<P> Several books and comics related to the film have been announced: My Little Pony: Annual 2018, which contains "exclusive content from the My Little Pony movie" was released on August 10, 2017; and a "prequel" story released on August 1 . On January 23, 2017, Hachette Book Group listed five different books for the film, all released on August 29, 2017 . Books based on the film have been showcased at BookCon 2017 on June 4, with guest appearances by Andrea Libman and Ashleigh Ball . IDW Publishing released a four - issue comic book miniseries titled My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel, with the first issue released on June 28, 2017 . Viz Media released an art book for the film on August 29, 2017 . A comic adaptation based on the film by IDW was released on September 27, 2017 . </P> <P> A teaser trailer for the film was released online on April 6, 2017, and in theaters alongside Smurfs: The Lost Village the following day . The first full trailer debuted online on June 28, 2017, and was released with Despicable Me 3 two days later . Another trailer was released by USA Today online on September 12, 2017 . The same day, the official My Little Pony Facebook page hosted a live Q&A stream with two of the movie's characters, Pinkie Pie (voiced by Andrea Libman) and Twilight Sparkle (voiced by Tara Strong). Another trailer was played during the season 12 finale of America's Got Talent on September 20, 2017 . On September 27, 2017, the official My Little Pony Facebook page hosted a live Q&A stream with art director Rebecca Dart, who drew a custom artwork of Rainbow Dash (voiced by Ashleigh Ball). </P> <P> On September 30, 2017, a special titled The Making of My Little Pony: The Movie aired on Discovery Family, a joint venture between Discovery Communications (now Discovery, Inc .) and Hasbro; it was watched by 18,000 viewers . </P> <P> My Little Pony: The Movie was released on December 19, 2017 for digital downloads and was later released on January 9, 2018 for DVD, Blu - ray, and On Demand . Its special features includes a deleted scene, a music video for the song "I'm the Friend You Need", three featurettes starring the Mane Six, an exclusive Equestria Girls animated short, and the Hanazuki: Full of Treasures short bundled with the film's theatrical release . However, the home media release lacks a Dolby Atmos soundtrack and instead has a standard DTS - HD Master Audio 5.1 mix . </P>

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