Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
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Directed by	Eric Darnell Tom McGrath
Produced by	Mireille Soria Mark Swift
Written by	Etan Cohen
Starring	Ben Stiller Chris Rock Jada Pinkett Smith David Schwimmer Sacha Baron Cohen Andy Richter Cedric The Entertainer
Music by	Hans Zimmer Will.i.am
Distributed by	USA DreamWorks Distribution Paramount Pictures Outside USA United International Pictures Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	November 7, 2008
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Madagascar
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (previously known as Madagascar: The Crate Escape and Madagascar 2) is a 2008 sequel to the 2005 film, Madagascar. It is in production by DreamWorks Animation and is scheduled to be released on November 7, 2008. The film will be distributed by Paramount Pictures. DreamWorks announced on their website that Madagascar will become a franchise similar to that of Shrek. It has been confirmed that the film will be about the animals starting the plane on Madagascar, and then landing on Africa, and meeting some of Alex's family (a plot similar to that of Shrek 2).

[edit] Cast

Ben Stiller as Alex the Lion
Chris Rock as Marty the Zebra
Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria the Hippopotamus
David Schwimmer as Melman the Giraffe
Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice the Aye-aye
Andy Richter as Mort the Goodman's Mouse Lemur
Sacha Baron Cohen as Julien the Lemur
Bernie Mac as Zuba, Alex's Dad
Sherri Shepherd as Alex's Mom
Alec Baldwin as Makunga, a challenger to Zuba
Will.i.am as Moto Moto, a watering hole lothario
Tom McGrath as Skipper the Penguin
Conrad Vernon as Mason the Monkey
Amy Stiller as Alex's 26-year-old sister and Zuba's Daughter
Amy Adams as Seleniά, the Animal Princess of God
Patton Oswalt as Prince Dreamer
Ian McDiarmid ad Hexxas, the Evil Poison

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v • d • e DreamWorks Animation

Computer-animated films	Antz (1998) • Shrek (2001) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Shark Tale (2004) • Madagascar (2005) • Over the Hedge (2006) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Bee Movie (2007) • Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Traditionally animated films	The Prince of Egypt (1998) • The Road to El Dorado (2000) • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

Films produced with Aardman Animations	Chicken Run (2000) • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) • Flushed Away (2006)

Future films	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) • Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) • How to Train Your Dragon (2010) • Shrek Goes Fourth (2010) • Master Mind (2010) • Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer (2011) • Shrek 5 (2013)

Direct-to-video	Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)

Shorts	Far Far Away Idol (2004) • The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) • Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (2006) • First Flight (2006)