Wild Stories

Wild Stories is a 3D computer-animated fantasy adventure anthology film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is composed of four short high-quality features; intended to be a throwback to Disney's package films from the 1940's. The features are Gigantic, a loose adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk, Red & Wolf, a loose adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood, Peach Boy, an adaptation of Momotarō, and The Selkie, an original story inspired by various tales. Gigantic was previously intended to be a single feature, but story problems caused it to be put on hold before getting revived as a shorter feature.
==Synopsis==
===Gigantic===
In order to impress a girl, Jack decides to climb a mysterious beanstalk that grew in their town, only to end up in a land of giants. He befriends a 9-year-old girl giant named Inma and together must overthrow a tyrannical warlord.
===Red & Wolf===
In a small village, people are disappearing left and right. After her parents are taken away, a young girl named Red finds herself teaming up with a cynical wolf-man who is being blamed for all the disappearances and the two form an unlikely bond.
===Peach Boy===
A traditional retelling about Momotaro (Peach Boy) who goes on a journey to rescue his village from evil Oni from Onigashima. Along the way, he recruits a dog, a monkey and a pheasant who all have it in for the Oni for ruining their lives.
===The Selkie===
A boy named Rowan encounters a wild boar selkie that becomes a toughened girl named Shauna. What follows is a very unusual love story between the two of them as they must protect both the land of humans and selkies from going to war with one another.
==Plot==
===Prologue===
The film begins with a library. A book with the title Wild Stories opens up to unveil the four tales.
===Gigantic===
In a Spanish town, Jack wishes to be a great explorer so that he can impress Rosa, the Blacksmith's daughter. He is constantly showed up by Vasco, a dashing, but vain young man. One day, Jack's mother sends him out to the market where, in typical fashion, he winds up getting swindled by an elderly woman and winds up with beans. Annoyed, he tosses them away, only for them to grow overnight. Everyone is astonished by the bean stalk and the town enlist Vasco to climb it. Wanting to impress Rosa, and get away from his boring life, Jack climbs up the bean stalk himself before he can.
Jack is awestruck by the inhabitants, Giants with horns growing from their heads. After narrowly avoiding them, Jack is found by a nine-year-old Giant named Inma who takes him in as a pet. Meanwhile, Vasco has chosen to climb the bean stalk with a crew and upon reaching the top are convinced that the Giants are evil and must be killed. Jack discovers that Inma lives in the Giants' castle as a wash girl and tells Jack how the Giants live in the clouds because they fear the "Underdwellers" who chased them away. Furthermore, the ruler of the castle, King Boras, has been looking for an excuse to attack the Underdwellers for a while and is especially cruel towards his workers.
Boras suspects that humans have invaded, as he can smell them, and nearly catches Jack. Jack stays with Inma for a while and ends up becoming good friends with her. Jack later learns that Vasco and his men have arrived and tries to stop them from causing any harm. They are found out and captured by Boras, but Inma rescues them. They flee for their lives as Boras attempts to capture them. They climb down the bean stalk with Boras in pursuit and chop the bean stalk just as Boras falls to his death. Jack is reunited with Rosa, while Vasco is seen as a coward based on his crews' reaction, but Jack still misses Inma. A week later, Inma arrives via stalk that grew down from the clouds and reveals herself to Jack's village. She reveals that due to Boras' death, the Giants are free now from his evil reign. Jack and his mother adopt Inma who becomes a valued member of the community.
===Red & Wolf===
In a small Nigerian village, Red is a young girl, named so after the fact that her hair is bright red. She is teased by the other children, but does not mind as she has a brilliant intellect. Her village is accosted by a mysterious creature that has been kidnapping people. After Red's parents and grandmother are taken away. Red creates a trap to capture the beast. She captures a werewolf, simply named Wolf, who angrily denies that he is the cause behind the kidnappings. Red deduces that he knows more than he is letting on and forcibly recruits him to help her locate the real culprit and find her parents.
The two of them journey across the wilderness, during which Red rescues Wolf from hunters and Wolf in turn rescues Red from an Adze, a large firefly like creature, but she is gravely injured by the attack. The two of them encounter an Abada who successfully heals Red. Wolf admits that he intentionally became a werewolf many years ago because people always detested him and thus became one so that he could be further away from them. Red, who does not have any friends, ends up bonding with him as she feels that they are both outcasts.
Red and Wolf eventually encounter some dangerous monsters who take them to their leader, a Werehyena named Butu who reveals that he has been kidnapping humans for a sacrifice to unleash Obambo, to make Earth a haven for monsters. He ask that Wolf join and kill Red, but the two instead team up to defeat the monsters and rescue the humans including Red's family. Wolf and Butu battle, where it appears that the latter is winning, but thanks to Red's clever thinking, the two of them manage to defeat him as he is pulled into the Underworld by Obambo for his failure. Wolf is hailed as a hero and becomes friends with Red back in her home village.
===Peach Boy===
In ancient Japan, an elderly couple, Akira and Yuna, live a quiet life by themselves. One day, Yuna goes down to the river and discovers a giant peach and takes it home with her. Akira is about to cut the peach open, when it suddenly bursts open to reveal a small baby boy, whom they name Momotaro, Peach Boy. The happy couple decide to raise him as their own and Momotaro grows up to become a healthy and strong boy who helps around the house and in the village. He is considered an oddball by the villagers due to his big appetite and his unusual strength of which is parents are very proud of.
One day, the village is visited by Princess Kaguya who is amused by Momotaro due to his outgoing personality. They are suddenly attacked by Oni who ravage the village and kidnap Kaguya so that they can force her to marry their King. Momotaro bravely chooses to go after the monsters; equipped with his father's sword to protect him. Along the way, he encounters several monsters before arriving at a village of talking animals that was ravaged by the Oni. Three of the animals, a courageous dog, a funny monkey and a talented pheasant agree to travel with Momotaro to Onigashima, the island of the Oni where they are keeping Kaguya.
The heroes arrive and battle their way through a variety of monsters until Momotaro comes face to face with King Oni. He shows him a magic mirror that highlights his flaws in how the people back home viewed him. He eventually overcomes this when he realizes that his friends and family have always been supportive of him. He destroys the mirror and defeats and kills King Oni; rescuing Kaguya. Back home, Momotaro is hailed as a hero and marries Kaguya. She informs him however that she has not been honest with her as she came from the moon. The town is once again attacked by aliens as Momotaro and his friends jump into action again.
===The Selkie===
In an Irish Kingdom, Rowan is the youngest son of five children who is constantly picked on by his elder siblings for not possessing any of idealized traits. While his mother, Alana, cares for him deeply, his father Eoin, tries to maintain a strong appearance. This is made all the more troublesome when his older siblings have betrothed others while he does not. One day, Rowan goes into the forest to clear his mind when he encounters a wild boar. The boar attacks him, but Rowan manages to seize it and tear its fur off, revealing a human-looking barbaric girl named Shauna. She reveals that she is a Selkie and Rowan convinces her to pose as his girlfriend temporarily until she gets her pelt back.
Rowan takes Shauna to Maeve, a beautician, to make her up so that she can presentable. Rowan begins to show signs that he likes Shauna old look, but he keeps it to himself. During an annual gathering, Rowan's family is surprised to find that he managed to secure a date and her appearance actually turns heads. The eldest brother Killian begins to suspect that something is off and overhears Rowan and Shauna discuss their deal. Killian recruits the other siblings to capture and oust Shauna. Rowan gives Shauna her pelt back, but she decides to leave it off for now so that she can spend more time with him. However, Rowan's siblings put their plan into motion and reveal Shauna's true appearance to the kingdom. She runs away as everyone gives chase.
Rowan manages to catch up to Shauna who is upset about how things have turned out when they are suddenly met by other Selkies. The head Selkie, a seal, announces their intent to protect their land from the humans and go to war. Rowan is captured, but manages to escape amid the carnage. When Killian attempts to kill Shauna, Rowan steps in the way to protect her. This act is seen by everyone and as Killian attempts to finish the job, he is stopped by Collin, the youngest brother who had previously displayed empathetic feelings. The Selkies, including Shauna return to the wild. One year later, things have gone back to normal, though Killian is in "permanent time out" and Rowan continues to venture into the woods. As he goes one last time, he spots a wild boar who transforms into Shauna.
===Epilogue===
During the credits all the characters from the stories are rendered as ceramic dolls that come to life within the library and interact with one another before taking the books and forming the title of the film.
==Cast==
===Gigantic===
* as Jack
* as Inma
* as Rosa
* as Vasco
* as Carla, Jack's mother
* as King Boras
===Red & Wolf===
* as Red
* as Wolf
* as Mobo, Red's father
* as Naija, Red's mother
* as Zosia, Red's grandmother
* as Butu, the Werehyena
* as Obambo
===Peach Boy===
* as Momotaro
* as Dog
* as Monkey
* as Pheasant
* as Akira, Momotaro's father
* as Yuna, Momotaro's mother
* as Princess Kaguya
* as King Oni
===The Selkie===
* as Rowan
* as Shauna
* as Eoin, Rowan's father
* as Alana, Rowan's mother
* as Killian, Rowan's elder brother
* as Gavin, second oldest brother
* as Teagan, third eldest and daughter
* as Collin, fourth youngest brother
* as Maeve
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