In 2011, Universal Studios Home Entertainment partnered with Starlight Children's Foundation to release an all-new direct-to-video animated film based on the endearing literary classic that spans more than 75 years, The Little Engine That Could. Along with updating the classic children’s story with adventures to which the whole family can relate, the feature-length movie features the voices of well-known actors Whoopi Goldberg, Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Warburton, Brenda Song, Alyson Stoner and Starlight Ambassador Corbin Bleu.
“The Little Engine” animated DVD original movie released in March 2011 and Universal Family Entertainment will donate up to 50 cents to brighten the lives of Starlight’s seriously ill children and families from each The Little Engine That Could DVD sold.