What is Thomas and the Magic Railroad?
'''''Thomas and the Magic Railroad''''' is a 2000 British-American live-action/animated fantasy adventure movie based on ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' and ''[[Shining Time Station]]''. The [[Sir Topham Hatt|Fat Controller]] is on holiday while [[Thomas the Tank Engine]] and his friends were working hard . ==Cast== *[[Peter Fonda]] as Mr. Stone *[[Alec Baldwin]] as Mr. Conductor *[[Mara Wilson]] as Lily Stone *[[Edward Glen]] as the voice of [[Thomas the Tank Engine]] ==Production== By 2020, a workprint of the movie has been released including narration done by Mara Wilson instead of Alec Baldwin. ==Reception== The movie got mixed to negative reviews, including from British reviewers. ==Cancelled sequel and live-action adaptation== On July 1, 2000, it was reported that [[Destination Films]] began working on a [[sequel]], but it was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chiefmarketer.com/all-aboard-a-caboose-ful-of-partners-hypes-thomas-the-tank-engines-film-debut/|title=All Aboard: A Caboose-Full of Partners Hypes Thomas the Tank Engine's film debut|publisher=chiefmarketer.com|date=July 1, 2000|access-date=July 21, 2018|archive-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722095645/http://www.chiefmarketer.com/all-aboard-a-caboose-ful-of-partners-hypes-thomas-the-tank-engines-film-debut/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, HiT announced a [[live-action]] film of ''Thomas & Friends'' called ''The Adventures of Thomas''. It was going to be released in late 2010 release,<ref name=hitfilmdiv>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/hit-entertainment-gets-into-movie-biz-1118000782/|work=Variety|title=Hit Entertainment gets into movie biz|first=Dade|last=Hayes|date=March 3, 2009|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=March 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319183852/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000782.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|url-status=live}}</ref> but this was changed to Spring 2011.<ref name=hitfilmdiv2>{{cite web|title=Hit Entertainment's H