Alpha and Omega is a 2010 American animated romantic adventure comedy film directed by Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck. Starring the voices of Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper, Danny Glover and Christina Ricci, the film was written by Christopher Denk and Steve Moore, based on a story by Moore and Gluck. The film sets around two young Rocky Mountain wolves named Kate (Panettiere) and Humphrey (Long) who fall in love with each other, but are on the opposite ends of their pack. However, when Kate and Humphrey learn that they got relocated to Idaho for repopulation, they must work together to get back to Jasper National Park before a war slowly begins to emerge between both packs.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2010, and was released nationwide in 2-D and 3-D on September 17, 2010, by Lionsgate.[5] Alpha and Omega was a box-office success, grossing $50.5 million against a budget of $20 million, and received generally negative reviews from critics. The film was dedicated to Hopper, as he died four months before it was released.

The film eventually turned into a franchise of 7 direct-to-video sequels including Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure, which was released on October 8, 2013. Another sequel, The Great Wolf Games, was released on March 25, 2014. The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave was released on September 23, 2014. Family Vacation was released to DVD on August 4, 2015. Dino Digs was released on DVD and Digital HD on May 10, 2016. It was followed by The Big Fur-eeze, which was released on November 8, 2016. The final installment, Journey to Bear Kingdom was released on DVD and Digital HD on May 9, 2017.[6]

Plot

In Alberta, Canada's Jasper National Park, Omega wolf Humphrey has a crush on his friend, Alpha wolf Kate. As Kate leaves for Alpha school, Winston, Kate's father and leader of the Western Pack, is conscious of their friendship and reminds Humphrey that Alphas and Omegas cannot marry, according to the pack law.

Spring time comes around, and both Kate and Humphrey mature. Humphrey and his friends see Kate on her first hunt, pursuing a herd of caribou. As Kate and her team close in on the caribou, they are interrupted by two enemy Eastern pack wolves, which causes a stampede. As Kate saves the two Eastern wolves from getting trampled, the Western pack wolves start a scuffle. Humphrey and his friends break up the conflict.

Winston meets with Eastern pack leader Tony to discuss the pack's food shortage. They agree that merging the packs together would end their conflict. They decide that Kate should marry Tony's Alpha son, Garth, to unite the packs, and meet tonight at the Moonlight Howl. Kate, overhearing their conversation, begrudgingly agrees for the good of the pack.

During the Moonlight Howl, Garth reveals he is bad at howling, and an unimpressed Kate politely excuses herself. She runs into Humphrey, but the two get tranquilized by park rangers and are taken to Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Idaho. They meet golfing goose Marcel, and his duck caddie Paddy. Kate and Humphrey learn that they were relocated to repopulate the species, and agree that they must return home to Jasper Park, sneaking in a RV.

Tony warns Winston that if Kate does not return by the full moon, war will be inevitable. Lilly, Kate's younger Omega sister, decides to show Garth around the Western pack's territory until Kate returns, and they begin to bond. Meanwhile, after saving Humphrey from two men that believe he has rabies after he eats a cupcake, Kate comes across a ravine, but is unable to cross it, and Humphrey comes to her rescue. Flattered by his bravery, Kate begins to admire Humphrey. The following day, Marcel and Paddy find the wolves and direct them to a train heading to Jasper Park. Climbing over the snowy mountain, Humphrey finds a grizzly bear cub, and plays with it, but throws some snow a little too hard at the cub, and it begins to cry, attracting an angry trio of grizzly bears, and he and Kate escape, boarding the train just in time.

Breaking pack law, Lilly compassionately teaches Garth how to howl. At the same time, Humphrey and Kate passionately howl together under the full moon and their bond grows stronger. Meanwhile, Tony catches Garth and Lilly, and ultimately declares war on the Western pack. As the train passes by Jasper, Kate and Humphrey's exchange of feelings is cut short by the sight of the two packs at war. Kate announces that she will marry Garth to unite the packs, much to Humphrey's dismay. The day of the wedding, a sad Humphrey bids farewell to Kate and leaves as a lone wolf.

During the ceremony, Kate backs out and declares her love for Humphrey, as Garth subsequently declares his love for Lilly, much for Tony's anger. A fight breaks out, which frightens a nearby herd of caribou and causes a stampede. Winston and Tony struggle to outrun the herd. Humphrey and Kate cross paths, and work together to save them, but Kate gets struck by the caribou and is knocked unconscious. As the stampede subsides, Kate awakens, and she and Humphrey confess their love for each other, as Garth and Lilly confess theirs.

Winston and Tony abolish the law against marriage between Alphas and Omegas, and accept a union of the two packs via marriage between Garth and Lilly. At the Moonlight Howl, the wolves celebrate the love of Kate and Humphrey, and Garth and Lilly, breaking the social classes and traditions. Humphrey and Kate howl a duet.

Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure (2013)

Kate (Kate Higgins), Humphrey (Benjamin Diskin) and their 3 new pups (Stinky, Claudette and Runt) are happily preparing to celebrate their first winter together when their smallest pup, Runt, is kidnapped by rogue wolves, led by a power-hungry wolf named King, as part of a plan to take over their home. They must now go on a new journey across the wilderness to find and bring back Runt & save their home before the winter snows block their way home. While their adventure does not end exactly as planned, Kate and Humphrey discover that "Home is where the family is."

Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games (2014)

Once a year, all the alphas in the packs set aside their differences for some friendly competition. When an unexpected accident puts many of the packs' star alpha wolves out of commission, a new team representing the Western side of the area is assembled that includes forest friends not in the pack. After Stinky, Claudette, and Runt find a group, including a bear named Brent and his porcupine friend & protector Agnes, they compete in a series of games to win the prize against a Northern all alpha team. At the end, Humphrey's team wins and, in a fit of rage after Fleet, an alpha whom Claudette falls in love with, yells at his father, Nars, for pushing his own dreams on him, Nars raises a paw to strike Fleet. Fleet flinches revealing that he has abused him before. Nars then sees the error in his ways and smiles at him, saying "I'm so proud of you.".

Alpha and Omega 4: The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave (2014)

After exploring the haunted Saw Tooth Cave and finding a wolf who has been driven away from her pack, Runt (Dee Dee Greene) musters all of his courage to help her. The wolf, named Daria, is protected by a mysterious wolf spirit, presumably her deceased mother who was then killed by her pack's leader for hiding her, after being driven out of the pack when she was a pup, and hunted down for being blind. The spirit of Saw Tooth Cave then found her and protects her from any intruder in the cave, leading Runt to go on an adventure to help her find a true family and fend off her old pack.

Alpha and Omega 5: Family Vacation (2015)

After going on a family vacation with Runt, Claudette, Stinky, & their friends, Humphrey and Kate stumble upon two female wolves running from a trapper, who intends to relocate them across the country. The five of them then try to flee and escape two trappers, Griffin and Jethro, on their tails. Throughout the film, the gang begin to reminisce over their first three adventures as they run from trappers and bears.

Alpha and Omega 6: Dino Digs (2016)

Kate, Humphrey, and the pups temporarily stayed at a nature reserve, where the pups befriend Amy, a friendly raptor who is brought back to life by a magical burial ground that gets activated by the sun's light. However, as human diggers, led by a greedy man named Mac and two former trappers Griffin and Jethro from the fifth movie, dig up the sacred burial ground, a ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex also resurrects and terrorizes the forest. Amy and the wolves divert the Rex back to the sacred burial ground where the ray of light sends them back to their time. Mac's twin brother Ian promises to never disturb nature again.

Alpha and Omega 7: The Big Fureeze (2016)

Claudette and Runt embark on a journey to rescue their parents from bears when they get lost on a hunting trip during an especially harsh winter. At the same time, they are pursued by vengeful rogue wolves led by King from the second film. Eventually, they reunite with their parents, evade the bears, and defeat the rogue wolves.

Alpha and Omega 8: Journey to Bear Kingdom (2017)

Queen Bear and Princess Canue come to visit the forest, and it's up to Kate, Humphrey, and the pups to protect them from a devious effort to take over their kingdom by two rival bears, Strom and Claw, that have teamed up with the Rogue Pack led by King Rogue and attempt to overthrow King Bear and the royal bear family. However, they are eventually defeated by the bears and the wolves working together to fend off the rogue pack and the traitorous bears.