Romeo: A Dog's Tale

Romeo: A Dog's Tale is a 2006 American/British/Australian/German/French computer animated comedy drama film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, produced by Don Hahn and Pam Marsden and written by Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi and Jonathan Roberts.

The film also features the voices of Michael J. Fox, Samuel E. Wright, Danny Glover, Christina Ricci, Dwayne Johnson, Cree Summer and Liam Neeson along with Kiefer Sutherland, Mike Myers, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Hugo Weaving, Miriam Margoyles, D.B. Sweeney, E.G. Daily and Magda Szubanski.

It was released in theatres on May 12, 2006 in the Untied States and May 19, 2006 in the United Kingdom.

Cast

 * Michael J. Fox as Romeo
 * Cree Summer as Laila
 * Dwayne Johnson as Allias
 * Kiefer Sutherland as Samson
 * Liam Neeson as Phango
 * Laurence Fishburne as Guru
 * Jennifer Aniston as Romeo's owner
 * Louis C.K. as Max
 * Eric Stonestreet as Duke
 * Joe Pantoliano as Lenny
 * Steve Coogan as Ozone
 * Rupert Everett as Scar
 * Danny Glover as Winston
 * Christina Ricci as Lilly
 * Mike Myers as Jonathan
 * Samuel E. Wright as Allias' dad
 * John Mahoney as Frankie
 * James Garner as Nero
 * Claudia Christian as Francine
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Amy
 * Albert Brooks as Tiberius
 * Willem Dafoe as Sal
 * Hugh Jackman as James
 * David Wenham as Digger
 * Anthony LaPaglia as Twilight and Boss Skua
 * Hugo Weaving as Tony and The Eagle
 * Miriam Margoyles as Mrs Pilthiver
 * D.B. Sweeney as Toby
 * Nathan Lane as Hero English
 * John Leguizamo as Jamie
 * Janeane Garofalo as Polly
 * Geoffrey Rush as Nigel
 * Christopher McDonald as Hamster Butler
 * Crispin Glover as Hamster Butler
 * Magda Szubanski as Harriet
 * Billy Connolly as McSquizzy
 * David Koechner as Dag
 * George Lopez as Rafael
 * Jenny Slate as Gidget
 * Lake Bell as Chloe
 * Bobby Moynihan as Mel
 * Dana Carvey as Pops
 * Hannibal Buress as Buddy
 * John Hurt as Griffin
 * Miguel A. Nunez Jr as a Pigeon
 * Corey Burton as Squirrel
 * David Ogden Stiers as
 * Lanace Henriksen as
 * Wayne Knight as
 * Richard Kind
 * Edie McClurg
 * Rowan Atkinson as Steve

Trivia

 * Michael J. Fox and Cree Summer both appear in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
 * Allias is a Siberian tiger which tigers are native to Asia.
 * John Powell was originally going to score the film, but dropped due to working on Bambi and Toothless.
 * This film reunites the entire cast from Atlantis films; Michael J. Fox, Cree Summer, James Garner, John Mahoney, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Corey Burton, Leonard Nimoy, David Ogden Steirs, Clancy Brown and Jean Giplin.
 * Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise's first CGI film and fourth animated film.
 * The movie reunites cast members from 24 and Taken 2; Kiefer Sutherland, D.B. Sweeney and Liam Neeson.
 * During pre-production, the film was released originally in 2007, but was moved to 2006.
 * Disney released a special teaser trailer which was shown before The Pacifier.
 * All of the actors recorded their dialogue together rather than separately. Dwayne Johnson admitted that his performance was amazing and Liam Neeson stated that his acting was terrifying and famous.
 * Allias' roaring sounds were recycled and a mix of a lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, lynx, cougars, bears, gorillas, dinosaurs, bison, rhino and a Tyrannosaurs Rex. He also has the same roars as Kerchak from Tarzan and Aladar, Kron and Burton from Dinosaur.
 * In the German dub of the film, Romeo is voiced by the same guy who did Milo's voice in the German dub of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Stephan Kampwirth. Also, Laila is played by the German voice of Kida, Maria Schrader, Allias is played by the German voice of Simba, Frank-Lorenz Engel and Phango also is voiced by German voice of Scar, Thomas Fritsch. Also, Steve is played by the German voice of Zazu, Eberhard Prüter and Tony is played by German voice of Kerchak, Joachim Höppner.
 * Following the UK release, it topped the box office.