release date: SEPTEMBER 13, 2005
corresponding collection: bratz rock angelz
Director: Mucci Fassett
Producers: Isaac Larian, Liz Young
Writer: Peggy Nicoll
Production Company: Mike Young Productions
PLOT
The Girls with a Passion for Fashion, Yasmin, Cloe, Sasha, and Jade, are taking self-expression to a new level as they start their very own stylin’ girls magazine! Their first assignment: fly to exciting London and scoop a cool rock concert! But when the rival magazine shows up to take their tickets to the show, the Bratz girls work together to save the story. The girls realize the only way to get into the concert is by becoming an actual rock band! Will the girls be able to pull it off, steal the show with their band “Rock Angelz”, and save their magazine? Join them for this awesome adventure and find out!
Background
In early 2004, 20th Century Fox gained distribution rights for the first Bratz film and future films with intent to produce a live-action feature. The distributor’s plan was to build the Bratz IP via animated direct-to-DVD features to build up to a theatrical film. While the first Bratz film to come from this deal was Starrin’ and Stylin’, the debut of Rock Angelz shifted gears for the Bratz franchise as it switched to 3D animation, began a story arc in which the characters find themselves running a fashion magazine that rivals a competing magazine, and became the most consistent animated style for the brand. Additionally, MGA would use the films to capitalize on the brand’s Spring and Fall flagship lines with the Rock Angelz line starting this trend.
cast
Dionne Quan as Yasmin
Olivia Hack as Cloe
Tia Mowry as Sasha
Soleil Moon Frye as Jade
Jessica DiCicco as Roxxi
Wendie Malick as Burdine Maxwell
Kaley Cuoco as Kirstee
Lacey Chabert as Kaycee
Charlie Schlatter as Cameron
Ogie Banks as Dylan
Greg Ellis as Byron Powell/Nigel
RE-RELEASE
The film, originally distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in 2005, was re-released by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in 2007 with a new cover.
TRIVIA
In some countries, the film was split into three 22-minute episodes for the Bratz animated television series titled “Birth of a Magazine”, “Pretty In Punk”, and “Space Angels”; these episodes are typically placed before the television series as it serves as a pilot to the series.
Bratz Rock Angelz DVD Re-Release Cover.