Wolves Can Dance

Wolves Can Dance is a 2015 American hand-drawn animated musical comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures and Paramount Animation. It was released on March 25, 2015. Wolves Can Dance is inspired by Warner Bros.' Cats Don't Dance(while trying to be its own thing)., but the animation resembles Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants and Paramount Cartoon Studios cartoons. Also, it is directed by Alan Smart.

Summary
The film follows an anthropomorphic teenage wolf named Ryan, who is going to Hollywood to become a star. He meets the animals as new friends such as, Howler (an arctic wolf), Betty (a collie), Lumpy (a greyhound), Duckie (a duck), Lilly (a hen), Brick (a fly) and Fuzzy (a black bear). Ryan is also meeting a young child actor Lucy Pickles, who becomes a wicked villainess with her pet bulldog named Shake. She tries to beat the wolf's dreams from coming true. So, Ryan is going to dance and sing while protecting his career.

Plot
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Cast

 * Jack Plotnick as Ryan Wolf, a 17-years-old gray wolf, who becomes a moviestar in Hollywood. He is also a dancer and a singer. Ryan is wearing a straw hat with blue stripe around it, a blue bowtie, a green vest with yellow triangles on it and blue pants. He has gray fur, light gray snout, light gray patch on his torso, light gray tail end on his tail, blue eyes and light gray paws. Ryan is just a friendly, comical wolf. He was created by Mordecai Drummond (concept art only), Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor (final redesign).
 * Demi Lovato as Howler Wolf, a 16-years-old arctic wolf. She is Ryan's love interest.
 * Shelby Rabara as Lucy Pickles, a young child actress, who tries to take over Ryan's dreams.
 * TBD as Shake, a bulldog who
 * TBD as Betty Collie, a collie who
 * TBD as Lumpy Greyhound, a greyhound who
 * TBD as Duckie Duck, a duck who
 * TBD as Lilly Hen, a hen who
 * TBD as Brick Fly, a fly who
 * TBD as Fuzzy Bear, a black bear who

Animation
The animation of the film was outsourced to Rough Draft Studios. Also, it was made by hand-drawn animation software, Pencil 2D.

Trivia

 * The film serves as a semi-remake of Cats Don't Dance, but with several bits from the Noveltoons cartoons and SpongeBob SquarePants.
 * Wolves Can Dance shares the animation style from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
 * Unlike Cats Don't Dance, this film is set in the modern era instead of the 1920s.