Talk:My Little Pony The Movie/@comment-30358957-20171018182644/@comment-5837525-20171028025524

More or less correct. The movie began production around the time of season five. But the writers did know what was happening in the series -- after all, McCarthy was story editor, and Thiessen was consulting director). There just couldn't be much overlap; the series and film had to be remain mostly separate so each could tell its own story without piggybacking on the other.