continues the series features, making it more noisy than the previous one.
—The Hollywood Reporter is
humorous, endearing, colorful, and full of energy.
——The "Variety"
film provides enough jokes, action scenes and interesting plots. These are enough to keep the kids entertained for a while.
——"Daily Screen"
behind the scenes
"Madagascar 3" continues to be directed by Eric Darnell, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Hummer, Jada Pinkett Smith Dubbing. The "Madagascar" series has always been a magic weapon for DreamWorks to make money. The first and second episodes have box office of 190 million and 180 million US dollars respectively; and the film's overseas results are even more beautiful, "Madagascar" 339 million US dollars, "Madagascar 2" is $423 million. Obviously, pulling the film to Europe in the third film will not only please the local audience, but also show off the exotic flavor with the Americans.
A new 3D journey
Ever since the first episode of "Madagascar," the animals living in New York have been wandering foreign countries, taking risks, trying new lives and making new friends. So, in each episode of Madagascar, letting these animals come to a new place, encounter some new troubles, and make some new friends has become the most tacit secret of the director and screenwriter of each episode. . In "Madagascar 3", the footprints of this group of animals came to Europe. The film's screenwriter and director, Eric Darnell, adhered to Emerson's famous saying: "Life is a journey, not a destination." He wrote the film's story. He said: "Actually, like the first two episodes, these animals are running around the world, just to find their own shelter. This kind of life is like a journey, it is fascinating. It is in these few years. , I just realized that this movie is very suitable to be shot in 3D. The jokes and action scenes in the film must be very interesting to be shot in 3D. Also, this is an animation with a lot of freedom, so We didn't change anything during the 3D shoot. What we did was just go with the flow and shoot like the first two films. Actually, putting these animals in the circus was a great idea , together with the circus, we can travel around the world and show the richer lives and adventures of these animals. At the same time, we can add more jokes."
For 3D, another director of the film, Tom McGrath said: "3D is really an intoxicating technology, and in those scenes that emerge and stand out, it's easier for us to incorporate our own emotions, rather than overly showing jokes and action scenes. So, In this episode, Eric Darnell and I chose to use as little hilarity and weird body language as possible, but more emotion. I think in 3D movies, It's the best way to do it." The
old man's new trick
With three films, three continents, the Madagascar series seems to have reached the point where it's "endless." But the directors didn't think so, because they decided to let the group of animals from New York learn new tricks. Chris Rock, who voiced the zebras in the film, said: "Compared to the previous episode, this episode of Madagascar has a lot of elements of human society, especially the female killer of the Animal Administration, the circus and the audience. Such an element. This has not appeared in previous films. I like this kind of change very much, because this kind of design can easily make people interested in the film. Moreover, after introducing new elements, there will naturally be new The characters appear. It seems that the role of Will Adams in the last episode is very interesting. In this episode, there are a lot of circus animals, and their exaggerated performance, exaggerated appearance and transformation of characters are The biggest attraction and gimmick of this movie. And the introduction of the nomadic circus characteristics, the wandering of this group of animals on the European continent has become a reasonable thing. This kind of plot makes it difficult for me to give up."
For the plot and dubbing, Tom McGrath said: "In terms of the plot, we have made a lot of changes, in addition to introducing more human characters, we have also increased the number and variety of animals. The reason is very simple, there is no interaction, There is no joke. If you keep relying on those animals from the United States to make fun, the audience will easily get bored. If the last episode of the movie was a jungle adventure, then the story of this episode is a city adventure. How, we all put enough jokes and gimmicks in the film. And those indispensable friendships between friends and the transformation of characters. As always, the voice actors are still those, they are all very powerful. Also continued this film The brand effect of the animation and the good cooperation between us. Because they are all familiar characters, there is no problem with the dubbing work." As for the dubbing, Ben Stiller said: "It seems that we have returned to a familiar place. In the same way, all the staff are friends, and the characters are very familiar. In this way, our work is easy to develop, and it is easy to make effects. Dubbing is not easy, but facing these characters and work People, this work is easy to unfold and enjoy."
Trivia
· This film is the first 3D film in the "Madagascar" series.
It is reported that DreamWorks hopes to continue the production of "Madagascar" series. In the fourth episode, the group of animals will return to New York.
There are various derivatives of the film. In addition to the conventional derivatives such as short films and comic books, the production company also produced the game "Madagascar 3". In addition, the penguins in the film have their own series on TV.
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