Balto (2025 film)

this is my first page after three years of being absent from ideas wiki. this is inspired by a dream I had about a balto remake in 2019, around the same time the TLK remake came out
Balto is a 2025 live-action/animated hybrid film. It is a remake of the 1995 animated film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on the true story of a sled dog who helped bring a vaccine for diphtheria in 1925, which saved many children infected with the illness. 
== Plot ==
In `1925 Alaska, Balto, a wolf dog hybrid, lives in Nome with Boris, a goose, and two polar bear cubs, Muk and Luk. He is an outcast, being the target of scorn from both humans and dogs because of his half-wolf heritage. Balto's only friends are Jenna, a red husky that he has a crush on, her owner, a young girl named Rosie, and a Seppala Sleddog named Togo. Balto is constantly bullied by Steele, an Alaskan Malamute and a famous sled dog.
One day, a diphtheria outbreak happens in the town of Nome and all of its children, including Rosie, are infected with the disease. The weather makes it difficult for the serum to be transported to Nome, with the nearest train ending in Nenana. A race is held to determine which dogs are the fastest and therefore most fit to pick up the serum and bring it back to Nome. Balto wins the race, though the musher refuses to allow him on his team after he finds out about his half wolf heritage. Togo makes the team, despite people being concerned that he will die on the journey due to his old age. The team leaves, with Togo leading the way. They manage to collect the serum crate, though the weather gets harsher. Steele arrogantly forces Togo to let him take the lead, telling him that he is not fit to lead due to his age, despite Togo being a more effective, hardworking lead dog than Steele. While Steele is in the lead, the team ends up falling down a steep slope, knocking the musher unconscious and stranding the team.
Balto sets out on a journey to find the team, with Boris, Muk and Luk coming with him. However, a grizzly bear attacks them, trapping Boris, Muk and Luk under a fallen tree branch. When Balto fights back, the bear overpowers him, though Jenna attacks the bear before it can kill him. Jenna is injured by the bear, who chases Balto onto a frozen lake. It falls through the ice and drowns, though Balto also himself falls through the ice. Muk and Luk save him before he can drown, and after he is resuscitated, Balto insists he go it alone while Boris, Muk and Luk take the injured Jenna back home. Balto eventually finds the team, though Steele attacks him, despite Togo's attempts to stop Steele. Steele's defiance and arrogance causes him to fall off a cliff. Balto takes the lead, but Steele, out of spite, gets the team lost again. Balto falls off a cliff while trying to save the serum crate from falling.
Steele returns to Nome, telling the other dogs that Balto and the team are dead. Jenna refuses to believe Steele, and heads to the outskirts of town, shining a lantern onto a pile of broken glass shards to emulate the northern lights, hoping it will help Balto and the team find their way back home. Balto wakes up at the bottom of the cliff, having lost all hope. One of Balto's ancestors, a mysterious spirit taking the form of a tall, majestic white wolf, appears to remind Balto of his wolf heritage, only for Balto to look away from her in shame. However, after the white wolf walks away, Balto finds out that the serum crate is still intact. He finally accepts his half-wolf heritage, and howls with his ancestor. With the encouragement of the team waiting at the top of the cliff, Balto climbs back up the cliff, dragging the serum crate with him.
After an arduous, chaotic journey that results in one of the vials in the crate being shattered, Balto and the team make it back to Nome. Steele is abandoned by the dogs who once idolized him after Balto's return exposes Steele as a fraud. Balto is hailed as a hero, and Rosie, who has recovered from diphtheria thanks to the serum, thanks Balto
== Cast ==
* TBA as Rosie, a 7 year old girl who is also Jenna’s owner. She comes down with diphtheria, which motivates Balto to help bring the serum to Nome.
* TBA as an older Rosie
* TBA as Rosie's granddaughter
* TBA as Leonhard
* TBA as telegraph operator
* TBA as butcher
* TBA as Rosie's father
=== Voice cast ===
* Haley Joel Osment as Balto, a wolf hybrid and the protagonist.
* Kelly Marie Tran as Jenna, a red husky and Balto’s love interest.
* Steve Buscemi as Boris, a Russian-accented goose and Balto’s father figure.
* Cam Clarke as Togo, an elderly husky and one of Balto’s friends.
* Thom Yorke as Muk, a young British-accented polar bear.
* Frank Welker as Luk, Muk’s brother who communicates in whimpers.
* Rob Riggle as Steele, an egotistic malamute and the antagonist.
* Jack Black as Nikki, a chow chow.
* John Leguizamo as Kaltag, a chinook.
* Ed Helms as Star, an Alaskan Klee Kai.
* Kristen Schaal as Dixie, a gray Pomeranian who has a crush on Steele.
* Lupita Nyong'o as Sylvie, an Afghan Hound who has a crush on Steele.
== Production ==
Real dog actors were used for the film, including stunt doubles. Real low-content wolfdogs were used to portray Balto and the white wolf. Boris, Muk, Luk, and the grizzly bear were instead portrayed by photorealistic CGI. Photorealistic CGI models of the dog actors were also used for scenes that would've been too harmful for the dog actors and their stunt doubles to act out. Diesel, a direct descendant of the real life Togo and the dog actor who played Togo in the Disney film about Togo, reprises his role as Togo in this film.
(W.I.P)
Category:2025 films
Category:Remakes
Category:Remake
Category:Live-action remakes
Category:Balto
Category:Films about dogs
Category:Films about Dogs
Category:Films about Wolves