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Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie is the 2023 two-part director's cut of the computer-animated superhero comedy film PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, based on the television series PAW Patrol created by Keith Chapman. The film includes Marsai Martin, Kim Kardashian, Gabrielle Union, Rob Lowe, and Callum Shoniker reprising their roles from the first film, with Mckenna Grace, Christian Convery, North West, Alan Kim, Christopher Jackson, Heather Headley, Nylan Parthipan, Taraji P. Henson, James Marsden, Kristen Bell, and Finn Lee-Epp joining the voice cast. It follows the PAW Patrol recruiting the Olympians to save Adventure City from Victoria Vance, Mayor Humdinger, Cronus, and the Seven Deadly Sins before the supervillains try to steal the pups' crystals from a magical meteor, while also rediscovering Everest's forgotten past.
A sequel for Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Movie was confirmed in November 2021. Cal Brunker, Jennifer Dodge, and Bob Barlen were all set to return by the end of 2021. In 2022, Snoop Dogg joined the voice cast as Snoop, respectively, with further casting in 2023. The film drew inspiration from various superhero films such as Shazam! (2019) and Black Adam (2022).
Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie was produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Columbia Pictures, and Spin Master Entertainment, and released on Paramount+ on September 29, 2023, which was the same release date for the film's theatrical cut. Like its predecessor, the film was well-received by critics, who claimed it superior over its theatrical version. A sequel, Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie, is in development.
Plot[]
Part One[]
In ancient Egypt, Anubis, a Bull Terrier puppy, is suddenly transported to Tartarus, a deep abyss located in another dimension. There, he meets Shazam, an ancient Great Dane who has searched for someone pure of heart to bestow his power and name as champion. Anubis is given the powers of Shazam, transforming him into the civilization's potential heroic champion. Tempted by Cronus, the king of the Titans, to use his powers for his own personal gain, he corrupts the gift and is banished across the universe as a result. During the Space Race, a pack of Bull Terriers fly to space in a shuttle to study the exposure of cosmic energy from an asteroid set to collide with Earth. The storm breaks through the shuttle and transforms the pack into the Super-Pups, developed with superhuman abilities associated with celestial objects.
In the present day, after the battle of Adventure City,[1] meteor expert Victoria Vance steals a giant electromagnet from a scrapyard owned by Hank and Janet and sets the scrapyard ablaze. Ryder and the PAW Patrol pups—Chase, Skye, Rocky, Zuma, Marshall, Rubble, Liberty, Everest, and Tracker—extinguish the fire before it can spread. Though the rescue is successful, Everest feels like she has been unappreciated and hopes to prove herself. Everest's parents, Timber and Aurora, encourage their daughter with words of wisdom.
Later that evening, the citizens of Adventure City and news reporter Sam Stringer gather outside the PAW Patrol's headquarters as they wait for a planetary alignment. Unbeknownst to them, the aligning of the planets allows Cronus to become the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins, escape Tartarus, and overpower Shazam. In an abandoned observatory, Vance uses the stolen electromagnet to create her meteor magnet. She uses it to snatch a magical meteor, but it backfires, causing the meteor to head straight for the city. Ryder and the PAW Patrol notice this and immediately warn the city's people before the meteor crash-lands, destroying their headquarters in the process. The PAW Patrol take the meteor to Camp PAW, a summer camp for pups and kittens with superpowers on Olympus, to analyze it.
That night, Skye is awoken by a strange glow emitting from the meteor. The meteor cracks open, revealing crystals contained inside. Shazam chooses Skye to be his new champion and, by saying his name, she, Chase, Zuma, Rubble, Rocky, and Marshall are transformed into the Mighty Pups, gained with superpowers from the crystals attached to their pup tags. While Skye and the Mighty Pups clash with Cronus in Adventure City, Everest, Tracker, and Liberty are assigned by Ryder to look after the Junior Patrollers. They meet Abyssinian kitten twins named Castor and Pollux, a Russian Blue and ferret named Blaze and Arnold, and other Rottweiler Olympians who train Liberty, Everest, Tracker, and the Junior Patrollers in the ways of fighting, including Hermes, Chiron, Dionysus, Hera, Hercules, Athena, and Ares.
After Vance ends up arrested for her actions from the meteor incident, she escapes along with Mayor Humdinger and the Kitten Catastrophe Crew to steal the crystals. They sneak over to an airport where they find and board Humdinger's private airplane. During the flight, they set a trap by destroying one of the plane's engines and calling the PAW Patrol afterwards. Skye engages Vance, Humdinger, Harold, and the kittens in a battle, but ends up losing her crystal to the gang. They quickly parachute out, leaving Skye trapped in the plane as it loses control. With the airport too far away, Ryder has the pups clear Main Street to make a runway for Skye. Once there, a distraught Skye lands the plane for a rough landing. Afterwards, Everest reveals her backstory to Skye and how she was unable to get her share of food and never picked by potential families, forgotten and alone. Skye replies that she was left in a drafty winter barn, nearly perishing in the snow, but found and cared for by Ryder.
One night, Vance meets Cronus and the Sins, making a deal to team up in defeating the Mighty Pups. Everest decides to take the pups' crystals to attempt to retrieve Skye's crystal, joined by Skye. However, they become trapped in a force field, causing Vance to steal the rest of the crystals. Skye and Everest are then imprisoned with Shazam and Snoop in the underworld. Upon waking up, Ryder realizes in shock that the crystals are missing. As the Junior Patrollers are sent home due to their program canceled by Ryder, and after talking to Timber and Aurora, Chase and Marshall assemble a team to find Everest and Skye, consisting of Zuma, Rocky, Rubble, Tracker, Liberty, Robo-Dog, Artemis, Apollo, Castor, and Pollux. Hephaestus constructs the Argo for the team and they sail off for the underworld.
Part Two[]
Thor, son of Odin, prepares to ascend to the throne of Asgard but is interrupted when Cronus and the Sins, secretly allowed in by his brother Loki, conquer Mount Olympus and attacks the Super-Pups. As punishment for Loki's arrogance, Odin strips his son of his powers and exiles him to Earth. Loki lands in Barkingburg, where Ryder instructs Sweetie to watch over the Junior Patrollers. After finding Loki, Sweetie tells him her experience with redemption. With the Junior Patrollers' help, they decide to aid the PAW Patrol pups and contact Venus, Yoga Yvette's pet dog, for reinforcements. Inside the Aircraft Carrier HQ, Zeus declares to Poseidon, Hades, and Persephone that unless Cronus is defeated, war will be waged across the Nine Realms. Poseidon reminds them to fight in Chase's honor before Ryder recruits them with their mission.
Chase's team follows Skye and Everest's signatures to the underworld, where the Junior Patrollers, Sweetie, and Loki distract Vance as Zuma and Rocky rescue Skye, Everest, Shazam, and Snoop. The pups fight Vance by passing one crystal from pup to pup; amidst the battle, Chase falls off a cliff but is saved by Liberty, who finds her power to be elasticity. The pups manage to defeat and arrest Vance, Humdinger, and the Kitten Catastrophe Crew. Loki rounds up all of the crystals for the pups, destroys the Meteor Magnet from aligning the Nine Worlds, and magically rearranges them into a tree-like structure with himself at the center, committing himself to oversee the branches of the multiverse alone. However, Cronus had already resurrected undead Rottweiler Titans for invading Adventure City; the pups give their crystals to Everest and Skye, who flies into the air.
Joining Ryder to evacuate Adventure City, the PAW Patrol, the Junior Patrollers, and the Olympians fight against the Rottweiler Titans, the Sins, and Cronus, who has used his crystal to grow into a giant. Liberty saves Delores from being stepped on by Cronus, leaving the Sins vulnerable, and Skye weakens the Titans. When the Super-Pups' asteroid appears on a collision course for the city, Everest goes in for one final burst of strength and manages to destroy the asteroid and Cronus' crystal in time, reverting him back down to normal size but sending herself unconscious by the impact, and disintegrating the Titans. Despite Timber and Aurora mourning their daughter's sacrifice, each of the crystals glow and revive Everest. Marshall congratulates Everest for her bravery and the heroes are hailed by the public, while Hades and Persephone seal Cronus and the Sins back inside Tartarus.
As the Aircraft Carrier HQ departs from Adventure City, Ryder and the PAW Patrol—as well as the Junior Patrollers, Timber, Aurora, Apollo, Artemis, Castor, and Pollux—howl for their successes. Meanwhile, in Adventure Bay, Cameron discovers the capabilities of Saturn's crystal in his bedroom.
Characters[]
- Everest
- Skye
- Aurora
- Timber
- Zuma
- Rocky
- Ryder
- Chase
- Marshall
- Rubble
- Tracker
- Liberty
- Junior Patrollers
- Olympians
- Super-Pups
- Titans
- Bruce
- Busby
- Cameron
- Cap'n Turbot
- Carmen
- Charon
- Chickaletta
- Delores
- Farmer Al
- Garbie
- Hailey Daily
- Hank
- Jake
- Janet
- Katie
- Kitten Catastrophe Crew
- Medusa
- Mayor Goodway
- Mayor Humdinger
- Richard (flashback)
- Sam Stringer
- Sweetie
- Ruben
- The Copycat
- Tony
- Victoria Vance
- Yoga Yvette
- Meteor Max (does not speak)
- Robo-Dog (does not speak)
- Rocket (does not speak)
- Tough Guy (does not speak)
Characters introduced[]
- Arnold
- Blaze
- Castor
- Pollux
- Olympians
- Athena
- Persephone
- Aphrodite (does not speak)
- Demeter (does not speak)
- Hera (does not speak)
- Super-Pups
- Seven Deadly Sins
- Shazam
- Snoop
- Titus
- Mr. Vance (does not speak)
- Mrs. Vance (does not speak)
- Achilles (mentioned)
- Atlas (mentioned)
- Hercules (mentioned)
- Solomon (mentioned)
Locations[]
- Adventure City
- Adventure Bay
- Barkingburg
- Puplantis
- Asgard
- Camp PAW
- Mount Olympus
- Tartarus
Voice cast[]
- Marsai Martin as Liberty
A long-haired dachshund who lives in Adventure City and became the newest member of the PAW Patrol in Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Movie and also serves as the leader of the Junior Patrollers with her Mighty Pup power of superhuman elasticity via using her tail.
- Mckenna Grace as Skye
An 11-year-old cockapoo who serves as an aviator dog with her Mighty Pup power of flight and strength. Grace replaces Lilly Bartlam from Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Movie.
- Christian Convery as Chase
An 11-year-old German Shepherd who serves as a police and spy dog with with his Mighty Pup power of superhuman speed. He is Skye's boyfriend and the adopted son of Artemis and Apollo. Convery replaces Iain Armitage from Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Movie.
- Kim Kardashian as Delores
A Poodle who was formerly captured and placed at Fuzzy Buddies Obedience School.
- North West as Mini
A Pomeranian who is one of the Junior Patrollers.
- Gabrielle Union as Artemis
A Rottweiler who is the twin sister of Apollo and Chase's caring adoptive mother. Artemis is also named Artie.
- Rob Lowe as Apollo
A Rottweiler who is the twin brother of Artemis and Chase's supportive adoptive father.
- Christopher Jackson as Timber
A brown-hued Siberian Husky who is Everest's fun-loving father.
- Heather Headley as Aurora
A red-hued Siberian Husky who is Everest's gentle mother.
- Callum Shoniker as Rocky
A Tamaskan Dog and the team's recycling dog with his Mighty Pup power of levitation.
- Nylan Parthipan as Zuma
A Labrador Retriever and the team's aquatic rescue dog with his Mighty Pup power of water manipulation.
- Taraji P. Henson as Victoria "Vee" Vance
A meteor obsessed mad scientist who collaborates with Mayor Humdinger to take the pups' superpowers.
- James Marsden as Hank
The owner of the J-&-H Scrap junkyard who has a pet Bull Terrier named Apollo.- Marsden also voices Richard, Ryder's father, who appears in flashbacks, more prominently in the film's extended edition.
- Kristen Bell as Janet
Hank's wife who has a pet goldfish named Bruce.
- Finn Lee-Epp as Ryder
A 14-year-old human who leads the PAW Patrol. Lee-Epp replaces Will Brisbin from Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Movie.
Additional members of the PAW Patrol include Berkley Silverman as Everest, a Siberian Husky and the team's snow rescue dog with her Mighty Pup power of ice manipulation; Brice Gonzalez as Tot, a Pomeranian who is one of the Junior Patrollers; Mateo Carnovale as Tracker, a Potcake dog and the team's jungle rescue dog with his Mighty Pup power of plant manipulation; Anya Cooke as Sweetie, a West Highland White Terrier from Barkingburg with her Mighty Pup power of reality warping; Luxton Handspiker as Rubble, an English Bulldog and the team's construction dog with his Mighty Pup power of a wrecking ball; Christian Corrao as Marshall, a Dalmatian and the team's firefighting and paramedic dog with his Mighty Pup power of fire; Isabella Leo as Ella, a Golden Retriever and Tuck's twin sister; and Roman Pesino as Tuck, a Golden Retriever and Ella's twin brother.
David Kaye voices Cronus, a Rottweiler and Chase's adoptive great-grandfather who exacts revenge on the Olympians, Chase's adoptive family. Glynn Turman voices Chiron, a Rottweiler who is Skye's mentor and the activities director of Camp PAW. Additional members of the Olympians, with speaking roles, include Michael Chiklis as Zeus, Brian Dobson as Hermes, Kevin McKidd as Poseidon, Maya Rudolph as Athena, Sam Witwer as Hades, Ashley Eckstein as Persephone, Garry Chalk as Ares, Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus, and Brian Drummond as Hephaestus. Members of the Super-Pups, with speaking roles, include Ben Affleck as Pluto, Henry Cavill as Jupiter, Dwayne Johnson as Anubis, Gal Gadot as Diana, Ray Fisher as Vulcan, Idris Elba as Neptune, Ben Schwartz as Apollo, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Travis Willingham as Thor, Venus Williams as Venus, Jeff Bergman as Odin, and Russell Crowe as Saturn. Voice actors reprising their respective roles from Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Movie and/or PAW Patrol include Ron Pardo as Mayor Humdinger and Cap'n Turbot, Scott McCord as Jake, Dax Shepard as Ruben, Kim Roberts as Mayor Goodway, Neil Crone as Tony, Monique Alvarez as Carmen, Margarita Valderrama as Hailey Daily, and Katherine Forrester as Katie.
Also appearing in the film are Lil Rel Howery as Sam Stringer, a news reporter for the Adventure City News Network; Serena Williams voices Yoga Yvette, a yoga instructor; Chris Rock as Charon, a Korat cat and the servant to Hades; Catherine Tate as Medusa, a Tonkinese cat and the former leader of the Gorgons; Luke Dietz as Castor, a blue-hued Abyssinian kitten and Pollux's twin brother; Eliot Dahan as Pollux, an orange-hued Abyssinian kitten and Castor's twin brother; Laura Bailey as Blaze, a Russian Blue cat who helps Skye and the other pups explore their newfound superpowers; Arnold Schwarzenegger as Arnold, a ferret who is Blaze's companion; Snoop Dogg as Snoop, a Doberman Pinscher who convinces Skye that being small can make a difference; and Djimon Hounsou as Shazam, an elderly Great Dane who bestows his powers on the PAW Patrol. Steve Blum, Darin De Paul, and Fred Tatasciore voice the Seven Deadly Sins, reprising their roles from Shazam! (2019). Joshua Graham and Stephanie Belding voice the PAW Patrol and Mayor Humdinger's computers, while Dan Duran and Sugith Varughese have cameo appearances as a radio announcer and a prison guard, respectively.
Production[]
Development[]
In November 2017, Ronnen Harary confirmed that Spin Master was "currently considering whether to extend the PAW Patrol franchise into feature films at some point in the next 12 to 24 months". Animation tests were conducted in 2017 to measure how the characters "would translate onto the big screen" and the company developed a film script.
Pre-production[]
After PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie was greenlit by Paramount Pictures in November 2021, a director's cut for that film was in development, despite WindowsMyers2018's earlier claims that Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Movie was viewed as a series finale. The attires used by the pups from Mighty Pups (2018) were confirmed to return.
Writing[]
In January 2023, Shane Morris, Cal Brunker, and Bob Barlen were confirmed to write the film's screenplay, with an original story by Zack Snyder, Andrew Guerdat, and Steven Sullivan. According to WindowsMyers2018, he drew inspiration from Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Films' Shazam! (2019) and Black Adam (2022) for the portrayals of the addition of new Super-Pups. He later revealed that The Mighty Movie would have an equal focus on mythical and incarnated original characters, drawing inspiration from his favorite superhero films, including The Incredibles (2004), Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox and Super Buddies (both 2013), Wonder Woman (2017), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), DC League of Super-Pets (2022), and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). He has also cited Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2014, 2020), Space Buddies (2009), The Flash (2023), Max Fleischer's Superman cartoons, Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Class of the Titans (2005-2008), and Secret Invasion (2023) as additional inspiration for The Mighty Movie.
After previously being marketed for Mighty Pups, Super Paws, Tracker makes his official first appearance in his Mighty Pups attire. The film was noted to explore Tracker learning how to control plant life in accelerating its growth. On the character's role in the film, Myers compared Mr. Nibbles to the PJ Masks antagonist Romeo (whom Shoniker also voiced since season 5), citing similarities for their goals of world domination. Vance was retroactively identified as the unnamed scientist from the Department of Meteorology in Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Movie, referencing the Spot's role in the Spider-Verse trilogy.
Casting[]

Top: Christopher Jackson and Heather Headley voice Timber and Aurora.
Bottom: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Laura Bailey voice Arnold and Blaze. Bailey reprises her role after voicing the Sonic the Hedgehog character.
In November 2021, WindowsMyers2018 announced that Martin, Pardo, Silverman, Shoniker, and Carnovale would headline the voice cast. As with the film's predecessor, Pardo's voice for the role of Mayor Humdinger was lowered in comparison to his performance in the theatrical release of The Mighty Movie. In 2022, Roberts was announced to voice Mayor Goodway, replacing Rudolph from Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Movie, respectively, while Hailee Steinfeld was to voice a new character in the film, later announced as Sylvia, named after the character from the television series, in October 2022. Also in October, Dogg was reported to voice a Doberman Pinscher named after him.
In January 2023, Jack Black and Johnson were announced to appear in "surprising cameos" according to WindowsMyers2018. Shortly after, Myers announced that Johnson would voice Anubis and disclosed his favorite casting choices for the role of Apollo: Cavill, who played Superman in the DC Extended Universe (2013-2022), and Zachary Levi, who played Shazam in Shazam! (2019) and its then-upcoming sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Cavill ultimately got the role of Jupiter. Rudolph entered negotiations to return from Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Movie, although she would not voice Mayor Goodway. Rudolph was later revealed to be voicing Athena; Kim, Gonzalez, and West were cast as Nano, Tot, and Mini; Corrao, Parthipan, Handspiker, Grace, Convery, and Lee-Epp would replace Kingsley Marshall, Shayle Simons, Keegan Hedley, Lilly Bartlam, Iain Armitage, and Will Brisbin as Marshall, Zuma, Rubble, Skye, Chase, and Ryder, respectively; and Gadot, Hiddleston, Bell, Howery, Marsden, and Williams were added.
In February 2023, Jason Momoa and Willingham were announced to voice Neptune and Thor; Willingham's role references the Marvel Comics character with the same name in the Marvel Animated Universe (2012-2017), and Myers lauded Willingham for resembling the voice of Thor actor Chris Hemsworth, unveiling that he couldn't cast Hemsworth as Thor at the time due to his inherited two copies of the APOE4 gene to eventually develop Alzheimer's disease. In March 2023, Hounsou was cast in the voice role of a dog counterpart of the wizard Shazam, reprising his role from the DC Extended Universe, and Black was confirmed to voice a Maine Coon named Orion. In April 2023, Rock was confirmed to have a cameo appearance as a cat, and Witwer and Drummond were cast as the voices of Hades and Hephaestus.
In July 2023, Affleck, Fisher, and Schwarzenegger were confirmed to have voice cameos as Pluto, Vulcan, and Arnold, with Scarlett Johansson reported to voice Blaze. In August 2023, Chris Diamantopulos and Chiklis were added as Hercules and Zeus, replacing planned appearances by Josh Keaton and Russell Crowe, while Crowe and Kevin McKidd were added in minor roles as Saturn and Poseidon, with Stanley Tucci reported to be featured as Dinoysus. Shortly after, Shepard was added as Ruben, reprising his role from the first movie. In September 2023, it was reported that Rosario Dawson and Pierce Brosnan were being considered for the roles of Persephone and Chiron; Dawson and Brosnan previously played different iterations in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010). In October 2023, it was announced that Elba would play Neptune.
In November 2023, Eckstein was announced to have been cast as Persephone, replacing Dawson. The following month, Dahan was announced to voice Pollux, replacing Ian Ho. In March 2024, it was revealed that Ho was cast as The Copycat, replacing Shoniker. In April 2024, Headley and Jackson were cast as the voices of Everest's parents; Headley and Jackson had previously worked together in The Lion Guard. Turman and Mantzoukas were later revealed to be voicing Chiron and Dionysus, replacing Brosnan and Tucci, and reprising their respective roles from the Disney+ adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In December 2024, Bailey was added as Blaze, which her role pays homage to her portrayal of Blaze the Cat in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
Post-production and animation[]
One of the film's early drafts included the concept of a multiverse within the PAW Patrol universe. As such, alternate variants of Chase and Skye were set to appear, also voiced by Convery and Grace. The multiverse's dimensions would have included Earth-23 (home of the Council of the Super-Pups and the alternate Chase and Skye) and Earth-13 (the mainstream universe of the PAW Patrol franchise, later reclassified as Earth-1). Myers was considering the following options: if the multiverse subplot was retained, The Mighty Movie would reboot the PAW Patrol franchise as a whole; if the multiverse subplot was cut from the final version, The Mighty Movie would continue the storyline that was first introduced in Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Movie. Some Wandom Noob referred to Earth-13 and Earth-23 as "the main timeline" and "the Super-Pups timeline". In August 2023, the multiverse subplot was reportedly removed from the latest cut. Like its predecessor, Guru Studio and Mikros Image worked on the animation of the film.
In October 2023, Charlotte Stent was reported to voice Chloe, a Dalmatian who is Marshall's sister, but ultimately did not appear due to constant rewrites. Jackson Reid, Logan Nicholson, and Shazdeh Kapadia were set to voice Hector, Paris, and Cassandra, a triplet of Siamese kittens, in mid-2023. Reid, Nicholson, and Kapadia's cameos, along with ones by Rob Tinkler as Robo-Dog, Roman Kemp as Earl, Cree Summer as Rosie, Maia Mitchell as Sylvia, Richard Binsley as Rocket, and Paul Braunstein as the tough guy, were soon reported to have been cut after the film's ending was changed to typically serve as a teaser for Cat Pack: The Movie, which was treated as a standalone sequel to The Mighty Movie. Voice actors who were reported to be featured in the film did not end up doing so, including Black as Orion, Diamantopoulos as Hercules, Jeff Bennett as Mercury, Lex Lang as Horus, Clancy Brown as Mars, Amy Adams as Juno, Patricia Drake as Hera, Tabitha St. Germain as Aphrodite, and Ashleigh Ball as Demeter.
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie voice actors and other figures supported a director's cut release of The Mighty Movie, including Roberts, Dietz, Parthipan,[2] Dahan,[3] Kim,[4] Gonzalez, Cooke, Pesino, Varughese,[5] Braunstein, Remi Tuckman, Tymika Tafari, Stacey DePass, Mary Gibbs, and PAW Patrol songwriter Scott Simons.
Music[]
In January 2023, Pinar Toprak was hired as the film's composer, later joined by Tom Holkenborg, Steve Jablonsky, Michael Giacchino, Laura Karpman, and Kevin Kiner. According to WindowsMyers2018, the score influenced Jablonsky's work for the Transformers films, Holkenborg's work for Zack Snyder's Justice League, Toprak's work for Stargirl, Giacchino's work for The Incredibles, Karpman's work for What If...?, and Kiner's work for Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Track listing[]
# | Title | Performer(s) |
---|---|---|
1 | Down Like That | Bryson Tiller |
2 | Bark to the Beat | Mckenna Grace Blackbear |
3 | Learning to Fly | Christina Aguilera |
4 | Glory of Love | Peter Cetera |
5 | Trouble | Valerie Broussard |
6 | You and Me | Cast of Descendants 2 |
7 | Vindicated | Dashboard Confessional |
8 | We Are | Ana Johnsson |
9 | Fantasy | Mariah Carey |
10 | Back to Earth | Lucy Hale Snoop Dogg |
11 | Don't Stop Me Now (...revisited) | Queen |
12 | Such Great Heights | The Postal Service |
Release[]
Streaming[]
Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie was released on Paramount+ on September 29, 2023, simultaneously released with the theatrical cut of the film.
Home media[]
Paramount Home Entertainment released Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie on a collector's edition DVD and Blu-ray. An extended edition was also released with 28 minutes of new material, added animation and music. The runtime expanded to 212 minutes.
Reception[]
Critical response[]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 96 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 84 out of 100, based on 22 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". In comparison, the scores of the film are higher on both sites than what the theatrical cut received (71% and 49, respectively).
Future[]
Sequel[]
- Main article: Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
In September 2023, a third installment of Cal Brunker's PAW Patrol film series was confirmed to be in development. Brunker will respectively return as the film's director and writer, and Grace will reprise her role as the voice of Skye.
PAW Patrol: Rescue Pups spin-off[]
- Main article: PAW Patrol: Rescue Pups
In January 2023, a spin-off film focusing on the Cat Pack was greenlit, entitled Cat Pack: The Movie by the following month. Myers noted that the film would further explore the worldbuilding based on Greek mythology after being introduced in The Mighty Movie. Yonas Kibreab, Carson Minniear, Scarlett Kate Ferguson, and Mica Zeltzer voice Wild, Leo, Rory, and Shade, respectively, replacing Tristan Mammitzsch, Kingston Crooks, Tianna SwamiNathan, and Markeda McKay from the television series.
In 2025, Cat Pack: The Movie was redeveloped as "Rescue Pups Meet the Cat Pack", a television special of PAW Patrol: Rescue Pups.