Puppet Pals 3

Puppet Pals 3 is a 2012 American 3D computer animated comedy film produced by 20 Century Fox Animation for 20 Century Fox. It was directed by Ryan Marshall in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Brad Garland and Joe Stillman and a story by Jim Chapman, Marshall, and Tom Ropelewski. It is 3 installment in Puppet Pals Series, following 2010 ''Puppet Pals 2. ''Jesse McCartney, Anne Hathaway, Josh Peck, Seth Rogen, Patton Oswalt, Matthew Broderick, Jon Lovitz, Jonah Hill, John Cleese, with Minnie Driver, and Sarah Vowell reprised their respective roles, joined by Evan Rachel Wood, Zooey Deschanel, Zac Efron, David Cross, with Peter Dinklage, and Wanda Sykes.

Blake Blue (Hill), who is plotting overthrow Nathan Ritter (Mccartney) and Princess Joanna (Hathaway), who have inherited throne of Golden City follow King Floyd death. However, Nathan attempts to convince Joanna underachieving, 16 year old cousin Edwin (Efron) to become king instead. Nathan discovers a terrifying secret about his childhood past, and discovers a new enemy (Dinklage) who has a powerful weapon that he plans to conquer both Tinywood and Golden City with it and has something to do with Nathan trouble past.

Puppet Pals 3 held it world premiere at Regency Village Theater, Westwood in Los Angeles on December 1, 2012, and was released in US on December 14. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics, but was a box office success, earn $629.9 million worldwide on it $116 million budget. It was follow by Puppet Pals Forever in 2018.

Plot
Coming soon!

Voice cast

 * Jesse Mccartney as Nathan Ritter, a pampered young man.
 * Anne Hathaway as Princess Joanna, a beautiful young woman who is princess of Tinywood.
 * Josh Peck as Toby Lizard, a magical and geeky lizard.
 * Zac Efron as Edwin, Joanna underachieving 16 year old cousin.
 * Jon Lovitz as Wayne, a magical, swashbuckling, and talking dog.
 * Zooey Deschanel as Carly Lizard, a lizard who falls in love for Toby
 * Peter Dinklage as Mel Mystic
 * David Cross as ROSS
 * Patton Oswalt as Steve Smiley
 * Matthew Broderick as Captain Matt
 * Seth Rogen as Jeremy Johnson
 * John Goodman as Mayor Adam
 * Chris Wedge as Slippy Dog
 * April Stewart as Sapphire Dog
 * Sarah Vowell as Natalia Miller
 * Jonah Hill as Blake Blue
 * John Cleese as King Floyd
 * Minnie Driver as Queen Lila
 * Evan Rachel Wood as Princess Dawn
 * Wanda Sykes as Princess Jade
 * Katie Lowes as Princess Mila
 * Kari Wahlgren as Princess Audrey

Additional Voices

 * Steve Alterman
 * Rajia Baroudi
 * Susan Boyajian
 * Ranjani Brow
 * Edita Brychta
 * William Calvert
 * Elisa Gabrielli
 * Wendy Hoffmann
 * Karen Huie
 * Sean Kenin
 * Ashley Lambert
 * Marcella Lentz Pope
 * Heidi Brook Myers
 * Jacqueline Pinol
 * Moira Quirk
 * Alix Wilton Regan
 * Darren Richardson
 * Cindy Robinson
 * Michelle Ruff
 * Stephanie Sheh
 * Matthew Wolf

Production
Coming soon!

Soundtrack
Main article: Puppet Pals 3 Soundtrack

Film score was composed by John Powell, and it soundtrack was released on December 11, 2012 by Epic Records.

Release
Puppet Pals 3 premiered at Regency Village Theater on December 1, 2012. American release followed on December 14, 2012. It was originally scheduled to be released on July 13, 2012, but release date was later assigned to Ice Age 4 Continental Drift. Film was also converted to IMAX 3D format in other countries.

Film is accompanied by a Simpsons 1 short film Long Daycare featuring Maggie Simpson, which accompanied Ice Age 4 Continental Drift back in July 13, 2012.

Marketing
1 teaser trailer was released on March 1, 2012, and was later attached into Lorax (2012) and Little Lily (2012) in theaters. An exclusive sneak peek presented by Mccartney and Hathaway was also released during Kids Choice Awards on March 31, 2012. Full trailer was released on June 17, 2012, and was attached into Brave 5 days later. It final trailer was released on October 4, 2012 and was later attached to Frankenweenie (2012), Wreck It Ralph, and Rise Of Guardians.

Video game
A Video Game based on film was released on December 11, 2012 for Play Station 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS.

Home media
Puppet Pals 3 was released on DVD, Blu ray and Blu ray 3D on April 12, 2013. 4K Ultra HD Blu ray and Digital HD version was released on September 4, 2018.

Television broadcasting
Puppet Pals 3 had it network TV premiere on FX on November 22, 2014 at 7 30 pm. It then aired on Disney Channel on March 20, 2015. Disney XD aired this on December 11, 2015. TBS also aired it on February 13, 2016. TNT aired this movie on March 6, 2016.

Critical reception
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives film a rating of 100% based on 195 reviews average rating is 4.5 10. Site critical consensus reads, Puppet Pals 3 may boast trilogy usual comedy, but an unfortunate tendency to throw in used jokes and cliches with contrived plot points makes it completely forgettable. On Metacritic, it received a score of 100 out of 100, based on 75 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews.

Box office
Film grossed $206.6 million in US and UK, along with $423.3 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $629.9 million. In total, 3D show 100% of film worldwide gross. Worldwide, it is 3 highest grossing 2012 animated film and 10 highest grossing film of 2012.

In North America, film earn $20.2 million on it open day Friday, December 14, 2012, ranking 2 behind Hobbit An Unexpected Journey. Over week, film earn $67.4 million, which was behind original $70.2 million debut. Later, film went on to make $48.1 million during 5 day Christmas week and $34.4 million during 4 day New Year week.