Premium cable network Starz will host the world television premiere of the trailer for Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming animated feature, The Wild. Stars Entertainment Group subscribers can tune in at various times on Monday, Jan. 9, to catch the 1:40 teaser for the adventure-comedy about New York City zoo animals who have to learn to survive in the wilds of Africa.
The Wild stars 24’s Kiefer Sutherland as Samson, the respected lion leader, Greg Cipes as Samson’s rebellious son, Ryan, Jim Belushi as a street-smart squirrel named Benny, Janeane Garofalo as a pampered giraffe, Richard Kind as a dim-witted anaconda, William Shatner as a wicked wildebeest and Eddie Izzard as Nigel, an acerbic koala. The film is slated for release on April 14.
The trailer will premiere at 5:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Kids & Family, 7:15 p.m. on Starz and 10 p.m. on Starz Comedy. Starz Entertainment Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp., reaches approximately 40 million viewers with 13 digital movie channels including the flagship Starz and Encore channels. The network’s web site is www.starz.com.
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