Romeo: A Dog's Tale

Romeo: A Dog's Tale is a 2006 American/British computer-animated/CGI film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, with co-directors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, Bonnie Arnold, and Pam Marsden, and written and screenplay by Tab Murphy, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi, Linda Woolverton, John Collee, John Orloff, Noni White, and David Reynolds.

The film features the voice cast of Michael J. Fox, Cree Summer, Kiefer Sutherland, Louis C.K., Dwayne Johnson, Mike Myers, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Christina Ricci, Danny Glover, Catherine Tate, and Liam Neeson, with other voice performances were Laurence Fishburne, Eric Stonestreet, Joe Pantoliano, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Lance Henriksen, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and David Hyde Pierce.

Cast

 * Michael J. Fox as Romeo, a mixed breed dog and the main protagonist.
 * Cree Summer as Laila, a white poodle and Romeo's love interest.
 * Kiefer Sutherland as Samson, a lion.
 * Dwayne Johnson as Allias, a white Siberian tiger.
 * Louis C.K. as Max, a Jack Russell Terrier who is one of Romeo's best friends.
 * Danny Glover as Winston
 * Mike Myers as Jonathan, a eccentric and cheerful Scottish caribou. He likes snowcone.
 * Christina Ricci as Lilly
 * Eric Stonestreet as Duke, a shaggy mongrel.
 * Chris Carmack as Garth, a wolf.
 * David Wenham as Digger
 * Anthony LaPaglia as Twilight
 * Kevin McDonald as Toby, a nerd, nervous and good hearted fox.
 * Catherine Tate as Nora, a Merino Sheep.
 * Liam Neeson as Phango, a half blind leopard.
 * Laurence Fishburne as Guru
 * Joe Pantoliano as Lenny, a wisecracking rat.
 * Geoffrey Rush as Nigel, an Australian pelican.
 * David Ogden Stiers as Harry, a bluejay.
 * Richard E. Grant as Bradley, an ostrich.
 * Billy Connolly as McSquizzy, a squirrel.
 * John Leguizamo as Jamie, a lizard.
 * Denis Leary as Fred, a platypus.
 * David Hyde Pierce as Kipo, a Roseate Spoonbill.
 * Hugo Weaving as Tony, a wolf and Garth's dad. Hugo Weaving also provides the voice of The Eagle.
 * Nathan Lane as Hero English
 * Jon Favreau as Reilly, a beaver.
 * Steve Buscemi as Templeton, a rat.
 * Jenny Slate as Gidget
 * Geroge Lopez as Rafael, a toucan
 * Rupert Everett as Bruce, a vulture
 * David Koechner as Dag, a coyote.
 * Steve Coogan as Ozone
 * Phil Morris as Escobar
 * Claudia Christian as Lola, a female stern poodle.
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Amy, a kitten.
 * Vin Diesel as Bear, a smooth talking cat.
 * Dana Carvey as Pops
 * Hannibal Buress as Buddy
 * Bobby Moynihan as Mel
 * Lake Bell as Chloe
 * Jack Black as Mooch, a Himalayan cat.
 * Miriam Margoyles as Mrs Plithiver
 * Willem Dafoe as David, a cat.
 * Wayne Knight as Timothy, a bull.
 * Brad Garrett as Ben, a Bighorn sheep
 * Eric Bana as Scratch, a vulture.
 * Bruce Spence as Kent, a vulture.
 * Lance Henriksen as Black Rouge Grizzly Bear
 * Samuel E. Wright as Allias' dad
 * Chris Edgerly as Cloak
 * Bob Joles as Camo
 * Vicki Lewis as Eve
 * Larry Miller as Marcel
 * Eric Price as Paddy
 * Tom Kenny as Pepe
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Henry, a Old English Sheepdog.
 * Jim Cummings as Snakey
 * Danny Mann as Serge
 * Fred Willard as Bear Dad
 * Edward Foy as Scarface, a evil Doberman who gets revenge on Bear the cat for scratching him.
 * Matthew W. Taylor as Buddy, a Blue North American porcupine, and Deni, a duck.
 * Robbie Rist as Albert, a badger.
 * John DiMaggio as Gerald, a pelican.
 * Tara Strong as Sweet Pea
 * Frank Welker as Allias' roars.

Additional voices

 * Carlos Alazraqui - Geese #1
 * Keith Anthony
 * Emily Anderson - Wolf Pup Scout #1
 * Matt Stone - Geese #2, Albatross
 * Jack Angel - Ripper
 * Spencer Aste
 * Michael Bell
 * Shane Baumel - Wolf Pup Scout #2
 * Greg Berg - Ducks
 * Pamela Adlon - Magril, Wolf Pup Scout #3
 * Erica Beck - Wolf Pup Scout #4
 * Bob Bergen - Deni (nosies), Birds, Dummy
 * Bob Bouchard
 * Bobby Block - Wolf Pup #1
 * Susan Blu
 * Gregg Berger
 * Steven Jay Blum
 * Rodger Bumpass - Flamingo
 * Corey Burton - Runty, Fly
 * Anthony Burch
 * Catherine Cavadini
 * Robert Clotworthy
 * Lily Collins
 * Geoff Brooks
 * Kat Cressida
 * Jim Cummings - Vulture #1, Blue Inguana
 * Aria Noelle Curzon - Bear Cub
 * Jane Carr
 * John Cygan - Nate
 * Jennifer Darling - Garth's Mother
 * Debi Derryberry - Runt, Tiny
 * Terri Douglas
 * Judi M. Durand
 * Paul Eiding
 * Blake McIver Ewing - Wolf Pup #2
 * Jessie Flower
 * Cody Dorkin
 * Troy Evans - Rabbit #1
 * Jessica Evans
 * Katie Scarlett Evans
 * Harrison Fahn - Wolf Pup #3
 * Bill Farmer - Nitro, Rabbit #2
 * Greg Finley
 * Jeff Fischer - Shetland Sheepdog
 * Pat Fraley - Porcupine
 * Teresa Ganzel - Female Skunk #1
 * Sam Gifaldi - Wolf Boy #1
 * Taylor Gifaldi - Wolf Pup #4
 * Brad Hall
 * Aaron Fors - Birds
 * Bradley Trevor Greive
 * Spencer Lacey Ganus - Wolf Pup Scout #5
 * Archie Hahn - Pigeon
 * Jess Harnell - Stork
 * Jason Harris - Nelson the Canadian Geese
 * Brenden Hickey
 * Kate Charlotte Hodges
 * Denise Johnson
 * Micah Hauptman
 * Aszur Hill
 * Barbara Harris Iley
 * Linda Kerns
 * Grady Hutt - Wolf Pup Scout #6
 * Brandon Johnson
 * Lili Ishida
 * John Kassir
 * Daamen J. Krall
 * Josh Keaton
 * Carolyn Lawrence
 * Noah Luke - Wolf Pup #5
 * Hope Levy
 * Sherry Lynn
 * Danny Mann - Orange Cat
 * Mona Marshall - Bear Mom, Female Skunk #2
 * Andrew McDonough
 * David McCharen
 * Mickie McGowan - Female Skunk #3
 * Rove McManus
 * Scott Menville
 * Edie Mirman
 * Courtland Mead
 * Jordan Orr - Wolf Pup Scout #7
 * Alec Medlock
 * Laura Marano
 * Vanessa Marano
 * Laraine Newman

Sequel
After the huge success of the film, the sequel is clearly in development. According to Don Hahn, the sequel of the film is a prequel.

Trivia

 * Michael J. Fox and Cree Summer both appear in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
 * John Leguizamo and Denis Leary both appear in Ice Age.
 * David Hyde Pierce, Denis Leary and Brad Garret appear in A Bug's Life.
 * Wayne Knight and Lance Henriksen both appear in Tarzan.
 * Allias is a Siberian tiger which tigers are native to Asia.
 * The film was released on May 5, 2006 on the same day as Mission Impossible III.
 * The first full length computer animated film to be presented in CinemaScope since Lady and the Tramp. The film was released theatrically in CinemaScope presented in 2.55:1 aspect ratio. The colours in this movie are a lot darker. The aspect ratio was also presented in 4:3 on the DVD release. The two aspect ratios were in the DVD release.
 * According to Disney, the film was a big box office success and it was a phenomenon.
 * The snow cone that are coloured yellow in Monsters, Inc. But in this film, it is red and blue instead of yellow.
 * According to some storybooks, the bears name is Grizzly.
 * Sylvester Stallone was considered to voice Allias, but was replaced by Dwayne Johnson who auditioned for the role.
 * Despite the film is rated PG, the tone of the movie is too dark and scary for younger viewers.
 * Many actors from the cast have appeared in several films directed by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Roger Allers, and Rob Minkoff: Michael J. Fox was in Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Stuart Little, Cree Summer was in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Nathan Lane and Cheech Marin was in The Lion King, and David Ogden Steirs appeared in Beauty and the Beast.
 * Allias' roars, snarls and growls is like a mix of a lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar,
 * While Allias is a tiger, his movements were based on lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, bears, humans, and gorillas.
 * The teaser trailer of the film debuted and featured with Ice Princess in 2005. Most fans payed admission to see the film and they reportedly left after seeing it.
 * The fourth film to be directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, after Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Norte Dame and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
 * When the film was promoted in McDonalds, there are twelve toys in the film were Romeo, Allias, Samson, Jamie, Fred, Kipo, Max, Duke, Phango, Laila, Escobar and Grizzly.