'Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie' And Season 8 Arrive On The Double

On Monday, Paramount+ announced that today would be the day Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie would stream, and indeed it has, at least for the United States. The film's availability in additional international Paramount+ markets will be announced at a later date.

The Mighty Movie is an adaptation of the "Mighty Pups" saga of the TV series, which itself kicked off with a TV movie, this version involves Marsai Martin's Liberty, a character introduced in the first movie and is movie-exclusive. When a magical meteor crashes into Adventure City, exposure gives the PAW Patrol team superpowers, transforming them into the Mighty Pups, For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true, so she can feel more appreciated. Meanwhile Humdinger breaks out of jail and teams up with a meteor-obsessed mad scientist Victoria Vance, voiced by Taraji P. Henson, seeking to steal the superpowers to become supervillains. Skye, normally voiced by Kelly Bartlam, is now voiced by McKenna Grace, known for Ghostbusters Afterlife. 

The film also stars Finn Lee-Epp replacing Will Brisbin as Ryder, who is normally voiced by Kai Harris, Luxton Handspiker continuing as Rubble, which he began on the spinoff Rubble & Crew. Ron Pardo is back too as Humdinger and Cap'n Turbot, and Callum Shoniker as Rocky. Christian Convery is the new voice of Chase, who was voiced by Young Sheldon's Iain Armitage in the previous film and is normally voiced by Justin Kelly. Christian Corrao, the latest voice of Marshall, the 6-year-old firefighting Dalmatian, succeeded Kingsley Marshall in the time between films. Nylan Parthipan as Zuma is in a similar position, succeeding Shayle Simons. The rest of the celebrity cast includes While the cast also includes Mckenna Grace, Chris Rock, Kim Kardashian, her kids Saint and North, Alan Kim and Brice Gonzalez, James Marsden and Kristen Bell voice Hank and Janet, the owners of the junkyard where the electromagnet is taken, Lil Rel Howery voices Sam Stringer, a news reporter, and Venus Williams voices Yoga Yvette, a yoga instructor.

In addition, season 8 of the beloved animated series was supposed to premiere with it today, but at last check it’s not there. The season features the “Sea Patrol” and “Rescue Knights” mission specials. On top of that, the Dora and the Fantastical Creatures short that was attached to The Mighty Movie in theaters was supposed to be stuffed as a special feature but that hasn’t been made available yet as of writing either. However, while the first batch of the Dora series reboot will premiere on Paramount+ in spring 2024, what looks to be the first episode “Say Hola To Adventure” has been available for at least a week as its own listing. 

In Dora and the Fantastical Creatures, Dora, now voiced by Diana Zermeño, and Boots, now voiced by Asher Spence embark on an incredible adventure to the land of alebrijes, the most magical and colorful creatures in the rainforest. There, they must band together against Swiper, voiced by Marc Weiner reprising his role from previous Dora media, to save the beloved alebrijes and their Copal Tree Celebration. Also starring in the short are Pokémon's Anairis Quiñones as Luna Arcoiris; Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies's Danny Burstein as Sol; and Kate del Castillo as Ale. A third Paw Patrol movie was reported in early October.

Source: The Futon Critic, Paramount+ on Twitter