Alpha 2018

Movie · 96 min · Fictional language · August 17, 2018

Directed by Hughes brothersWritten by Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt

Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Chuck, Natassia Malthe, Marcin Kowalczyk

Alpha represents a 2018 American prehistoric adventure film directed by Albert Hughes and written by Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt, based on a story by Hughes. The movie features Kodi Smit-McPhee as a young hunter who meets and bonds with an injured wolf during the last ice age, alongside Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as his father. That wolf named Alpha is portrayed by Chuck, a Czechoslovakian Wolfdog. Filming started in February 2016 across Canada and concluded that April. The production faced multiple delays before its U.S. release on August 17, 2018 through Sony Pictures Releasing. Worldwide earnings exceeded $99million, with critics offering generally positive feedback praising acting and cinematography.