| Tinker Bell Disney Fairiesfilm series | |
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| Music by | Joel McNeely (1–6) |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment |
Release date | 2008-2015 |
Running time | 515 minutes (6 films) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tinker Bell is a CGI-animatedfantasy film series based on the characterTinker Bell, produced byDisneyToon Studios as part of theDisney Fairies franchise after producinga number of direct-to-video follow-ups andWinnie the Pooh films. Voices ofMae Whitman,Lucy Liu,Raven-Symoné,America Ferrera,Kristin Chenoweth andPamela Adlon are featured in the films. Six feature films and one TV special were produced:Tinker Bell,Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure,Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue,Pixie Hollow Games (the special),Secret of the Wings,The Pirate Fairy, andTinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast. The series is aspin-off of andprequel toPeter Pan. Originally developed as adirect-to-video franchise, the series was theatrically released from its third film onwards.
Tinker Bell (Mae Whitman) is born from the first laugh of a baby and is brought by the winds to Pixie Hollow (which is part of the island of Never Land). She learns that her talent is to be one of the tinkers, the fairies who make and fix things. Two other tinker fairies, Bobble (Rob Paulsen) and Clank (Jeff Bennett) teach her their craft and tell her about the fairies who visit the mainland to bring each season. Tink is thrilled and can't wait to go to the mainland forspring.
While out working, she meets a water fairy named Silvermist (Lucy Liu); a garden fairy named Rosetta (Kristin Chenoweth); a light fairy named Iridessa (Raven-Symoné), and an animal fairy named Fawn (America Ferrera). After meeting them, she notices an ill-tempered fast-flying fairy named Vidia (Pamela Adlon), who immediately dislikes her because of her unusually strong talent. Vidia challenges her to prove she'll be able to go to the mainland, and Tink creates several inventions out of Lost Things (to which some other fairies see as junk) that she found on the beach, which she shows to the Minister of Spring (Steve Valentine). But Tinker Bell soon learns from Queen Clarion (Anjelica Huston) that only nature-talent fairies visit the mainland.
Desperate to help change the seasons in the mainland, Tink tries her hand at nature skills—making dewdrops with Silvermist, lighting fireflies with Iridessa, and trying with Fawn to teach baby birds to fly but she fails miserably at all of these when she gets attacked by a hawk. Meanwhile, Bobble and Clank cover for Tink when questioned by Fairy Mary (Jane Horrocks), the tinker fairy overseer. When Tinker Bell returns, she tries to explain, but Mary simply responds that she knows, and expresses her disappointment with Tink's actions.
On the beach, Tinker Bell finds parts of a music box and figures out how to put them together. Iridessa, Fawn, Silvermist, and Rosetta witness her doing this, then tell her that she was tinkering and that she should be proud of her talent—if this is what she's good at, the mainland shouldn't matter. But Tinker Bell still wants to go to the mainland. She asks Rosetta if she'll still teach her to be a garden fairy, but Rosetta says that tinkering is Tinker Bell's natural talent.
As a last resort, Tinker Bell asks Vidia for help in becoming a garden fairy. Vidia craftily tells her that capturing the sprinting thistles would prove her worth. However, once she sees Tink making progress, she lets the captured thistles loose, and in attempting to recapture them, Tink destroys all the preparations for spring. After seeing the destruction she caused, Tink decides to run, but after talking with the dust-keeper Terence (Jesse McCartney) about how important his job is, she realizes the importance of a tinker.
Tinker Bell redeems herself by using Lost Things to invent machines that quicken the process of doing tedious tasks, such as decorating flowers, painting bugs, planting seeds, etc. This allows the other fairies to get back on schedule, thus saving the arrival of spring. Vidia is punished for prompting her to cause the chaos, and Queen Clarion allows Tink to join the nature-talent fairies when they bring spring to the mainland. Tinker Bell is given the task of delivering the music box to its original owner (shown to be Wendy Darling). After, she goes with her friends across the continent while the narrator ends by saying that when lost toys are found or a broken clock starts to work, "it all means that one very special fairy might be near."
Friendly fairy Tinker Bell (Mae Whitman) means well but often gets into trouble. All the same, Pixie Hollow has entrusted her with making sure their magical moonstone keeps their pixie dust in plentiful supply. But tragedy strikes when Tinker Bell fumbles this important task—accidentally breaking the moonstone. In order to get it back into one piece, Tinker Bell will have to find an enchanted mirror and accept a little assistance from pestering pixie Terence (Jesse McCartney).
Years before meeting Wendy and the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell (Mae Whitman) met Lizzy (Lauren Mote), a young girl with a steadfast belief in the power of pixie dust and the magic land of fairies. During the fairies' summer visit to the flowering meadows of England, two very different worlds unite for the first time and Tink develops a special bond with a curious child in need of a friend. As her fellow fairies Iridessa (Raven-Symoné), Silvermist (Lucy Liu), Rosetta (Kristin Chenoweth), Fawn (Angela Bartys), and Vidia (Pamela Adlon) launch a daring rescue, Tinker Bell takes a huge risk, putting her own safety and the future of all fairy kind in jeopardy.
Secret of the Wings (originally titledTinker Bell and the Mysterious Winter Woods)[3] was released on DVD on October 23, 2012. Tinker Bell (Mae Whitman) crosses over to the forbidden area in Winter Woods, where it is always winter. While there her wings begin to sparkle so she sets off on a quest to discover why. She is overjoyed to learn that her wings sparkled because she was close to her sister, Periwinkle (Lucy Hale). They were born when a baby's laugh split in two. They visit for a few hours before Tinker Bell is told she has to leave. Determined to help her sister visit Pixie Hollow, she crafts a contraption that grates snow to keep Peri cold during her visit. The device malfunctions badly, causing a freeze to slowly envelop Pixie Hollow.
Tinker Bell flies to Winter Woods to get Periwinkle and her friends to help save Pixie Hollow. They realize that frost protects the trees in Winter Woods from the cold, so the winter fairies all work together to frost the trees of Pixie Hollow to save them from the accelerating freeze. They learn, however, that when Tink crashed in Winter Woods she tore her wing, and broken wings can't be repaired. But when Tink and Peri come together their wings again sparkle, and they learn that identical wings can heal each other, so they restore Tink's broken wing. They also discover that winter fairies can frost the wings of warm-weather fairies, keeping them from breaking in the cold, thus allowing them to visit their friends in Winter Woods.
Another feature-length film, titledThe Pirate Fairy,[4] (originally titledQuest for the Queen)[5] was released on April 1, 2014.[6] The film was originally scheduled for Fall 2013, but anotherDisneyToon Studios film,Planes, took its place.[5] A trailer for the film was released on theSecret of the Wings Blu-ray and DVD on October 23, 2012.[7] It was directed by theSecret of the Wings director,Peggy Holmes. The film introduced new characters, Zarina, voiced byChristina Hendricks, and James aka Captain Hook, voiced byTom Hiddleston.[4]Carlos Ponce also voiced one of the characters in the film.[8]
When a misunderstood dust-keeper fairy named Zarina steals Pixie Hollow's all-important Blue Pixie Dust and flies away to join forces with the pirates of Skull Rock, Tinker Bell and her fairy friends must embark on the adventure of a lifetime to return it to its rightful place. However, in the midst of their pursuit of Zarina, Tink's world is turned upside down. She and her friends find that their respective talents have been switched and they have to race against time to retrieve the Blue Pixie Dust and return home to save Pixie Hollow.[4]
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast was released in theaters in selected markets from March 2015,[9] and was released direct-to-video in the United States on March 3, 2015.[10] It was directed bySteve Loter and produced by Makul Wigert.[11] ComposerJoel McNeely returned to the film.[12] Mae Whitman, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symoné, Megan Hilty, Pamela Adlon and Anjelica Huston reprise their roles of Tinker Bell, Silvermist, Iridessa, Rosetta, Vidia, and Queen Clarion.[11]Ginnifer Goodwin replaces Angela Bartys as the voice of Fawn in this film.[10]Rosario Dawson andOlivia Holt join the cast as new characters Nyx and Morgan, respectively.[10]
When Fawn meets a legendary creature, the Neverbeast, she befriends the creature in no time. But when she learns that the creature could be part of a terrible event, she will have to trust her instincts in order to save her new friend and all of Pixie Hollow.
The early draft for the first Tinker Bell film, alternatively titledTinker Bell and the Ring of Belief in unreleased promotional material, designed Tinker Bell and her friends traveling to the mainland to restore children’s belief in fairies. In addition, the film would also show how Tinker Bell met Peter Pan and encountered a young girl from an orphanage in London. Captain Hook, the pirates, and the Lost Boys were also planned to be featured in the film as key factors. Trailers of the original film were included in several Disney DVD releases, with the initial release date being 2007. Due to budget constraints and the film being deemed "virtually unwatchable", the script underwent many rewrites and 90% of the completed prototype film is scrapped. The film ended up being delayed to 2008 with an entirely new storyline.
Disney also had plans for a seventh film. The title of the film wasTinker Bell: Tinker Academy, and the story was to center around Tinker Bell going to the titular school and meeting a new group of fairies called City Tinkers, with the most prominent one being a fairy named Ember.[13][14] In April 2014,The Hollywood Reporter stated that the film was canceled due to story problems.[15]
On August 28, 2022,Stephen Anderson stated onTwitter about working on an eighth Tinker Bell film in late 2014/early 2015. The working title of the film was “Tink Meets Peter”. It was intended to be the final installment in theTinker Bell film series and a direct prequel to Walt Disney’s 1953 film,Peter Pan. The storyline would show how Peter came to Neverland, the genesis of Peter and Tink’s relationship, how Peter cut off Hook’s hand, etc.[16] The film was under production during the time home video marketing was plummeting and was cancelled after DisneyToon Studios’ closure on June 28, 2018.[17]
In 2015, it was announced thatTink, a live-action film, withReese Witherspoon playing Tinker Bell and Victoria Strouse writing the script, was in development.[18] In 2020, the development on the project was in question following the casting ofYara Shahidi as Tinker Bell inPeter Pan & Wendy.[19] In 2021, the project re-entered development as a part ofGary Marsh's overall deal with Disney.[20] Witherspoon is still attached to the project as a producer and Maria Melnik (Escape Room) was hired to rewrite the script.[21]
Originally planned to feature the entire ensemble cast of the earlier films inOlympic-style games spanning the four seasons, presumably due to the original plot vetoed by the producers, the story was scaled back into a shorter scenario focusing primarily on Rosetta (Megan Hilty, replacing Kristin Chenoweth) and a new fairy character, Chloe (Brenda Song). They are teamed up against Rosetta's will representing the "garden fairies" in a competition in which they hope to unseat the undefeated "storm fairies". They overcome their differences and Rosetta's fear of getting dirty, to emerge victorious at the end of the games.
A six-minute short film, titledPixie Hollow Bake Off, aired in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2013, on Disney Channel.Lisa Faulkner provided a voice for a baking fairy named Gelata.[22]
The short was released in the United States as a bonusDVD in aWalmart-exclusive edition ofThe Pirate Fairy onBlu-ray Disc, but withGiada De Laurentiis as the voice of Gelata.[23] In July 2014 the short was made available on the digital movie service Disney Movies Anywhere.[24]
| Year | Film | Theme song | Recording artist(s) |
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| 2008 | Tinker Bell | "Fly to Your Heart" | Selena Gomez |
| 2009 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | "Gift of a Friend" | Demi Lovato |
| 2010 | Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | "How to Believe" | Holly Brook |
| 2011 | Pixie Hollow Games | "Dig Down Deeper" | Zendaya |
| 2012 | Secret of the Wings | "The Great Divide" | McClain Sisters |
| 2014 | The Pirate Fairy | "Who I Am" | Natasha Bedingfield[25] |
| 2015 | Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | "1,000 Years" | Bleu &KT Tunstall |
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes |
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| Tinker Bell | 90% (10 reviews)[26] |
| Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | 100% (5 reviews)[27] |
| Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | 78% (9 reviews)[27] |
| Secret of the Wings | 62% (21 reviews)[28] |
| The Pirate Fairy | 81% (21 reviews)[29] |
| Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | 75% (20 reviews)[30] |
According toThe Hollywood Reporter, the first four full-length films (Tinker Bell,Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure,Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, andSecret of the Wings) were made for $30 million to $35 million.[15]
| Film | Release date | Revenue | Budget | Reference | ||
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| Tinker Bell | October 28, 2008 (2008-10-28) | $66 million | $9 million | $75 million | $30–$35 million | [15][31][32] |
| Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | October 27, 2009 (2009-10-27) | $64 million | $9 million | $73 million | [15][33][34] | |
| Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21) | $55 million | $10 million | $65 million | [15][35][36] | |
| Secret of the Wings | October 23, 2012 (2012-10-23) | $67 million | $67 million | $134 million | [15][37] | |
| The Pirate Fairy | April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01) | $32 million | $64 million | $96 million | — | [38][39] |
| Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03) | $18 million | $32 million | $50 million | — | [40][41] |
| Total | $302 million | $191 million | $493 million | $120–$140 million | — | |
| Crew | Film | |||||
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| Tinker Bell (2008) | The Lost Treasure (2009) | The Great Fairy Rescue (2010) | Secret of the Wings (2012) | The Pirate Fairy (2014) | Legend of the NeverBeast (2015) | |
| Director | Bradley Raymond | Klay Hall | Bradley Raymond | Bobs Gannaway Peggy Holmes | Peggy Holmes | Steve Loter |
| Producer | Jeannine Roussel | Sean Lurie | Helen Kafatic Margot Pipkin | Makul Wigert | Jenni Magee-Cook | Makul Wigert |
| Executive producer | John Lasseter | |||||
| Screenwriter | Jeffrey M. Howard | Evan Spiliotopoulos | Joe Ansolabehere Paul Germain Rob Muir Bob Hilgenberg | Bobs Gannaway Peggy Holmes Ryan Rowe Tom Rodgers | Jeffrey M. Howard Kate Kondell | Tom Rodgers Robert Schooley Mark McCorkle Kate Kondell |
| Story by | Bradley Raymond | Klay Hall | Bradley Raymond Jeffrey M. Howard | John Lasseter Peggy Holmes Bobs Gannaway Lorna Cook Craig Gerber | Steve Loter Tom Rodgers | |
| Composer | Joel McNeely | |||||
| Production company | DisneyToon Studios | |||||
| Distributor | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment | |||||
| Running time | 78 minutes | 82 minutes | 79 minutes | 75 minutes | 78 minutes | 76 minutes |
| Release date | 28 October 2008 | 27 October 2009 | 21 September 2010 | 23 October 2012 | 1 April 2014 | 3 March 2015 |
A Buena Vista Home Video release of a Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a DisneyToons Studios production.
A Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures release of a DisneyToon Studios production.
Tinker Bell meets Periwinkle and ventures into the winter woods with her and Tinker Bell's other friends. Susanne Pollatschek narrates.
...each were made for $30 million to $35 million and together have grossed $225 million in U.S. DVD sales,...
Witherspoon was announced to star in the film titledTink in 2015. It doesn't seem like that project is in the works anymore, but perhaps if Yara Shahidi makes an impression, we could see her continue pastPeter Pan and Wendy.
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