<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $14.4 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Woody Woodpecker is a 2017 American live - action / computer - animated family comedy film produced by Mike Elliott and directed by Alex Zamm, based on the cartoon character of the same name created by Walter Lantz and Ben Hardaway . The film stars the voice of Eric Bauza as Woody Woodpecker, and also stars Timothy Omundson as Lance Walters, a divorced attorney with a son and a new girlfriend who wants to build a dream home in a forest in the mountains of Washington, only to find out he is cutting down a tree in which the eponymous woodpecker lives . The film was first released in theaters in Brazil on October 5, 2017 . It was released in the United States on DVD on February 6, 2018 . While the movie itself was filmed in the English - language, it was focused on the Brazilian public, since the character is still extremely popular in the country . The film received negative reviews from critics . </P> <P> In the Pine Grove forest in Washington state, Woody Woodpecker toys with two taxidermist poachers, brothers Nate and Ottis Grimes, and eventually cause them to tranquilize each other . In Seattle, Lance Walters, a real estate lawyer, gets fired after a video of him claiming wildlife conservation is unprofitable goes viral . He tells his girlfriend Vanessa that he intends to build an investment home on a large piece of property located near the Canadian border, left to him by his grandfather . Meanwhile, Lance's ex-wife Linda leaves their son Tommy with him and Vanessa, since she needs to visit her hospitalized father in Philadelphia . </P> <P> At the Pine Grove forest, Lance, Tommy, and Vanessa meet the park ranger named Samantha Bartlett . As Lance and Vanessa unpack, Tommy goes into the forest for a walk . There, he discovers and befriends Woody after he gives him peanut butter crackers . Woody visits the family at lunchtime and eats almost all of the food . Lance tries to shoo Woody away, but he accidentally wrecks the table and hits Vanessa in the face with a broom . The next morning, construction on the investment home begins, prompting an agitated Woody to cause chaos at the site . Later, in a nearby town, Tommy befriends a young musician named Jill, who persuades him to join her band in the annual Firefly Festival . Tommy is then saved from two bullies by Woody . </P>

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