īy April 2013, DreamWorks Animation had acquired the intellectual property for the Trolls franchise from the Dam Family and Dam Things. In September 2012, 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation announced that the film with the working title Trolls would be released on June 5, 2015, with Anand Tucker set to direct the film, written by Wallace Wolodarsky and Maya Forbes. By 2012, Chloë Grace Moretz had already been cast in the female lead role and Jason Schwartzman was reported to have been offered the male lead. This version was to be written by Adam Wilson and Melanie Wilson LaBracio. The film follows two trolls who go on a quest to save their village from destruction by the Bergens, creatures who eat Trolls to be happy.ĭreamWorks announced plans for a film based on the Troll toyline as early as 2010. The film features the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Zooey Deschanel, Christine Baranski, Russell Brand, James Corden, Ron Funches, Jeffrey Tambor, John Cleese and Gwen Stefani. The film is based on a story by Erica Rivinoja. Mike Mitchell directed the film, with Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger serving as the writers. Trolls is a 2016 American computer-animated musical comedy film based on the Troll dolls created by Thomas Dam. Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky & Elizabeth Tippet

The franchise consists of three feature films, Trolls, released in 2016, Trolls World Tour released in 2020, and Trolls Band Together releasing in 2023, two holiday television specials: Trolls Holiday and Trolls: Holiday in Harmony and two animated series: Trolls: The Beat Goes On! on Netflix, and Trolls: TrollsTopia on Hulu and Peacock. Trolls is an American animated media franchise created by DreamWorks Animation, inspired by the successful line of Troll doll toys created by Thomas Dam.

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