Zog

Zog is a 2018 short computer-animated television film based on the 2010 picture book of the same name written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Directed by Max Lang and Daniel Snaddon, the film was produced by Martin Pope and Michael Rose of Magic Light Pictures in London, and in association with Orange Eyes Limited and Triggerfish Animation Studios. The film is narrated by Sir Lenny Henry, and features a voice cast that consists of Tracey Ullman, Rocco Wright, Patsy Ferran, Hugh Skinner, Kit Harington, Rob Brydon, Jasmine Harvey, Harry Irving, Phoebe Muckle, Alfie Potter, and Emma Tate.
Zog was released on DVD in the United Kingdom and Ireland on February 11, 2019 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Entertainment One. A sequel, Zog and the Flying Doctors, was released in 2020.
== Images ==
File:Zog 2018 UK DVD cover V1.png|UK/Ireland DVD cover (front)
File:Zog 2018 UK DVD cover V2.png|UK/Ireland DVD cover (spine)
File:Zog 2018 UK DVD cover V3.png|UK/Ireland DVD cover (back)
File:Zog 2018 UK DVD disc label.png|UK/Ireland DVD disc label
== Storyline ==
=== Plot ===
From Magic Light Pictures, Oscar-nominated creators of the hugely successful The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Revolting Rhymes. Zog is an animated comedy about a keen young dragon who’s trying his hardest to win a golden star. Based on the wonderful adventure written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. In his first years at Dragon School, Zog learns how to fly, roar, and breathe fire. But he’s accident prone and each year he has to be helped by a kind young girl who patches up his bumps and bruises. Then in Year Four, he has to capture a princess - can the young girl help him with his tricest challenge yet? Featuring the voices of Rob Brydon, Patsy Ferran, Kit Harington, Sir Lenny Henry, Hugh Skinner and Tracey Ullman, this beautifully animated film will delight dragons, knights and princesses of all ages.
=== Genres ===
* Animation
* Comedy
* Family
* Fantasy
* Short
=== Home Media Rating ===
* G (Ireland)
* U (UK)
== Details ==
=== Country of origin ===
* United Kingdom
=== Category Number ===
* U094993DSP01 (UK / Ireland) (DVD)
=== Home Media Release Dates ===
* February 11, 2019 (UK) (DVD)
* February 11, 2019 (Ireland) (DVD)
== Company Credits ==
=== Production Companies ===
* BBC Worldwide
* BBC One
* Magic Light Pictures
* Orange Eyes Limited
* Triggerfish Animation Studios
=== Distributors ===
* Entertainment One (2019) (UK) (DVD) (through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
* Entertainment One (2019) (Ireland) (DVD) (through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2019) (UK) (DVD) (through)
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2019) (Ireland) (DVD) (through)
== Technical Specs ==
=== Aspect Ratio ===
* 16:9
== Trivia ==
* This is the last Magic Light Pictures animated short film, as well as their last animated film overall, to be initially released on DVD in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Entertainment One under their distribution deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, since eOne's titles started being distributed on home media by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment starting in August 2019.
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