Fire Bear
By Robin Rowe
In this charming animated feature adventure, somewhere in tone
between Disney's The Jungle Book and DreamWork's Shrek, a young
black bear finds redemption fighting forest fires.
Fango is a juvenile black bear who cuts bear school to hang
out with his friends. After accidentally starting a fire, Fango
finds himself in real trouble with the law. Banished forever by
the Bear Council, Fango vows to start a new life in Alaska. However,
after years of cutting school, Fango has no wilderness skills.
A mockingbird Lang befriends him on the trail as Fango's "native
guide". They embark on a great adventure and friendship.
In Alaska, Fango is rescued from some tough grizzly bears by Ranger
Joan. Fango starts learning how to fight forest fires from her.
Fango returns home and proves himself by saving the black bears
from a big forest fire.
This project is in development. There's a completed draft of
the feature-length screenplay. Concept art, storyboards and a
3-minute animated short teaser are being created.
Selected Story Highlights
- The Forest - day
Juvenile black bears Fango and friends play
but should be
in school.
- Bear School - day
Fango's little sister Rain is a good student.
- Fango's tree house - night
Fango plays with stolen matches from picnic basket
Fire!
- From a nearby hill - night
Tree house burns down. Fango succeeds in stopping fire from spreading.
- Judgment Rock - morning
Fango found guilty of playing with fire. Banished by Black Bear
Council of the Cascades.
- On the trail to Alaska - day
Fango meets the mockingbird "Screaming Eagle" Lang.
Lang guides Fango.
- The berry bush - day
Battle with the blackbirds for berries.
- Alaska - night
End of the trail: Lang abandons Fango.
- Forest - day
Tough grizzlies want to fight. Firefighting instructor Ranger
Joan rescues Fango.
- Ranger Station - night
Fango seeks shelter from thunderstorm.
- Ranger Station - morning
Ranger Joan teaches Fango the rules of fighting fires
- Forest - day
Lang returns. Fango puts out smoldering tree. Arrested by grizzlies
for playing with fire.
- Grizzly amphitheater - day
Guilty! Fango paroled, recruited as firefighting instructor to
teach in grizzly bear school
- Ranger Station - morning
Ranger Joan leaves Alaska.Fango misses Joan and misses his family.
- Train Tracks - day
Fango travels home with Lang and grizzly fire team by hopping
freight train.
- Cascades Forest - day
Fango and grizzlies arrive just in time for Rain's birthday party.
Told to leave by black bears.
- Cascades Forest - continuous
A big fire nearby! Black bears don't know how to fight fires.
Run for your lives!
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Fango and grizzlies running toward the fire to fight the blaze,
tell black bears to help.
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Urged by Rain, black bears join the fight to save their homes
- Cascades Forest - continuous
All bears fighting the blaze, but it's too big!
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Fango sends Rain for help. Get a ranger!
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Bears continue to fight the fire, being pushed back, the wind
is picking up
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Rain finds a ranger, has Lassie moment convincing him to come
with her
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Ranger sees big fire, radios for help. Calling all rangers!
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Rain and ranger on ground, ranger fire fighters in helicopter
with hotspot team leader Ranger Joan, and television helicopter
news crew all converge on fire.
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Wind shifts! Fire turns and rolls over Fango and grizzlies. Black
bears horrified! Fango and grizzlies must be dead!
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Singed, Fango and the fire team emerge from smoke and rejoin
the fight. Cheers from black bears.
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Humans arrive. Wild bears are in the way! Do we shoot them?
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Ranger Joan reunited with Fango. Bears and humans fight fire
together
- Cascades Forest - continuous
Amazed TV journalist reports bears fighting the blaze.
- Cascades Forest - day
Fire out, celebration!
- Freighter - morning
Fango, Lang and grizzlies return to Alaska by freighter.
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Created June 20, 2009. Updated June
20, 2009