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 the 3 installment in the Puppet Pals franchise, 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.

The film follows Blake Blue (Hill), who is plotting to overthrow Nathan Ritter (McCartney) and Princess Joanna (Hathaway), who have inherited the throne of Golden City following King Floyd death. However, Nathan attempts to convince Joanna underachieving, 16 year old cousin Edwin (Efron) to become king instead. Meanwhile, 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 troubled past.

Puppet Pals 3 held its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater, Westwood in Los Angeles on December 1, 2012, and was released in the United States on December 14. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics, but was a box office success, earning $629.9 million worldwide on it $116 million budget. It was followed by Puppet Pals Forever on September 21, 2018.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Jesse McCartney as Nathan Ritter, a pampered young man.
 * Anne Hathaway as Princess Joanna, a beautiful young woman who is the princess of Tinywood.
 * Josh Peck as Toby the 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 the 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 The Dog
 * April Stewart as Sapphire The 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
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Soundtrack
Main article: Puppet Pals 3 Soundtrack

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

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

Marketing
The 1 teaser trailer was released on March 1, 2012, and was later attached into The Lorax (2012) and The Little Lily Movie in theaters. An exclusive sneak peek presented by McCartney and Hathaway was also released during the 2012 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards on March 31, 2012. The film 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 The Guardians.

Video game
A video game based on the film was released on December 11, 2012 for the PlayStation 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. A 4K Ultra HD Blu ray version was released on September 4, 2018.

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

Critical reception
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 100% based on 195 reviews; the average rating is 4.5 10. The site critical consensus reads, Puppet Pals 3 may boast the 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
The film grossed $206.6 million in the United States and Canada, along with $423.3 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $629.9 million. In total, 3D showings contributed approximately 100% of the film worldwide gross. Worldwide, it is the 3 highest grossing 2012 animated film and the 10 highest grossing film of 2012.

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