Princess Joanna and the Four Kingdoms

Princess Joanna and the Four Kingdoms is an upcoming American computer-animated adventure fantasy musical comedy film produced by 20th Century Animation for 20th Century Studios. It is a spin-off of the Puppet Pals franchise and it will be directed by Pamela Porter and written by Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky, Allison Schroeder, and Rob Tucker. Anne Hathaway will reprise her respective role as Princess Joanna, and will be joined by Justice Smith, Rachel Bloom, Ben Schwartz, Ian McShane, Keanu Reeves, Octavia Spencer, Jodie Comer, Minnie Driver, and John Cleese.

The film will be released in the United States on September 16, 2022.

Premise
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Voice cast

 * Anne Hathaway as Princess Joanna
 * Justice Smith as Warren Ratcliffe
 * Rachel Bloom as Lucy Miller
 * Ben Schwartz as Josh Barlows
 * Ian McShane as Darius
 * Keanu Reeves
 * Jodie Comer
 * Octavia Spencer
 * Zoë Kravitz
 * Kevin Bacon

Development
Development on the film started after 20th Century Animation finished its work on The Pixelators (2016). After watching all of the previous Puppet Pals films along with the Joanna television series, Pamela Porter was allowed to pitch an idea of a film centered on Princess Joanna from the franchise and her adventures before even meeting the Puppet Pals, being similar to the plot of the television series. Porter, being a Disney princess fan, took this film personally as a dream project come true as she's always wanted to direct a princess film.

In January 2018, Jesse McCartney, who voiced Nathan Ritter in the films, expressed interest in doing another film as he "did not see any reason why they would not do it", while in that May, Jon Lovitz, who voiced Wayne, said that Puppet Pals Forever (2018) would be the final installment in the franchise, but producer John Cohen disclosed a possibility of a fifth film, as 20th Century Animation was not ruling out that possibility. In December 2020 at a Disney Investor Day meeting, Princess Joanna was announced as a spin-off film depicting Joanna's adventures before the Puppet Pals films, with Anne Hathaway reprising her role as Joanna.

Casting
To be added.

Music
In August 2021, Christophe Beck was offered to score the film, and he accepted. The film's director, Pamela Porter, announced in December 2020 that the film would be a musical, with the songs being written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, who they wrote the songs for Disney's Frozen films.

Marketing
The marketing campaign for Princess Joanna and the Four Kingdoms began on November 17, 2021, with the teaser poster being released on that day. The teaser trailer was officially released online a day later on 20th Century Studios' YouTube channel on November 18. Viewed 216.4 million times in its first 24 hours, it was the second-most-viewed animated film trailer in that time period. On April 27, 2022, Disney premiered a new trailer of the film at the studio's CinemaCon panel, with it releasing online about a day later. Disney had also showcased the first 10 minutes of the film at their CinemaCon panel as well. After the underperformance of fellow Disney spin-off film under Pixar Lightyear (2022), the marketing was shown to be related to the main films.

Release
Princess Joanna and the Four Kingdoms is scheduled to be released in theatres in the United States on September 16, 2022 in IMAX, RealD 3D, and Dolby Cinema. Unlike other Disney releases, the film would be released on Disney+ 6 months later rather than 45 days due to the recent successes of their 20th Century Animation films.

The film was originally scheduled to be released on April 21, 2023 by 20th Century Studios. On July 28, 2021, the film was moved up to September 16, 2022 as a result of Disney's updated film slate.