The Legend of Tembo (2012) - MarketPlace - Storyboard Animatic

This is animatic was created from production boards and is representative of how it may have looked in the final film.
Young Tembo has been taken to China along with his brother, Kitchaa (a bird who believes he is an elephant). He arrives at a Chinese port and is dragged through a scary marketplace full of caged animals to be sold to a work camp.
The Legend of Tembo was to be a CG animated feature directed by Aaron Blaise about an African elephant taken by traders to be used as a weapon of war.
There were two versions of this movie during production. One version saw Tembo being taken to India from his African home. The second version saw Tembo arrive in China. This decision was largely taken due to new funding for the project coming from China and so was less a story decision as a production one. Unfortunately the movie never made it to the cinema screen and was cancelled abruptly mid production.
Storyboard by Dean Roberts, Studio Red Robin
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Music:
Dhaka MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574]

This movie looks so freaking good it boils me to my core that it got cancelled

[@ryandujumbomammutuseafrica9674]

The legend of Tembo deserves better doesn’t it

[@fauziahmdisa457]

Yes it does

[@kacmac2340]

Do you accept, if movie will be 2D Animated instead CG?

[@NajeeTechPro]

Great job making the video on The Legend of Tembo (2012) - MarketPlace - Storyboard Animatic i cant wait to see more from this and more on the smurfs

[@zzernathezebra]

I'm still disappointed we'll never get to see Tembo as a proper movie. Thanks for these animatics tho

[@kacmac2340]

I've got also some ideas for Animated movies. Would you like to know some of them?

[@daniandfriends4471]

Oh my god, I LOVED this movie as a kid. But I forgot the name, I've been trying to find it, but I just couldn't. Thank you so much for this! This is amazing!

[@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574]

Wait... you've seen this movie?! WHERE!? HOW!?

[@animalandhumanohana1919]

Brilliant, more please?

[@corbinwhiting4914]

Hell yeah zara way to beat that guy

[@YadielCastro-nn9kb]

Quisiera gue estrenatan esa pelicula se ve muy buena

[@gustavotorres-ky8km]

Coronel Hathi jajaja

[@kacmac2340]

Nice, but what would you say, if this movie will be 2D Animated instead CG?

[@ryandujumbomammutuseafrica9674]

Do more Tembo please

[@alfonzredeker6601]

Are there any more of these Tembo storyboards around?

[@kacmac2340]

Yes, of course.

[@rileyohrt7256]

Hey, I saw this storyboard in the industry guest Aaron Blaise video. And I have to ask, why do some storyboards have khan sound exactly like Butu, while others he has a completely different voice?

[@studioredrobin6865]

The voices in these storyboards are mostly 'scratch' voice artists. Not the final actors that were planned to be used in the movie. Some are simply my average acting performances.

[@rileyohrt7256]

@@studioredrobin6865 that makes sense. so what exactly was the initial cast for the film before it got the bankrupt axe?

[@ryandujumbomammutuseafrica9674]

Awesome video.

[@studioredrobin6865]

Hmm. I did draw the 'Whiskers' transformation that was used as the guide for the stop motion animation. I might still have that somewhere.

[@samaphantNovaJewelX]

What did they say about the message that I wrote to Arron Blaise

[@studioredrobin6865]

No reply from Aaron unfortunately - he is a very busy man.

[@samaphantNovaJewelX]

@@studioredrobin6865 OK I'll just wait then
Let me know if he takes a break

[@rileyohrt7256]

1:11, wait a second, is that pink calf meant to be pinkie?!

[@studioredrobin6865]

I don’t think it was but you know it could have been. I like that connection with the later story.