The PINY Institute of New York Movie

The PINY Institute of New York Movie (also known as The PINY Movie) is a 2018 Spanish/British/American animated children's adventure musical film. The film is based on the series and the Spanish toy franchise, Pinypon. The film was produced by 20th Century Fox, Famosa Animation and Ánima Kitchent.

The film follows after the events of the second season when The Indie Girls: Michelle, Tasha and Lillith with Julia, The Boys and Dory go on a new adventure and meet some new friends. In addition to the show's regular voice cast reprising their roles, the film features the voices of Ben Stiller, Idris Elba, Jim Cummings, John Cleese, Jeff Bennett, Jennifer Lopez, Jada Pinkett Smith, Allias Salmon and Russell Brand as new characters.

The PINY Institute of New York Movie premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on September 21, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 5, 2018 and in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2018. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and it was a box office success, grossing over $528 million worldwide, against a budget of $80 million.

Voice cast

 * Erin Fitzgerald as Michelle Fairchild
 * Erica Lindbeck as Lillith Henderson
 * Cassandra Lee Morris as Tasha Robinson
 * Amanda C. Miller as Madame Forbes
 * Cristina Vee as Julia Cooper
 * Kira Buckland as Rita Finucci, the main antagonist of the film, she is the new school queen bee.
 * Laura Post as Dory Skornik
 * Todd Haberkorn as William Bradley
 * Kyle McCarley as Sam Ryan
 * Ben Stiller as Colin, a friendly business man who befriends Michelle and her friends.
 * Idris Elba as Brontos, a talking African elephant from the zoo who is a talented singer.
 * Jim Cummings as Alphylis, an elderly wise cat who tells Michelle to guide the way.
 * John Cleese as Silas Worthington, a well-dressed British man from the late 19th century who is very polite and has good manners.
 * Jennifer Lopez as Rebita, a female moose who is the love interest of Brontos.
 * Jada Pinkett Smith as Fenisha, a sassy, but caring supermodel.
 * Allias Salmon as Malko, a humanoid lion who may be tough, but good-hearted.
 * Ray Chase as James Fairchild, Michelle's adopted father.

Trivia

 * This film takes place after the events of "Coffee Girl".
 * Ben Stiller and Jada Pinkett Smith appeared in the Madagascar series.
 * In this film, Rita turned out to become more evil and more dangerous than in the series.
 * In the rest of the entire film, Julia, Lilith, Tasha, Dory and Michelle wore their debut attire. They only wore the current attire at the beginning of the film and the poster.
 * This also takes place during the third season of PINY.
 * Yumiko doesn't appear in the film, probably meaning that Sebastian might be a replacement of her as the secondary antagonist.
 * The poster of How to Train Your Dragon was shown in Julia's room, along with the plush toy of Toothless, making it an easter egg cameo of the film.
 * Rita wears her current attire in this film.

Production
In March 2017, it was officially announced that The Indie Girls and the Beautiful People were to star in their own feature film.

The film was originally going to be called Julia : The Movie, but the title was changed, as the market research didn't like it. The first reported release date for The Trip Outside of New York was November 2017. Production officially began in March 2018, and the film was then set for release on 21 September 2018.

Release
The film had its worldwide premiere on 30 November 2018, in Sydney, Australia. It was theatrically released in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and the United States on 14 December 2018. The DVD edition of the film was released on 7 June 2019 (United States) and 20 July 2019 (United Kingdom).

Home media
On 6 July 2019, a Blu-ray version was released in Japan and is expected to be released in the United States on August 4, 2019.

Box office
P.I.N.Y opened in 3,645 cinemas and had an opening weekend gross of $16 million.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, P.I.NY : The Movie holds an approval rating of 95% based on 180 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. On Metacritic, the film received a weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "universal acclaim." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.