Woody Woodpecker (2017)

The hyperactive red-headed bird enters a turf war with a big city lawyer wanting to tear down his home in an effort to build a house to flip.

Director:

Alex Zamm

Writers:

Alex Zamm, William Robertson

Stars:

Eric Bauza, Timothy Omundson, Graham Verchere

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Bauza	...	Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Timothy Omundson	...	Lance Walters
Graham Verchere	...	Tommy Walters
Jordana Largy	...	Samantha Bartlett
Thaila Ayala	...	Vanessa
Adrian Glynn McMorran	...	Otis Grimes
Scott McNeil	...	Nate Grimes
Chelsea Miller	...	Jill Ferguson
Jakob Davies	...	Lyle
Sean Tyson	...	George
Patrick Lubczyk	...	Chris
Ty Consiglio	...	John
Emily Holmes	...	Linda Walters
Kwesi Ameyaw	...	Fireman
Eric Keenleyside	...	Roscoe

Storyline

The hyperactive red-headed bird enters a turf war with a big city lawyer wanting to tear down his home in an effort to build a house to flip.

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Plot Keywords:

based on cartoon | cgi character in a live action movie | based on walter lantz cartoon | walter lantz cinematic universe | cartoon woodpecker | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some action, rude humor and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 November 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

El pájaro loco

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$15,316,635

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal 1440 Entertainment, Universal Animation Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

For the first time in 20 years, the 1950s design is used for Woody Woodpecker. It last appeared in the final theatrical short cartoon, Bye, Bye, Blackboard (1972), but was used still used for many years as the official look of Woody Woodpecker. It was retired in 1997, but finally brought back 20 years later for this movie.

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Goofs

On Sam Bartlett's name tag, her last name is misspelled as "Barlett."

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Quotes

Lance Walters: [observing nature] Look at this! Prestine... untouched. I cannot wait to get a bulldozer in here.

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Crazy Credits

Niagara Fools (1956) (an old short starring Woody Woodpecker) is shown after the end credits.

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Alternate Versions

The UK version is cut by 58s to obtain a PG rating, by removing a scene of "dangerous imitable behaviour" where a character plays with gas.

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Connections

Featured in Nostalgia Critic: Woody Woodpecker (2018) (2018)

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Soundtracks

Troublemaker
Written by Alex Geringas, Alex Zamm and William J. Fuller
Performed by Blaze n Vill
Produced by Alex Geringas

User Reviews

A failure!

A film without grace and without a well-executed script, an unfortunate montage, a flat photography, nothing innovative, nothing fun and completely a waste in something that many of us who grew up watching the cartoon would have enjoyed if the right decisions had been made, starting with-how the movie was made, and having a better direction.

A plot forced to give a half message of father son relationship, with themes of divorce and young stepmother that nothing fits into a movie where the protagonist should be woody. But mistakenly they put him as a third actor, and focus more on the plot of the poor child with separated parents, and an absent father who seeks to recover the place with his son.

I think the correct line would have been pure animation, without the need to interact with the real human world, in this way they would have brought to the plot characters that complete woody like Buzz Buzzard, Wally walrus to name a few, and maybe in its second part and to have an interaction with humans, in the human world, as it was the new series.