Smileys: A Puppet Pals Story

is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated action-adventure comedy film produced by GoAnimate Studios for 20th Century Fox. It serves as a spin-off/prequel to the Puppet Pals franchise, it is being written and directed by Phil Anderson and co-directed by David Krentz from a screenplay by Clare Sera, Phillip Melton, Michael J. Wilson, and Steve Fogelson, and stars the voices of Patton Oswalt, Jodi Benson, Josh Gad, Channing Tatum, Sandra Bullock, Will Smith, John Goodman, Allison Janney, Sarah Silverman, Keegan-Michael Key, Peter Dinklage, Gina Rodriguez, and Emily Blunt, with the narration provided by Geoffrey Rush.

Smileys: A Puppet Pals Story is scheduled to be released in RealD 3D and IMAX on April 19, 2019, by 20th Century Fox.

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Release
Smileys: A Puppet Pals Story is set to be released in the United States on April 19, 2019, in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, and IMAX by 20th Century Fox. Originally scheduled for release on November 2, 2018, but then was pushed back to March 8, 2019, April 12, and one final time to March 22, before being eventually pushed back a month later to April 19 to avoid competition with Paradoria 2: Enchanted Realm.

Marketing

 * A teaser trailer was released on July 11, 2018, and was shown before Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, Smallfoot, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.
 * The first official trailer was released on November 5, 2018, and was shown before The Grinch, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Mary Poppins Returns, and The Kid Who Would Be King.
 * The second and final official trailer was released on February 6, 2019, and was shown before The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Wonder Park, Dumbo, and Shazam!.