Skylanders: The Movie (2019 film)

Plot
In the world of Skylands, Spyro the Dragon, Stealth Elf, and Eruptor are new graduates at Skylanders Academy. Under the teachings of Master Eon and Jet-Vac, the three of them will learn what it means to be a Skylander while fighting the evil Kaos and other villains of Skylands.

Cast

 * Justin Long as Spyro
 * Ashley Tisdale as Stealth Elf
 * Johnathan Banks as Eruptor
 * Chris Diamantopoulos as Master Eon, Chompy Mage
 * Felicia Day as Cynder
 * Greg Ellis (credited as Jonny Rees) as Jet-Vac
 * Bobcat Goldthwait as Pop Fizz
 * Grey DeLisle/Grey Griffin as Sprocket
 * Richard Steven Horvitz as Kaos
 * Norm Macdonald as Glumshanks
 * Catherine O'Hara as Kaossandra
 * Parker Posey as Dreamcatcher
 * Susan Sarandon as Golden Queen
 * Harland Williams as Hugo

Narrator Cast

 * Steve Carell as Narrator

Production
At an Investor Day presentation on November 6, 2015, Activision Blizzard announced the formation of Activision Blizzard Studios, a film production subsidiary dedicated to creating original films and television series. Headed by former The Walt Disney Company executive Nick van Dyk, Activision Blizzard Studios would look to produce and adapting Skylanders into a film and television series; the latter being called Skylanders Academy, which started airing on October 28, 2016 on Netflix.

The series is a spin-off, said to be separate from the storyline of the games with no direct tie-ins to sequels. In addition, the different voice cast is made to give the show its own separate identity. However, despite the changes, Richard Horvitz, Jonny Rees, Bobcat Goldthwait, Billy West, Fred Tatasciore, and Courtenay Taylor are the only actors from the games to reprise their roles as Kaos, Jet-Vac, Pop Fizz, Food Fight, Snap Shot, and Hex respectively. Patrick Warburton would later go on to reprise his role as Captain Flynn in the third season. Showrunner Eric Rogers provided the voice of Crash Bandicoot due to his creative partners being impressed on giving the character an Australian Accent during a temp-track he recorded.

The trailer for the second season was released on September 19, 2017. Mark Hamill was originally considered to reprise his role as Malefor, a character that originated from The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, but was unable to as he was busy filming Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Flynn, Sal, Fiesta, Tree Rex, Jawbreaker, The Gulper and Dr. Krankcase were characters planned for to appear in the second season, but were cut due to budget reasons. Flynn himself, would later go on to appear in the following season a year later.

Visual Effects
The film's visual effects will be produced by Zoic Studios, Double Negative, Rodeo FX, and Industrial Light & Magic.

General Trivia

 * Certain Skylanders and characters do not appear in the series until future seasons, though they are still involved in the story.
 * In the Season 1 intro, there are several artworks of Skylanders within The Book of Skylanders who have yet to appear in the show itself. This includes Gill Grunt, Wrecking Ball, Drobot, Double Trouble, Shroomboom, Chop Chop and Prism Break.
 * Wrecking Ball and Drobot are quickly shown again in the show when the Book of Skylanders's pages are being flipped at points.
 * Drobot and Shroomboom would later be referenced in Season 3 in the episode In Like Flynn, with the addition of Stump Smash, not shown in the book.
 * All characters have the artwork of their latest figure release as of Season 1. Drobot, however, has the artwork of his LightCore version rather than his Series 2, as both were released in the same game lineup.
 * In the second Season, the book aesthetic is replaced by showing the main characters all over Skylands, and the book characters are no longer seen.
 * Flynn, Sal, Fiesta, Tree Rex, Jawbreaker, The Gulper and Dr. Krankcase were characters planned for Season 2, but were cut due to budget reasons.
 * Flynn however made his debut in Season 3.

Story

 * While in the main canon spells are recited with regular english or gibberish, some spells in the show are in english, with the phrases or each word in reverse.
 * Notable aspects from the Skylanders franchise, such as the existence of Portal Masters, were not included in the spinoff TV series, though they are still mentioned.
 * Unlike in the games, many Skylanders have already retired or retire during the events of the show, though some still have their skills in good shape.