Phoenix Wilder and the Great Elephant Adventure is a 2017 Canadian,South African adventure film, written and directed by Richard Boddington the film stars Elizabeth Hurley, Hlomla Dandala, Sam Ashe Arnold and Tertius Meintjes.

[4][5] Phoenix Wilder is a 13-year-old American boy living in foster care in Texas since the death of both of his parents in an automobile accident.

While out on safari with his uncle, Phoenix becomes lost from the rest of the party, he must quickly learn to survive in the African bush while the search for him goes on.

Phoenix stumbles across a giant bull elephant that is trapped in a hunter's net, and successfully frees the animal.

Phoenix quickly becomes familiar with elephant hunting in Africa and decides that he and Indlovu must put a stop to the killing.

Phoenix sees that the hunters, called poachers, have captured a female elephant and her baby, which turn out to be Indlovu's mate and son.

The search for Phoenix continues by Aunt Sarah, his uncle, and Col Ibori, who is also leading the rangers against the elephant poachers.

[15][16][17] On October 23, 2018, the film was released in the USA on DVD, Digital, and On-Demand by Lionsgate under the title, An Elephant's Journey.