Arctic Dogs

2019 film directed by Aaron WoodleyTemplate:SHORTDESC:2019 film directed by Aaron Woodley
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## Arctic Dogs

### **Written by**

* Bob Barlen
* Cal Brunker
* Aaron Woodley
* Bryan Thompson

### **Based on**

The story
by Matthew Lyon

### **Produced by**

* Monika Bacardi
* Andrea Iervolino
* Graham Moloy

### **Starring**

* Jeremy Renner
* Heidi Klum
* James Franco
* John Cleese
* Omar Sy
* Michael Madsen
* Laurie Holden
* Anjelica Huston
* Alec Baldwin

### **Production company**

* AMBI Media Group
* AIC Studios
* TATATU
* Assemblage Entertainment

### **Country**

* United States
* Canada
* India
* Italy

### **Box office**

$9.9 million

***Arctic Dogs*** (also known as ***Arctic Justice*** internationally or ***Polar Squad*** in the UK) is a 2019 computer-animated comedy film co-written and directed by Aaron Woodley and co-directed by Dimos Vrysellas. The film stars the voices of Jeremy Renner, Heidi Klum, James Franco, John Cleese, Omar Sy, Michael Madsen, Laurie Holden, Anjelica Huston, and Alec Baldwin. Entertainment Studios released the film on November 1 in Canada and the United States. It was a box-office bomb, grossing less than a fifth of its production budget of $50 million, and was panned by critics.

## Plot

Swifty (Jeremy Renner), an Arctic fox, works in the mailroom of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service, but he has much bigger dreams. He wishes to become a Top Dog, the Arctic's star husky couriers. To prove he can do it, he commandeers one of the sleds and delivers a mysterious package to a secret location. Once there, he stumbles onto a hidden fortress, overseen by the nefarious Otto Von Walrus (John Cleese). The blubbery evil genius commands an army of oddly polite puffin henchmen.

Swifty discovers Otto Von Walrus' villainous plan to drill beneath the snow-packed surface to unleash masses of ancient gas to melt the Arctic and become the world's supreme ruler. To stop this sinister scheme, Swifty enlists the help of his friends: P.B. (Alec Baldwin), a neurotic polar bear, Lemmy (James Franco), a scatterbrained albatross, Jade (Heidi Klum), a brainy red fox engineer and Swifty's love interest, Leopold (Omar Sy) and Bertha (also voiced by Heidi Klum), two conspiracy theorist otters, and Magda (Anjelica Huston), his curmudgeonly caribou boss.

## Voice cast

* Jeremy Renner as Swifty, an Arctic fox
	+ Anderson Lewis as Young Swifty
* Alec Baldwin as P.B., a polar bear
* Heidi Klum as Jade, a red fox, and Bertha, a Eurasian otter
	+ Lillian Moloy as Young Jade
* John Cleese as Doc Otto Van Walrus, a walrus
* Anjelica Huston as Magda, a Russian-accented caribou
* James Franco as Lemmy, an albatross
* Omar Sy as Leopold, an Eurasian otter
* Michael Madsen as Duke, a Siberian Husky
* Laurie Holden as Dakota, a Siberian Husky
* Donny Falsetti as Dusty, a Siberian Husky
* Nina Senicar as Countdown Inka
* Aaron Woodley as Puffin Leader, a horned puffin
* Soraya Azzabi as Alma
* Jason Deline as "Nasty Naz" Narwhal, a narwhal

## Release

*Arctic Dogs* was originally titled as *Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad* and was originally required by Open Road Films, originally scheduled to be released on an undisclosed 2018 date. But the film acquired by Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures in the United States and Canada due to its Open Road Films' bankruptcy, and solely released on November 1, 2019. Lionsgate Home Entertainment released it on DVD and Blu-ray on February 4, 2020. It made $1.3 million in total US video sales.

## Streaming sequel

A web series set after the events of the film titled *Arctic Friends* was released on September 15, 2020 on both Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime Video, consisting of 40 collections (160 shorts). Another spin-off series titled *Puffins* was also released, featuring the voice of Johnny Depp as Johnny Puff. A spin-off of *Puffins*, entitled *Puffins Impossible*, is slated for release and is to consist of 16 five-minute episodes with Depp to reprise his role as Puff.
There are also two Christmas live action/animation spin off films titled *Christmas Thieves* (2021) and *The Good Witch of Christmas* (2022).

### Spin off animation movies

* Johnny Puff: Secret Mission
* Puffins: The walrus who wanted too much
* Puffins: A Stellar Adventure
* Arctic Friends: In Search of the Arctic Idol
* Baby Puffins & Bunny

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Scheck, Frank (November 1, 2019). [TBA 'Arctic Dogs': Film Review]. *The Hollywood Reporter*. Retrieved on October 3, 2021.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 [TBA Arctic Dogs (2019)]. IMDb.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 [TBA Arctic Justice (EN) [Original title]]. *European Audiovisual Observatory*. Retrieved on October 3, 2021.
4. ↑ [TBA Ambi Group And Barajoun Entertainment Ink Multi-Year, Multi-Picture Joint Venture- Berlin]. Deadline Hollywood (11 February 2016).
5. ↑ [TBA Artic Dogs (2019)]. IMDb.
6. ↑ TBA
7. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Busch, Anita (1 February 2017). [TBA "Open Road Films Acquires 'Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad' For 2018 Release"] Check `|url=` value (help). *Deadline*. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
8. ↑ [TBA Common Sense Media]
9. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (December 3, 2018). [TBA Byron Allen's ESMP Takes On U.S. Distribution Of Animation 'Arctic Dogs' Voiced By Jeremy Renner, Alec Baldwin] (en-US).
10. ↑ [TBA the-numbers.com]
11. ↑ [TBA 'Arctic Friends' Shorts Go Global, US Premiere Sept. 15] (15 September 2020).
12. ↑ [TBA Johnny Depp to Voice Lead in New Animated Series 'Puffins Impossible' From Iervolino Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)5] (22 June 2020).
13. ↑ [TBA First Look at Johnny Depp Character in 'Puffins' Takes Wing] (25 November 2020).
14. ↑ Vivarelli, Nick (16 March 2022). [TBA 'Puffins Impossible' Starring Johnny Depp to Play on Apple TV App, Amazon (EXCLUSIVE)].
15. ↑ [TBA Christmas Thieves – SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS].
16. ↑ [TBA The Good Witch of Christmas – SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS].
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