THE CALL OF THE WILD (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Harrison Ford (Blade Runner), Dan Stevens (A Walk Among The Tombstones), Omar Sy (The Intouchables), Karen Gillan (Jumanji: The Next Level), Bradley Whitford (Get Out), Colin Woodell (Unsane), Scott MacDonald (Jarhead), Carla Gee (Empire of Dirt)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch), director; Michael Green (Logan), writer; Erwin Stoff (Edge of Tomorrow), producer; John Powell (How To Train Your Dragon), composer; Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan), cinematographer; David Heinz (The Last Light) and William Hoy (War for the Planet of the Apes), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A domesticated St. Bernard/Scotch Collie dog named Buck is suddenly uprooted from his home in California and sold to freight haulers in the Yukon, where he must struggle for survival…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jack London’s classic novel gets the updated big-screen treatment courtesy of acclaimed animation director Chris Sanders, who has recruited actors like Harrison Ford to act alongside the (mostly CG) dog at the centre of it all.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2020

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