Thomas & Friends: The Movie

Thomas & Friends: The Movie is a 2021 British-American computer animated adventure comedy film based on the television series, Thomas & Friends The film was directed by series creator Britt Allcroft, and stars the voices of Tobey Maguire, James Marsden, Jim Belushi, Peter Dinklage, Julia Louis Dreyfus, John Lithgow and Kevin Spacey. The plot follows Diesel's plan to steal Spencer's royal express coach and send it to Doom Country; there, Thomas and James must retrieve it to save Gordon's life from Spencer's wrath and their home island Sodor from Diesel's plan.

Plot
The film  begins with a live action sequence of a Train full of passengers on a tour of the countryside when the passengers see a billboard showing a thomas movie in theaters now so they sing Really Useful Engine along their way to the Movie Theater and sit in front-row seats to watch the film. In the movie proper, Thomas the Tank Engine (Originally voiced by Jim Sturgess/Voiced by Tobey Maguire) dreams about managing the new Knapford Station 2. The station is in trouble because a passenger has missed his train, but Thomas saves the day. He wakes up and cheerfully prepares for the opening ceremony for Knapford Station 2, hoping that his friend Gordon (Originally voiced by John Ratzenberger/Voiced by Jim Belushi) will promote him to manager of the new station. At the ceremony, Thomas is passed over; his friend Henry (Originally voiced by Drew Carrey/Voiced by Patton Oswalt) is given the promotion because Gordon thinks he is "more mature" than him.

Meanwhile, Diesel (Originally voiced by Gary Oldman/Voiced by Peter Dinklage), Gordon's business rival, devises a plot to steal the Cheeseburger secret formula and frame Gordon. He steals Spencer's (Originally voiced by Alex Rocco/Voiced by John Lithgow) Royal Carriage at night, sending it to Doom Country. That night, Thomas goes to his favorite restaurant, Donk E. Cheese's Rootin' Tootin' Pizza Parlour; he drowns his sorrows in ice cream with his best friend, James (Originally voiced by Ringo Starr/Voiced by James Marsden), waking up the next morning with a headache. Spencer barges into Knapford Station 2, assaults and freezes Gordon. When Thomas arrives later, although he criticizes Gordon, he promises Gordon he will retrieve the coach from Doom Country. Spencer also tells him & James to return with the carriage in 8 days for him to kill Gordon into scrap So Thomas and James leave for Doom Country.

Meanwhile, Thomas and James encounter a dangerous trench and are too scared to go in it but Spencer's daughter Lady (Originally voiced by Julia Louis Dreyfus) helps them past it. They are stopped by Diesel 10 (Kevin Spacey) a diesel engine with a claw on his roof hired by Diesel to kill Thomas & James. He tries to kill them with his claw on his roof but is ran over by a scary steam engine called "The Nightmare Train". "The Nighmare Train" captures Thomas and James and takes them to a toy store which is actually ("Doom Country"). At the store, Thomas and James find the coach, but are nearly killed in a lethal drying-out process where they are both turned into real life model trains. Their tears short-circuit the heat lamp; its smoke activates the sprinkler system, reviving them and the other dried model trains sold as souvenirs. As the trains attack "The Nightmare Train", Thomas and James take the coach and head for the city. When they lose their way home where Donald Trump Himself offers them a ride in his invisible helicopter. Diesel 10 catches up to them who tries to kill them but keeps failing when Thomas blows some bubbles into his eyes and is tossed into the air but is caught by James. Diesel 10 finally gets very angry and tries to kill them for real but end up falling down the helicopter and lands into a barge full of stinky fruits where he is towed away to the dumps. On Sodor, Diesel steals the Cheeseburger formula, using it to produce and sell a lot of them at his restaurant: the Dieselworks, with the claim that Gordon bequeathed him the recipe. Henry discovers the truth about Diesel stealing Spencer's royal coach, and tries to alert him. However, Diesel uses mind-controlling helmets disguised as souvenirs to control Sodors's residents, including Henry, and renames the city Diesopolis.

Back at Knapford Station 2, Spencer arrives to execute Gordon. But Thomas and James arrive just in time with the coach, save Gordon and confront Diesel who drops a mind-control helmet on Spencer, enslaving him. But Thomas defends himself, plays "I'm a number 1 Engine (YEAH)", frees Sodor's residents & Diesel is arrested. Spencer thanks Thomas for his bravery and unfreezes Gordon, who makes Thomas manager of Knapford Station 2 in gratitude and after his first day the next day Thomas happily steams home to tell James about his first day of being manager. In a Post-credits scene, a theater usher (Played by director, producer & film writer; Britt Allcroft) tells the Tour Guide and the passengers to leave and they reluctantly comply.

Cast
Tobey Maguire as Thomas

James Marsden as James

Jim Belushi as Gordon

Peter Dinklage as Diesel

John Lithgow as Spencer

Julia Louis Dreyfus as Lady

Kevin Spacey as Diesel 10

Melissa Sturm as Mavis

Amy Pohler as Emily

EG Daily as Percy

Allison Janney as Mavis

Corey Burton as Narrator

Dave Franco as Squire

Donald Trump as Himself

Mike Mitchell as Train Tour Guide

Keith Scott as The Neightmare Train

Liam Neeson as Tough Diesel Engine

Jonas Rivera & Phillip Lawrence as Drunk Diesels

Matthew Horne & James Corden as Diesel Engine Twins

Randy Thom as Train Eating Monster

Laraine Newman as Ice Cream Lady

Dave Franco as Neil

John Michael Higgins as Fred Lincoln/Donk E. Cheese Announcer

Alan Tudyk as Donk E. Cheese

Patrick Breen as Waiter

Jorma Taccone as Coughing Diesel

Josh Klausner as Freed Passenger

Karey Kirkpatrick as Passenger at Maithwaite Station

Britt Allcroft as Theater Usher

Kristen Wiig as Flora

Jacquie BarnBrook as Female Passenger at Cronk

Roger Craig Smith as Diesel Theif

Brad Garrett as Helicopter Pilot

Jon Lovitz as Screaming Hang Glider

Ariel Winter as Girl at the Park

Tim Mertens as Other Hang Glider

Chris Wedge as Mouse