Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel-Illumination

This new CGI-animated movie from Illumination Animation and Univeral pictures is based on the book Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton, of the same name.

Plot
After many years of working successfully together, Mike and his classic steam shovel Mary Anne face competition from more modern gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels. Seeking an area of the country where his classic steam shovel can still find work with no competition from the moderns shovels, Mike finds a small town that is about to build a new town hall. The authorities react with disbelief when Mike claims that he and his steam shovel Mary Anne can dig the cellar in a single day; they protest that it would take a hundred men a week. Mike insists that Mary Anne can finish the job in one day, though he privately has some doubts.

At sunup the next day, Mike and Mary Anne begin work and just complete the task by sundown. But, as the modern gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels observe in awe, they notice that Mike and Mary Anne neglected to dig a ramp for driving out of the construction pit. A watching child suggests that Mike take the job of janitor for the town hall and that Mary Anne should be converted to a boiler for the town hall's heating system.

coming soon.............