The two make their way through a forest and eventually are able to find their herd and Scowler.Īfter years of making the same migration from north to south and vice versa, a grown up Scowler becomes the herd's new leader after defeating Major and chooses Juniper to be his mate, much to Patchi's disappointment. At a beach, Scowler follows a herd of Edmontosaurus to find food, callously leaving Patchi and Juniper behind. In the ensuing chaos, Patchi, Scowler, and Juniper fall into a river and are swept downstream to the ocean, with Alex following them from above. They kill the rest of Patchi and Scowler's family while their leader and alpha Gorgon fights and kills Bulldust, who was trying to defend Patchi and Scowler.Īfterwards, Patchi's herd, which is now led by Bulldust's rival Major, combined with Juniper's as they continued their migration where Gorgon's pack attacks them again. Taking advantage of the chaos, a pack of ferocious Gorgosaurus attacks the scattered herd. Later, Bulldust moves his herd south as well, but when they try to pass through a forest, they are forced to flee when a storm strikes, and a fire erupts.
Patchi is also attacked by a troodon, which attempts to take the young Pachyrhinosaurus away and eat him, but he is saved by Bulldust, resulting in Patchi having a hole in his frill as an injury which Alex claims that Patchi is "destined for greatness". Alex, who is Patchi's mentor, protector and teacher, tries to help Patchi impress a female Pachyrhinosaurus named Juniper, but her herd migrated south without him. Their father Bulldust is the leader of the Pachyrhinosaurus herd.
While alone, Ricky encounters an anthropomorphic raven named Alex, who later turns into his ancestor, an Alexornis.Īlex tells Ricky of a story set in the Late Cretaceous period, 70 million years ago, about his best friend Patchi, who is the youngest and smallest in a litter of Pachyrhinosaurus hatchlings and is often bullied by his annoying older brother Scowler. ( July 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī paleontologist named Zack takes his nephew Ricky, whose parents went on vacation to Europe, and niece Jade on a fossil hunt. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. The Hollywood Reporter stated the film's global box office performance was disappointing in context of the production budget and marketing costs. The film grossed US$36 million in the United States and Canada and US$87.2 in other territories for a worldwide total of US$123.2 million. Critics commended the film's visual effects, but derided its subpar storyline and the juvenile quality of the voiceover performances. It was released in cinemas in 2D and 3D on 20 December 2013. Walking with Dinosaurs premiered on 14 December 2013 at the Dubai International Film Festival. Though the film was originally going to lack narration or dialogue, 20th Century Fox executives decided to add voiceovers, believing it would connect audiences to the characters. Animal Logic designed computer-animated dinosaurs and added them to the live-action backdrop. state of Alaska and in New Zealand, which were chosen for their similarities to the dinosaurs' surroundings millions of years ago. The crew filmed footage on location in the U.S. The majority of distribution rights were eventually sold to 20th Century Fox. It was financed by Reliance Big Entertainment and IM Global instead of a major studio. The film, with a budget of US$80 million, was one of the largest independent productions at the time. The film was produced by BBC Earth and Evergreen Films and was titled after the BBC's 1999 television documentary miniseries of the same name. In the film, an underdog dinosaur named Patchi must find his courage to become the leader of his herd as well as become a hero for the ages. It was directed by Neil Nightingale and Barry Cook from a screenplay by John Collee. The production features computer-animated dinosaurs in live-action settings with actors Justin Long, John Leguizamo, Tiya Sircar, and Skyler Stone providing voice-overs for the main characters. Walking with Dinosaurs is a 2013 family film about dinosaurs set in the Late Cretaceous period, 70 million years ago.
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