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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Directed by Rob Minkoff, Chris Bailey, Mark Koetsier
A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant mentor, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day. From TMDB
59 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Sep 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 10, 2026 · How this works
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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank is a 2022 animation adventure comedy film, directed by Rob Minkoff and Chris Bailey, starring Michael Cera, Samuel L. Jackson and Ricky Gervais.
- 48 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews
- posts span Jul 9, 2022 to Sep 7, 2026
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59 of 59 · most liked firstdays like this ARE great for burning off the dogshit movies I don't want to watch with the kids like no we'll save the Ghibli movies for family movie night, yes you can watch "Paws of Fury" while I'm on a call
neutral · AI labelView post →They actually did remake Blazing Saddles. It came out in 2022. Instead of a black sheriff, it was a kids movie about a dog that wanted to be a Samurai in a town of cats in Japan. It was originally titled Blazing Samurai, but they changed the name to Paws of Fury. It was pretty mediocre. I was watching it with my kid without knowing it was a remake of blazing saddles and I was noticing a lot of similarities with the story, then I noticed Mel Brooks was voicing one of the characters and went and…
negative · AI labelView post →Hopping into the Sega Genesis fighting game rankings, this game beat out Shaq Fu by just a hair, #29 Brutal: Paws of Fury Very much like a martial arts film, these anthropomorphic animal characters decide to duke it out in the Brutal Island Tournament, and the winner claims the Belt Of Heaven
neutral · AI labelView post →You couldn't make Blazing Saddles today. You'd have to call it Blazing Samurai and then make it an animated kids movie and turn everyone into cats and dogs and cast Michael Cera as Bart and 12 years of hell later have a film so bad Mel will only let you release it as Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
negative · AI labelView post →People love to say you could never remake Blazing Saddles, but that’s because they apparently forgot about “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank.” This is real.
neutral · AI labelView post →Turns out I left out a Nickelodeon animated movie and that is Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, a movie infamous with troubled production history as Blazing Samurai, and a Blazing Saddles rip-off, with a dog becoming a hero in a cat-filled community and it even has Mel Brooks in it. Definitely woof.
negative · AI labelView post →No one saw Paws of Fury (which is correct; it is a very bad movie) but it is really amazing that they took like ten years to make it and then 75% of the jokes are just directly taken from blazing saddles with family friendly rewrites
negative · AI labelView post →I had no idea such a movie existed, but I was able to find it using just the info you provided, and sure enough, the Wikipedia entry for Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank states it is a loose adaption of Blazing Saddles. Very cool, I may watch it later tonight.
neutral · AI labelView post →From watching the opening to a camrip on YouTube, I cannot believe Paws of Fury is one of the only American animated films to open exactly like this Family Guy gag: youtu.be/EvpNdwh__Fc?...
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s official! Brad Bird’s Skydance film Ray Gunn started production at Cinesite (Paws of Fury, Hitpig, and the recent TMNT and Smurfs films), meaning it could be released in 2026 on Netflix. Also Skydance’s 1st film animated outside its own studios (in Madrid and Connecticut).
neutral · AI labelView post →Paws of Fury was simply a cheap pickup film that they just decided to not use the Paramount Animation label on despite the initial announcement. Mutant Mayhem confuses me because Paramount Animation WAS involved based on LinkedIn (same with Avatar Aang), but they're "Paramount Pictures" releases.
neutral · AI labelView post →GFM Animation, the studio behind PAWS OF FURY and HOODWINKED, will be presenting their long-gestating holiday movie, HUMBUGGED!, at the Annecy Animation Festival. It's a family comedy about how they talked Marley into haunting Scrooge, with ensuing not-in-A CHRISTMAS CAROL hijinks.
neutral · AI labelView post →The one modern semi-major-release "X but furries" movie I can recall that failed was Paws of Fury but that was a Paramount release so that would be expected Granted so was Rango but that was a fluke
negative · AI labelView post →I mean they did in fact re-make Blazing Saddles as a mediocre animated kid's film Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank, which basically proves nothing to anyone involved in this discussion en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paws_of...
negative · AI labelView post →So if you don't know, she is a character gonna be featured in a project me and my friends are doing called "Paws of Fury: Viva Paws Vegas!" It's basically a fake sequel towards a film we love We don't know if we'll do a wattpad but I'll keep you updated! :3
neutral · AI labelView post →Funny thing is, I watched "Blazing Saddles" last night. "Paws of Fury" is based on "Blazing Saddles." Good movie.
positive · AI labelView post →I guess that makes sense, though Paws of Fury and Mutant Mayhem also weren’t under the Paramount Animation umbrella (I’m also surprised IF wasn’t for either it or Nickelodeon Movies since Monster Trucks was and that was also a hybrid film)
neutral · AI labelView post →And yet! "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank is a... loose remake of the 1974 live-action film Blazing Saddles" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paws_of...
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes! Animalympics if a fantastic movie! Low key would love to see a sequel... Then again I also want a full remake of Brutal: Paws of Fury with actual fighting game mechanics ... So!
neutral · AI labelView post →They remade Blazing Saddles as a children's movie a few years ago. It's called Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank.
neutral · AI labelView post →You could never make blazing saddles today, people would say it's too much like the 2022 Nickelodeon movie 'Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank'
neutral · AI labelView post →Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank is by far the most "I guess that was a movie" I've seen in a long time. It's just okay.
neutral · AI labelView post →Normally a lot of CGI animated movies look very bland but so far this one manages to avoid that #KungFuSat #PawsOfFury
positive · AI labelView post →Watching Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank so you don't have to... This is the animated kids movie very much based on the plot of Blazing Saddles, with a bunch of A list stars, and Ricky Gervais.
negative · AI labelView post →So few know this but, Mel Brooks (Spaceballs) was in the kids movie remake of Blazing Saddles. Paws of Fury: The legend of Hank.
neutral · AI labelView post →Everytime he talks I think of the Governor in Blazing Saddles. BTW: Paws of Fury is the "woke" version of this movie and it still works. Mel is the best.
positive · AI labelView post →The Power Piggs guy wrote a movie about law enforcement? You don't say. Feels very Doug TenNapel-coded. Can't wait until your deep dive into Brutal: Paws of Fury uncovers that creator wrote the God Is Dead movies.
neutral · AI labelView post →They sort of did as a kids/family movie called "Paws of Fury". Same sort of premise, and they restyle a couple of the jokes. It was... something.
neutral · AI labelView post →They remade Blazing Saddles in 2022 as a mediocre animated kid's film called Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank in which a dog travels to cat-ruled Japan to become a samurai. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paws_of...
negative · AI labelView post →The (movie) Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (4K) is available today on (Amazon)(US) for $4.99 Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, Mel Brooks, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh Genre: (Animation) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blazing_sa...
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (4K) is available today on (Amazon)(US) for $4.99 Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, Mel Brooks, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh Genre: (Animation) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blazing_sa...
neutral · AI labelView post →what's funny is they released a remake of Blazing Saddles called Paws of Fury in 2022. it wasn't a particularly good movie, but no one got canceled for it.
negative · AI labelView post →We don't really need to remake Blazing Saddles because we have movies like Sorry to Bother You and Get Out, ones made in the spirit of Blazing Saddles without treading the same ground. Also when they did remake Blazing Saddles it ended up becoming Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, so we're good.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today I learned that Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, a 2022 animated film, is the loose remake of Blazing Saddles. Should I watch it?
neutral · AI labelView post →Snowball wasn't even in town for the worst of the fires. He was overseas filming the sequel to his hit German action film, MAXIMALER SCHNEEBALL (MAXIMUM SNOWBALL). This new one's called PFOTEN DER WUT: SCHNEEBALL ENTFESSELT (PAWS OF FURY: SNOWBALL UNCHAINED). He's bigger than Hasselhoff.
neutral · AI labelView post →They made a CGI Blazing Saddles for kids not that long ago, Mel Brooks was involved too. Paws of Fury (2022) starring Michael Cera and Ricky Gervais. I watched it out of curiosity, it was pretty mid but for a kids movie it wasn't that bad.
neutral · AI labelView post →"You couldn't make it today." They made it two years ago, made it a kids movie, and called it Paws of Fury.
neutral · AI labelView post →"You can't make Blazing Saddles today!" And yet ... they did. They did "make Blazing Saddles today". It's called Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank. What these people mean to say is "I WANT A MOVIE WHERE WHITE PEOPLE SAY THE HARD R N-WORD AND I COMPLETELY IGNORE THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE MOVIE!"
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW SERIES FOR REALSIES! It was forced upon me and I have put it off long enough. We are playing SAMURAI ACADEMY: PAWS OF FURY. I cannot believe we are actually doing this but here we are. If you like bad movie tie-in games, this is for you. Let's get Kraken! youtube.com/live/6BmGV1a... #envtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →Well I promised I would play it and the donation goal was reached so... it's time to begin... SAMURAI ACADEMY: PAWS OF FURY. I don't even know the last time I played a movie tie in game. So there's no choice now, but to Draw our Weapon. Let's get Kraken! youtube.com/live/DTKn2A7... #envtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 4K (Prime)(US) $4.99 (Animation) (iMDB) 5.1 Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, Mel Brooks, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh
neutral · AI labelView post →Adam Sandler, Seth McFarlane have tried but it didn't work. Then there was that Paws of Fury movie which itself a remake.
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 4K (Prime)(US) $4.99 (Animation) (iMDB) 5.1 Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, Mel Brooks, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh
neutral · AI labelView post →They did make Blazing Saddles these days though, it was a children’s animated film called Paws of Fury… and yes, it sucked.
negative · AI labelView post →Mel Brooks remaking ‘Blazing Saddles’ as ‘Paws of Fury’ for kids was genius! The only thing it didn’t replicate was Madeline Kahn’s character — but her performance is too hard to replicate.
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 1080p (iTunes)(CA) C$6.99 (Animation) (iMDB) 5.1 Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, Mel Brooks, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 4K (Prime)(US) $7.99 (Animation) (iMDB) 5.1 Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, Mel Brooks, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m watching with my grandkids the movie Paws of Fury. It’s a must watch. Japanese samurai, fighting against a wannabe ruler who likes Super Bowl, aka toilet seat 😂
positive · AI labelView post →Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank "There's no business like shogun business!" Crazy to think a movie that entered production in 2012 and was stuck in development hell for 10 years, almost forgotten about and then rebranded could finally be released and live up to its destiny as Abysmal Dogshit.
negative · AI labelView post →It's funny how "Paws of Fury: Legend of Hank" was based on that movie!
neutral · AI labelView post →67/100 A clueless dog is forced into the position of samurai for a town full of cats ...and they're powers that wish to destroy him. My wife and I found this film to be quite entertaining and, at times, laugh-out-loud funny. The characters were a joy to watch and provided with plenty of personality by an all-star cast of voices. Being the engine behind this, Mel Brooks pulled out a hefty bag of tricks that included "Blazing Saddles" tropes, constantly breaking the fourth wall and a parody of…
positive · AI labelView post →Paws of Fury is just... well I can comfortably call it Caca.. caca mucho.. No but jokes aside fr.. it is straight up trash. Movie moves way too fast, it tries to be funny way to hard in some spots. It's not funny like at all. Maybe 1 or 2 bits made me laugh that's it. It tries way to hard to make
negative · AI labelView post →Honestly can’t do it exactly. But the movie Paws of Fury is pretty dang close.
neutral · AI labelView post →They did... "technically" They recycled the script for an animated movie called "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank". It's significantly cleaner, and takes place somewhere in feudal times in Asia. And Mel is still in it!
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched "Garfield." It was an alright movie. Samuel L. Jackson voicing Vic reminded me of his other cat role as Jimbo in "Paws of Fury: Legend of Hank." There are characters and moments where I feel relatable. Or even seen. Like Garfield's loud, gurgling tummy in the night.
neutral · AI labelView post →Do the people who've been claiming "oh, they could never do BLAZING SADDLES in our cancel culture" know that they remade it in *2022* as a kids' animated movie, PAWS OF FURY: THE LEGEND OF HANK?
neutral · AI labelView post →Much as I like this joke and its many variants, I feel I have to point out that Blazing Saddles was made again very recently as a kids movie titled Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, and that Mel Brooks does one of the voices. www.imdb.com/title/tt4428...
neutral · AI labelView post →#Pawsoffury is good, but nothing special. Full review soon on peachz.ca
neutral · AI labelView post →Turns out that the beloved 90s furry fighting game Brutal: Paws of Fury was getting a movie adaptation too? Wild. --- RT @PawsofFuryMovie Watch Michael Cera and Samuel L. Jackson as Hank and Jimbo when #PawsofFury hits theatres July 15. Get your tickets now: https://paramnt.us/PawsOfFury https://twitter.com/PawsofFuryMovie/status/1544860802447839233
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