Plot Ī theatrically-minded pet chameleon becomes stranded in the Mojave Desert of Nevada after his terrarium accidentally falls out of his owners' car.
At the 84th Academy Awards, the film won Best Animated Feature, making it the first non- Disney or Pixar film to win since 2006's Happy Feet, and the last one to win until 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
The film was both a major critical and commercial success, grossing $245.7 million against a budget of $135 million. Rango premiered at Westwood on February 14, 2011, and was released in the United States on March 4, 2011. Rango was produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Verbinski's Blind Wink Productions, and King's GK Films, and distributed by Paramount Pictures, with the animation provided by Industrial Light & Magic. The film's plot centers on Rango (Depp), a pet chameleon who accidentally ends up in the town of Dirt, an outpost that is in desperate need of a new sheriff. Carls, the film stars the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Stephen Root, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, and Timothy Olyphant.
Co-produced by Verbinski with Graham King and John B. Rango is a 2011 American animated Western comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay by John Logan.
