The Legend of Tembo - Battle on the Ice - Storyboard Animatic

The Legend of Tembo was to be a CG animated feature directed by Aaron Blaise about an African elephant that is taken by traders to India to be used as a weapon of war.
The film was cancelled after it ran into financial trouble mid-way in its production.
This a storyboard from the film - The two opposing armies meet high in the frozen mountains of India. The enemy's lead battle elephant is in mid fight with Tembo who has been forced to fight by his war-crazed elephant commander, Sarge. As the meleé continues on the frozen lake tembo realises he is fighting his own brother from Africa who he thought died many years earlier.
Storyboard by Dean Roberts, Studio Red Robin
All copyright Digital Domain Media Group

[@mclovins4208]

This gives me blue elephant vibes and I’m. Loving it there’s not much story’s where the elephant is the main character… let alone a war elephant… this is so awesome

[@ryandujumbomammutuseafrica9674]

I wish this movie never got cancelled

[@studioredrobin6865]

Glad everyone likes the Tembo sequence - I’ve been putting together more of my Tembo boards and they will be on the channel in the coming weeks . ( including the end of the film )

[@rileyohrt7256]

wait, really? you mean from kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYaVgqulrLuEp6M i hope so! i can't wait to see more tembo boards! and i'm also guessing you worked on the beginning of the film as well?

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

I'm glad you updated. Can you find more storyboards of Rising Son? I can't find any source of it anywhere.

[@mysteriousplayersoftankery555]

However I’ve been scouring the internet and I saw 3 not 1 but 3 vids but I forgot the website but if u look u could find it

[@evanfalvey5765]

Do you have the one where tembo arrives at the work farm and when he first arrives at the army base?

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

The music really captures the intensity.

[@ryandujumbomammutuseafrica9674]

I love how the Asian Elephants are protecting their African cousins

[@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574]

same

[@evanfalvey5765]

Is there a chance this movie can be brought back to life? Many people including myself would really like to this on the big screen.

[@paloma4444]

Thank you so mich for sharing these Tembo boards. I love this project. So sad it got cancelled.

[@Alfonzo_the_Marine_Iguana]

I used to think Kitchaa was annoying, but now I have huge respect for him.

[@Rodan727]

He was actually badass here

[@Billy-mj4]

😮😮😮Whoa, That Scene 2:48 Is Very Dark For A Family Movie😬😬😬 I Mean, That Scene Reminds Me Of The Darkest Deaths Of Villains *(Similar To Judge Claude Frollo And Clayton)*

[@rileyohrt7256]

wow! i was hoping to see this! so that's how it happened. man, was not expecting it but boy was it awesome

[@doddthedodo7435]

While I love everything else, I can't help but be a little disappointed that Tembo wasn't the one to kill Sarge, or even really put up a fight against him in defense of his brother. Idk, I just miss when family movie protagonists were allowed to directly deal the killing blow to the bad guy.

[@studioredrobin6865]

Tembo is non violent character- if he had resorted to violence he would have been the same as Sarge. Tembo is essentially the same as Ferdinand the bull. ( I worked on that too) - lots of animatics from that film here on the channel. Thanks for watching.

[@doddthedodo7435]

@@studioredrobin6865 while that is a very valid point (and no less an important message for it) I have to contest with this: Sarge was fighting for his own wounded pride, whereas Tembo in this circumstance would be fighting to save his brother - it’s not whether you resort to violence, it’s what you resort to violence FOR.

[@ineedcoffee5108]

I have high hopes for this movie to be revived one day! I still have my fingers crossed. I think either Disney or Dreamworks would pick this up and have the same people work on it. Either way i still have my hopes high for this movie and Monkeys of Mumbai (From dreamworks and was directed by Kevin Lima) is revived and released to the world! But they can release it to Netflix and Other free websites to watch! Since we have a pandemic, Watching these types of movies in your home is PERFECT! How about we spread the word and let Aaron Blaise open up a donation box for the film and bring back his studio! So he can have the money he need to work on it with his workers. I hope this gets revived by the year 2025 or 2027 (It takes a long time to animate.) I would watch this movie 500 times! And call it my top 1 favorite american movie! (My Thai cartoon is Khan Kluay 1 and 2, Aka the blue elephant and the Elephant kingdom) I still have fingers cross for this!

[@Rodan727]

Dreamworks definitely

[@ryandujumbomammutuseafrica9674]

I agree with you this movie deserves better.

[@Billy-mj4]

Sarge🐘 Reminds Of Kron From Disney's Dinosaur (2000)🦖🦕

[@SrGonzalez]

Good animation

[@federicobonizzoni5986]

God 🤬 why this project shouldn’t being cancelled this product could’ve Ben at the same level quality of the lion king and the best Pixar products or even better. But no instead it was cancelled buy the fact that the company that owned get bankrupt

[@ineedcoffee5108]

I hope Pixar or Dreamworks or some other studio picks this up, and Let the animators finish it. They could even release it to Netflix! I have high hopes for this film to be revived one day. And Monkeys of Mumbai (Directed by Kevin lima) as well. I have my fingers cross for the two films being revived one day! I can feel it.

[@Rodan727]

You think Sarge deserved it?

[@drewluczynski9609]

I don’t think it’s a matter of karma so much as tragedy. Sarge couldn’t let go of his hate, and in the end it destroyed him

[@Rodan727]

​@@drewluczynski9609I will admit, Kitcha was a badass in this scene

[@namastewrye952]

What was Sarge's problem with Tembo?

[@drewluczynski9609]

Sarge’s motivation as a villain is glory. It’s revealed in another animatic on WoodyWoodman’s site that he lost his tusk in a battle he lost badly in. So he’s kind of like Tembo in that he wanted to prove himself, only he took it to any means necessary.