Panda and Little Mole (2022 film)

Panda and Little Mole (known as Panda & Little Mole) is a 2022 American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation, based on the CGI television show of the same name by CCTV Animation and Little Mole a.s. The film is directed by Kyle Balda (for the Minions: The Rise of Gru) and Karolína Milerová (for her company of Little Mole a.s.). It features a voice cast that includes Tara Strong, Sam Rockwell, Lara Jill Miller, Steve Buscemi, Asher Bishop, Brian Stepanek, Grey Griffin, Carolyn Lawrence, Tom Kenny, Mr. Lawrence, and Kate McKinnon.

Premise
The Mole (voiced by Tara Strong) was moved to the Bamboo Forest which he became friends with The Panda (Sam Rockwell) who has friends with the monkeys, but the angry vixen (Carolyn Lawrence) is seem to be wanting to kidnap the animal friends. Mole and Panda would save the small critter called “The Grey Rabbit” (Mr. Lawrence) before The Vixen got away.

Cast

 * Tara Strong as The Mole, a smart mole who has black and grey with red color on his nose, three hairs on his head, and flesh-colored hands and feet.
 * Sam Rockwell as HoHo the Panda, a clever panda bear with red-colored on his nose, and green-white hair on his head who is a friend of The Mole.
 * Lara Jill Miller as The Monkeys, Panda’s friends.
 * Steve Buscemi as The Old Monkey, a leader of the Bamboo Forest.
 * Asher Bishop as The Lizard, a green lizard who loses his tail but his tail grows back when he is one of the Panda’s friends.
 * Brian Stepanek as The Rabbit, a yellow and white rabbit with a brown on top of the his ears and has red-colored nose which he is one of the Panda’s friends.
 * Grey Griffin as The Princess Hedgehog, a pink hedgehog who wears a silver tiara on top of her head.
 * Carolyn Lawrence as The Vixen, a main antagonist who is trying to kidnap the animal friends.
 * Tom Kenny as The Turtle, one of The Panda’s friends.
 * Mr. Lawrence as The Grey Rabbit, one of The Rabbit’s friends.
 * Kate McKinnon as The Bird Duo, a blue and red bird who are the two of The Panda’s friends.
 * Steve Carell as The Red Panda, one of The Panda’s friends.
 * Bill Fagerbakke as The Otter, an Asian Small-Clawed Otter who is a co-leader of The Bamboo Forest.
 * Tom Wilson as The Badger, an Asian Badger who is an assistant of The Bamboo Forest.
 * Cree Summer as The Alligator and her babies
 * Jill Talley as The Mouse, one of The Mole’s friends from the cartoon.
 * Zdeněk Miler's daughters as The Mole (archival recordings)

Development
In 2017, CCTV Animation and Little Mole a.s. announced that there will be an adaptation of the CGI animated series of the same name into a film about The Mole and his friend The Panda. The script was sent to the Sony Pictures headquarters in that year, however the first development that Sony Pictures became a luckiest founder to make the directors work on the film. In 2020, Kyle Balda will direct two of the films that includes Minions: The Rise of Gru and that film. Karolína Milerová directed the film along with Balda in that year of 2020, Walden Media joined the film apperception along with Sony Pictures Animation in 2021. Tom Wilson (the voice of Cecil Star from The Patrick Star Show) announced that he will voice The Badger from that film which he is more calm and braver than the Badger himself, the voices of the characters from SpongeBob SquarePants will lead to the voices of the different characters in the upcoming movie as well.

Music
In December 1, 2021, it was announced that Danny Jacob and Mark Mothersbaugh will be both scoring the film’s music.

Release
Panda and Little Mole was released on August 5, 2022. It was originally scheduled to be released on March 25, 2022, but it was pushed back to December 23 of that year to make more work for the film. the result that the film will be released in the winter of December 2022. On March 2, 2022, Columbia Pictures announced that they have delayed the Chinese release of Panda and Little Mole in the response of Ukraine model of Taiwan, also they have cancelled the Russian release of the said film (along with Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night and The Little Mole: The Chronicles of the Mythical Forest) due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On March 31, 2022, it was scheduled to be released on December 23. but it was pushed back to August 5 of that year in order to make further progress on the film. the screening is in front of The Spider-Verse: The Origins short film, which it was later appeared on DVD and Blu-ray.

Marketing
The teaser poster and teaser trailer was both released on July 1, 2021 during the same day as the premiere of HBOMax Originals’ Tom and Jerry in New York as it was shown in front of Space Jam: A New Legacy and Pat & Mat: The Movie in theaters. the official trailer was released on March 13, 2022 and the second trailer was released on June 15 of that year which was shown in front of The Little Mole: The Chronicles of the Mythical Forest and Lightyear in theaters.

The merchandise has toys, plush items, keepsakes, and apparels

Box office
Coming soon

Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 99% of 511 critics' reviews are both guaranteed and positive, with an average rating of 9.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads: “Panda & Little Mole’s adventures are quite interesting and exciting film which as well this great animation gave Mole some attention from the series, it fits the story with the life of Panda and Mole.” Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 61 reviews, it follows "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an “A+” grade on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak gave it an 98% positive score.

Main
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Trailers
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