina Gleen television show, isolated audio tracks, trailers and TV spots, deleted scenes, DVD-ROM features, a sneak preview of the 2005 Blue Sky animated film Robots, and a THX optimizer. The film was also released on Game Boy Advance Video in October 2005 and on UMD for the PlayStation Portable. An new 2-disc release with extra features was released on June 13, 2006, in time for the release of Puppet Pals.