Heroes of the Savannah (film)

Heroes of the Savannah is a live-action/CGI film based on the RPG game series of the same name.

Plot
The film begins in an alternate Africa. In the zebra herd, a mother zebra gave birth to a foal. A few days later, the foal, his mother and the rest of the zebra herd follow the other animals to the kopje. A lion, named Mabaya, and his pride annouce all the animals that the good king Macario died and became the new king.

Cast and Characters
Main Article: List of Heroes of the Savannah characters

Main Characters

 * Ryan Kwanten voices Zhuang, a Grant's zebra who is the main protagonist of the series.
 * Max Charles voices Taddaki, a red-billed oxpecker.
 * Anthony Mackie voices Earl, a red hartebeest.
 * Ellen Page voices Hadassah, an impala.
 * John Leguizamo voices Pankaja, a meerkat.

Supporting Characters

 * Morgan Freeman voices Rashidi, a wise African elephant and the narrator of the film.
 * Adam Sandler voices Herbie, a common hippopotamus.
 * Jim Parsons voices Onani, a cape buffalo.

Villians

 * Hugh Laurie voices Mabaya, an African lion who is the main antagonist of the series.
 * Sienna Miller voices Malkia, a spotted hyena who is the leader of her clan.

Characters only appear in the film

 * Jim Carrey voices Salvatore, a mandrill who is Rashidi's old friend.

Mammals

 * Aardvark
 * Aardwolf
 * Addax
 * African Brush-Tailed Porcupine
 * African Civet
 * African Clawless Otter
 * African Crested Porcupine
 * African Elephant
 * African Grass Rat
 * African Golden Cat
 * African Golden Wolf
 * African Leopard
 * African Lion
 * African Manatee
 * African Palm Civet
 * African Striped Weasel
 * African Wildcat
 * Allen's Swamp Monkey
 * Angola Colobus
 * Ankole-Watusi
 * Aquatic Genet
 * Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
 * Aye-Aye
 * Banded Mongoose
 * Barbary Ground Squirrel
 * Barbary Macaque
 * Barbary Sheep
 * Barbary Stag
 * Basenji Dog
 * Bat-Eared Fox
 * Beira Antelope
 * Big-Headed Mole Rat
 * Black Crested Mangabey
 * Black Lemur
 * Black Rat
 * Black Rhinoceros
 * Black Wildebeest
 * Black-and-Rufous Sengi
 * Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur
 * Black-Backed Jackal
 * Black-Footed Cat
 * Blue Duiker
 * Blue Whale
 * Blue Wildebeest
 * Boer Goat
 * Bohor Reedbuck
 * Bonobo
 * Bontebok
 * Brown Hyena
 * Brown Rat
 * Bushbuck
 * Bushpig
 * Cape Buffalo
 * Cape Dune Mole Rat
 * Cape Fox
 * Cape Fur Seal
 * Cape Grey Mongoose
 * Cape Ground Squirrel
 * Cape Grysbok
 * Cape Hare
 * Cape Hunting Dog
 * Cape Porcupine
 * Caracal
 * Chacma Baboon
 * Cheetah
 * Coke's Hartebeest
 * Collared Brown Lemur
 * Collared Mangabey
 * Common Bottlenose Dolphin
 * Common Chimpanzee
 * Common Duiker
 * Common Eland
 * Common Genet
 * Common Hippopotamus
 * Common Pipistrelle
 * Common Tenrec
 * Common Tsessebe
 * Common Warthog
 * Coquerel's Sifaka
 * Crowned Lemur
 * Crowned Sifaka
 * Cuvier's Gazelle
 * Dama Gazelle
 * De Brazza's Monkey
 * Desert Hedgehog
 * Diademed Sifaka
 * Diana Monkey
 * Dorcas Gazelle
 * Dorper Sheep
 * Drill
 * Dromedary
 * Dugong
 * Dwarf Mongoose
 * Egyptian Fruit Bat
 * Egyptian Mongoose
 * Ellipsen Waterbuck
 * Ethiopian Wolf
 * Etruscan Shrew
 * European Otter
 * European Polecat
 * European Rabbit
 * Falanouc
 * Fanaloka
 * Fat-Tailed Gerbil
 * Fennec Fox
 * Forest Buffalo
 * Forest Elephant
 * Fork-Marked Lemur
 * Fossa
 * Four-Toed Hedgehog
 * Fringe-Eared Oryx
 * Gambian Mongoose
 * Gelada
 * Gemsbok
 * Gerenuk
 * Giant Eland
 * Giant Forest Hog
 * Giant Otter Shrew
 * Golden Bamboo Lemur
 * Grant's Gazelle
 * Grant's Zebra
 * Greater Galago
 * Greater Kudu
 * Grevy's Zebra
 * Grey Rhebok
 * Ground Pangolin
 * Golden Mole
 * Guinea Baboon
 * Hamadryas Baboon
 * Hamlyn's Monkey
 * Hammerhead Bat
 * Hero Shrew
 * Hirola
 * Honey Badger
 * House Mouse
 * Humpback Whale
 * Impala
 * Indri
 * Killer Whale
 * Kirk's Dik-Dik
 * Klipspringer
 * Kob
 * L'Hoest's Monkey
 * Least Weasel
 * Lesser Horseshoe Bat
 * Lesser Egyptian Jerboa
 * Lesser Kudu
 * Lesser Spot-Nosed Monkey
 * Long-Beaked Common Dolphin
 * Lowland Streaked Tenrec
 * Madagascan Flying Fox
 * Malagasy Giant Rat
 * Mandrill
 * Mantled Guereza
 * Marsh Mongoose
 * Masai Giraffe
 * Mediterranean Monk Seal
 * Meerkat
 * Milne-Edwards' Sifaka
 * Mongoose Lemur
 * Mountain Gorilla
 * Mountain Zebra
 * Moustached Guenon
 * Naked Mole Rat
 * Narrow-Striped Mongoose
 * Nile Lechwe
 * North African Gerbil
 * North African Gundi
 * North African Hedgehog
 * Nubian Goat
 * Nyala
 * Ogilby's Duiker
 * Okapi
 * Olive Baboon
 * Oribi
 * Patas Monkey
 * Potto
 * Puku
 * Pygmy Hippopotamus
 * Pygmy Mouse Lemur
 * Red Fox
 * Red Hartebeest
 * Red Lechwe
 * Red River Hog
 * Red-Bellied Lemur
 * Red-Flanked Duiker
 * Red-Tailed Monkey
 * Reticulated Giraffe
 * Ring-Tailed Lemur
 * Ring-Tailed Mongoose
 * Riverine Rabbit
 * Roan Antelope
 * Rock Hyrax
 * Rodrigues Flying Fox
 * Rothschild's Giraffe
 * Royal Antelope
 * Rufous Sengi
 * Ruppell's Fox
 * Sable Antelope
 * Sac-Winged Bat
 * Sand Cat
 * Sand Rat
 * Scimitar-Horned Oryx
 * Scrub Hare
 * Sei Whale
 * Senegal Bushbaby
 * Serval
 * Side-Striped Jackal
 * Sitatunga
 * Slender Mongoose
 * Slender-Horned Gazelle
 * Smith's Bush Squirrel
 * Soemmerring's Gazelle
 * Somali Wild Ass
 * South African Springhare
 * Southern African Hedgehog
 * Southern Tree Hyrax
 * Sperm Whale
 * Spinner Dolphin
 * Spotted Hyena
 * Spotted-Necked Otter
 * Springbok
 * Steenbok
 * Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat
 * Striped Grass Mouse
 * Striped Hyena
 * Sun-Tailed Monkey
 * Suni
 * Thomson's Gazelle
 * Topi
 * Tree Pangolin
 * Verreaux's Sifaka
 * Vervet
 * Walia Ibex
 * Water Chevrotain
 * Web-Footed Tenrec
 * Western Bongo
 * Western Lowland Gorilla
 * Western Red Colobus
 * White Rhinoceros
 * White-Headed Lemur
 * White-Tailed Mongoose
 * Wild Boar
 * Wolf's Monkey
 * Wood Mouse
 * Yellow Mongoose
 * Yellow-Backed Duiker
 * Zanzibar Red Colobus
 * Zebra Duiker
 * Zorilla

Birds

 * Abdim's Stork
 * African Black Duck
 * African Blue Flycatcher
 * African Blue Tit
 * African Broadbill
 * African Collared Dove
 * African Crake
 * African Darter
 * African Emerald Cuckoo
 * African Fish Eagle
 * African Goshawk
 * African Grey Hornbill
 * African Grey Parrot
 * African Harrier Hawk
 * African Hobby
 * African Jacana
 * African Olive Pigeon
 * African Openbill
 * African Paradise Flycatcher
 * African Penguin
 * African Pied Hornbill
 * African Pied Wagtail
 * African Pitta
 * African Pygmy Goose
 * African Pygmy Kingfisher
 * African Rail
 * African Sacred Ibis
 * African Scops Owl
 * African Skimmer
 * African Snipe
 * African Spoonbill
 * African Wood Owl
 * Banded Barbet
 * Banded Kestrel
 * Banded Martin
 * Barbary Falcon
 * Barbary Partridge
 * Barn Swallow
 * Bateleur
 * Bearded Barbet
 * Bennett's Woodpecker
 * Black Coucal
 * Black Heron
 * Black Kite
 * Black Sparrowhawk
 * Black Stork
 * Black-Backed Puffback
 * Black-Chested Snake Eagle
 * Black-Crowned Night Heron
 * Black-Faced Sandgrouse
 * Black-Headed Canary
 * Black-Headed Gull
 * Black-Headed Heron
 * Black-Winged Lovebird
 * Black-Winged Stilt
 * Blacksmith Lapwing
 * Blue Coua
 * Blue Crane
 * Blue Vanga
 * Blue Waxbill
 * Blue-Bellied Roller
 * Blue-Breasted Kingfisher
 * Blue-Naped Mousebird
 * Blue-Winged Goose
 * Brown-Headed Parrot
 * Brown-Breasted Barbet
 * Burchell's Courser
 * Cape Bunting
 * Cape Canary
 * Cape Crow
 * Cape Gannet
 * Cape Long-Billed Lark
 * Cape Longclaw
 * Cape Penduline Tit
 * Cape Shoveler
 * Cape Sparrow
 * Cape Starling
 * Cape Teal
 * Cape Wagtail
 * Cardinal Woodpecker
 * Cattle Egret
 * Chaplin's Barbet
 * Cirl Bunting
 * Common Barn Owl
 * Common Blackbird
 * Common Buttonquail
 * Common Buzzard
 * Common Chaffinch
 * Common Crane
 * Common Cuckoo
 * Common Kingfisher
 * Common Magpie
 * Common Moorhen
 * Common Nightingale
 * Common Quail
 * Common Sandpiper
 * Common Scimitarbill
 * Common Starling
 * Common Waxbill
 * Congo Peafowl
 * Crested Coua
 * Crested Francolin
 * Crested Guineafowl
 * Crowned Eagle
 * Double-Banded Courser
 * Double-Spurred Francolin
 * Egyptian Goose
 * Egyptian Plover
 * Egyptian Vulture
 * Emerald Starling
 * Emerald-Spotted Wood Dove
 * Eurasian Coot
 * Eurasian Curlew
 * Eurasian Jay
 * Eurasian Oystercatcher
 * Eurasian Teal
 * Eurasian Wigeon
 * European Bee-Eater
 * European Goldfinch
 * European Greenfinch
 * European Honey Buzzard
 * European Robin
 * Fischer's Lovebird
 * Fork-Tailed Drongo
 * Fulvous Whistling Duck
 * Glossy Ibis
 * Golden Eagle
 * Golden-Breasted Bunting
 * Golden-Tailed Woodpecker
 * Goliath Heron
 * Great Blue Turaco
 * Great Cormorant
 * Great Egret
 * Great Snipe
 * Great Tit
 * Great White Pelican
 * Greater Flamingo
 * Greater Honeyguide
 * Greater Spotted Eagle
 * Green Bee-Eater
 * Green Woodhoopoe
 * Grey Crowned Crane
 * Grey Go-Away-Bird
 * Grey Heron
 * Grey Kestrel
 * Grey-Headed Bushshrike
 * Grey-Headed Kingfisher
 * Grey-Headed Lovebird
 * Griffon Vulture
 * Guinea Turaco
 * Gull-Billed Tern
 * Hadada Ibis
 * Hamerkop
 * Harlequin Quail
 * Helmeted Guineafowl
 * Helmeted Vanga
 * Hemprich's Hornbill
 * Henst's Goshawk
 * Hooded Vulture
 * Hoopoe
 * Hottentot Teal
 * Houbara Bustard
 * House Sparrow
 * Humblot's Heron
 * Iberian Magpie
 * Jackson's Widowbird
 * Karoo Thrush
 * Kelp Gull
 * Kori Bustard
 * Lammergeier
 * Lanner Falcon
 * Lappet-Faced Vulture
 * Lesser Flamingo
 * Lesser Kestrel
 * Lesser Striped Swallow
 * Lilac-Breasted Roller
 * Little Bee-Eater
 * Little Swift
 * Little Owl
 * Long-Eared Owl
 * Long-Tailed Fiscal
 * Long-Tailed Glossy Starling
 * Long-Tailed Ground Roller
 * Long-Tailed Widowbird
 * Madagascan Blue Pigeon
 * Madagascan Ibis
 * Madagascar Serpent Eagle
 * Madagascar Sparrowhawk
 * Madagascar Teal
 * Magpie Shrike
 * Malachite Kingfisher
 * Malachite Sunbird
 * Mallard
 * Marabou Stork
 * Martial Eagle
 * Mediterranean Gull
 * Mediterranean Shag
 * Meyer's Parrot
 * Milky Eagle Owl
 * Namaqua Dove
 * Namaqua Sandgrouse
 * Northern Bald Ibis
 * Northern Black Korhaan
 * Northern Red-Billed Hornbill
 * Olive Thrush
 * Osprey
 * Pale Chanting Goshawk
 * Paradise Whydah
 * Pel's Fish Owl
 * Peregrine Falcon
 * Pharaoh Eagle Owl
 * Pied Avocet
 * Pied Crow
 * Pied Kingfisher
 * Pin-Tailed Whydah
 * Pink-Backed Pelican
 * Potchefstroom Koekoek Chicken
 * Purple Starling
 * Racket-Tailed Roller
 * Red Fody
 * Red-and-Yellow Barbet
 * Red-Cheeked Cordon-Bleu
 * Red-Crested Pochard
 * Red-Crested Turaco
 * Red-Backed Shrike
 * Red-Bellied Parrot
 * Red-Billed Francolin
 * Red-Billed Oxpecker
 * Red-Billed Quelea
 * Red-Billed Teal
 * Red-Eyed Dove
 * Red-Fronted Parrot
 * Red-Fronted Tinkerbird
 * Red-Shouldered Vanga
 * Red-Winged Francolin
 * Reed Cormorant
 * Regal Sunbird
 * Ring-Necked Dove
 * Ring-Necked Pheasant
 * Rock Dove
 * Rose-Ringed Parakeet
 * Ross' Turaco
 * Rosy-Faced Lovebird
 * Rouget's Rail
 * Royal Tern
 * Ruppell's Parrot
 * Ruppell's Vulture
 * Saddle-Billed Stork
 * Sandwich Tern
 * Secretary Bird
 * Senegal Coucal
 * Senegal Parrot
 * Shoebill
 * Short-Eared Owl
 * Sickle-Billed Vanga
 * Silvery-Cheeked Hornbill
 * Slender-Billed Gull
 * Sociable Weaver
 * Song Thrush
 * South African Cliff Swallow
 * South African Shelduck
 * Southern Bald Ibis
 * Southern Banded Snake Eagle
 * Southern Boubou
 * Southern Carmine Bee-Eater
 * Southern Double-Collared Sunbird
 * Southern Ground Hornbill
 * Southern Masked Weaver
 * Southern Ostrich
 * Southern Red Bishop
 * Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill
 * Speckled Pigeon
 * Spotted Eagle Owl
 * Spotted Thick-Knee
 * Spur-Winged Goose
 * Stone Partridge
 * Striped Flufftail
 * Superb Starling
 * Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eater
 * Tawny Eagle
 * Tawny Owl
 * Thick-Billed Raven
 * Three-Banded Plover
 * Trumpeter Hornbill
 * Vasa Parrot
 * Velvet Asity
 * Verreaux's Eagle
 * Violet Turaco
 * Violet Woodhoopoe
 * Violet-Backed Starling
 * Von Der Decken's Hornbill
 * Vulturine Guineafowl
 * Wahlberg's Eagle
 * Wattled Crane
 * Wattled Ibis
 * Western Marsh Harrier
 * Western Plantain-Eater
 * Western Reef Egret
 * White Stork
 * White-Backed Vulture
 * White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird
 * White-Breasted Cormorant
 * White-Crested Turaco
 * White‑Crowned Robin‑Chat
 * White-Faced Whistling Duck
 * White-Fronted Bee-Eater
 * White-Headed Buffalo Weaver
 * White-Headed Vulture
 * White-Necked Rockfowl
 * White-Tailed Lark
 * White-Throated Bee-Eater
 * White-Throated Swallow
 * Wire-Tailed Swallow
 * Woolly-Necked Stork
 * Yelkouan Shearwater
 * Yellow-Bellied Sunbird-Asity
 * Yellow-Billed Duck
 * Yellow-Billed Oxpecker
 * Yellow-Billed Shrike
 * Yellow-Billed Stork
 * Yellow-Collared Lovebird
 * Yellow-Fronted Canary
 * Yellow-Fronted Parrot
 * Yellowbill Malkoha

Reptiles and Amphibians

 * African Bullfrog
 * African Bush Viper
 * African Clawed Frog
 * African Dwarf Frog
 * African Giant Toad
 * African Helmeted Turtle
 * African Red Toad
 * African Rock Python
 * African Softshell Turtle
 * African Spurred Tortoise
 * African Tree Toad
 * Angola Frog
 * Atlas Mountain Viper
 * Augrabies Flat Lizard
 * Ball Python
 * Big-Eyed Tree Frog
 * Black Mamba
 * Blue-Legged Mantella
 * Blue-Headed Tree Agama
 * Boomslang
 * Cape Cobra
 * Common Agama
 * Common Chameleon
 * Common Flat Lizard
 * Dwarf Crocodile
 * East African Black Mud Turtle
 * Egg-Eating Snake
 * Egyptian Cobra
 * Fat-Tailed Gecko
 * Foam-Nesting Tree Frog
 * Gaboon Viper
 * Glass Lizard
 * Goliath Frog
 * Green Mantella
 * Green Sea Turtle
 * Hawksbill Sea Turtle
 * Jackson's Chameleon
 * Leaf-Tailed Gecko
 * Leatherback Sea Turtle
 * Leopard Tortoise
 * Madagascar Day Gecko
 * Madagascar Tree Boa
 * Meller's Chameleon
 * Moroccan Rock Lizard
 * Mozambique Spitting Cobra
 * Midwife Toad
 * Namaqua Chameleon
 * Natal Forest Tree Frog
 * Natal Sand Frog
 * Nile Crocodile
 * Nile Monitor
 * North African Fire Salamander
 * Okavango Mud Turtle
 * Panther Chameleon
 * Parson's Chameleon
 * Peringuey's Desert Adder
 * Ploughshare Tortoise
 * Puff Adder
 * Radiated Tortoise
 * Reed Frog
 * Rinkhals
 * Rock Monitor
 * Sandveld Lizard
 * Savannah Monitor
 * Short-Horned Chameleon
 * Shovel-Snouted Lizard
 * Slender-Snouted Crocodile
 * Toad-Headed Agama
 * Tomato Frog
 * Tiny Ground Chameleon
 * Twig Snake
 * Web-Footed Gecko
 * Western Green Mamba
 * Yellow‑Bellied Mud Turtle

Fishes

 * African Brown Knifefish
 * African Carp
 * African Lungfish
 * Atlantic Sailfish
 * Blackspotted Puffer
 * Bluespotted Stingray
 * Bull Shark
 * Cleaner Wrasse
 * Clownfish
 * Coelacanth
 * Congo Pufferfish
 * Copper Shark
 * Copperband Butterflyfish
 * Flameback Angelfish
 * Freshwater Butterflyfish
 * Giant Manta Ray
 * Giant Moray
 * Giraffe Catfish
 * Goliath Tigerfish
 * Great Hammerhead
 * Great White Shark
 * Guinean Angelfish
 * Humphead Cichlid
 * Humphead Wrasse
 * Long-Spine Porcupinefish
 * Maylandia Cichlid
 * Moorish Idol
 * Mozambique Tilapia
 * Mudskipper
 * Niger Stingray
 * Nile Catfish
 * Nile Perch
 * Nile Tilapia
 * Ocean Sunfish
 * Peters' Elephantnose Fish
 * Potato Grouper
 * Powder Blue Tang
 * Pseudotropheus Cichlid
 * Raccoon Butterflyfish
 * Red Lionfish
 * Regal Tang
 * Ribbon Eel
 * Sand Tiger Shark
 * Sardine
 * Seahorse
 * Short-Tail Stingray
 * Shortfin Mako Shark
 * Smalltooth Sawfish
 * Snowflake Moray
 * Spinner Shark
 * Threadfin Butterflyfish
 * Tiger Shark
 * Triggerfish
 * Watchman Goby
 * Whale Shark
 * Yellow Tang
 * Yellow-Lined Sweetlips
 * Zebra Moray

Insects, Arachnids and Other Land Invertebrates

 * Acacia Ant
 * African Driver Ant
 * African Giant Snail
 * African Honeybee
 * American Cockroach
 * Assassin Bug
 * Black Widow Spider
 * Camel Spider
 * Centipede
 * Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly
 * Death's Head Hawk Moth
 * Desert Locust
 * Dog Tick
 * Dragonfly
 * Dune Ant
 * Dung Beetle
 * Emperor Scorpion
 * Fat-Tailed Scorpion
 * Fogstand Beetle
 * Giant Earthworm
 * Giraffe Weevil
 * Goliath Beetle
 * Gonimbrasia Moth
 * Green-Banded Swallowtail Butterfly
 * Hobart's Red Glider Butterfly
 * House Cricket
 * Housefly
 * Horsefly
 * Huntsman Spider
 * Jumping Spider
 * King Baboon Spider
 * Ladybug
 * Large Fairy Hairstreak Butterfly
 * Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
 * Millipede
 * Mosquito
 * Parabuthus Scorpion
 * Parasitic Wasp
 * Praying Mantis
 * Red Mite
 * Rhinoceros Beetle
 * Sac Spider
 * Six-Eyed Sand Spider
 * Speckled Cockroach
 * Stalk-Eyed Fly
 * Termite
 * Tsetse Fly
 * Walking Stick Insect
 * Wheel Spider

Marine Invertebrates

 * Alloteuthis Squid
 * Box Jellyfish
 * Coral
 * Common Cuttlefish
 * Common Octopus
 * Cowrie Clam
 * Crawfish
 * Fiddler Crab
 * Flower Hat Jellyfish
 * Ghost Crab
 * Giant Clam
 * Giant Squid
 * Hermit Crab
 * Mud Crab
 * Nudibranch
 * Oyster
 * Peacock Mantis Shrimp
 * Pistol Shrimp
 * Rainbow Land Crab
 * Scallop
 * Sea Anemone
 * Sea Cucumber
 * Sea Nettle
 * Sea Urchin
 * Starfish

Differences between the film and the games

 * In The Epic Begins, Zhaung was born during Mabaya's reign. In the film, Zhaung was born at the end of Macario's reign.
 * The kopje in the film now has basenji dogs as guards.

Soundtrack
Main Article: Heroes of the Savannah (film)/Soundtrack

Trivia

 * This film uses animal footage from BBC, National Geographic, Nature Conservation Films BV, Disneynature and Getty Images.

Credits
Main Article: Heroes of the Savannah (film)/Credits