The Little Mole (2023 film)

The Little Mole is an upcoming Czech computer-animated comedy-adventure fantasy film based on the 1956 Czechoslovakia cartoon of the same name by Zdeněk Miler. The film will be considered to be the remake of the 2004 film of the same name as well, the film was also directed by Thurop Van Orman, Mike Rianda, and Tim Hill. The film will be featuring the voice actors of Tara Strong (as The Mole and his friend The Mouse), Jim Cummings (as The Hedgehog), Danny McBride (as The Hare), Lara Jill Miller (as The Frog), Tom Kenny (as The Cricket), Josh Gad (as Billy Sanders) Maya Rudolph (as Lisa Goodwin) Bill Fagerbakke (as The Bear), Carolyn Lawrence (as Mrs. Waltz), Keanu Reeves (as Marek Miler), Grey Griffin (as Velvet the Caterpillar), and Matt Berry (as The Fox).

Premise
The Little Mole (Tara Strong) has lost his old home, he made new friends that includes The Mouse, The Hare (Danny McBride), The Frog (Lara Jill Miller), and The Hedgehog (Jim Cummings). They found such their new adventures, but The Fox (Matt Berry) is going to kidnap the critters. It’s up to Mole and his friends to save the Hedgehog, before it’s too late!

Cast

 * Tara Strong as The Mole, an adorable mole who knows that he is still looks for treasure.
 * Tara Strong also voiced The Mouse, a brown mouse that she would know about her life and senses.
 * Jim Cummings as The Hedgehog, a hungry blue hedgehog who eats fruits.
 * Jim Cummings also voiced the other character Mat who is a handyman with red turtleneck sweater and blue & white beanie which making minor appearance.
 * Danny McBride as The Hare, a brown hare who runs a new life of his new friends and he is the only one who is a fast hare.
 * Lara Jill Miller as The Frog, a green frog who always knew that she could find herself as her favorite friendships.
 * Tom Kenny as The Cricket, The Mole’s tiny musical friend.
 * Tom Kenny also voiced the other character Pat who is a handyman with yellow turtleneck sweater and blue beret which makes minor appearance.
 * Josh Gad as Billy Sanders, a forest ranger who knew about to protect the critters from danger.
 * Maya Rudolph as Lisa Goodwin, a forest ranger who protects animals.
 * Bill Fagerbakke as The Bear, a grizzly bear who is a friend of The Mole and his buddies.
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Mrs. Waltz, an officer forest ranger who arrests Mr. Blanc.
 * Keanu Reeves as Marek Slovákova, Lisa Goodwin’s boyfriend who arrests Mr. Blanc.
 * Grey Griffin as Velvet the Caterpillar, a caterpillar who is a friend of The Mole.
 * Matt Berry as The Fox, a main antagonist who kidnaps the animals.
 * Rodger Bumpass as Mr. Blanc, a taxidermist who is a secondary antagonist who kidnaps The Hedgehog.
 * Mr. Lawrence as David Oates, a forest ranger who arrests Mr. Blanc.
 * Mary Jo Catlett as Marlene Oates, David Oates’s wife.
 * Eric Bauza as The Ferret
 * Jeff Bergman as The Puppy and The Badger
 * Clancy Brown as The Marten, third antagonist who tried to attack The Hare.
 * Lori Alan as The Deer
 * Billy West as The Rabbit
 * Jill Talley as The Weasel and The Rat
 * Tiffany Haddish as The Blue Butterfly and The Squirrel
 * Jason Sudeikis as The Hawk and The Crow
 * Zdeněk Miler's daughters as The Mole and other animals (sound only, archived recordings)

Development
In 2014, Genndy Tartakovsky wanted to make a movie about the mole and his friends as he chose the cartoon. the film was scripted in 2015 as he might as well make the film about it, in 2016, Tartakovsky wanted to do the CGI animated film featuring The Mole and his friends. however he took a long time to get the film during the third Hotel Transylvania schedule, he went on to restart the script. in 2019, Tartakovsky hasn’t been done yet for not directing the film, however he managed to reset the filming. In 2020, Tartakovsky left the filming and was replaced with Orman. Thurop Van Orman started filming in 2021, but the directors Tim Hill and Mike Rianda joined the filming group as they started filming between 2021 till June 2022. The script was finished and the new characters were added on the remake.

Music
On February 2, 2022, it was announced that Heitor Pereira will be scoring the CGI reboot film.

On August 11, 2022, it was announced that Michael Giacchino would be scoring the film along with Heitor Pereira who scores the film’s soundtrack.

Release
The Little Mole was scheduled to be released on October 7, 2022, but it was pushed back to June 9, 2023 so the production will be directing more than the other. The film will be released on December 3, 2022 in Czech Republic as the result, as well the Australian release.

Marketing
The teaser poster and its teaser trailer was released on March 12, 2022, the official trailer will be released on July 13, 2022 and the official poster was released on the same day.

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

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