The Wild (2006)

Director:

Steve 'Spaz' Williams

Writers:

Ed Decter (screenplay) &
John J. Strauss (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

14 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

A whole new breed of tourist.

Plot:

An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.

Plot Keywords:

Africa | Zoo | Lion | Animal | Volcano

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Jan. 13	8:00 PM	DISN
Thur. Jan. 14	12:00 PM	DISN

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland	...	Samson (voice)
James Belushi	...	Benny (voice) (as Jim Belushi)
Eddie Izzard	...	Nigel (voice)
Janeane Garofalo	...	Bridget (voice)
William Shatner	...	Kazar (voice)
Richard Kind	...	Larry (voice)
Greg Cipes	...	Ryan (voice)
Colin Hay	...	Fergus Flamingo (voice)
Miles Marsico	...	Duke (voice)
Jack De Sena	...	Eze (voice)
Don Cherry	...	Penguin MC (voice)
Christian Argueta	...	Hamir (voice)
David Cowgill	...	Hamir (voice)
Lenny Venito	...	Stan (voice)
Joseph Siravo	...	Carmine (voice)
Colin Cunningham	...	Hyrax (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Blag (voice)
Jonathan Kimmel	...	Scab (voice)
Eddie Gossling	...	Scraw (voice)
Clinton Leupp	...	Mama Hippo (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Samson's Father (voice)
Dominic Scott Kay	...	Young Samson (voice)
Nika Futterman	...	Dung Beetle #1 (voice)
Julianne Buescher	...	Dung Beetle #2 (voice)
Chris Edgerly	...	Cloak (voice)
Bob Joles	...	Camo / Ringleader (voice)
Keith Anthony	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Greg Berg	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Bob Bergen	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Jason Connery	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Debi Derryberry	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Terri Douglas	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Jeannie Elias	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Pat Fraley	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Eddie Frierson	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Nicholas Guest	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Jason Harris	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Bridget Hoffman	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Emily Johnson	...	Additional Voice (voice)
John Kassir	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Daniel Kaz	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Josh Keaton	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Carolyn Lawrence	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Mona Marshall	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Laraine Newman	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Nolan North	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Paul Pape	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Peter Pamela Rose	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Audrey Wasilewski	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Hannah Williams	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Steve 'Spaz' Williams	...	Additional Voice (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alexandra Gold Jourden	...	Baby Hippo (voice) (uncredited)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Baby Hippo / Walla (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Steve 'Spaz' Williams

Writing credits
Ed Decter		(screenplay) &
John J. Strauss		(screenplay) and
Mark Gibson		(screenplay) &
Philip Halprin		(screenplay)
Mark Gibson		(story) &
Philip Halprin		(story)
Bill Wolkoff		(additional story material) &
David Collard		(additional story material) (as Dave Collard) &
Matt Lopez		(additional story material) &
Lloyd Taylor		(additional story material) &
Steve 'Spaz' Williams		(additional story material)

Produced by
Jim Burton	....	associate producer
Ed Decter	....	co-producer
Beau Flynn	....	producer
Clint Goldman	....	producer
Kevin Lima	....	executive producer
Jane Park	....	co-producer
Doug Short	....	associate producer
Stefan Simchowitz	....	executive producer
John J. Strauss	....	co-producer
Will Vinton	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Film Editing by
Scott Balcerek
Steven L. Wagner

Casting by
Corbin Bronson
Jen Rudin

Production Design by
Chris Farmer

Art Direction by
Chris Farmer
Michael E. Goldman

Production Management
Patricia L. Adams	....	assistant production manager
Barbara Foerster	....	assistant production manager
Dale Gagne	....	post-production manager
Alexandra Gunter	....	assistant production manager: story
Cory Hansen	....	post-production supervisor
Janice M. Jacobs	....	production manager
Colleen Jenkinson	....	assistant production manager
Graham Moloy	....	production manager
Liz Roberts	....	assistant production manager
Jan Stephenson	....	assistant production manager
Susan Reichert Sullivan	....	assistant production manager (as Susan Reichert)

Art Department
Rick Allen	....	tonal sketch artist
Tracy Blagdon	....	production coordinator: art department
Scott Caple	....	tonal sketch artist
Aric Cheng	....	set designer
Norm DeCarlo	....	sculptor
Jeff Dickson	....	lead storyboard artist
John Fox	....	storyboard artist
Sophie Gallo	....	graphic designer
Erik Gronfeldt	....	texture artist
Halsted Craig Hannah	....	concept illustrator
Justin Claus Harder	....	concept artist
Victor Hawkins	....	mold maker
Kirk Henderson	....	concept artist
Benny Min Huang	....	painter
George Hull	....	visual development
Louis Katz	....	set designer
Piet Kroon	....	storyboard artist
Scott Leberecht	....	storyboard artist
Steve Moore	....	storyboard artist
Mark Nonnenmacher	....	concept designer
Brian O'Connell	....	storyboard artist
Alexander Okita	....	digital art
Chad Owens	....	set designer
Mark Pacella	....	storyboard artist
Monica Perez	....	graphic designer
Troy Quane	....	storyboard artist
Lyndon Ruddy	....	storyboard artist
Chris Sauve	....	storyboard artist: Reel FX
Steven M. Saylor	....	set designer
Mike Smith	....	additional art director: Reel FX
Corey Snyder	....	designer
John Williamson	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
John Carey	....	dialog recordist
Josh Gold	....	assistant sound editor
Chris Gridley	....	sound effects editor
Aaron Heuser	....	sound design intern
David C. Hughes	....	sound effects editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Bruce Lacey	....	adr supervisor
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Jeremy Molod	....	foley editor
Andy Newell	....	sound designer
Andy Newell	....	supervising sound editor
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Larry Schalit	....	co-supervising sound editor
Mac Smith	....	first assistant sound editor
Carlos Sotolongo	....	additional original dialog mixer
Larry Winer	....	additional original dialog mixer
Jon Caxton	....	apprentice sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Boris Lai	....	pipeline developer
Remko Noteboom	....	pipeline architect/supervisor
Don Parker	....	pipeline designer and producer

Visual Effects by
Mona Abdelnaby	....	3D modeler
Daniel Abramovich	....	compositor
Andrew Alzner	....	environment rigger
John Anderholm	....	technical director: Reel FX Creative Studios
Paul Anderson	....	scene setup supervisor
Raine Anderson	....	texture artist
Christian Argueta	....	previs artist
Paul Arion	....	digital compositor
Paul Arion	....	scene prep artist
Chris Bankoff	....	compositor: Reel FX Creative Studio
Aaron Barr	....	digital artist
Jeff Bastedo	....	lighting technical director
Lisa Bechard	....	line producer: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Michael Becki	....	digital compositor
Michael Becki	....	scene prep artist
Bob Bennett	....	visual effects
Gerhard Borchers	....	lighting artist
Gavin Boyle	....	pre-viz animator
Joel Brinkerhoff	....	pre-viz animator
Sebastien Bruneau	....	character animator
Bruce D. Buckley	....	character modelling and look supervisor
Sean Burns	....	animator
Jeff Capogreco	....	modeler
Jeff Capogreco	....	set lighting
Jeffrey Cappleman	....	lighting artist
Robert Caputi	....	environment rigger: character finaler, lighting artist
Floyd Casey	....	lighting & effects
Laurent Charbonnel	....	shader writer: fur
Joshua J. Clark	....	digital effects artist
Joshua J. Clark	....	scene prep artist
Kyle Clark	....	head of production: Reel FX Creative Studios
Shaun Comly	....	fluid effects artist: Reel FX
Mike Cronin	....	character finaling lead
Colin Cunningham	....	lighting lead: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Kathleen Curry	....	character rigger
Kathleen Curry	....	pre-viz animator
Piero D'Aloisio	....	character finaler (as Pierre D'Aloisio)
Brian Davidson	....	character animator
Cheryl Davis	....	digital compositor
Matthew Daw	....	supervising technical director
Robert Deas	....	lighting technical director
Julio Del Hierro	....	fur artist
Stanley A. Dellimore	....	character finaler: CORE Feature Animation
Stanley A. Dellimore	....	lead scene prep artist: Core Feature Animation
Robb Denovan	....	animator
Nigel Denton-Howes	....	texture painter: EVP
Justin Denton	....	pre-vis supervisor: Toronto
Dan Dixon	....	modeler
Mark Donald	....	animator
Christopher Downs	....	character finalling artist
Tom Dow	....	scene prep artist
Emanuel 'Emey' Druckmann	....	character rigger
Benoit Dubuc	....	character animator
Steven Dugaro	....	lighting/shading technical director
Curtis Edwards	....	compositing supervisor
Steven Elford	....	lighter
Patrick English	....	modeler and texture artist
Tracy Fan	....	render wrangler
James Finlay	....	character animator
Frederic Fortin	....	character finaler
Frederick Fowles	....	character finaler
Jammie Friday	....	compositing and backgrounds supervisor
Paul C. George	....	lighting technical director: Core Feature Animation
Eric Gervais-Despres	....	lead technical director
Mahsa Ghorbankarimi	....	lighting lead
Greg Gibbons	....	texture and matte paint artist
Kevin Gillen	....	character finalling technical director
Paula Goldstein	....	lead compositor
Dipankar Goswamy	....	supervising lead character modeling and surfacing
Jason Gougeon	....	modeler
Jason Gougeon	....	texture artist
Andrew 'Spanky' Grant	....	animation lead
Ryan Grobins	....	lighter
Erik Gronfeldt	....	surfacing artist
Sho Hasegawa	....	visual effects
John Hickson	....	senior systems administrator
Robert Holder	....	lighting technical director: CORE FA
Andrew Honacker	....	previz supervisor
Traci Horie	....	character animator: CORE Feature Animation
Matthew Horner	....	character animator
Wade Howie	....	visual effects artist
Benny Min Huang	....	texture artist
John Hughes	....	lead pipeline technical director: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Ian Hulbert	....	character supervisor
Isaac Irvin	....	lighting/compositing
Isaac Sonic Irvin	....	lighting artist
Scott Johnston	....	character animator
Gregory John Jowle	....	lead modeler: EVP
Patrick Kerrigan	....	senior systems administrator
Steven Moussa Khoury	....	senior lighter
Seunghyuk Kim	....	effects animator
Soo Kyung Kim	....	lighting technical director: CORE FA
Ken Satchel King	....	senior character animator
Shelagh Kitney	....	character animator
Peter Konig	....	concept artist
Ashraf Kotaal	....	digital compositor
Taras Kouzela	....	character modeler, skinner, character finaller
Matt Kowaliszyn	....	character animator
Manfred Kraemer	....	lighting technical director
Sandy Lam Wai Yam	....	render wrangler
Kenneth Landrum	....	senior compositor
Cam Langs	....	lighting technical director: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Etienne Lastennet	....	supervising lead compositor
Warren J.W. Leathem	....	supervising animation lead
Shun Sing Edward Lee	....	digital compositor: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Barrett Lewis	....	digital compositor
Letia Lewis	....	pre-visualization artist
Letia Lewis	....	scene prep artist
Greg Lyons	....	visual effects coordinator
Ian MacLeod	....	digital artist
Kevin MacPhail	....	technical director
John Mariella	....	CG supervisor
Melissa McKinnon	....	production coordinator
Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally	....	pre-visualization
Douglas Melville	....	3D animation coordinator
John J. Miralles	....	digital compositor
Peter Moehrle	....	matte artist
Gerome Mortelecque	....	technical director: SideFX
Bo Mosley	....	modeling and texturing supervisor EVP: Core Feature Animation
Betsy Mueller	....	texture artist
Martin Mueller	....	digital compositor: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Bob Munroe	....	supervising producer: C.O.R.E.
Tom Nagy	....	character animator
Jihyun Nam	....	visual effects
Chad Nixon	....	lead scene prep artist: Core Feature Animation
Mark Nonnenmacher	....	concept designer
Mark Nonnenmacher	....	matte painter
Paul Oakley	....	lighter
Christos Obretenov	....	lighting/shading technical director
Gary O'Brien	....	character animator (as Gary J. O'Brien)
Richard Oey	....	character animator
Siegfried Ostertag	....	visual effects
Matthew Otto	....	character animator
Ken Ouellette	....	character supervisor
Jason W. Owen	....	animator
Christophe Pacaud	....	digital compositor
David Parsons	....	previsualization animator
Luca Pataracchia	....	software support
Vishal Patel	....	lighting technical director
Eirik Paye	....	character artist
Alex Poei	....	character animator
Josa Leah 'SDB' Porter	....	assistant production manager: compositing and lighting departments
The-Hung Quach	....	texture lead: EVP
Farhez Rayani	....	lighting artist
Andy Rosen	....	lighting & effects
Sean Samuels	....	matte artist
Rick Sander	....	senior lighter
Augusto Schillaci	....	digital look supervisor: intro dream sequence
Dan Schoedel	....	additional lighting
Matt Schofield	....	lead matte artist
James Schryer	....	lead character finaler
James Schryer	....	lead scene prep artist
Amir Shachar	....	character finaler
Priyes Shah	....	lighting technical director
Betty Shaw	....	rendering lead
Sue Hyunsook Shim	....	character animator
Jason Simmons	....	character finaling lead: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Jason Simmons	....	character rigger: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Ben Simons	....	senior technical director
Stephen Sloan	....	lead modeler: EVP
Aaron M. Smith	....	render wrangler
Aaron Smith	....	render wrangler
Laurel A. Smith	....	character surfacing artist
Laurel A. Smith	....	character technical director
Laurel A. Smith	....	texture artist
Ryan Smith	....	lead compositor
Nick Starcevic	....	character animator
Jamie R. Stewart	....	lighting td
Anja Stitic	....	lighting artist
David Stodolny	....	character animator
Peter Stuart	....	shader writer
Jim Su	....	character modeler/rigger
Sean Sullivan	....	character setup
Åsa Svedberg	....	lighting artist
Rolph Thomas	....	compositor
David Thompson	....	digital compositor
Tim M. Townsend	....	compositor: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Tim M. Townsend	....	scene prep artist: C.O.R.E Feature Animation
Nguyen Tran	....	render wrangler
Dennis Turner	....	character rigging supervisor
Ronald van Rij	....	digital compositor
Brian van Zanden	....	character rigger and animator
Mark Visser	....	lead fur & feathers software developer
Tom Voll	....	character finaling artist
Dimos Vrysellas	....	character animator
Matthew P. Welker	....	supervising technical director
Carl Whiteside	....	modeler
Carl Whiteside	....	texture artist
Trevor Wide	....	modeler
Trevor Wide	....	texture artist
Todd Widup	....	character finaler: CORE Feature Animation
Pat Wong	....	digital compositor
Roger Wong	....	character rigger
Andrew Woodhouse	....	matte painter
Joey Wray	....	systems engineer
Vincent Yan	....	digital artist
Boogab Youn	....	lighter
Chris Zammit	....	modeler and texture artist: EVP
Mohand Zennadi	....	lighter
Dan Ziegler	....	lighting artist
Wojciech Zielinski	....	digital compositor
Cesar Dacol Jr.	....	character modeler (uncredited)
Dennis Turner	....	crowd animation supervisor (uncredited)
Yi Zhao	....	senior lighter (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Terrence Masson	....	cinematographer: pre-production
Daniele Tosti	....	lighting supervisor

Animation Department
Drew Adams	....	animator: Reel FX
Rick Allen	....	layout artist
Marshall Almeida	....	character designer
Barry Atkinson	....	color key artist: Reel FX
Mike Beaulieu	....	animator
Adam Beck	....	animator
Rob Bekuhrs	....	lead animator
Dana Boadway	....	animator
Gavin Boyle	....	senior layout artist
Katie Cheang	....	animator
Sean Conly	....	previs artist
Drew Daleo	....	cg modeler
Patrick Delage	....	additional animator
Brian Dignadice	....	character texture artist
Mark Donald	....	animator: Reel FX
Ken Duncan	....	animation supervisor: Reel FX
Bryan Engram	....	animator: Reel FX
Bryan Engram	....	layout supervisor: Reel FX
Lesley Headrick	....	animator
Jeremy Lazare	....	character animator
Pierre Leduc	....	character animator
Alexander K. Lee	....	animator
Amy Lu	....	character animator: CORE Feature Animation
Keith Osborn	....	animator: Reel FX
David Pate	....	animator: Reel FX
Andres Puente	....	character animator: CORE
Chris Sauve	....	animator: Reel FX
Daryl Sawchuk	....	character animator
Benjamin Su	....	character animator
Glen Sylvester	....	lead animator
Jon Townley	....	character colorist
Oskar Urretabizkaia	....	animator: Reel FX
Kristoff Vergne	....	additional animator (as Christophe Vergne)
Dimos Vrysellas	....	additional animator
Sebastian Weber	....	animator
Todd Wilbur	....	animator: Reel FX
John Wong	....	animator
Ryan Yee	....	character animator
Ryan Yee	....	modeler
Troy Quane	....	animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Betsy Bagg	....	casting coordinator
Terri Douglas	....	adr voice casting

Editorial Department
Margaret Lily Andres	....	second assistant editor
Camille Crawford	....	second assistant editor
Michael Griffith	....	third assistant editor
Matt Lyon	....	first assistant editor
Tom Moser	....	first assistant editor
Ellen Schade	....	second editor

Music Department
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Greg Hayes	....	score recordist
Kenneth Karman	....	music editor
Tom MacDougall	....	music supervisor
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Lydia Paweski	....	music production coordinator
Ryan Rubin	....	assistant music editor
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
David Slonaker	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Patrick Spain	....	score assistant engineer
Siobhan Sullivan	....	music production assistant

Other crew
Jason Ang	....	lead shader writer
Jason Ang	....	lead software engineer
Cristin Barghiel	....	director of product development
Jenny Basen	....	production coordinator
Shanna Bassinger	....	production coordinator
Tracy Blagdon	....	production coordinator: EVP
Tom Burns	....	network supervisor
Rob Burton	....	technology supervisor
Simon Chang	....	systems administrator
Leo Chan	....	software engineering supervisor
Douglas Chomyn	....	systems administrator
Corina Clarin	....	IT projects administrator
J.J. Collins	....	systems administrator
Adrian Daminato	....	systems administrator
Adrian Dominato	....	systems administrator
Ken Duncan	....	sequence supervisor
Cassandra Fauss	....	production assistant
J.P. Giamos	....	production assistant
Dominic Glynn	....	lead software engineer
Julian Goldklang	....	production assistant
Andrew Hickson	....	final layout supervisor
John Hickson	....	senior systems administrator
Ben Hong	....	production assistant
Andrina Kelly	....	administrator: Apple Systems
Andrina Kelly	....	systems administrator
Mario Kerecki	....	systems administrator
Patrick Kerrigan	....	senior systems administrator
Ian Kim	....	modeling and texture artist
Jeffrey Klug	....	systems administrator
Edward Kuhn	....	systems administrator
Edward Lam	....	software engineer
Anthony Lopez	....	network administrator
Brian Lynch	....	production coordinator
Jeff McCormack	....	marketing projects coordinator
Kent Mercer	....	systems administrator
Becky Morrison	....	production coordinator
Alicia Lee Muller	....	production coordinator
Chris Nokes	....	production coordinator: rendering and data managment
Paul Patawaran	....	systems administrator
William Porquet	....	additional systems support
William Porquet	....	unix systems administrator
Tridip Ray	....	senior data wrangler
Isaac Reuben	....	lead developer: pipeline
Costa Roussakis	....	systems supervisor
Nephi Sanchez	....	production controller
Steven Shields	....	systems administrator
Samantha Steyns	....	production coordinator
Justin Strock	....	production assistant
Eugene Strulyov	....	software engineer
Eppie Tong	....	network architect

Production Companies

• C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
• Contrafilm
• Hoytyboy Pictures
• Nigel Productions
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista International (Sweden) (2006) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Kaskad (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Taramount Film (2006) (Serbia) (theatrical) (Montenegro)
• Walt Disney Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Buena Vista Pictures
• Warner Bros. (200?) (Czech Republic) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Reel FX Creative Studios  opening sequence
• Reel FX Creative Studios  titles
• Studios  media production (Serbia) (Montenegro)

Also Known As:

La vie sauvage (Canada: French title)
The Big Break (USA) (working title)
Wildlife (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Philippines:82 min | USA:94 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:G | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:MG6 | UK:U | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Malaysia:U | Brazil:Livre | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Germany:o.Al. | Finland:K-7 | Iceland:L | Sweden:7 | Denmark:7 | Norway:7 | South Korea:All | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | France:U

Company:

C.O.R.E. Feature Animation

Trivia:

The ship in the film is named the "Hannah W" after director Steve 'Spaz' Williams' daughter, Hannah.

Goofs:

Continuity: Benny the squirrel blames Nigel for throwing him off the garbage truck, but actually it was Brigit who knocked him off with her tail.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Samson: So there I was, face to face with the biggest, meanest leopard on the savannah and...
Ryan: You roared so loud, his spots flew off. Dad I've heard that story a billion times.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Really Nice Day (Finale)

Well.....I thought it was great!

Now, I'm an 18 year old male and I took my girlfriend to see it and we both thought it was a fantastic movie. I am getting increasingly annoyed with the amount of people who say that The Wild is a rip off of another movie, it isn't! Madagascar and The Wild are two completely different movies, so what if they're similar? The animation in the Wild was far more better than in Madagascar, the plot was more exciting/funny and all in all it was a great movie.

I think this movie is going to get a bad rating because of all the pathetic people complaining about rip offs. Seriously, what is everyone's problem? Even if it is a rip off, that doesn't affect you in any way, so why complain? I for one rate it above Madagascar and Finding Nemo which some people are comparing it too for some reason *is confused*

In the short, it does not deserve the bad reports because it IS a good movie.