Lorna Doone (2014 animated film)

Lorna Doone is a 2014 animated romantic crime drama film directed, co-produced and co-written by Garrett Fredrickson. The film is a modernized adaptation and retelling of the novel of the same name by R.D. Blackmore. It stars Zac Efron as John Ridd, a young adult who has sworn to one day get his revenge on the Doone mafia for murdering his father, but he ends up falling in love with Lorna Doone (Lily Collins), resulting in him trying to protect her from the Doones and a man named Carver (Juan Chioran), who is a member of the Doones intent on marrying Lorna. Amy Adams, Cathy Cavadini, Donald Sutherland and Sean Hayes also star in supporting roles.
Lorna Doone was animated by Japanese animation studio Shaft, and produced by Orion Pictures, LIVE Entertainment and Endgame Entertainment. It was released on February 21, 2014 by Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema to mixed-to-positive reviews, with praise towards Garrett Fredrickson's direction, the animation, voice acting and music score, but the drastic changes from the source material received criticism. Nevertheless, it was a box office success, grossing $185.3 million against a budget of $20 million
==Release ==
Lorna Doone had it's theatrical premiere in France on January 15, 2014 and was released to theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema on February 21, 2014
=== Home media ===
Warner Home Video released the film for digital download on June 10, 2014 and on DVD and Blu-ray a week later on June 17.
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