Bear King (2019 film)

***Bear King*** is a 2019 American live-action/CGI hybrid visual animal film directed by Jon Favreau, produced by Red Star Pictures and distributed by Disney. It is an adaptation of the eponymous 1994 novel by Canadian author Hubert Croften.

## About

### Crew

* Director: Jon Favreau
* Producers: Hubert Croften & Jeffrey Silver
* Script writers: Jeff Nathanson & Hubert Croften
* Music composer: Hans Zimmer
* Cinematography: Caleb Deschanel
* Editors: Mark Livolsi & Adam Gerstel

### Film details

* Based on: *Bear King* by Hubert Croften
* Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures & Red Star Pictures
* Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
* Release date: July 19 2019
* Runtime: 138 minutes
* Budget: $250 million
* Box office: $1,654,735,262
	+ United States & Canada: $543,041,133
	+ mainland China: $115,717,711
	+ United Kingdom: $92,962,723
	+ France: $80,284,148
	+ Brazil: $69,423,087
	+ Japan: $62,612,917
	+ Germany: $56,117,349
	+ Mexico: $51,831,937
	+ Russia: $47,038,670
	+ Australia: $44,252,510
	+ Italy: $41,816,484
	+ Spain: $41,453,472
	+ South Korea: $35,005,679

## Cast

* Andy Serkis does the motion capture for Bear King, a 25-foot brown bear. He is usually referred to as just “King”, or by Jenny, “Bear”. He is a fictional species named "colossal bear" (*Ursus colossus*).
* Sarah Gadon as Jenny Larsen, an animal nurse. She befriends Bear King, and has the closest relationship with him out of all the characters.
* Matt LeBlanc as James Pittfield, a wealthy newspaper author.
* Jon Heder as Robert Reitler, a professional zoologist.
* Ben Affleck as Olivier Beaufort, the pilot of Pittfield's aircraft.
* Cody Christian as Albert Dupon, a college student and aspiring zoologist.

## Animals

Animals featured in the film are:

* moose (*Alces alces*)
* mallard duck (*Anas platyrhynchos*)
* American black duck (*Anas rubripes*)
* wood bison (*Bison bison athabascae*)
* Canadian goose (*Branta canadensis*)
* great horned owl (*Bubo virginianus*)
* coyote (*Canis latrans*)
* northwestern timberwolf (*Canis lupus occidentalis*)
* Canadian beaver (*Castor canadensis canadensis*)
* elk (*Cervus canadensis*)
* common pigeon (*Columba livia*)
* northern raven (*Corvus corax principalis*)
* monarch butterfly (*Danaus plexippus*)
* North American porcupine (*Erethizon dorsatum*)
* snowshoe hare (*Lepus americanus*)
* Canadian otter (*Lontra canadensis canadensis*)
* Canadian lynx (*Lynx canadensis canadensis*)
* American marten (*Martes americana*)
* Canadian striped skunk (*Mephitis mephitis mephitis*)
* Beng's weasel (*Mustela nivalis rixosa*)
* little brown bat (*Myotis lucifugus*)
* white-tailed deer (*Odocoileus virginianus*)
* fisher (*Pekania pennanti)*
* common raccoon (*Procyon lotor*)
* barred owl (*Strix varia*)
* American red squirrel (*Tamiasciurus hudsonicus*)
* American badger (*Taxidea taxus*)
* American robin (*Turdus migratorius*)
* British Columbian red fox (*Vulpes vulpes abietorum*)

## Production

On September 28 2016, Disney had announced that an adaptation of Hubert Croften's novel *Bear King* was in the works, with Croften himself being a producer.

## Music

Hans Zimmer, who Croften wanted to work with for years, would return to compose the score for *Bear King* with Pharrell Williams as a collaborator.

"You Got the Spirit", written and performed by Emilie Claire Barlow, was released on July 9 2019, as the lead single from the soundtrack. The soundtrack, featuring Zimmer's score, was released digitally on July 11 2019, and physically on July 19 2019.

### Official soundtrack

* "You Got the Spirit" by Emilie Claire Barlow

## Worldwide

### Titles

* Albanian: ***Ariu Mbreti***
* Arabic: **ملك الدب**/malik aldubi
* Armenian: ***Արջ Արքա***/arj arka
* Bulgarian: ***Меч*и *Цар***/Mechi Tsar
* Cantonese: ***熊王***
* Catalan: ***Ós Rei***
* Croatian: ***Medvjed Kralj***
* Czech: ***Medvědí Král***
* Danish: ***Bære Konge***
* Dutch: ***Berenkoning***
* Estonian: ***Karukuningas***
* Finnish: ***Karhun Kuningas***
* European French: ***Ours Roi***
* Quebec French: ***Ours Rei***
* Georgian: **Დათვი Მეფე**/Datvi Mepe
* German: ***Bärenkönig***
* Greek: ***Αρκούδα Βασιλιά***
* Hebrew: ***לשאת מלך***
* Hindi: ***भालू राजा***/bhaaloo raaja
* Hungarian: ***Medvekirály***
* Icelandic: ***Björn Kóngur***
* Indonesian: ***Beruang Raja***
* Italian: ***Orso Re***
* Japanese: ***くまキング***/kuma kingu
* Kazakh: ***Аю Патша***/Ayu Patsha
* Korean: ***베어 킹***/beeo king
* Latvian: ***Lāču Karalis***
* Lithuanian: ***Lokių Karalius***
* Luxembourgish: ***Bärkinnek***
* Macedonian: ***Мечка Крал***/Meshka Kral
* Maltese: ***Ors Re***
* Mandarin: ***熊王***/xiong wang
* Norwegian: ***Bjørn Konge***
* Polish: ***Niedźwiedź Król***
* Brazilian Portuguese: ***Urso Rei***
* European Portuguese: ***Urso Rei***
* Quechua: ***Ukumari Qhapaq***
* Romanian: ***Urs Regele***
* Russian: ***Ме*д*ве*д*е*й *Король***/Medvedey Korol'
* Serbian: ***Ме*д*веђи Краљ***/Medveđi Kralj
* Slovak: ***Medvedí Krá*ľ**
* Slovene: ***Medvedji Kralj***
* European Spanish: ***Oso Rey***
* Latin Spanish: ***Oso Rey***
* Swedish: ***Björn Kung***
* Tajik: ***Х*и*рс Шоҳ***/Xirs Shoh
* Tamil: ***கரடி ராஜா***/karati raja
* Telugu: ***ఎలుగుబంటి రాజు***/elugubaṇṭi rāju
* Thai: ***ราชาหมี***/racha himi
* Turkish: ***Ayı Kral***
* Ukrainian: ***Ве*д*мі*д*ь Король***/Vedmid’ Korol’
* Uzbek: ***Ayiq Qirol***
* Vietnamese: ***Gấu Vua***