Wolf (Movie)

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Overview
Wolf was an original animated movie that was planned to be released on Youtube. Wolf was intended to be a traditionally animated movie that featured a wolf pack as the main characters and protagonists of the story. It began production possibly as early as 2006 but would not find its way onto Youtube until November 27th 2008 with the video ‘2006 AC Trailer for Wolf’. The creators felt wolves were often shown in more negative roles in art and media and wanted to not only provide an education experience for the volunteers animating the movie but also give the featured animals more positive and natural roles within the surrounding story. The style was meant to resemble films like the Balto movie franchise by Universal and The Lion King by Disney.

The animation for the movie is done entirely by volunteer staff whom after submitting work for a open positions are signed under a contract. The creators behind the movie intended for production act as a learning experience for those participating who might later want to go into the animation field as a career. It is currently unknown exactly who is working on the film, how many people are working on it and what their roles within the actual production are. Audrey Walker is credited on the website as the production director. However some of the animators can be found on the movies forum boards under staff.

The last video to be released on the official channel was a live stream done on June 21st 2017.  The forum boards for the series have also been active as recently as 2017. The team has not given a percentage for how close the movie is to being completed at this time. It is also unknown how long the final movie will be or when it is expected to release.

Plot
Janus is the leader, or Alpha male, of a small wolf Pack. Father to Silver, Lizzie, Bernard, and Indigo. He is an older wolf in the late 1920's in the Grand Teton Mountains, Wyoming. At this time period wolves are being hunted nearly into extinction in all of the lower 48 United States. Janus’s story takes place when wolf packs were becoming very scarce and as a wolf who has lived his entire life in fear of humans, he now must decide if fear is really what's best for the safety of his family.

Characters
The main character of the movie is Janus. But there are several other cast members such as Star, Silver, Shadow, Jack, Brett, Kay, and Merrick.

Links
Channel, Website, Twitter, Facebook, Forums.