Arthur the Movie

Arthur The Movie is a 2012 Action adventure comedy animated film produced by RandomWorks, Cookie Jar and Columbia Pictures. The film is not canon to the Arthur series.

Plot
An UFO is spawning giant pencils erasing everything in sight, so Arthur and his class must stop the pencils and the UFO to save Elwood

Production
In 2005, Cookie Jar announced the possibility of a theatrical Arthur to be distributed by Columbia. One month later, RandomWorks announced that they would start production of the film, with the distributor now Warner Bros. It was also announced that Greg Bailey and Chance S. would be directing. Script writing began in February 2006, and finished in July of that same year. Aparrently, 2 months after Arthur's Missing Pal was released on DVD, and the film was announced to be released in 2008 as a non-canon sequel. Chance S. thought making it a sequel was not fair because it was made by Lionsgate, so it was made as a stand-alone. Production began in October 2006 and finished in August 2008, after the original release month, so it was delayed to 2010. This was when the distribution deal for Warner Bros, was ending, so Columbia came back to distribute in the US and Canada, while Warner Bros. did it in the UK. Thus it was delayed to 2012.

Possible Sequel
In 2013, Greg Bailey announced that DHX Media might be working on a sequel to the film. However, DHX and 9 Story would both be animating the film. It would also be directed by Chance S., Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who produced the first movie. After Season 20 premiered it was animated by Oasis Animation, so it was announced that Oasis would be animating the film.