The Wild
The Wild
The Wild is a 2006 American 3D computer-animated comedy film directed by animator Steve “Spaz” Williams, and written by Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson and Philip Halprin. It features the voices of Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Janeane Garofalo, Greg Cipes, Eddie Izzard, Richard Kind, William Shatner and Patrick Warburton.
When zoo-dwelling lion cub Ryan wanders off and accidentally gets shipped to Africa where animals are being released into the wild, his father Samson rounds up some animal friends and embarks on a journey to rescue his son.
Their rescue mission is fraught with danger, both from natural phenomena like volcanoes and from animals, and as they continue their search for the missing cub they rediscover long-dormant survival instincts.
- Release Date: 14th April 2006
- Director: Steve “Spaz” Williams
- Kiefer Sutherland: Samson
Voice Cast
- Kiefer Sutherland as Samson, a male African lion, captain of the New York Zoo
- Jim Belushi as Benny, a heroic Eastern gray squirrel who is Samson’s best friend because he is the only one who knows Samson is not from the wild
- Eddie Izzard as Nigel, an eccentric British koala, co captain of the zoo
- Janeane Garofalo as Bridget, an insecure reticulated giraffe and Benny’s love interest
- William Shatner as Kazar, a megalomaniacal male blue wildebeest and Black wildebeest hybrid, who is the leader of the wildebeests
- Richard Kind as Larry, a green dim witted anaconda
- Greg Cipes as Ryan, a male lion cub and Samson’s son
- Colin Hay as Fergus Flamingo
- Miles Marsico as Duke, a kangaroo
- Jack DeSena as Eze, a hippopotamus
- Don Cherry as Penguin MC
- Christian Argueta and David Cowgill as Hamir, a pigeon.
- Lenny Venito as Stan, a male Sewer alligator
- Joseph Siravo as Carmine, a male Sewer alligator
- Patrick Warburton as Blaggar “Blag”, Kazar’s lead henchman
- Colin Cunningham as Hyrax
- Jonathan Kimmel as Scab
- Eddie Gossling as Scraw
- Clinton Leupp as Mama Hippo
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Samson’s father
- Dominic Scott Kay as Young Samson
- Chris Edgerly as Cloak
- Bob Joles as Camo / Ringleader