This project was conceptualized on May 11, 2017, and we have worked consistently on it until its day of release, December 30, 2017. This is our own version of Journey Beyond Sodor. To us, this has become the real version, and we’d be honored if others would come to see it that way too. If not, we at least hope we’ve provided something truer to Thomas’s universe, settings, and characters than what Mattel released, as this was our wholehearted intent. We made this movie so that we and others who share our tastes could have a version of Journey Beyond Sodor to enjoy, and so that people who don’t share our tastes might look at this film as an example and through the differences see why we dis...