Rock Dog

Rock Dog is a 2016 Chinese-American computer-animated comedy movie produced by Mandoo Pictures and Huayi Brothers. The movie is directed by Ash Brannon, written by Brannon and Kurt Voelker, based on the Chinese graphic novel Tibetan Rock Dog by Zheng Jun.

Plot

When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.

Cast

• Luke Wilson as Bodi
• J. K. Simmons as Khampa
• Eddie Izzard as Angus Scattergood
• Lewis Black as Linnux
• Sam Elliott as Fleetwood Yak
• Kenan Thompson as Riff
• Mae Whitman as Darma
• Jorge Garcia as Germur
• Matt Dillon as Trey

Crew

• Matthew Bates … character design by
• Peter DeSeve … additional character design by

Release Dates

Country	Premiere
China	15 June 2016 (Shanghai International Film Festival)
	8 July 2016
South Korea	14 September 2016
United Kingdom	8 October 2016 (London Film Festival)
Israel	13 October 2016
Italy	1 December 2016
United Arab Emirates	10 December 2016 (Dubai International Film Festival)
Argentina	16 February 2017
Chile	23 February 2017
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Honduras
Kuwait
Nicaragua
Peru
El Salvador
Uruguay
Romania	24 February 2017
United States
Colombia	2 March 2017
Croatia
Portugal
Bulgaria	3 March 2017
Mexico
South Africa
Hungary	9 March 2017
Singapore
Turkey	10 March 2017
Cyprus	20 April 2017
Greece
Ukraine	27 April 2017
Latvia	1 May 2017
Brazil	4 May 2017
Georgia
Estonia	12 May 2017
Lithuania
France	14 June 2017 (Annecy International Animation Film Festival)
United Kingdom	16 June 2017
Ireland
India	7 July 2017
Poland	14 July 2017
Australia	12 September 2017
Canada	17 October 2017 (DVD and Blu-ray premiere)
Sweden	27 November 2017 (DVD premiere)
France	6 February 2018 (DVD and Blu-ray premiere)
Japan	14 July 2018
France	23 June 2019
Fiji	7 December 2019

Other websites

• Rock Dog on IMDb
• Rock Dog at AllMovie
• Rock Dog at Rotten Tomatoes
• Rock Dog at Metacritic