The Cat and The Dog

The Cat and The Dog is an American live-action/computer-animated family comedy drama film directed by John Stevenson with co- directed by Tom Dey and produced by Lori Forte, Jordan Kerner, Aaron Blaise and Paul Tibbit and screenplay by Matthew Jacobs, Tab Murphy, Jonathan Roberts and Irene Mecchi.

The Movie stars the voices of Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Frankie Muniz, Kate Beckinsale, George Lopez and Alfre Woodard with live-action performances of Selena Gomez, Vince Vaughan, Susan Sarandon, Boyd Holbrook, Freddie Highmore, Terrence Howard and Stacy Keach. Other cast members including vocal performances including Kiefer Sutherland, John Leguizamo, Joe Pantoliano, Cedric the Entertainer, Saoirse Ronan, Eric Idle, Mike Epps, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Aniston, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Stewart, Steve Harvey, Kathy Bates, Geoffrey Rush, Cuba Gooding Jr, David Spade, Leonard Nimoy, Michael Clarke Duncan, Snoop Dogg, Fred Dalton Thompson, Tommy Lister, Jim Carey, Jeff Foxworthy and Reba McEntire.

The film will be released in 3D and IMAX 3D. The film was released in October 2015.

Cast

 * Nicole Kidman as Blossom
 * Hugh Jackman as David, a husky
 * Frankie Muniz as Lamb
 * George Lopez as Parrot
 * John Leguizamo as a Lizard
 * Tony Shalhoub as Rufus, a wise cracking pelican.
 * Geoffrey Rush as Rusty, a goat.
 * Harry Connick Jr as Marty, a white dog.
 * Kiefer Sutherland as German Shepherd
 * Alfre Woodard as White Cat
 * Eric Idle as Donkey
 * Saoirse Ronan as Labrador Puppy
 * Cuba Gooding Jr as Kenny, a sheepdog
 * Brad Garrett as Welsh Sheep
 * Cedric the Entertainer as Pig
 * Jeff Foxworthy as Chicken
 * Reba McEntire as Poodle
 * Patrick Stewart as Black Horse
 * Roseanne Barr as
 * Joe Pantoliano
 * Mike Epps
 * Teri Hatcher
 * Jennifer Aniston
 * Jay Laga’aia as Bloodhound
 * Whoopi Goldberg
 * Steve Harvey
 * David Spade
 * Michael Clarke Duncan
 * Snoop Dogg
 * Fred Dalton Thompson
 * Jennifer Lewis
 * Cheech Marin
 * as Escobar
 * Tommy Lister as
 * Dave Foley as Goat
 * Jim Carrey as
 * Leonard Nimoy
 * David Wenham as Geese
 * Anthony LaPaglia as Pelican
 * Magda Szubanski
 * Miriam Margoyles as Cow
 * Sam Neill as Sheep
 * Miriam Flynn
 * Carlos Alazraqui
 * Johnny Sanchez
 * Jeffrey Garcia

Production
The film will be directed by Tom Dey (Marmaduke) and produced by Jordan Kerner (Charlotte’s Web).

The film stars the voices of the animals including main stars of Oscar nominee Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!, Happy Feet) and Academy Award winner and X-Men star Hugh Jackman (X-Men, Van Helsing, Wolverine, This Prestige, Flushed Away, Happy Feet). Other voice performances such as John Leguizamo (Ice Age), Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean, Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Harry Connick Jr (The Iron Giant), Kiefer Sutherland (24), Alfre Woodard (Miss Ever’s Boys), Eric Idle, Saoirse Ronan and Patrick Stewart (X-Men).

Development
Like Racing Stripes, the animals were made and designed by VFX computer graphics known as CG while some animals were made by CGI. Also, all of the real animals were filmed while they hired mouths to move unlike real animals which they bark instead of talk.

All of the animals’ vocalisations were recorded in the studio, and also from movies. Unlike Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, The animals talk but like Spirit, the animals’ thoughts were narrated by the actors, actress and celebrities in an animated film.

Songs

 * 1) Answer - Sarah McLachlan
 * 2) When Somebody Love Me - Sarah McLachlan
 * 3) Don’t Let Go - Bryan Adams
 * 4) Wherever the Trail May Lead - Tim McGraw
 * 5) Find Yourself - Brad Paisley
 * 6) Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men

Trivia

 * The film will be distributed by Warner Bros Pictures and 20th Century Fox.
 * The song Find Yourself was also used in Disney/Pixar’s 2006 film Cars.
 * Jeff Foxworthy and Reba McEntire appear in The Fox and the Hound 2.
 * Patrick Stewart and Keith Ferguson appear in Bambi 2.
 * The film has similarities to Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, but unlike these animals who cannot talk, these animals speak but also like Spirit, their thoughts narrated in their heads.
 * Kenny is a sheepdog.
 * Jennifer Lewis, Cheech Marin and Tony Shalhoub appear in Cars, where they play Flo, Ramone and Luigi.
 * The husky was named David in the film. His species in real life are Alaskan Malamute.
 * Parrot was in fact was Scarlet Macaw in the film, in which he was an Ara Macao.
 * The character Lizard is a Green iguana.
 * Rufus is a Great White Pelican while Mr Pelican is a brown pelican.
 * Marty is a white dog. In real life, he is actually Pyrenean Mountain Dog.
 * David is a Siberian husky.
 * Blossom is a Black Labrador
 * Reba McEntire and Patrick Stewart appear in the Episode of 179 of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. They also appear in Disney films that was released in 2006 separately, McEntire was in The Fox and the Hound 2 as the voice of Dixie and Stewart was in Bambi 2 as the Great Prince.
 * Cedric the Entertainer and John Leguizamo were in Ice Age and The Honeymooners. Mike Epps also co-star in the film.
 * Jennifer Aniston and Harry Connick Jr’s second collaboration, the first is The Iron Giant.
 * Whoopi Goldberg and Patrick Stewart both featured in The Pagemaster.
 * George Lopez and Jeff Foxworthy appear in The Smurfs.
 * Roseanne Barr and Cuba Gooding Jr appear in Home on the Range. They also featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
 * Larry the Cable Guy and Tony Shalhoub appear in Cars.