The Rainbow Fish

The Rainbow Fish is a 2023 American upcoming computer-animated coming-of-age fantasy film produced by Maloing Entertainment for Lionsgate. It is directed by Will Finn, written by Jesse Gieser, and was released in the United States on May 26, 2023 by Lionsgate.

Plot
The story is about a small rainbowfish with shiny, multi-coloured scales. He has blue, green, purple, and pink scales. Interspersed with these colorful scales are shiny, holographic scales which are his favorites. The other fish from his shoal also have scales, but only scales matching to their real colors. However, they wish that they had shiny silver scales just like Rainbow Fish. One day, a small blue fish named Blue who envied the shiny silver scales asks the Rainbow Fish if he could have one of his. The Rainbow Fish refuses in a rude manner. Blue tells all the other fish that The Rainbow Fish was being rude, and as a result, the other fish do not want to play with him anymore.

His only remaining friend, the starfish, tells him to go visit the wise octopus named Wanda for advice. When he goes to the cave where she lives, he sees Wanda the octopus. Wanda (in a deep voice) says that she has been waiting for him. Then she explains that the waves have told her his story. Then, she gives The Rainbow Fish her advice: He must share his scales with the other fish. She continues that he might no longer be the most beautiful fish after that, but he will discover how to be happy. The Rainbow Fish tries to say that he cannot share his favorite scales, but Wanda disappears in a cloud of ink.

When he encounters Blue for a second time, The Rainbow Fish shares one of his precious silver scales and sees Blue's joy. With that one shiny scale gone, he immediately feels much better. Very soon, the Rainbow Fish is surrounded by the other fish requesting scales and he shares one of his shiny silver scales with each of them. Soon, everyone in the ocean has one shiny scale, including The Rainbow Fish. The Rainbow Fish is finally happy even though he shared all his scales and only had one shiny scale left.

Cast

 * Jaeden Martell as Rainbow Fish, a 9-year-old proud, vibrant male fish with glimmering scales who is the title character. He lives with his parents (Sol and Aqua) and 12-year-old sister ("Ruby") in a cave near Shipwreck Park.
 * Emma Myers as Sea Filly the Seahorse, a 9-year-old girl in the school of fish. She is a beautiful mermaid-seahorse hybrid, who is often seen reading books. She eventually becomes firm friends with Rainbow Fish and Blue. She is friendly and has orange hair.
 * Christian Convery as Blue, Rainbow Fish's best friend, who is more down-to-Earth and thoughtful than Rainbow Fish. He is a 9-year-old bluefish and has a baby sister named Turquoise.

Production
In June 2019, Maloing Entertainment announced that a feature film adaptation of The Rainbow Fish was in the pre-development stages.

Marketing
The teaser poster was revealed on January 20, 2023. A TV spot was broadcast during Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023.

Release
The Rainbow Fish was released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 26, 2023.

Home media
The film was released to digital services on June 30, 2023, and on home media on July 4, 2023.

As part of their deal with Netflix, the film will stream on Amazon Prime Video for the first four months of the pay-TV window, then will move to Netflix for the next ten, and then will return to Amazon Prime Video for the remaining four.

Reception
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