Trivia / Seal Team (2021)

• All-Star Cast: The cast features well-known celebrities like Jessie T. Usher, J. K. Simmons, Kristen Schaal, Dolph Lundgren, Patrick Warburton, Matthew Rhys, and the musician Seal.
• Acting for Two: Matthew Mercer who voiced Dave, also voiced several background sharks alongside Daran Norris and the director Greig Cameron.
• The Danza: Dolph Lundgren plays a dolphin named Dolph and Seal plays a seal named Seal.
• International Coproduction: Although the film was credited as a fully South African co-production, half of its animation was done by Base FX in China.
• So My Kids Can Watch: Matthew Rhys took the role of the shark Grimes because his four year old son was obsessed with sharks.
• Troubled Production: The film was announced as a pitch in 2013 the same year its production company Triggerfish Animation Studios released its second feature film, Khumba, but it was later re-announced in 2018 and released 3 years later.
• What Could Have Been:
  • In the concept arts, the film's visual style used to be different. With the sharks having a more realistic design
  • In the early versions the plot involves Quinn escaping from the Cape Town aquarium and finding a way to return to Seal Island, as he was originally supposed to be an acrobat.

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