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Upon returning to Kilkenny, Robyn attempts to return to her human body, but is drawn to the Lord Protector’s manor. Evading guards and townspeople, Bill amongst them, Robyn infiltrates the manor, where she finds Moll. Moll tells Robyn to instruct Mebh to leave the woods with the pack, as they are no longer safe there. Unable to free Moll, Robyn manages to evade the Lord Protector and return to her human form just as Bill returns home. The Lord Protector gives Bill one last chance to rid the forest of the wolves lest he be demoted as a footsoldier in his army, and assures the townspeople he can tame the wolf he’s captured, and by extension, nature itself. Robyn’s pleas to let Moll go and declaring her a wolfwalker fall on deaf ears, the Lord Protector deeming it “pagan nonsense.”
Upon returning to Kilkenny, Robyn attempts to return to her human body, but is drawn to the Lord Protector’s manor. Evading guards and townspeople, Bill amongst them, Robyn infiltrates the manor, where she finds Moll. Moll tells Robyn to instruct Mebh to leave the woods with the pack, as they are no longer safe there. Unable to free Moll, Robyn manages to evade the Lord Protector and return to her human form just as Bill returns home. The Lord Protector gives Bill one last chance to rid the forest of the wolves lest he be demoted as a footsoldier in his army, and assures the townspeople he can tame the wolf he’s captured, and by extension, nature itself. Robyn’s pleas to let Moll go and declaring her a wolfwalker fall on deaf ears, the Lord Protector deeming it “pagan nonsense.”


Fearing separation from each other, Robyn and Bill tend to their usual duties. Mebh, waiting for Robyn to return on a promise from the previous night, infiltrates Kilkenny herself. She finds Robyn, who attempts to relay Moll’s message about leaving with the pack, but Mebh, hurt by Robyn’s refusal to help rescue her mother, resolves to do so alone. Mebh and Robyn then watch the Lord Protector present a muzzled and chained Moll to the townspeople. An enraged Mebh storms the stage to free her, and when Bill tries restraining her, Moll breaks the muzzle and bites his arm. Moll is put back into the cage, forcing Mebh to flee, but promises to return with her pack to rescue her mother. The Lord Protector orders Bill to kill Moll before setting off with his army to wage war against the wolves. Robyn protects Moll from Bill before freeing her and reuniting her with Mebh before she and her pack can attack Kilkenny, earning Mebh’s forgiveness.
Fearing separation from each other, Robyn and Bill tend to their usual duties. Mebh, waiting for Robyn to return on a promise from the previous night, infiltrates Kilkenny herself. She finds Robyn, who attempts to relay Moll’s message about leaving with the pack, but Mebh, hurt by Robyn’s refusal to help rescue her mother, resolves to do so alone. Mebh and Robyn then watch the Lord Protector present a muzzled and chained Moll to the townspeople. An enraged Mebh storms the stage to free her, and when Bill tries restraining her, Moll breaks the muzzle and bites his arm. Moll is put back in the cage, forcing Mebh to flee, but promises to return with her pack to rescue her mother. The Lord Protector orders Bill to kill Moll before setting off with his army to wage war against the wolves. Robyn protects Moll from Bill before freeing her and reuniting her with Mebh before she and her pack can attack Kilkenny, earning Mebh’s forgiveness.


Bill arrives and shoots Moll in the chest, fearful for Robyn’s safety, and witnesses Moll’s wolf form turning into a spirit and leave to return to her human form in the den, Mebh and the wolves following it. Robyn transforms into her wolf form and follows just before the Lord Protector and his army arrive and begin razing the forest. As Mebh works to heal a grievously wounded Moll, she has her pack follow Robyn, who leads them to attack the army to keep them from reaching Mebh and Moll. Mebh summons Robyn and her pack back, realizing she needs them present to heal Moll, though the blast from a cannon attack causes Robyn to get left behind. Robyn thwarts another cannon attack aimed at the den, getting injured as a result. Before the Lord Protector can kill her, Bill, due to Moll’s bite, becomes a wolfwalker, and attacks the Lord Protector in his wolf form. Bill, with help from Robyn in her human form, overpowers the Lord Protector and holds him with his teeth over the edge of a cliff above a waterfall. Realizing the bite will make himself a wolfwalker, the Lord Protector resigns to his fate and willingly plunges himself into the jagged rocks below.
Bill arrives and shoots Moll in the chest, fearful for Robyn’s safety, and witnesses Moll’s wolf form turning into a spirit and leave to return to her human form in the den, Mebh and the wolves following it. Robyn transforms into her wolf form and follows just before the Lord Protector and his army arrive and begin razing the forest. As Mebh works to heal a grievously wounded Moll, she has her pack follow Robyn, who leads them to attack the army to keep them from reaching Mebh and Moll. Mebh summons Robyn and her pack back, realizing she needs them present to heal Moll, though the blast from a cannon attack causes Robyn to get left behind. Robyn thwarts another cannon attack aimed at the den, getting injured as a result. Before the Lord Protector can kill her, Bill, due to Moll’s bite, becomes a wolfwalker, and attacks the Lord Protector in his wolf form. Bill, with help from Robyn in her human form, overpowers the Lord Protector and holds him with his teeth over the edge of a cliff above a waterfall. Realizing the bite will make himself a wolfwalker, the Lord Protector resigns to his fate and willingly plunges himself into the jagged rocks below.
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The film debuted on [[Apple TV+]] on 11 December, and was later released theatrically in France on 16 December by Haut et Court.<ref name="animag-wolfwalkers" /><ref name="cartoon-brew-2020" />
The film debuted on [[Apple TV+]] on 11 December, and was later released theatrically in France on 16 December by Haut et Court.<ref name="animag-wolfwalkers" /><ref name="cartoon-brew-2020" />

=== Re-release ===
On June 25, 2021


==Reception==
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==Future==
===Sequel===
{{Main|Untitled Wolfwalkers 2 sequel|Untitled Wolfwalkers 3 sequel}}

No sequel has been announced yet.

The fans wanted to know Do you think Wolfwalkers needs a sequel? Because fans didn't know where are Robyn, Mebh, Bill, and Moll then travel with their pack to find a new home. When are they going to find there new home. You have to interview with Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart to planned to make Wolfwalkers 2 and Wolfwalkers 3 for 150 minutes for them to have new Directors in United States and Ireland to have Wolfwalkers sequels to put based on the characters of Wolfwalkers created by Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart, so just give them a messages to interview them Please give them messages to interview with Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Have Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart to talks about the Wolfwalkers sequel.


==References==
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Wolfwalkers
U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay byWill Collins[1][2]
Story by
  • Tomm Moore
  • Ross Stewart
Produced by
Starring
Edited by
Music by
Production
companies
Release dates
  • 12 September 2020 (2020-09-12) (TIFF)[2]
  • 2 December 2020 (2020-12-02) (Ireland)[4]
  • 11 December 2020 (2020-12-11) (Apple TV+)[1]
  • 16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) (France)[5]
Running time
103 minutes[6][2][5]
Countries
  • Ireland
  • Luxembourg
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • France[6][2][7][3]
LanguageEnglish[2]
Box office$229,041[8]

Wolfwalkers is a 2020 animated fantasy adventure film directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart.[1][10][3] The film is the third installment in Moore's "Irish Folklore Trilogy", following his previous films The Secret of Kells (2009) and Song of the Sea (2014).[11] An international co-production[6][2][7][3] led by Cartoon Saloon and Mélusine Productions,[1][3] the film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12[12] and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on October 26,[13] in the United States and Canada on November 13,[14] and in Ireland on December 2.[4] It was released digitally on Apple TV+ on December 11.[5][15][16] It received widespread universal acclaim from critics, who praised the animation, emotional depth, performances and characters.

Plot

In 1650 Ireland, the residents of the town of Kilkenny are working to clear the nearby woods for farming under orders from the authoritative Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, putting them at odds with a wolf pack living there. English hunter Bill Goodfellowe, with his young rebellious daughter Robyn, has been summoned to Kilkenny by the Lord Protector to exterminate the wolves to stop their interference with the woodcutters' work. Disliking the confining nature of Kilkenny and wanting to help Bill, Robyn sneaks out of the town one day to follow him with her pet falcon, Merlyn. After accidentally shooting Merlyn with her crossbow while attempting to kill a wolf attacking a shepherd and his flock, Robyn watches as a mysterious girl takes Merlyn with her back into the woods with the retreating wolves. The Lord Protector scolds Robyn for not working in his scullery and gives Bill two days to kill the wolves.

As she is escorted back to town by the Lord Protector’s guards, Robyn manages to sneak away back into the woods. Upon finding Merlyn, miraculously healed, she is approached by a young wolf, causing her to stumble into a trap. As the wolf frees Robyn, she tries to attack it, causing the wolf to bite her arm. Merlyn and the wolf lead Robyn to the wolves’ den, where she finds the wolf is the same mysterious girl from earlier. The girl, Mebh, a “wolfwalker”, magically heals Robyn’s wound “before it’s too late.” The two girls get to know more about each other, and quickly bond over their desires of freedom. Robyn also learns Mebh’s wolfwalker mother, Moll, has not yet returned in her search for a new home for her pack. Robyn tries convincing Bill of the existence of wolfwalkers and how they can be a nonviolent way to rid the woods of the wolves, but Bill ignores her, upset by her disobeying the Lord Protector’s orders.

The next morning, while working her first day in the scullery, she is drawn into the Lord Protector’s chambers by a mysterious voice as well as the wolfwalker magic residing in her bitten arm, discovering a large concealed cage, though is quickly ushered out by the head maid. That night, while she sleeps, Robyn finds her soul has left her body and transformed into a wolf, thus making her a wolfwalker herself, forcing her to flee Kilkenny. Returning to the woods, Mebh, ecstatic to learn of Robyn’s transformation, helps Robyn get accustomed to her new form, including her heightened sense of smell, sound, and speed.

Upon returning to Kilkenny, Robyn attempts to return to her human body, but is drawn to the Lord Protector’s manor. Evading guards and townspeople, Bill amongst them, Robyn infiltrates the manor, where she finds Moll. Moll tells Robyn to instruct Mebh to leave the woods with the pack, as they are no longer safe there. Unable to free Moll, Robyn manages to evade the Lord Protector and return to her human form just as Bill returns home. The Lord Protector gives Bill one last chance to rid the forest of the wolves lest he be demoted as a footsoldier in his army, and assures the townspeople he can tame the wolf he’s captured, and by extension, nature itself. Robyn’s pleas to let Moll go and declaring her a wolfwalker fall on deaf ears, the Lord Protector deeming it “pagan nonsense.”

Fearing separation from each other, Robyn and Bill tend to their usual duties. Mebh, waiting for Robyn to return on a promise from the previous night, infiltrates Kilkenny herself. She finds Robyn, who attempts to relay Moll’s message about leaving with the pack, but Mebh, hurt by Robyn’s refusal to help rescue her mother, resolves to do so alone. Mebh and Robyn then watch the Lord Protector present a muzzled and chained Moll to the townspeople. An enraged Mebh storms the stage to free her, and when Bill tries restraining her, Moll breaks the muzzle and bites his arm. Moll is put back in the cage, forcing Mebh to flee, but promises to return with her pack to rescue her mother. The Lord Protector orders Bill to kill Moll before setting off with his army to wage war against the wolves. Robyn protects Moll from Bill before freeing her and reuniting her with Mebh before she and her pack can attack Kilkenny, earning Mebh’s forgiveness.

Bill arrives and shoots Moll in the chest, fearful for Robyn’s safety, and witnesses Moll’s wolf form turning into a spirit and leave to return to her human form in the den, Mebh and the wolves following it. Robyn transforms into her wolf form and follows just before the Lord Protector and his army arrive and begin razing the forest. As Mebh works to heal a grievously wounded Moll, she has her pack follow Robyn, who leads them to attack the army to keep them from reaching Mebh and Moll. Mebh summons Robyn and her pack back, realizing she needs them present to heal Moll, though the blast from a cannon attack causes Robyn to get left behind. Robyn thwarts another cannon attack aimed at the den, getting injured as a result. Before the Lord Protector can kill her, Bill, due to Moll’s bite, becomes a wolfwalker, and attacks the Lord Protector in his wolf form. Bill, with help from Robyn in her human form, overpowers the Lord Protector and holds him with his teeth over the edge of a cliff above a waterfall. Realizing the bite will make himself a wolfwalker, the Lord Protector resigns to his fate and willingly plunges himself into the jagged rocks below.

Robyn and Bill return to the den and help Mebh and the pack revive Moll, and accept her invitation to stay with them and embrace their new identities as wolfwalkers. Robyn, Mebh, Bill, and Moll set off with their pack to search for a new home, riding in a wagon drawn by the Lord Protector’s horse. Bill puts a flower in Moll’s hair and Mebh and Robyn fall asleep in the back, their wolf forms running through the trees.

Voice cast

  • Honor Kneafsey as Robyn Goodfellowe, a young apprentice hunter and Bill's daughter.
  • Eva Whittaker as Mebh Óg MacTíre, an adventurous wolfwalker and Moll's daughter.
  • Sean Bean as Bill Goodfellowe, a hunter and Robyn's father.
  • Simon McBurney as Oliver Cromwell, "The Lord Protector"
  • Maria Doyle Kennedy as Moll MacTíre, a wolfwalker, the alpha leader of the wolf pack and Mebh's mother.
  • Tommy Tiernan as Seán Óg Woodcutter, a woodcutter who believes in the existence of the wolfwalkers after they heal him.
  • Jon Kenny as Ned "Stringy Woodcutter"
  • John Morton as Stumpy Woodcutter
  • Paul Young as Sheep Farmer
  • Nora Twomey as Bridget, the head maid in the Lord Protector's scullery.
  • Oliver McGrath as Padraig, a young bully in the town of Kilkenny.
  • Niamh Moyles as Fishmonger

Production

On September 8, 2018, Apple acquired Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart's Wolfwalkers from a script by Will Collins.[17] The film is an original concept that was created by Moore and Stewart, and its animation uses a unique 2D style alternating between a woodblock aesthetic and loose expressive line work.[15][16]

Music

Moore's frequent collaborators, Bruno Coulais and folk group Kíla, provided the film's original score.[18] Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora contributes to the soundtrack, with a new version of her already-released single "Running with the Wolves".

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September.[19][20]

It was released theatrically on 26 October the same year by Wildcard Distribution in the United Kingdom[13] and on 13 November by GKIDS in the United States and Canada.[14]

Child Film distributes it in Japan and Value & Power Culture Communications will distribute in China.[19][20]

The theatrical release in Ireland was planned for the same day as the UK but delayed until later in the year due to the enforced closure of cinemas across the country because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] It was instead released on 2 December.[4]

The film debuted on Apple TV+ on 11 December, and was later released theatrically in France on 16 December by Haut et Court.[15][16]

Re-release

On June 25, 2021

Reception

Box office

As of December 2020, Wolfwalkers has earned $229,041 at the global box office.[8] It's U.S. Domestic gross has not yet been revealed.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, 99% of 137 reviews are positive for the film, and the average rating is 8.60/10. Critics consensus on the website reads, "A mesmerizing Celtic-inspired adventure, Wolfwalkers offers an epic ethereal fantasy matched by profound philosophies and stellar voice work."[21] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 28 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[22]

Sam Adams of Slate called this the best animated movie of the year to date, noting some weakness in mismatched tone but writing at length about the beauty and technical ability of the animation.[23] Peter Debruge of Variety wrote: "In the decade since "Kells," it’s not just the technological advances that make Moore's latest so impressive, but the rapidly changing cultural conversations as well. He brings everything together by borrowing from timeless visual influences, leaving audiences with another stunning artwork for the ages."[3]

Accolades

Metacritic summarized various critics end of year top lists, and ranked Wolfwalkers in 24th place overall.[24]

Year Award Category Recipients(s) Result Ref.
2020 AFI Festival Narrative Feature Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart Won
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Animated Film Wolfwalkers Runner-up [25]
Boston Online Film Critics Association Best Animated Film Won [26]
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Animated Film Won [27]
Chicago Indie Critics Awards Best Animated Film Nominated [28]
Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Animated Movie Pending [29]
Best Voice Actress in an Animated Movie Honor Kneafsey Pending
Eva Whittaker Pending
Florida Film Critics Circle Best Animated Film Wolfwalkers Runner-up [30]
Gotham Awards Best International Feature Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young, Nora Twomey and Stéphan Roelants Pending [31]
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Best Animated Film Wolfwalkers Won [32]
Indiana Film Journalists Association Best Animated Film Runner-up [33]
Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance Sean Bean Runner-up
Music City Film Critics Association Best Animated Film Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart Pending [34]
New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Animated Film Wolfwalkers Won [35]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Won [36]

Future

Sequel

No sequel has been announced yet.

The fans wanted to know Do you think Wolfwalkers needs a sequel? Because fans didn't know where are Robyn, Mebh, Bill, and Moll then travel with their pack to find a new home. When are they going to find there new home. You have to interview with Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart to planned to make Wolfwalkers 2 and Wolfwalkers 3 for 150 minutes for them to have new Directors in United States and Ireland to have Wolfwalkers sequels to put based on the characters of Wolfwalkers created by Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart, so just give them a messages to interview them Please give them messages to interview with Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Have Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart to talks about the Wolfwalkers sequel.

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