100% Wolf

100% Wolf
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Directed by	Alexs Stadermann
Written by	Fin Edquist
Based on	100% Wolf by Jayne Lyons
Produced by	Alexia Gates-Foale Barbara Stephen
Starring	Jai Courtney Samara Weaving Magda Szubanski Rhys Darby Akmal Saleh Ilai Swindells Rupert Degas Jane Lynch
Cinematography	Heidy Villafane
Edited by	Simon Klaebe
Music by	Ash Gibson Greig
Production companies	Flying Bark Productions Siamese Pty Ltd.
Distributed by	STXfilms (international) Eone (Spain) Zima Entertainment (Mexico)
Release date	29 May 2020 (2020-05-29)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Australia Belgium Netherlands France Germany
Language	English
Box office	$6.7 million

100% Wolf is a 2020 Australian computer-animated adventure fantasy comedy film directed by Alexs Stadermann and produced by Alexia Gates-Foale and Barbara Stephen. It is adapted from the Jayne Lyons 2009 novel of the same name.

Plot

Freddy Lupin is the young heir to a werewolf pack that has been protecting their local town for years. When he attempts to follow his family during their nightly patrol using a magical Moonstone, he inadvertently exposes the existence of werewolves to ice-cream truck owner Foxwell Cripp, and when Freddy's father, Flashheart, tries to reassure Foxwell that he is not going to hurt him, and ends up scaring him off a cliff. Then he jumps to save the Foxwell, accidentally bumping into Freddy. Freddy ends up losing the Moonstone to Cripp and Flashheart is apparently killed when he falls off a cliff.

With Flasheart dead, Freddy's uncle Hotspur becomes the new head of the werewolf clan, starting various new policies that include an increased dog-catching presence in the town, as werewolves have had a long history of disdain for dogs. Six years later, the time comes for Freddy to experience his first wolf transformation, but despite the encouragement of long-term housekeeper Mrs Mutton, he is humiliated when he turns into a poodle instead. Faced with the disdain of his pack, Freddy is challenged to prove his wolf status by moonrise the next day or risk being banished. However, his efforts are curtailed from the beginning when Hotspur's children put a silver collar on him, preventing him turning back into human form, although he manages to escape the mansion.

Hitching a lift into town on a passing truck, Freddy decides to try and retrieve the Moonstone from Cripp, who now runs a werewolf exhibition that has been covered by anti-werewolf defenses preventing the pack from retrieving it themselves. While searching in town, Freddy befriends Batty, a stray dog also known as 'Houndini' for her ability to consistently escape the dog-catchers, offering to give her access to his mansion's supply of meat if she helps him retrieve the ring from Cripp. After Batty gives him some tips on how to be more dog, she leads him to Cripp's exhibition. Freddy is briefly caught and examined by Cripp, but Batty is able to help him escape. Learning about Batty's past, when she was put out of a petshop after nobody bought her, Freddy plans to help her, but they are caught by the dogcatchers and sent to the Coldfax dog pound before he can do anything.

Meanwhile, Cripp recognises the Lupin family crest from Freddy's silver collar, and is able to acquire a hair sample from Hotspur to confirm his suspicions. Hotspur visits the dog pound and retrieves the Moonstone, but decides to leave Freddy there so that he can become the official pack leader. In a cell with the temperamental Twitchy, the zen-style Hamish, and Bruno, who can only say "ball", Freddy accidentally admits his werewolf heritage, thus straining his companionship with Batty, but after an escape attempt goes wrong, he takes the blame to save the dogs and is sent to a pit with 'the Beast', an unknown monster that supposedly eats dogs.

As Hotspur prepares to implement his plan along with the pound's Commander to turn all the captured stray dogs into wigs, Freddy learns that the 'Beast' is actually his father; Flasheart was captured by the dog-catchers after he was injured by the fall, with Hotspur leaving him in Coldfax with a silver bracelet to keep him trapped in his wolf state. Batty, who after Freddy's sacrifice is now forgiving and convinced to rescue him, and the other dogs are able to escape into the vents and help Freddy free his father. Mrs Mutton manages to track Freddy to the pound, she and Twitchy remaining to keep the Commander occupied and destroy the wig-making machine respectively.

Freddy leads Flasheart and the dogs home to confront Hotspur, which also allows Freddy to return to human form after they are able to remove his silver collar. Their attempt to confront Hotspur is intercepted by Cripp, who attacks the other wolves with a mass of silver concentrate, but Freddy is able to stop Cripp's attack when he reveals that (contrary to Cripp's expectations) the wolves didn't kill him as a child. Having evaded Cripp's initial attack, Hotspur tries to attack while the other wolves are weakened by the silver, but the dogs are able to get the wolves to safety while Freddy lures his uncle to the mansion roof. Transforming back into a poodle in the moonlight and accepting his form, Freddy lets out a loud roar to affirm his status as an alpha wolf, sending Hotspur falling back into the mansion and affirming his failure as a leader.

Sometime later, Freddy's reflections reveal that not only have werewolves and dogs gotten on better terms, but the pack has also opened the mansion up to all dogs, with Hotspur and his children reduced to dog-walkers and picking up after the mutts, while Cripp is an accepted part of life at the mansion and Batty being Freddy's particular pet/friend. Meanwhile, the Commander has been arrested and Coldfax is presumably shut down. Flasheart has returned to his old role as pack leader, but assures Freddy that he is proud of him and believes he will be a good leader when the time comes.

Cast

• Ilai Swindells as Freddy Lupin
• Magda Szubanski as Mrs. Mutton
• Rhys Darby as Foxwell Cripp
• Akmal Saleh as Hamish
• Samara Weaving as Batty
• Jai Courtney as Flasheart
• Jane Lynch as the Commander
• Rupert Degas as Hotspur
• Loren Gray as Twitchy
• Michael Bourchier as Lord Hightail
• Kate Hall as Lady Hightail
• Adriane Daff as Harriet
• Liam Graham as Chariot
• Alexs Stadermann as Cerberus
• Jerra Wright Smith as Young Freddy

Reception

100% Wolf earned a total of $6.7 million worldwide.

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 67% based on reviews from 15 critics.

TV series

A 26-episode TV series spin-off, known as 100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone, screened on ABC ME from 28 December 2020.

Voice Cast

• Ilai Swindells: Freddy Lupin/Red Jagger/Wayne
• Elizabeth Nabben: Batty/Cherry/Lady Hightail/Sanctum Security System/Ruby Jagger/Twitchy/Officer Kelly/Cybil/Jane/Donna
• William Cottle: Ivan Beowulf/Winslow Spectre/Sminch/Mutt/Officer Brett/Jayden
• Victoria Zerbst: Aggie Bean/Wendy Smersh/Sid (Doom Wolf)/White Wilderwolf
• Lottie Guntank: Kitty Nguyen
• Sam Alhaje: Omar Omari
• Raechelle Banno: Scarlet Jagger/Doris/Beatrice Beefcheek
• Kelly Butler: Principal Pincus/Granny Jagger
• Peter McAllum: Flasheart Lupin/Hotspur Lupin/Harlin Lupin/Baxter/Dogcatcher 1
• Anni Finsterer: Mrs Mutton
• Rupert Degas: Lord Hightail/Maurice/Mr Gunnolf/The Doog/Claude Pawsley/Hans Beowulf/Wuffles/Kenjo/
  Johnny (Doom Wolf)/Dogcatcher 2/Bruno/Fergus
• Aleks Mikic: Ric Rawls (Alpha One)/Jeff/Bingo Caller/Eustace/Billy (Doom Wolf)
• Cam Ralph: Garth
• Jana Cruz: Grandma Omari
• Rachel House: Ms Afeaki
• Tess Meyer: Felicity Hazzard
• Jacquie Trowell: The Commander

Additional Voices: Elizabeth Nabben, Peter McAllum, Aleks Mikic, Elise Humphreys, Rupert Degas, Victoria Zerbst

Plot: Freddy may be a poodle, but he has the heart of a wolf, and he's going to prove it by graduating from the werewolf-only Howlington Academy.

Season One

Episode 01: Night Of The Poodle - Freddy Lupin manages to convince the pack elders to let him sit Howlington Academy's entrance test. Freddy must use all his poodle wits (and his best friend Batty's help) to win a place at the historically wolf-only academy.

Episode 02: Welcome To Howlington - It's the first day of school, and Freddy immediately comes into conflict with bully Ivan, who blackmails him into stealing the sacred moonstone! But when Batty is exposed to the moonstone, she's turned into a human girl.

Episode 03: The Golden Horn - Freddy attempts to teach Batty how to be human while searching for a cure for her new human form. A class assignment to capture the mysterious "Golden Horn" and prove who the alpha wolf is goes awry when a wilderwolf attacks.

Episode 04: The Accountant - Freddy becomes convinced that there's a wilderwolf at Howlington and launches a daring investigation to prove that it's the school accountant, Mr Sminch. Howlington gets a new teacher, the super cool and charming Ric Rawls.

Episode 05: The Fleaminator - The kids are struck down by a flea infestation, and Freddy and Batty are tasked with tracking down the mysterious Doog, keeper of the Fleaminator, the most powerful flea treatment known to dog, before they're all expelled.

Episode 06: Wolf Hunter - The kids head out on their first excursion to Night Patrol HQ. Freddy gets pulled into Scarlet's world as she gets closer to the truth about werewolves and the two bond when they get stuck in the forest while tracking a wolf.

Episode 07: Howloween - It's Howloween, and Howlington is on lockdown. But when the students stage a play that goes wrong and the lockdown is disrupted, it will be up to the kids to save the grown ups from themselves - including Principal Pincus.

Episode 08: Doom and Rune - Freddy and Ivan have failed their runes exam and have to do it over - or they won't be allowed to attend the Doom Wolves concert. But their study session ends up putting themselves, and the Doom Wolves, in grave danger.

Episode 09: Camping Trip - Ms Afeaki leads the students on a camping trip, but when Scarlet and her family turn up on their own camping trip, Freddy and Scarlet's granny end up cornered by wilderwolves and will need the whole class's help to escape.

Episode 10: Beatrice Beefcheek - The real Beatrice Beefcheek arrives at Howlington, and Batty is exposed - and expelled! Freddy has to bring Batty back, figure out how to convince Pincus to let her stay, and avoid a wilderwolf who seems to be after him!

Episode 11: Cherry - When the wilderwolf hunting Freddy is exposed as Cherry, and sentenced to be defanged for her crimes, Freddy tries to prove that she can be reformed. Scarlet meets two other young wolfhunters who take a different approach.

Episode 12: The Hunt - Scarlet's parents reveal that they're werewolf hunters. When they catch the elusive pink poodle (aka Freddy) Scarlet's commitment to the cause is tested and the Howlington kids have to rescue him from the hunters' den.

Episode 13: Alpha One - Alpha One, the leader of the wilderwolves, leads the Night Patrol straight into a werewolf-hunter trap. Freddy is wrongfully expelled from Howlington after the council blames him - and his friendship with Scarlet - for the disaster.

Episode 14: The New Order - Desperate to get back into Howlington, Freddy enlists the help of a much-changed Principal Pincus, while Ric proves himself an unorthodox replacement principle at Howlington.

Episode 15: Runaway Jane - Ric enters the Howlington kids in an inter-school obstacle course competition, but the competition is interrupted by the search for a missing toddler.

Episode 16: Tomb of the Wilderwolf King - Ric sets the kids a task - find a secret door hidden in the school, and get first dibs on the treasure that’s hidden inside!

Episode 17: Angelique Champs - Hotspur assumes the role of acting principal at Howlington - and sells the school to celebrity chef Angelique Champs to turn into her newest restaurant!

Episode 18: The Moonstone Cub - It’s Howlington’s annual Moonstone Cub games, where the students compete in carnival-style challenges for a chance to touch the Moonstone and feel its power.

Episode 19: Chubsy - A magical mishap causes the students to create a brand new were-creature, and brings Health and Safety Inspector Vance Vandeguard to the school.

Episode 20: Monster Movie Night - When Scarlet’s parents decide to leave Milford, Freddy and the other kids stage a fake werewolf sighting to keep them in town!

Episode 21: The Uberwolf - The kids try to track down Ivan, who’s run away from school in possession of the moonstone, while also attending their first day of work placement!

External links

• 100% Wolf at IMDb