Thomas and the Wizard of England

Thomas and the Wizard of Sodor

Thomas and the Wizard of Sodor is the 2020 Thomas & Friends movie.

Plot Summary
Determined to prove his importance on Sodor, Thomas takes James' trucks and sets off on a big adventure to the Mainland. On the way he makes friends with the cheerful and helpful "Experimental Engines," but, after a wrong turn, finds himself lost in the steelworks. There, Thomas encounters two mysterious engines who instantly make him feel welcome, but who are not what they first seem... After Thomas fails to return, James sets off to the Mainland, but runs into trouble himself and so it is up to Thomas and the Experimental Engines to save the day.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Duck
 * Donald and Douglas
 * Oliver
 * Bill and Ben
 * Flying Scotsman
 * Harvey
 * Emily
 * Spencer
 * Rosie
 * Stanley
 * Hiro
 * Belle
 * Stephen
 * Connor
 * Caitlin
 * Porter
 * Samson
 * Glynn
 * Ryan
 * Ashima
 * Rajiv
 * Shane
 * Yong Bao
 * Theo
 * Lexi
 * Hurricane
 * Merlin
 * Nia
 * Kwaku
 * Beau
 * Hong-Mei
 * Rebecca
 * Diesel
 * Daisy
 * Mavis
 * Salty
 * Den
 * Dart
 * Sidney
 * Paxton
 * Philip
 * Hugo
 * Two Mainland Diesels
 * Frankie
 * The Chinese Diesel
 * Shankar
 * Noor Jehan
 * Stafford
 * Marion
 * Skiff
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Duncan
 * Victor
 * Luke
 * Millie
 * Tamika
 * Rusty
 * Bert
 * Rex
 * Mike
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Henrietta
 * Toad
 * Slip Coaches
 * Judy and Jerome
 * Bradford
 * Hannah
 * An An and Yin-Long
 * Aubrey and Aiden
 * Lei
 * Terence
 * Bertie
 * Trevor
 * Harold
 * Bulgy
 * Butch
 * Jack
 * Alfie
 * Oliver
 * Max and Monty
 * Kevin
 * Ace
 * Angelique
 * Tony
 * Isla
 * Cranky
 * Big Mickey
 * Reg
 * Carly
 * Kobe
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Lady Hatt
 * The Thin Clergyman
 * The Fat Clergyman
 * Dowager Hatt
 * Cyril the Fogman
 * The Duke and Duchess of Boxford
 * The Mayor of Sodor
 * Lord Callan
 * Mr. Percival
 * Sir Robert Norramby
 * Captain Joe
 * Charubala
 * Charlie (cameo)
 * Whiff (cameo)
 * Scruff (cameo)
 * Timothy (cameo)
 * 'Arry and Bert (cameo)
 * Diesel 10 (cameo)
 * Norman (cameo)
 * The Mainland Diesels (cameo)
 * Flynn (cameo)
 * Winston (cameo)
 * Rocky (cameo)
 * Merrick (cameo)
 * Owen (cameo)
 * Stephen Hatt (cameo)
 * Bridget Hatt (cameo)
 * Jem Cole (cameo)
 * Farmer McColl (cameo)
 * The Foreman (cameo)
 * Mr. Bubbles (cameo)
 * Headkeeper Jack (cameo)
 * The Grumpy Passenger (cameo)
 * Ferdinand (portrait cameo)

Characters Introduced

 * Hong-Mei

UK, AUS and NZ

 * John Hasler as Thomas and Rheneas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, Harvey, Glynn, Salty, Den, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Bert, Bertie, Harold, Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt, Lord Callan and Mr. Percival
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Toby, Donald, Hugo, Bradford, Big Mickey and the Thin Clergyman
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy and Trevor
 * Steven Kynman as Duck, Porter, Ryan, Dart, Paxton, Peter Sam, the third Slip Coach and Jack
 * Joe Mills as Douglas, Oliver and Toad
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Bill, Philip and Monty
 * Matt Wilkinson as Ben, Spencer, Stanley, Rusty, Cranky, Butch, Kevin, Tony, the Duke of Boxford and Captain Joe
 * Rufus Jones as Flying Scotsman
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Belle, Mavis, Annie, Clarabel, Judy, Lady Hatt and the Duchess of Boxford
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Togo Igawa as Hiro
 * Bob Golding as Stephen and Sidney
 * Jonathan Forbes as Connor
 * Rebecca O'Mara as Caitlin and the second Slip Coach
 * Robert Wilfort as Samson
 * Tina Desai as Ashima
 * Nikhil Parmar as Rajiv
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Darren Boyd as Theo
 * Lucy Montgomery as Lexi, Hannah and Carly
 * Jim Howick as Hurricane
 * Hugh Bonneville as Merlin
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Abubakar Salim as Kwaku and Kobe
 * Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca, Angelique and Isla
 * Kerry Shale as Diesel, Beau and Cyril the Fogman
 * Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
 * John Schwab as Ulli and the other Mainland Diesel
 * Sophie Colquhoun as Frankie
 * Su-Lin Looi as The Chinese Diesel
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar as Shankar
 * Sheena Bhattessa as Noor Jehan and Charubala
 * Olivia Colman as Marion
 * Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff
 * Tom Stourton as Duncan, Rex, Terence and the Fat Clergyman
 * David Bedella as Victor and the Mayor of Sodor
 * Michael Legge as Luke
 * Miranda Raison as Millie
 * Rose Robinson as Tamika
 * Tim Whitnall as Mike, Jerome, Oliver the Excavator, Max and Reg
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
 * Siu-see Hung as An An
 * Windson Liong as Yin-Long and Lei
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden
 * Colin McFarlane as Bulgy
 * Nathan Clarke as Alfie
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby

US and CAN

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward, Toby and the Duke of Boxford
 * Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, Beau, Diesel, Harold, Max, Kevin, Cyril the Fogman and Mr. Percival
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Donald, Stanley, Hugo, Bradford, Monty, Big Mickey and the Thin Clergyman
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy and Trevor
 * Steven Kynman as Duck, Ryan, Dart, Paxton, Peter Sam, the third Slip Coach and Butch
 * Joe Mills as Douglas, Oliver and Toad
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Bill, Philip and the Angry Man
 * Matt Wilkinson as Ben, Stanley, Rusty, Tony and Captain Joe
 * Rufus Jones as Flying Scotsman
 * Keith Wickham as Harvey, Glynn, Salty, Den, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Bert, Bertie, Sir Topham, Dowager Hatt and Lord Callan
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Belle, Mavis, Annie, Clarabel, Judy, Lady Hatt and the Duchess of Boxford
 * Glenn Wrage as Spencer and Cranky
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Togo Igawa as Hiro
 * Bob Golding as Stephen and Sidney
 * Jonathan Forbes as Connor
 * Rebecca O'Mara as Caitlin and the second Slip Coach
 * David Menkin as Porter and Jack
 * Robert Wilfort as Samson
 * Tina Desai as Ashima
 * Nikhil Parmar as Rajiv
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Darren Boyd as Theo
 * Lucy Montgomery as Lexi, Hannah and Carly
 * Jim Howick as Hurricane
 * Hugh Bonneville as Merlin
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Abubakar Salim as Kwaku and Kobe
 * Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca, Angelique and Isla
 * Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
 * John Schwab as Ulli and the other Mainland Diesel
 * Sophie Colquhoun as Frankie
 * Su-Lin Looi as The Chinese Diesel
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar as Shankar
 * Sheena Bhattessa as Noor Jehan and Charubala
 * Olivia Colman as Marion
 * Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff
 * John Hasler as Rheneas
 * Tom Stourton as Duncan, Rex, Terence and the Fat Clergyman
 * David Bedella as Victor and the Mayor of Sodor
 * Michael Legge as Luke
 * Miranda Raison as Millie
 * Rose Robinson as Tamika
 * Tim Whitnall as Mike, Jerome, Oliver the Excavator and Reg
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
 * Siu-see Hung as An An
 * Windson Liong as Yin-Long and Lei
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden
 * Colin McFarlane as Bulgy
 * Nathan Clarke as Alfie
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * Jules de Jongh as Lady Hatt and the Duchess of Boxford
 * Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby

Songs

 * Somebody Has to Be the Favourite
 * Who's Thomas?
 * The Hottest Place in Town
 * I Want to Go Home
 * We Can't Do Anything
 * The Most Important Thing is Being Friends

UK/US/AUS

 * Music Videos: Who's Thomas?, The Hottest Place in Town, We Can't Do Anything and The Most Important Thing is Being Friends
 * Landmarks of Sodor: Travelling to the Mainland
 * Top 5 Funniest Moments

Trivia
* In the US at Edaville Railroad on 19th August 2017. * In Australia, Hoyts and Event Cinemas previewed the special 1-3 times everyday between 31st August - 6th September 2017 and on 9th, 10th and 12th September 2017. * On PBS Kids on 17th November 2017 in the US. After the film ended on television, the song Race with You, Learn with Thomas segment, Not Showing Off, Engine Roll Call song and the twentieth series episode, Mucking About were included at the end to fill the timeslot. * On Milkshake! in the UK on New Years Day, 2018. It was later also repeated on Milkshake! on Easter Sunday, 1st April 2018. * On ABC Kids in Australia on New Year's Eve, 2017 and again on Christmas Day, 2018. * On Cartoonito UK on Saturday 8th September 2018. * On Nickelodeon split into three half hour blocks on 2nd July - 4th July 2018. Since the special was an hour and twelve minutes, some scenes and the Engine Roll Call had to be removed to fit the time slot. Treehouse also aired the three-part version of the movie on 14th November - 16th November 2018. * The first special to have DVD to be released in the US since Journey Beyond Sodor. * Mark Moraghan's first special as narrator since Journey Beyond Sodor. * The first special where Teresa Gallagher voices Emily and Mavis in the US dub. * The last special to date produced and released before the series it takes place after. * The last special where the engines, trucks and other vehicles perform non-static body movements when they speak or look in different directions, which while debuting in earlier CGI series, were made more prominent as of this special. This special also marks the last special to introduce new comedic devices, which carried on until Series 23. * The only special since his return in The Great Race where the Flying Scotsman appears, yet does not speak. * Thomas, Bert, Rex, Mike, Judy and Jerome as Dorothy. * Oliver and Toad as Tin Man. * Ashima, Hong-Mei, Noor Jehan, An An and Yin-Long as the Wicked Witch of the East. * Lexi, Beau, Splatter and Dodge as Trees. * Merlin as Scarecrow. * Rebecca as Cowardly Lion. * Stephen, Glynn, Ryan, Skiff and Millie as Toto. Goofs
 * Production on this special began in April 2016 and ended in February 2017.
 * This is the second musical special, with the first being The Great Race.
 * This special takes place between the twenty-first series and Big World! Big Adventures!.
 * An image of Thomas from this special is re-used on the spine of the DVD release of the next special, Big World! Big Adventures!.
 * Hugh Bonneville, Colin McFarlane, Darren Boyd, Jim Howick, Sophie Colquhoun, Lucy Montgomery and Nicola Stapleton join the voice cast.
 * The special was shown in select cinemas:
 * The Special aired on TV:
 * References to the first series episode, Down the Mine, the second series episode, Thomas Comes to Breakfast and The Adventure Begins are made.
 * There are a few references to the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz.
 * This is one of four Thomas & Friends films currently available on iTunes and Google Play in the US.
 * This special marks the first of a few things:
 * This special also marks the last of a few things:
 * This special also marks the only occurrences of a few things:
 * The cast is similar to the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, but in a gender swap and even a few additions:
 * The events of this special are mentioned by James in Big World! Big Adventures! during the song, Where in the World is Thomas?
 * Gavin Ebedes is uncredited for being supervising editor on DVD and theatrical end credits. However he is credited on the PBS Kids end credits.
 * The visuals and audio of the UK/Australian release are out of sync.

What you can use:


 * Dexter


 * Mark Moraghan as Dexter
 * Ian McCue as the Thin Tiger Hunter
 * Tariro Mavondo as Ranger Jill
 * Jass Patel as a Concessions Worker
 * Jessica Hann as a Child
 * Charlie Barnard as a Child
 * Mia Hope Gaywood as a Child
 * Holly Hazelton as a Child
 * Innis Robertson-Pinnell as a Child
 * Damon Denton-Snape as a Child


 * Mark Moraghan as Dexter
 * Ian McCue as the Thin Tiger Hunter
 * Tariro Mavondo as Ranger Jill
 * Jass Patel as a Concessions Worker
 * Jessica Hann as a Child
 * Charlie Barnard as a Child
 * Mia Hope Gaywood as a Child
 * Holly Hazelton as a Child
 * Innis Robertson-Pinnell as a Child
 * Damon Denton-Snape as a Child