The Little Mole: The Chronicles of the Mythical Forest

The Little Mole: The Chronicles of the Mythical Forest is a 2022 American animated fantasy comedy family adventure film based on the characters The Little Mole and friends created by Zdeněk Miler. it was a fourth installment of the 2004 film.

The films stars with the reprisal roles and new characters, featured with Candi Milo, Klay Thompson, and Justin Roiland. It was a sequel to The Little Mole and the Lost Blue Dragon.

Plot
The Mole and his friends finds the forest filling with the mythical animals, they may find the secret golden diamond that was in the cave as they were trying to stop the evil blue tiger (Jeff Bergman) from stealing the diamond.

Voice cast

 * Tara Strong as The Mole and The Mouse, The Mouse will be later The Mole’s mate which instead of Mrs. Mole like Miler’s daughter did in the book which The Mouse and Mole involved to be seen by Darrel Van Citters in 2013.
 * Jim Cummings as The Hedgehog and Jackalope
 * Richard Kind as The Hare (recorded in 2017-2018)
 * Lara Jill Miller as The Frog
 * Jeff Bergman as The Puppy and The Blue Tiger
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Mrs. Hare
 * Tom Kenny as Leveret #1 (teenager) and The Pegasus
 * Bill Fagerbakke as The Griffin and The Bear
 * Roger Bumpass as The Blue Mountains Panther and The Azeban
 * Clancy Brown as The Phantom Cat and The Afanc
 * Candi Milo as The Unicorn and The Sky Fox
 * Klay Thompson as The Phoenix and The Tigris
 * Justin Roiland as The Surrey Puma and Drop Bear
 * Zdeněk Miler's daughters as The Mole and other animals (sound only), and the singing worms (some archival recordings)
 * Grey DeLisle as The Leveret #2 (teenager)
 * Kevin Hart as The Leveret #3 (teenager)

Post credit cast

 * Tom Wilson as The Father Mole
 * Zendaya as The Widow-maker Mole

Development
In 2016, Little Mole a.s. (founded by Zdeněk Miler's granddaughter, Karolína Milerová) announced the fourth film coming in 2020s when Milerová came up to her idea after the show “Panda and Little Mole”. Darrell Van Citters (the director for The Tom and Jerry Show) announced in December of 2016 that he will join the collaboration between Citters and Milerová, the movie was filmed between 2017-2019. Kateřina Miler drew and helped to animate the characters as well which considered 2D animated, the script was completed to be good as far as the 2017 year. The composer made the music in 2021 after Space Jam: A New Legacy which Bowers decided to compose the music with mythology and forest musics, and created it in November. The idea was completed when the upcoming film will have scheduled to be released on June 24, 2022.

Animation
The film was animated by the same art style as the Little Mole theatrical shorts and The Tom and Jerry Show, Darrell Van Citters said that the animation will have this budget for $199 million.

Releases
The Little Mole: The Chronicles of the Mythical Forest was scheduled to be released on June 24, 2022. On February 28, 2022, Sony announced that they have been cancelled the Russian release of The Little Mole: The Chronicles of the Mythical Forest (along with Panda and Little Mole and Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night) in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On April 2, 2022, the film was scheduled to be released on May 6, 2022 in United States. the film was supposed to be scheduled for June 24 of that year, but it was pushed back to May 6 to avoid the competition with Warner Bros. Pictures’ Elvis. It was announced that the film will be released on the same day as Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, as well the result that the Czech Republic and UK release will be appeared on June 24 of that year. On April 10, 2002, Sony was announced that the Austrian release The Little Mole: The Chronicles of the Mythical Forest will be cancelled in addition for 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On April 26, 2022, it was announced that Lionsgate will release the film internationally as the result. It was finally released on May 6, 2022.

Marketing
The teaser trailer was released on December 2, 2021, the official trailer was released on April 7, 2022 as well to be attached to Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Morbius, and other films in theaters. final trailer will be released on April 22, 2022 which was attached to the other films in theaters, following of the tribute to Tom and Jerry in New York and it’s direct to video film called Cowboy Up.

The merchandise have puzzles, plush items, toys, and candy.

Home Media and streaming
The film was digitally released on June 29, 2022 after its theatrical release, where it was streamed available on both Peacock and Starz. the said film has been released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 12 of that year along with 4K Ultra HD release.

Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 49% of 277 critics have given the film a positive review with an average rating of 4.70/10. On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100 from 48 critics, indicating "mixed reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 82% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 69% saying they would definitely recommend it.

Main
To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

Trailers
To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.