‘My Little Pony: A New Generation’ Drops Glittery New Trailer and Poster

Who doesn’t love My Little Pony, the 80’s animated series turned Hasbro franchise filled with rainbows and magical, colorful ponies? Even if you didn’t grow up in the ’80s, 2000 babies had their share of the revamped series as it followed the adventures of a young girl living in a rural fantasy world with her friends, a gang of magical, rainbow-colored talking ponies.

The pastel ponies are back in a new movie streaming on Netflix this fall directed by Robert Cullen, José L. Ucha, and co-directed by Mark Fattibene. Story creators include Cullen, Ucha, and Tim Sullivan.

There’s also an amazing voice cast, including Vanessa Hudgens (“Sunny”), Kimiko Glenn (“Izzy”), James Marsden (“Hitch”), Sofia Carson (“Pipp”) and Liza Koshy (“Zipp”), Ken Jeong (“Sprout”), Elizabeth Perkins (“Phyllis”), Jane Krakowski (“Queen Haven”), Phil LaMarr (“Alphabittle”) and Michael McKean (“Argyle”).

Netflix just dropped a new poster, and the new trailer, which opens with Earth Pony Sunny’s father telling her a bedtime story which begins, “Once upon a time, Earth Ponies, Pegasi, and Unicorns lived together peacefully.” Earth Pony Sunny sleepily asks why they can’t be friends anymore. 

The next day she’s wandering around town, and Unicorn Izzy drops in out of nowhere which has everyone screaming, losing their mind. With her purple coat and cotton candy blue hair, she’s clueless as to why everyone’s hiding, assuming it’s a game of hide-and-seek, shouting as sweet as possible, “I see you.” 

Earth Pony Hitch comes on to the scene and scoops up someone’s baby pony out of what he thinks is harm’s way of the non-threatening unicorn and fumbles the child into the hands of the wrong pony parent. Unfortunately, he’s too busy into his heroism to notice. 

Sunny takes Izzy back to her tree home to protect her from the chaos and asks if she can do magic. She instantly tosses a can of baked beans in the air which opens and lands on the floor. But, unfortunately, that’s the extent of her magic as she explains that unicorns lost their magical powers. 

Sunny insists she’s taking her to Zephyr Heights, the pegasus city, to discover what happened to their magic powers. They run into Pegasi Pipp and Zipp and their friends, and the next thing you know, they’re doing pony makeovers at the spa with cucumber eye masks and lots of glitter, of course, so that everyone’s donning a unicorn horn to fit in.

There are some challenges ahead to bring all the ponies together, including a prance off competition with Alphabittle when Sunny’s skills are questioned. There’s a crab, some penguins, and a herd of fluffy rabbits leading up to a red carpet paparazzi pony moment with Queen Haven, that will pretty much have every generation feeling nostalgic or loving this very new take on the pint size pastel pony scene.

Check out the new glittery trailer, as well as the official synopsis below. Make sure to stream My Little Pony: A New Generation on September 24 on Netflix. 

Synopsis: The unimaginable has happened…Equestria has lost its magic! Earth Ponies, Unicorns, and Pegasi are no longer friends and now live separated by species. But idealistic Earth Pony Sunny (Vanessa Hudgens) is determined to find a way to bring enchantment and unity back to their world. Teaming up with open-hearted Unicorn Izzy (Kimiko Glenn), the pair travel to faraway lands where they encounter the likes of charismatic and brave Pegasi Pipp (Sofia Carson) and Zipp (Liza Koshy) and the ever-responsible fellow Earth Pony Hitch (James Marsden). Their mission is full of misadventures, but these new best friends each possess their own unique and special gifts that may be just what this ponyverse needs to restore magic and prove that even little ponies can make a big difference.