Lucky Spirit

*Turbo*
by David Soren

***Lucky Spirit*** is a sports western fantasy satire comedy-drama film based on the works from DreamWorks Animation, known for their films from *Turbo*, *The Boss Baby*, and *Spirit Untamed*, which was based on the Netflix series in turn to be based on a film *Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron*. Loosely based on the characters from the films, the story follows Lucky Prescott on her journey to find her dream and enter a world with her friends and a fast snail she keeps named Turbo, all while taming the spirit of the mustang within herself and hopes to use her gift for good use in the greatest horse race in the frontier.

*Untamed* directors Elaine Bogan and Ennio Torresan Jr. will executive produced along with DreamWorks Animation storymakers Tom McGrath, Joel Crawford, with Aury Wallington and David Soren who both are the story consultants for the film. The film is being in development by B-Master Animation, in association with KirbyStar Studios and Walden Media, and distributed by Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures.

## Premise

Based on the worlds and characters from DreamWorks Animation and a concept loosely inspired by Disney’s Brother Bear, the film follows the Spirit Untamed/Riding Free heroine, Fortuna “Lucky” Prescott, and her true origins of how she became the new Spirit of the West. During her years at Palomino Bluffs, Lucky has been having a syndrome of Bad Luck that she hasn’t ridden a single horse since her first encounter with Turbo, a small garden snail born with fast speed. One night when she found her horse, Spirit, an unexpected event made the horse passed away and its spirit now rests inside her body, giving her an untamed speed of a wild mustang. With the help of her two PALs, two con artists from Spain, and a group of kids with their own snails, they’ll help her find her true calling by entering her in the Kentucky Derby to test her power and beat against Guy Gagné, a horse racer who plans to demonize Lucky and her redemption.

## Cast

* Isabela Moner as Lucky Prescott, a very brave, kind, and headstrong girl, and does not like rules but also a wild child when hanging out with her snail instead of Spirit.
* Ryan Reynolds as Turbo, Lucky’s pet garden snail who obtains superspeed when born and is also a mentor on helping Lucky find her dream by winning the Kentucky Derby.
* Marsai Martin as Pru Granger, one of Lucky’s PALs who’s knowing something about everything but worries about Lucky’s new habit.
* Mckenna Grace as Abigail Stone, one of Lucky’s PALs who’s the least rebellious, and is often portrayed as sweet and funny. But she can still be smart and is courageous like her friends.
* Kevin Kline as Tulio, one of the con artists who helps Lucky become a star in their hometown. He is the strategic planner, often becoming anxious and overthinking things.
* Robin Atkin Downes as Miguel, one of the con artists who plans to make Lucky a star in the Derby. He is more relaxed and easygoing than his con-partner Tulio.
* James Marsden as Tim Templeton, a young kid who’s 37 years old on the inside but seven on the outside. His role was inspired by The Boss Baby: Family Business and serves as Lucky’s rider and helps her about how family works.
* Chloe Bennet as Yi
* Samuel L. Jackson as Whiplash
* Kelly Marie Tran as Dawn Betterman
* Maya Rudolph as Burn
* Rachel Crow as Tip
* Phil LaMarr as Smooth Move
* Tenzing Norgay Trainor as Jin
* Ben Schwartz as Skidmark
* Albert Tsai as Peng
* Mike Bell as White Shadow
* Jimmy Kimmel as Ted Templeton
* Bill Hader as Guy Gagné, a French-Canadian horse rider loosely based on his role from DreamWorks Turbo.
* Walton Goggins as Hendricks, a Wrangler from Spirit Untamed.
* Matt Damon as the Narrator

## Trivia

* Animation provided for the film will be from Jellyfish Pictures and Mikros Image while traditional hand-drawn animation provided by Titmouse Inc., Tonic DNA, Xilam Animation, and Duncan Studios with James Baxter and Chris Prynoski supervising on the animation. Additional animation will be from 88 Pictures and Reel FX Animation Studios.
* This was inspired by the style of Spirit Untamed with the concept inspired by DreamWorks' other film Turbo which became a major inspiration from it's Head of Story worker Ennio Torresan Jr. who was a co-director from Spirit Untamed.
* Current designs for Lucky, Pru, and Abigail will be borrowed from Spirit Untamed. The Netflix designs of the PALs will be used later on as various cameos seen from the crowd to the town.
	+ While Moner and Reynolds respire their roles in the film, pre-production animatics had Amber Frank and Reid Scott voicing the main duo for test shots on the characters and their interaction with each other. Early concept art and Layout almost shows Lucky in her Riding Free design before using the Untamed design of Lucky for the animation and final shots.
* The film will have a homage to the original film, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, utilizing it's traditional animation with a blend of CGI from Spirit Untamed on the human characters and animals throughout the film. Other characters will stay the same from their own style.
* Songs from *Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron*, *Turbo*, *Spirit Untamed* will be borrowed for the soundtrack including an score composed by DreamWorks composers Hans Zimmer and John Powell, who both did the score on *Kung Fu Panda* and *The Road to El Dorado*. The themes and suites for the characters, such as Lucky and Turbo, will be composed by their original composers Henry Jackman and Amie Doherty with vocals by Robin Pecknold and AJR, including Tenacious D on the chants when the music gets tough.
	+ The song, *This Is Where I Belong*, will have various language in the international version. While the English version will be made, it was planned to have Bryan Adams to sing it in French. But with the story structure of it, producer Jose Ramirez wanted it to have an Indian vibe than Bryan Adams do sing it. To deal with this, B-Master decides to keep and the main version but have each international version would have a different language to the chant, so the French version would work for Bryan Adams' French voice. A Spanish version is planned as well as to give the people a balance of cultural worlds in versions like Lucky's Hispanic side from her mom, Milagro.