Trolls (film)

''Trolls'' is a 2016 American animated jukebox musical comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation, based on the Good Luck Trolls doll line. The film was directed by Mike Mitchell, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, and stars the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Russell Brand, James Corden and Gwen Stefani. The film follows two trolls, Poppy and Branch, who go on a quest to save their village from destruction by the Bergens, giant creatures who eat Trolls.

''Trolls'' premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on October 8, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 4, by 20th Century Fox. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $347 million worldwide against its $125 million budget. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for "Can't Stop the Feeling!".

The film launched a franchise, which included two television specials, ''Trolls Holiday'' (2017) and ''Trolls: Holiday in Harmony'' (2021), two television series, ''Trolls: The Beat Goes On!'' (2018–2019) and ''Trolls: TrollsTopia'' (2020–2022), two sequels, ''Trolls World Tour'' (2020) and ''Trolls Band Together'' (2023), and six short films. Provided by Wikipedia