Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith star as the voices of four zoo animals who hang up when they hear the call of the wild. Alex the Lion (Stiller) is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York’s Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends Marty the Zebra (Rock), Melman the Giraffe (Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippo (Pinkett Smith) have lived their entire lives in blissful captivity, with regular meals provided and an admiring public to adore them.
Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty allows his curiosity to get the better of him and, with the help of some prodigious penguins, makes his escape to explore the world he’s been missing. Alex, Melman and Gloria go after him, but before they can go wild in the streets, they are captured, crated and put on a ship to Africa…to be ultimately set free. When those plotting penguins sabotage the ship, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria find themselves washed ashore on the exotic island of Madagascar. Now, these native New Yorkers have to figure out how to survive in the wild and discover the true meaning of the phrase “It’s a jungle out there.” MADAGASCAR also features the voices of Andy Richter, Sacha Baron Cohen and Cedric the Entertainer.
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October 2, 2008: Madagascar 2 trailer:
The teaser trailer for MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA has been floating around online for a while but today we have the full trailer and if you loved the first one, well, this sequel promises to be more of the same. The entire voice cast is back (Ben...
August 14, 2008: More Panda, Madagascar:
Yesterday, while screening a portion of footage from MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA , DreamWorks Animation guru Jeffrey Katzenberg says he sees more sequels in his studio's future. He envisions MADAGASCAR as the "second chapter" in one larger story and that...
August 6, 2008: Shitload of posters:
There's been a ton of posters released in the last few days so here's a look at some of them. Rather than go through plots, stars and release dates for each of them and, more importantly, to avoid a lot of, you know, work, here's just a list of them with links...
June 5, 2008: Madagascar 2 poster:
Remember that nineties dance song, the one with the lyrics "I like to move it, move it"? That was the song that played during my grade 7 school dance, when I used to lurk in the corner near the sour cream 'n onion chips, watching Michelle Myers and Arthur Edwards...
January 13, 2006: Review: Madagascar:
" The
film is basically just a 'walk in the park' and even though
that’s fine for a lot of people, especially the kidlets, I
expect a little more juice from my animated flick... "...
November 30, 2005: Adamson talks Shrek 3:
Director Andrew Adamson, who's currently putting the finishing touches on THE
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA , recently mentioned to Sci Fi Wire that he won't be directing the third installment in the amazingly lucrative SHREK franchise. According
to Adamson,...
November 28, 2005: It's a Kung Fu Panda!:
To your right, you'll see just about half of the very first pic of DreamWorks upcoming animated flick KUNG FU PANDA. The flick, which is part of DreamWork's bold plan to
release two animated films per year, stars Jack Black as a lazy panda who is...
November 3, 2005: Farce of the Penguins:
"What happens in Antarctica…stays in Antarctica"
Above is the tagline for a spoof Bob Saget is doing of the wildly popular MARCH OF THE PENGUINS. The appropriately titled FARCE OF THE PENGUINS, which Saget is
writing, directing and will...
September 15, 2005: Madagascar sequels...:
Here's what I like about Pixar (beside the fact they make great movies): they've got some integrity when it comes to their films. So far each and every one of them were successful enough to warrant a sequel or sequels but they've resisted the temptation. There...
May 25, 2005: INT: Madagascar crew:
JoBlo.com caught up with Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell, the directors of the new Dreamworks animated film MADAGASCAR. We talked about the film, and their approach to making this different than the other crop of CG animated films.
What are some of your...
May 27, 2005: INT: Madagascar cast:
JoBlo.com recently had a chance to check out the new Dreamworks animated film MADAGASCAR, about four New York City zoo animals that are suddenly unleashed into the wild. We got a chance to chat with the stars - Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith...
May 11, 2005: Teenage Mutant poster:
Hannibal Lector took a little time from his schedule of eating livers with some fava beans and a nice chianti to send us a look at the cool-looking poster
for the CGI version of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. We're not sure what the story is but either way,...
April 4, 2005: Posters galore:
UPDATE - Somebody just informed me that the FANTASTIC FOUR poster is actually a fan made April Fool's poster. Damn April Fool's Day!! Even so, though, it's f*cking sweet!
A shitload of new posters went online today. The first is the poster for...
February 11, 2005: Trailer update:
There's been a lot stuff happening on the trailer and clip front so here's what's going on.
The first trailer for the Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet starring romantic comedy A
LOT LIKE LOVE recently premiered over at MTV. The movie's about two...
January 11, 2005: Madagascar posters:
Dreamworks has been cool enough to provide us with a look at the character posters for their upcoming animated flick MADAGASCAR . The movie boasts an ensemble cast including Chris Rock, Ben
Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Andy Richter, Cedric...
January 6, 2005: Madagascar art & site:
Next summer one animated character (or characters) will, I predict, take the world by storm like the Gingerbread Man from SHREK or Dory from FINDING NEMO. They would be the Penguins from the upcoming DreamWorks animated film MADAGASCAR. If you've seen the...
October 1, 2004: New Alexander trailer:
Comingsoon.net recently put up a pretty intense trailer for Warner Bros' upcoming ALEXANDER . One thing I've noticed with the trailers for this movie is that we barely hear Alexander (Colin Farrell) speak. We see him brood, grimace, laugh, growl,...
August 27, 2004: Schwimmer runs:
Now that David Schwimmer's done with Friends, he's sure to have some free time on his hands. Unlike me, who would promptly retire to a tropical island and shack up with a native hottie BLUE LAGOON style, he's gonna keep himself busy and direct the indie film...
