My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks

My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks is the upcoming sequel to the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic animated film My Little Pony Equestria Girls. The film was announced by Hasbro as part of a press kit at the 2014 International Toy Fair. Not much is known about the plot except that it will feature a Battle of the Bands storyline and that it will be released sometime in Fall 2014. When asked about the film on an AMA for Reddit, Tara Strong also confirmed it saying, "It'll be adorable." It was revealed at New York International Toy Fair that, like its predecessor, the film will also get a theatrical release.

Development
On February 13, 2014, Meghan McCarthy tweeted that she worked on the film in Summer 2013.

On the same day as McCarthy's tweet, songwriter Daniel Ingram tweeted that there will be a total of twelve songs in the film, the highest number of songs yet featured in an MLP episode or film.

Cast

 * Tara Strong: Twilight Sparkle
 * Ashleigh Ball: Rainbow Dash and Applejack
 * Andrea Libman: Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie
 * Tabitha St. Germain: Rarity, Mrs. Cake
 * Rebecca Shoichet: Twilight Sparkle's singing voice
 * Shannon Chan-Kent: Pinkie Pie's singing voice
 * Kazumi Evans: Rarity's singing voice

Trailer
On February 13, 2014, Entertainment Weekly published an article about the film. Details about its plot were limited; however, the article included a trailer showcasing several clips from the film and a new song by Daniel Ingram.

Live-action music video
On February 20, 2014, Hasbro released a live-action music video on their official website depicting six young females as the Equestria Girls in a rock band. Like the similar Magic of Friendship music video released to tie-in with the first movie, the Rainbow Rocks music video uses a rock version of Equestria Girls (Cafeteria Song) and shows the Mane 6's human counterparts in animated form doing the "EG Stomp".

Book version
A book variant of the film was posted on Hachette Book Group's website and enlists the book for an April 8, 2014 release.

Toys
Rainbow Rocks merchandise was showcased at the 2014 American International Toy Fair, including pony and human versions of the main cast and human versions of Photo Finish, Octavia Melody, DJ Pon-3, Zecora, Sunset Shimmer, and Adagio Dazzle.

Quotes

 * Rainbow Dash: Ugh! Where is Rarity?
 * Applejack: That gal probably just wants to make some sort of grand entrance.
 * Rarity: Tada!!!