Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)

Directed by

Rob Minkoff, Mark Koetsier, Chris Bailey

Genre

adventure film, family film, martial arts film, action comedy film, comedy film, action film

Country

People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 333 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dog named Hank wants to be a samurai. He travels to a village of cats and must learn martial arts to protect them from a greedy landlord.

lightheartedsillyfast-pacedwhimsicalplayfulunderdogfamily-friendly

What happens

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank is a 2022 animated martial arts comedy film directed by Rob Minkoff, Mark Koetsier and Chris Bailey. A loose remake of the 1974 live-action film Blazing Saddles, it stars the voices of Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, George Takei, Gabriel Iglesias, Michelle Yeoh and Samuel L. Jackson, with Mel Brooks, Aasif Mandvi, Djimon Hounsou, and Kylie Kuioka in supporting roles. Taking place in a world of anthropomorphic animals, the film tells the story of Hank, a dog who learns to become a samurai to save a cat village from a conniving landlord. The project was first announced by producer Yair Landau in 2010 as Blazing Samurai in response to the then-recent trend of westernizing Asian films. The development of the film continued between 2014 and 2016 with Mass Animation handling production and Open Road Films acquiring the United States distribution rights before dropped out in 2017, due to the closure of Open Road Films. It was later re-announced in November 2019 after Aniventure joined as the new producing studio with a planned 2021 release. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the final animation was done remotely from the crew's homes as were some of the voice recordings. Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank was scheduled to be released in 2017, but was delayed several times, mainly due to distributor changes and the COVID-19 pandemic. It eventually premiered in Los Angeles on July 10, 2022, and was released in the United States on July 15, by Paramount Pictures under the Nickelodeon Movies imprint, and in the United Kingdom on July 22, by Sky Cinema. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $42 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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