Monsters vs. Aliens

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Monsters vs. Aliens

Susan, shown with The Cockroach Doctor on her shoulder, the giant Insectosaurus, Dagon the Missing Link and B.O.B.
Directed by Conrad Vernon
Rob Letterman
Produced by Lisa Stewart
Jill Hopper (co-producer)
Lisa Stewart (co-producer)
Starring Reese Witherspoon
Rainn Wilson
Hugh Laurie
Seth Rogen
Will Arnett
Kiefer Sutherland
Stephen Colbert
Distributed by DreamWorks Animation
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Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) March 27, 2009[1]
Country Flag of the United States
Language English
IMDb profile

Monsters vs. Aliens is a computer-animated 3-D feature film scheduled for a March 27, 2009 release from DreamWorks Animation. The release date was moved up to prevent competition with James Cameron's upcoming Avatar.[1] This will be the first computer animated movie which will be produced in real 3-D instead of converting the film into 3-D after it is finished, which will add $15 million extra to the film's budget.[2]

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When California girl Susan Murphy (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) is unexpectedly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall (An inch short of being 50 feet tall, a joke on Attack of the 50 Foot Woman) and is instantly labeled a "monster" named Ginormica. The military jumps into action, and she is captured and held in a secret government compound. The world learns that the military has been quietly rounding up other monsters over the years. This ragtag group consists of the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. (voiced by Hugh Laurie); the macho Dagon the Missing Link (voiced by Will Arnett); the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B. (voiced by Seth Rogen); and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement time is cut short however, when a mysterious alien robot named Gallaxhar (voiced by Rainn Wilson) lands on Earth and begins storming the country.

As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland), on a desperate order from The President (voiced by Stephen Colbert), the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction.

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As of Monsters vs. Aliens, all films released by DreamWorks Animation will be released in a stereoscopic 3-D format, with stereoscopic screens expanding.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Monsters Scared Off by Avatar", E! Entertainment, 2007-09-20. Retrieved on 2007-09-20. 
  2. ^ Wloszczyna, Susan. "First look: Monsters vs. Aliens is the ultimate; a 3-D 'first'", USA Today. Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 

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