Lionsgate has released a new official trailer for the animated Rock Dog, in which Luke Wilson voices a dog who wants to rock. Specifically, he wants to play guitar, but he comes from a line of Tibetan Mastiffs that live on a mountain and his father (voiced by J.K. Simmons) forbids music. The rock-loving dog heads to the city to make it big. The synopsis below goes into much greater detail.
The voice talent also includes Eddie Izzard, Lewis Black, Kenan Thompson, Mae Whitman, Jorge Garcia, Matt Dillon, and Sam Elliot as Fleetwood Yak. Again, that’s Sam Elliot as Fleetwood Yak.
Rock Dog will be released in theaters on February 24th, 2017.
For the Tibetan Mastiffs living on Snow Mountain, a dog’s life has a simple riff: Guard a peaceful village of wool-making sheep from the thuggish wolf Linnux (Lewis Black) and his rabid pack. To avoid distractions, Mastiff leader Khampa (J.K. Simmons) forbids all music from the mountain. But when Khampa’s son Bodi (Luke Wilson) discovers a radio dropped by a passing airplane, it takes just a few guitar licks for his fate to be sealed: Bodi wants to be a rock ‘n’ roll star. Yet that means defying his father’s wishes, heading to the city, and locating the legendary – and reclusive – musician Angus Scattergood (Eddie Izzard), who needs to write a new song and fast.
If Bodi can put a band together, help Angus with his song, and defeat the wolves’ plot to take Snow Mountain, his life will be in tune. Bodi will become what he’s always dreamed of being: More than a dog … more than a Rock God… he’ll be a ROCK DOG!
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