Hiawatha (film) (Johnsonverse)

Hiawatha is a 2015 traditionally animated musical film written and directed by Tim Johnson, adapted from the 1855 epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. It stars Wes Studi, Kimberly Guerrero, Alex Kruz, Rodney A. Grant, Saginaw Grant, and Kevin Michael Richardson. The film follows TBA.
Production on the film began in the 1940s; after many years in development, it was canceled in the early 1960s. The film reentered production in August 2013, shortly after Johnson Industries' acquisition of The Walt Disney Company. The first traditionally animated Disney film since 2011's Winnie the Pooh, Hiawatha premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on September 10, 2015, and was released theatrically one week later, receiving praise from critics for its animation (which was accomplished with cels, a first for the Disney Animated Canon since 1989's The Little Mermaid), its musical numbers, and its characterizations.
== Plot ==
To be written by BNSF1995 at a later date.
== Voice cast ==
* Wes Studi as Hiawatha
** Jim Boyd as Hiawatha's singing voice
* Kimberly Guerrero as Minnehaha
**Buffy Sainte-Marie as Minnehaha's singing voice
* Alex Kruz as Kwasind
* Rodney A. Grant as Chibiabos
* Saginaw Grant as Gitche Manitou
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Shuhgah - A heron who accompanies Hiawatha. He is based on a heron mentioned in the poem named Shuh-shuh-gah.
* Tahmoh Penikett as Mudjekeewis 
* Rudy Youngblood as Wabun
* Shauna Baker as Wabun-Annung
* Jay Tavare as Kabibonokka
* Raoul Max Trujillo as Shingebis
* Wesley French as Shawondasee
* Kaniehtiio Horn as Nokomis
* Q'orianka Kilcher as Wenonah
* Eddie Spears as Pearl-Feather
* Chaske Spencer as Iagoo
== Production ==
=== Development ===
After Johnson Industries purchased the Walt Disney Company on July 1, 2013, CEO Tim Johnson announced that he would direct a new, traditionally animated feature film.
=== Casting ===
Tim insisted on having the film's cast be composed primarily of Native Americans.
=== Animation ===
Hiawatha was the first
== Release ==
== Reception ==
=== Critical response ===
== Home media ==
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