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''All Engines Go'' is a reboot of the children's television show ''Thomas & Friends'' produced in 2020 and has been airing on Cartoon Network, Channel 5, and Netflix since September 2021. It is animated by Nelvana and produced with Mattel Television. 104 11-minute episodes and two 60-minute specials across four seasons are currently planned for the series. Originally, the series was to be 2 series with 52 episodes each, but it was later broken down into 4 series with 26 episodes each for broadcast.
''All Engines Go'' is a reboot of the children's television show ''Thomas & Friends'' produced in 2020 and has been airing on Cartoon Network (as part of Cartoonito) and Netflix since September 2021. It is animated by Nelvana and produced with Mattel Television. 104 11-minute episodes and two 60-minute specials across four seasons are currently planned for the series, with 2-minute-and-5-second 20 shorts were released. Originally, the series was to be 2 series with 52 episodes each, but it was later expanded into 4 2-part series with 52 episodes each for broadcast.


==History==
==History==
In 2020, Mattel announced a reboot of the Show ''Thomas and Friends'' 104 11-minute episodes and two 60-minute specials were greenlit for the ''Thomas & Friends'' television series over two seasons (this was later changed to 26 episodes over 4 seasons). Before the series had an official title, ''All Engines Go'' Series 1 and 2 were commonly referred to as Series 25 and 26 respectively and was carried over to some promotional material and marketing. This was later confirmed to be a separate series entirely by the series' head writer, Rick Suvalle.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RickSuvall Rick Suvalle's tweet announcing the series.] Retrieved 16 Nov '21</ref>
In 2020, Mattel announced a reboot of the show ''Thomas & Friends'' 104 11-minute episodes and two 60-minute specials were greenlit for the ''Thomas & Friends'' television series over two seasons (this was later changed to 26 episodes over 4 seasons). Before the series had an official title, ''All Engines Go'' Series 1 and 2 were commonly referred to as Series 25 and 26 respectively and was carried over to some promotional material and marketing.<ref>[https://businesswire.com/news/home/20201011005058/en/Mattel-Television-Greenlights-104-New-“Thomas-Friends®”-Television-Episodes-and-2-Specials Business Wire article announcing the reboot.] Retrieved 07 Sep '22</ref> This was later confirmed to be a separate series entirely by the series' head writer, Rick Suvalle.


==The Pilot==
==Test Animation==
In 2020, '''a pilot was produced featuring vastly different designs to the final product, most notably the shape of the noses and smaller irises as well as different whistle designs'''. These clips were featured in a Cartoonito sizzle reel by mistake. it is unknown how Cartoonito got the footage, or if they have owned the pilot. It is most likely from Mattel and probably won't be released officially. It is unknown who was in the pilot other than Thomas and Gordon, and the only known location in the pilot is Tidmouh Sheds.
In 2019, '''a test animation was produced to pitch to Mattel that featured vastly different designs to the final product, most notably the shape of the noses and smaller irises as well as different whistle designs'''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RickSuvalle/status/1437445460419964928 Rick Suvalle's tweet on the test animation.] Retrieved 07 Sep '22</ref> These clips were featured in a Cartoonito sizzle reel by mistake. it is unknown how Cartoonito got the footage, or if they have owned the test animation. It is most likely from Mattel and probably won't be released officially. It is unknown who was in the test animation other than Thomas and Gordon, and the only known location in the pilot is Tidmouh Sheds. A storyboard of the pilot was accidentally uploaded online and was later reposted onto YouTube.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
===Screenshots===
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AllEnginesGo! Pilot5.jpg|A photo from the pilot.
AllEnginesGo! Pilot5.jpg
GreenIndustrialCrane AEGPILOT.jpg
AllEnginesGo!_Pilot4.jpg
Thomas in the AEG pilot.jpg
Thomas in the AEG pilot.jpg
AllEnginesGo! Pilot3.jpg
AllEnginesGo! Pilot3.jpg
AllEnginesGo! Pilot2.jpg
AllEnginesGo! Pilot2.jpg
AllEnginesGo! Pilot1.jpg
AllEnginesGo! Pilot1.jpg
GreenIndustrialCrane AEGPILOT.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>
===Footage===
===Footage===
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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*[[The Thomas & Friends Institute of Innovation (partially found informational short film; 2013-2014)]]
*[[The Thomas & Friends Institute of Innovation (partially found informational short film; 2013-2014)]]
*[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad (found deleted scenes of children's fantasy adventure film; 2000)]]
*[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad (found deleted scenes of children's fantasy adventure film; 2000)]]
*[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad (lost test footage of 3.5" character models for British children's TV series; 1995)]]
*[[Thomas and the U.K. Trip & Thomas Number 1 (found Japanese "Thomas the Tank Engine" crossover TV special and music video; 1993)]]
*[[Thomas and the U.K. Trip & Thomas Number 1 (found Japanese "Thomas the Tank Engine" crossover TV special and music video; 1993)]]
*[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad (lost test footage of 3.5" character models for British children's TV series; 1995)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine (found original illustrated edition of book; 1946)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine (found original illustrated edition of book; 1946)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (found build of cancelled NES port of educational game; 1993)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (found build of cancelled NES port of educational game; 1993)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (lost build of cancelled PlayStation educational game; 1999)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (lost build of cancelled PlayStation educational game; 1999)]]
*[[The Three Railway Engines (found original edition of book; 1945)]]
*[[The Three Railway Engines (found original edition of book; 1945)]]
==External Links==
*[https://thomas-and-friends-all-engines-go.fandom.com/wiki/All_Engines_Go_Test_Animation#cite_note-1 ''Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go'' Wiki page on the test animation.]
*[https://thomas-and-friends-all-engines-go.fandom.com/wiki/All_Engines_Go_Test_Animation#cite_note-2 ''Thomas the Tank Engine Wikia'' page on the test animation.]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:56, 10 October 2022

Thomas & Friends; All Engines Go! logo.png

The final show's logo.

Status: Partially Found

All Engines Go is a reboot of the children's television show Thomas & Friends produced in 2020 and has been airing on Cartoon Network (as part of Cartoonito) and Netflix since September 2021. It is animated by Nelvana and produced with Mattel Television. 104 11-minute episodes and two 60-minute specials across four seasons are currently planned for the series, with 2-minute-and-5-second 20 shorts were released. Originally, the series was to be 2 series with 52 episodes each, but it was later expanded into 4 2-part series with 52 episodes each for broadcast.

History

In 2020, Mattel announced a reboot of the show Thomas & Friends 104 11-minute episodes and two 60-minute specials were greenlit for the Thomas & Friends television series over two seasons (this was later changed to 26 episodes over 4 seasons). Before the series had an official title, All Engines Go Series 1 and 2 were commonly referred to as Series 25 and 26 respectively and was carried over to some promotional material and marketing.[1] This was later confirmed to be a separate series entirely by the series' head writer, Rick Suvalle.

Test Animation

In 2019, a test animation was produced to pitch to Mattel that featured vastly different designs to the final product, most notably the shape of the noses and smaller irises as well as different whistle designs.[2] These clips were featured in a Cartoonito sizzle reel by mistake. it is unknown how Cartoonito got the footage, or if they have owned the test animation. It is most likely from Mattel and probably won't be released officially. It is unknown who was in the test animation other than Thomas and Gordon, and the only known location in the pilot is Tidmouh Sheds. A storyboard of the pilot was accidentally uploaded online and was later reposted onto YouTube.

Gallery

Screenshots

Footage

Footage from the test animation.

Another clip of the test animation.

The test animation's storyboard.

See Also

Thomas & Friends

Thomas the Tank Engine

Other

External Links

References