Warriors (feature film)

Warriors (also known as Warriors: The Movie) is a hand-drawn animated adventure comedy musical fantasy feature film distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and released by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The film was released on July 23, 2021 and it is based off the Erin Hunter book series of the same name. It was directed by Rob Minkoff (The Lion King) and produced by Peter Del Vecho (Frozen).

Plot
Set in 1991, a fight between ThunderClan and RiverClan was at the turmoil of mystical prophecies. When Redtail meets his doom by getting crushed by a huge rock, caused by a mysterious hybrid, the war was to be over. Tigerclaw demands that they should retreat and take some rest for the rest of the night. Meanwhile, Spottedleaf and Bluestar looked up to the starry sky and a prophecy hit them: Fire alone will save the clan. This was a new prophecy given by the gods of StarClan.

Musical Numbers

 * 1) Why Me? (a song that was originally featured in Aladdin but later cut from the film) - (sung by Borzen).
 * 2) Are you In or Out? (a song that was also heard in Aladdin and the King of Thieves) - (sung by Embit and BloodClan).
 * 3) Nocturnal Love (a romantic song that follows the tune of the song named A Whole New World) - (sung by Fireheart and Sandstorm).
 * 4) Monsters (a song that follows the tune from the song named Savages from one of disney's current films Pocahontas) - (sung by Tigerclaw, Darkstripe, ShadowClan, and Bluestar).
 * 5) It's Our World Now - (a song that follows the tune of It's Out House Now. Also heard in the House of Mouse halloween special named House of Villains).
 * 6) Why Me? (Reprise) - (the follow up part of Why Me?) - (sung by Scourge, BloodClan, and Borzen).
 * 7) Into the Wild - (a song that both follows the tune of Part of your World and the title of the book from one of the original series stated The Prophecies Begin) - (sung by Fireheart)
 * 8) Are you In or Out? (Reprise) - (the follow up part of Are you In or Out?) - (sung by Bone, BladeClan, and Borzen).

Development and Production
The film's development and production started in 2017 when director Rob Minkoff talked to Max Charles on his twitter video chat. He stated "hey. I remember that you were in Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Apperently, I am planning to make this film based off this book series. Care to join in?" And with Max accepting, the crew was assembled and the film was in active development. Later, it was rumoured that the film would be released on June 8th 2018, but then it was pushed back to 2019. It was too complicated that it was decided to be released on July 23rd 2021. The cast features Ryan Malgarini, Paul Rudd (who played Ant-Man in the marvel studios film of the same name), Keegan-Michael Mey, and such. Later, the film's teaser trailer was presented at ComicCon 2020 on June 5th.

Trivia

 * Even though the film was based off Erin Hunter's book series, it contains some differences:
 * Instead of TigerClaw being the threat to the clans, it is Borzen who is the true threat.
 * In the books, Tigerclaw turned into a complete monster. However in the film, he turns to the dark side but later reforms when remembering Goldenflower.
 * The film also shared some similarities to FarCry 3:
 * Tigerclaw's personality is based off Vaas Montenegro's due to his mental illness.
 * Borzen's personality is based off Hoyt Volker due to him causing Tigerclaw's mental illness.
 * Fireheart is based off Jason Brody due to having hallucination problems.
 * Some true facts of Borzen are:
 * He is often nicknamed Fraglans which one of the latin translations of "monstrous".
 * There were myths, and legends focusing on Borzen.
 * His abbilities are based off the Indominus Rex (another hybrid but from Jurassic World).
 * Borzen is a blood hybrid.
 * The film is based off:
 * Warriors: Into the Wild (2003)
 * Big Hero 6 (2014)
 * The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
 * Aladdin (1992)
 * The Jungle Book (1967)
 * The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
 * Godzilla (1998)
 * Iron Man (2008)
 * Warriors: Forest of Secrets (2003)
 * Far Cry 3 (2012)
 * Warriors: The Darkest Hour (2004)
 * The Lion King (1994)
 * Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
 * Hercules (1997)
 * Treasure Planet (2002)
 * Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
 * Shrek Forever After (2010)
 * Arabian Knight (1995)
 * Warriors - Omen of the Stars: The Last Hope (2012)
 * Jurassic World (2015)
 * Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996).