Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

Directors:

Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath

Release Date:

7 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

The crate escape

Plot:

The sequel of the first movie, the New York Zoo Animals, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo...

Plot Keywords:

Zoo | Bickering | Lemur | Farce | Horse

Status:

Post-production

Comments:

Status Updated:

15 February 2008

Note:

Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	Alex (voice)
Sacha Baron Cohen	...	Julien (voice)
Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Gloria (voice)
David Schwimmer	...	Melman (voice)
Chris Rock	...	Marty (voice)
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Maurice (voice)
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Testi
Andy Richter	...	Mort (voice)
Will i Am	...	Moto Moto (voice)
Zachary Gordon	...	Baby Melman (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Mason (voice)
Elisa Gabrielli	...	Nana AKA Old Lady
Tom McGrath	...	Skipper (voice)
Thomas Stanley	...	Baby Marty (voice)
Kathryn Feller	...	Ostrich #1 (voice)
Herman Almendarez	...	Antonio (voice)
Bryceson Holcomb	...	Lyle (voice)

Directed by
Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath

Produced by
Mireille Soria	....	producer
Mark Swift	....	producer

Original Music by
Hans Zimmer

Production Management
Wendy Berry	....	production supervisor
Jason Bertsch	....	production supervisor
Christopher Leahy	....	production supervisor
Erik Vignau	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Gary Graham	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Will Files	....	sound designer
Dennis Leonard	....	supervising sound editor
Jason Oliver	....	sound recordist
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Larry Winer	....	original dialogue mixer

Visual Effects by
Florent Andorra	....	digital effects artist: PDI/Dreamworks
Patrick Angell	....	surfacing technical director
Eli Bocek-Rivele	....	lighting technical director
Joshua Caez	....	matte painter
Craig Cannon	....	paint fix artist
Min-Yu Chang	....	CG modeler: PDI DreamWorks
Robert Edward Crawford	....	layout artist
Tony Davidson	....	surfacing artist
Kwesi Davis	....	production engineer
Gilbert Davoud	....	character technical director
Mark A. Decker	....	lighting artist
Cassandra Fanning	....	digital effects artist
Angela Ensele Firebaugh	....	modeler
Benjamin Fischler	....	lighter & compositor
Aaron Florez	....	surfacing supervisor
Adam Gaige	....	lighting technical director
Dan Golembeski	....	lighting technical director
Alex Gurevich	....	lighting and compositing technical director
Lei Han	....	lighting artist
Katy Harrison	....	lighting technical director
Greg Hart	....	effects lead
Geoffrey Jarrett	....	crowd animator
Jeffrey 'JJ' Jay	....	character technical director
Patrick Jensen	....	matte painter
Laurent Kermel	....	senior effects artist
Michel Kinfoussia	....	lighting artist
Robert Kopinsky	....	effects animator
Jinwoo Lee	....	modeler
Amber Stewart Lunderville	....	lighting artist
Rodriguez Mathias	....	character effects artist
Antonio Meazzini	....	digital effects artist
Gaku Nakatani	....	lead lighter
Ori Neidich	....	media tools & post-production technology engineer
Brett Nystul	....	modeler
Tanner Owen	....	crowd animator
Cosku Ozdemir	....	effects animator: PDI/Dreamworks
Alex Patanjo	....	visual effects
Olivier Pinol	....	lighting sequence lead
Sven Pohle	....	character technical director
Tsun-Hui Andrea Pun	....	surfacing artist
Scott Raymond	....	crowd animator
Eli Rod	....	lighter
Frank Sabia Jr.	....	lead lighter
Nico Scapel	....	character technical director
Jon Shih	....	lighting technical director
Scott Singer	....	visual effects supervisor
Young Song	....	surfacing artist
Steven Sorensen	....	layout artist
John Swanson	....	effects production supervisor
Amy Taylor	....	character effects technical director
Stuart Tett	....	effects artist
Joanne Thiel	....	effects animator
Pete Upson	....	layout artist
David Patrick Valera	....	layout artist
Kevin Vassey	....	animator
David Walden	....	character technical director
Andrew Wheeler	....	effects lead
Gabriel White	....	lighting artist
Laura Wood	....	production engineer
Tommy Wright	....	lighting artist
Gentaro Yamamoto	....	surfacing artist
Ken Yao	....	character effects animator
Melva Young	....	lead lighter
Todd Zullo	....	crowd animator

Animation Department
Chris Bancroft	....	animator
Julien Bocabeille	....	animator
Katrina Conwright	....	animator
Bill Diaz	....	animator
Mark Donald	....	senior character animator
Paul Fisher	....	story artist
Alexander Fleisig	....	animator
Jerome Fournier	....	background artist
Emilio Ghorayeb	....	animator
Ryan Gong	....	animator
Tomoyuki Harashima	....	animator
Mariko Hoshi	....	animator
Jeffrey Joe	....	animator
Christine Nguyen	....	production coordinator: surfacing
Carlos M. Rosas	....	senior character animator
Dane Stogner	....	animator
Eunjin Suh	....	animator
Philip To	....	animator
Shane L. Wapskineh	....	layout artist
Greg Whittaker	....	animator
Guido Zimmermann	....	character technical director

Editorial Department
Paul Carrera	....	first assistant editor
Alex McDonnell	....	assistant editor
Paul Neal	....	editor: high definition

Music Department
Ryeland Allison	....	composer: additional music
James Dooley	....	composer: aditional music
Charlene Ann Huang	....	music coordinator
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services
Sunny Park	....	executive in charge of music

Other crew
Holly Allen	....	production engineer
Tracey Michelle Arnold	....	production coordinator
Steve Baker	....	research and development
Will Bilton	....	research and development
Jonathan Boden	....	production assistant
Alison Flierl	....	assistant to writers
Reid Gershbein	....	research and development
Juli Gumbiner	....	technical resource supervisor
Stephanie Huber	....	production coordinator
Geoffrey Jarrett	....	technical resource administrator
Jason Kankiewicz	....	infrastructure engineer
Hans Ku	....	alliance manager
Diana K. Lee	....	production coordinator
Chris McClintock	....	production coordinator
Jeffrey Nickerson	....	technology coordinator
Brendan O'Connor	....	production coordinator
Paul Replicon	....	technical resource administrator
Casey Sword	....	technical resource administrator

Production Companies

• DreamWorks Animation

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2008) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• DreamWorks Distribution (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Madagascar 2 (USA) (working title)
Madagascar: The Crate Escape (USA) (working title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Company:

DreamWorks Animation

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Julien: [King Julian has popped out from a cake] Hey, surprise, freaks! I am coming with you!
Alex: Oh ho ho, no, thank you.
Julien: Oh, *yes*, thank you. It is *my* plane!

Movie Connections:

Follows Madagascar (2005)