The Wild Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

An adolescent lion (Greg Cipes) is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.

Plot

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Plot

One night, Samson's (Sutherland) son, Ryan, accidentally causes a gazelle stampede. Father and son have a heated argument that leads to Ryan running away and hiding in an empty crate, without realising that it's in a truck marked "Return to the wild" - Africa. Samson and his friends take off into the real Wild, New York City and end up at New York harbour where they arrive just in time to see Ryan take off on a boat. Our rescue squad, commandeer a boat and head off to Africa after Ryan. Once in Africa, their adventure continues as they search for Ryan and encounter a herd of wildebeests who are bent on eating all of our zoo friends… except Nigel the koala (Eddie Izzard) who they believe is God-like. Our heroes lives, as well as Ryan's, now lie in Nigel's hands, or paws, but will he let his new-found fame go to his head.

Adventure Comedy Family Animation Kids

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Wild.

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  Eddie Izzard

  Boyz in the Wood, Valkyrie

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  Dominic Scott Kay

  Guarding Eddy, Red Stone

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  Jonathan Kimmel

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  Joseph Siravo

Crew Behind the Film

The The Wild behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's writer Ed Decter last wrote Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause and Untitled Salma Hayek Romantic Comedy Project.

Director

Steve Williams

Screenwriters

Ed Decter
Mark Gibson

Producers

Beau Flynn
Tripp Vinson

Production Details

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Production Updates for The Wild

Dec 2004

Completed

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