Wheely

Wheely (2018)

Local zero to global hero

In an imaginary world where vehicles are the citizens, one underdog cabbie attempts to become king of the road in his hometown, Gasket City. He soon discovers that staying true to oneself is a greater pursuit than personal glory. When threatened by elitist attitudes and mobster trucks, can one unglamorous black and yellow ‘local zero’ rise to the challenge and become a ‘global hero’?

Date of release
2018-08-16
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director
Yusry Abdul Halim

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $50K
  • Budget: $20M
  • Earned 0× its budget

Wheely, also released as Wheely: Fast and Hilarious, is a 2018 Malaysian animated comedy film written and directed by Yusry Abd Halim as his first animated film. It was released in Malaysia on 16 August 2018.

Production

Yusry Abdul Halim came up with the idea for the film in 2014 under the name of KL Taxi. But when we it get marketed the internationally buyers did not get the "KL" name. So Yusry immediately changed the title to Wheely.

His brother Norman added that the car photos went through various inspirations for the character designs, with the concept being expanded on the storyline. "We got two British writers who sneaked into the KRU Creative studios in Ipoh to work on the script but we eventually realized that the humour and sensibilities don't fit intro our movie.

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