Sid the Science Kid: The Movie
Sid the Science Kid: The Movie is a 2013 animated science fiction comedy film directed by Kirk R. Thatcher and based off of the PBS Kids television series of the same name. Serving as the series finale, the film follows the titular character, voiced by Drew Massey, who visits a science museum with his friends before it opens to the public and must stop a robot tour guide from wreaking havoc.
Sid the Science Kid: The Movie premiered on PBS Kids on March 25, 2013, before a home video release by NCircle Entertainment on April 2.
Premise
Sid and his classmate Gabriela enter a contest and win the chance to visit a new modern science museum before its grand opening. There, the kids meet a quirky scientist who has designed robot tour guides for the museum. However, one of the robots goes haywire and puts the museum's opening in jeopardy, leaving it up to Sid and his friends to find the robot before it causes destruction.Production
In March 2012, The Jim Henson Company announced that a film based on the PBS Kids television series Sid the Science Kid would be made, and that the film would be released in 3D; however, the 3D aspect of the film never came to fruition.The film is a co-production between the United States and China, with The Jim Henson Company partnering with Nine Eyes Stone Pictures and Shanghai Animation Film Studio.