Animals United

Animals United
German theatrical release poster.
Directed by	Reinhard Klooss Holger Tappe
Written by	Oliver Huzly Reinhard Kloos
Based on	Die Konferenz der Tiere by Erich Kästner
Produced by	Reinhard Klooss Holger Tappe
Starring	German: Ralf Schmitz Thomas Fritsch English: James Corden Billie Piper Omid Djalili Jason Donovan Dawn French Stephen Fry Jim Broadbent Andy Serkis Vanessa Redgrave Joanna Lumley
Edited by	Alexander Dittner
Music by	David Newman
Production companies	Constantin Film Ambient Entertainment Timeless Films White Horse Pictures
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	7 October 2010 (2010-10-07)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	German English
Box office	51,8 Mio $ (worldwide)

Animals United is a 2010 German animated fantasy adventure comedy film directed and produced by Reinhard Klooss and Holger Tappe and released on 7 October 2010. The film stars Ralf Schmitz and Thomas Fritsch as a meerkat named Billy and a lion named Socrates, who go on an epic quest to discover why their river has unexpectedly dried up. It is based on the 1949 book The Animals' Conference by Erich Kästner and Walter Trier. This is the second adaptation as the first adaptation was a 2D-animated film [de], which was also the first German animated feature film to be in color that was released in 1969. The screenplay for the film was written by Oliver Huzly and Reinhard Kloos. An English-language dub version for Animals United stars an ensemble British cast, including James Corden, Stephen Fry and Andy Serkis.

A sequel, ‘’Pets United’’, was released in 2019, which exclusively brought the sequel to Netflix.