A Fox's Tale is a 2008 Hungarian/British animated film. The film's original Hungarian title is Kis Vuk. It is the sequel to the 1981 film The Little Fox. The English-language voice cast includes Freddie Highmore, Miranda Richardson, Bill Nighy and Sienna Miller. It was theatrically released in Hungary on April 17, 2008 and in the United States in late 2009. For ten years, the English dub of the film was never officially released to the general public as it was unavailable, with the only publicly released media to feature the English dub being the international trailer. Until it was uploaded on YouTube on March 9, 2017 by its director György Gát particularly due to the mass popularity of one of its actresses Sienna Miller had following her critically acclaimed roles in Foxcatcher, American Sniper and High-Rise. Plot The animated film is about Little Jack (Freddie Highmore), a young fox who spends his time enjoying a wonderful life in the forest with his loving family. During the film, Little Jack's world changes drastically when his father, Jack, is captured and forced to join the circus. The film's villain, a shrewd circus owner named Anna Conda (Miranda Richardson), desperately wants bigger and better performances. This leads her to kidnap many forest animals, including Little Jack's father. With the help of her magician husband, The Ringmaster (Bill Nighy), Anna is able to hypnotize the animals into performing in her shows. On his rescue mission, Little Jack gets help from many unlikely heroes, including a incapcitated nature-loving boy named Alex (Matthew McNulty) and a young acrobat named Arabella. Little Jack's mission to rescue his father leads him to make new friends, including a circus fox named Darcey (Sienna Miller). Together, they set out to free the animals so they can return home to the beautiful forest. Cast Freddie Highmore as Little Jack Miranda Richardson as Anna Conda Bill Nighy as the Ringmaster Sienna Miller as Darcey Clemency Burton-Hill as Annabella Matthew McNulty as Alex Phil Davis as Jack Andrea Grant as Caw Caw Rupert Degas as Rufus, Ché, Dizzy David Holt as Doofus, Knuckles Jimmy Hibbert as Toby, Buster Brian Bowles as Stubbs, Forest Ranger Timothy Bentinck as Papa Rabbit, Igor, Tibs, Colonel Eve Karpf as Trixie, Madame Renard, Doris Sean Barrett as Doctor Stan Olivia Chambelain as Tuffy Rabbit, Carla Renard Leopold Benedict as Patch Rabbit, Little Timmy Reception The film became controversial