Spunky’s Diary (The Movie) based on the book by Janette Oke

Based on ''Spunky’s Diary by Janette Oke, Spunky’s Diary (The Movie) is a live action movie centered around a dog named Spunky, who was raised by the Smith family and later sent to the Dobson family. Like the book, it tells about what Spunky learned and did, but there are some differences: ''

THE BOOK:
 * Spunky’s mom respected Samantha without argument.
 * Spunky and Majesty destroyed Susie’s library book.
 * Treena was rather bossy.
 * There were no updates on Spunky’s siblings since they left.
 * Grant was 9 and Sandra was 8
 * There were no interventions other than negative reactions when Spunky was lost.
 * The Dobsons built a snowman.
 * Tracy got sick and died.

THE MOVIE:
 * Spunky’s mom was more consistent, resulting in a fight that had her shot dead, according to Bruno II.
 * Spunky and Majesty destroyed Susie’s Solar System project mistaking them for balls.
 * Treena spoke the cold hard truth.
 * Spunky saw his siblings in animal control and later in the farm, hearing their stories.
 * Grant and Sandra were teenagers.
 * Spunky got sent to animal control after he was sprayed with a hose.
 * The Dobsons had a snowball fight.
 * When the Dobsons had a snowball fight, Tracy caught a cold when a snowball landed on her face. She eventually recovered.

SIMILARITIES:
 * Spunky’s mother set up the exact same rules.
 * The puppies were sent to their owners in the same order.
 * Mark and Tracy happened to get the name Spunky correctly.
 * Spunky learned “Church”, “School”, and “Farm”.
 * Spunky eventually grew up.

CAST in order of appearance:

Patton Oswalt as Adult Spunky, the narrator

Zac Efron as Thomas “He” Dobson

Anne Hathaway as Margaret “She” Dobson

Renee Zellwenger as Mandele Zeffrey

TBA as Tom “Jr.” Smith, jr.

TBA as Susan “Susie” Smith

TBA as young Bruno II

TBA as Treena

TBA as young Spunky

TBA as Little Majesty

TBA as Minx

Carol Burnett as Samantha the cat

TBA as little girl who adopted Majesty

TBA as little boy who adopted Minx

TBA as Mark Dobson

TBA as Tracy Dobson

Matthew McConaughey as Mr. Dobson

Angelina Jolie as Mrs. Dobson

Max Charles as Grant Dobson

Ariel Winter as Sandra Dobson

Ty Burrell as Nero the cat, Spunky’s nemesis, later friend

Jimmy Fallon as the Reverend

Allison Janney as the woman who sprayed Spunky

Patrick Wharburton as Benedict, the Animal Control chief

Joshua Rush as Bruno II (his voice changed)

Chris Pratt as Arnold, Benedict’s partner

Jon Voight as Grant, Sandra, Mark, and Tracy’s Grandfather and Mrs. Dobson’s father