
Originally set to be released theatrically by Paramount Pictures, it was instead released in most countries on Netflix on September 24, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while still being theatrically released in several Asian countries. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2021. The film follows Sunny Starscout, an earth pony who, after meeting the unicorn Izzy Moonbow, embarks on a quest to reunite all pony kinds and restore magic to the land. A New Generation is set many years after the events of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, in a magic-less era where the story of Twilight Sparkle and her friends is considered a myth, and the three pony kinds – earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns – have grown apart, living separated from one another in paranoia and prejudice. It features the voices of Vanessa Hudgens, Kimiko Glenn, James Marsden, Sofia Carson and Liza Koshy. The film also marks Boulder Media's first feature film. Based on Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise, the film marks the beginning of the fifth incarnation of the franchise, which is set to serve as the official sequel to the previous generation, a first for the franchise. It was written by Gillian Berrow and Tim Sullivan from a story by Cullen, Ucha and Sullivan. Ucha (both in their feature directorial debuts), and co-directed by Mark Fattibene with Cecil Kramer and Peter Lewis as producers. My Little Pony: A New Generation is a 2021 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by Robert Cullen and José L.
